Records shattered in extraordinary BBL run chase

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Matt Short's maiden period has helped Adelaide to the highest palmy tally pursuit successful BBL history.

Short finished connected 100 from 59 balls, reaching the milestone with a bound from the 3rd shot of the 20th over. That bound was besides the winning runs, arsenic the Strikers overhauled Hobart's full of 4-229.

Chris Lynn blasted 64 from 29 balls, including 4 sixes, arsenic Hobart crumbled successful the look of an bonzer onslaught.

Pakistan import Faheem Ashraf finished with the embarrassing figures of 0-61 from 3.3 overs, portion young mean pacer Mitchell Owen went for 33 runs disconnected conscionable 2 overs.

The 17th implicit of the Adelaide innings proved the turning point. With 58 required from 4 overs, Faheem conceded 22 runs. Hobart thought they had Adam Hose dismissed from the 4th shot of that over, lone for the umpires to telephone no-ball. The consequent free-hit went for six, 1 of 3 times the enactment was cleared successful that over.

In further atrocious quality for Hobart, spinner Paddy Dooley suffered what appeared to beryllium superior enarthrosis wounded erstwhile helium dived to prevention a bound successful the 19th overs.

Earlier, Ben McDermott (57), Caleb Jewell (54) and Zak Crawley (54 not out) each made half-centuries arsenic Hobart recorded the highest people successful its history.

But it wasn't capable arsenic Adelaide recorded its 4th triumph from 8 matches to determination to 4th connected the ladder.

Hobart is sixth with three wins from 7 games.

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