{"id":9671,"date":"2020-12-14T18:34:15","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T19:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=9671"},"modified":"2020-12-14T23:06:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T23:06:50","slug":"sams-blasts-thunder-to-incredible-late-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=9671","title":{"rendered":"Sams blasts Thunder to incredible late victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Sams has single-handedly saved the Sydney Thunder from certain defeat at Manuka Oval, cracking a stunning 65 runs from 25 balls <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/live-scores\/sydney-thunder-v-brisbane-heat-kfc-t-20-big-bash-league-2020-2021\/48804\" title=\"to pinch victory away from the Brisbane Heat.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">to pinch victory away from the Brisbane Heat.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sams was summoned to the crease in the 11th over with the Thunder still almost 100 runs short of the 179 runs set for victory by the Heat.<\/p>\n<p>First combining with former Heat all-rounder Ben Cutting for a 69-run sixth-wicket stand, the crowning jewel of Sams&#x27; innings was ridiculous four sixes in the penultimate over to steal a remarkable comeback win for the Thunder.<\/p>\n<p>In total, Sams cracked seven sixes in his stellar stint, justifying Aussie selectors&#x27; decision to include him in last week&#x27;s T20 internationals against India.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"160122e6-5f69-4eca-99af-53ca6d70772e\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/160122e6-5f69-4eca-99af-53ca6d70772e\" alt=\"Daniel Sams cracks a stunning six in his match-saving innings. (Getty)\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The blossoming all-rounder said he was only focussed on not falling to another duck as he did against the Stars over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I wanted to give myself a chance to not get another duck,&#x27;&#x27; Sams said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;If you lose a few wickets in the power play you get a bit rattled, but we pride ourselves on being calm and we&#x27;ve got a deep batting line-up, and once we were able to reset we went along like we normally would.&#x27;&#x27;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Daniel Sams has single-handedly saved the Sydney Thunder from certain defeat at Manuka Oval, cracking a stunning 65 runs from 25 balls to pinch victory <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=9671\" title=\"Sams blasts Thunder to incredible late victory\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9671"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9671"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9673,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9671\/revisions\/9673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}