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The Sydney Thunder are an Australian cricket club who play in the Big Bash League, the national domestic Twenty20 competition. The club was established in 2011 as an inaugural member of the eight-club league. The Big Bash League consists of a regular season and a finals series of the top five teams. This list includes players who have played at least one match for the Thunder in the Big Bash League.

Records

List of players

Correct as of 25 March 2020.

Players are listed according to the date of their debut for the Thunder. All statistics are for Big Bash League only.

• The number to the left of player name represents 'cap'. For players who debuted for club in the same match, player caps are ordered by alphabetical order of last name.
• In category "Debut" games are listed as Tournament/Round. e.g. BBL02/8 would equate to 2012–13 Big Bash League, Sydney Thunder's 8th Match of the tournament.
• Hover over column headings for key

Sydney Thunder players						Batting				Fielding		Bowling
	Player	Nat	Seasons	Debut	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	Ct	St	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR
1	Sean Abbott		2011–2013	BBL01/1	14	130	39	16.25	111.11	9	0	10	2/17	33.30	8.84	22.6
2	Doug Bollinger		2011	BBL01/1	2	—	—	—	—	0	0	2	2/22	24.50	8.16	18.0
3	Scott Coyte		2011–2014	BBL01/1	13	85	33	14.16	149.12	5	0	8	2/14	37.87	7.01	32.3
4	Luke Doran		2011–2013	BBL01/1	10	5	4	5.00	100.00	1	0	5	2/26	37.40	6.67	33.6
5	Ben Dunk		2011–2012	BBL01/1	7	59	19*	9.83	70.23	2	0	—	—	—	—	—
6	Fidel Edwards		2011–2012	BBL01/1	5	0	0*	—	0.00	1	0	6	2/33	25.50	7.65	20.0
7	Chris Gayle		2011–2013	BBL01/1	14	389	100*	29.92	125.48	4	0	6	2/5	32.33	7.18	27.0
8	Usman Khawaja		2011–2020	BBL01/1	42	1380	109*	37.29	129.33	10	0	—	—	—	—	—
9	Craig Philipson		2011	BBL01/1	2	4	2	2.00	26.66	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
10	Daniel Smith		2011–2012	BBL01/1	7	44	21	6.28	65.67	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
11	David Warner		2011–2013	BBL01/1	2	152	102*	152.00	185.36	4	0	—	—	—	—	—
12	Jason Floros		2011–2014	BBL01/2	12	120	37*	17.14	103.44	5	0	0	—	—	7.92	—
13	Luke Butterworth		2011–2012	BBL01/3	4	7	5	3.50	50.00	2	0	4	2/27	23.25	7.97	17.5
14	Tim Cruickshank		2011–2012	BBL01/3	3	17	15	5.66	56.66	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
15	Tim Armstrong		2012	BBL01/6	3	29	25	14.50	74.35	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
16	Trent Copeland		2012	BBL01/6	1	1	1	1.00	33.33	0	0	0	—	—	10.00	—
17	Nicholas Bills		2012	BBL01/7	1	—	—	—	—	0	0	2	2/44	22.00	11.00	12.0
18	Matthew Day		2012	BBL01/7	1	29	29*	—	145.00	1	0	0	—	—	12.50	—
19	Cameron Borgas		2012–2014	BBL02/1	7	39	11	5.57	78.00	2	0	—	—	—	—	—
20	Ryan Carters		2012–2014	BBL02/1	16	144	33*	13.09	91.71	12	2	—	—	—	—	—
21	Martin Guptill		2012	BBL02/1	1	20	20	20.00	74.07	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
22	Rhett Lockyear		2012	BBL02/1	1	4	4	4.00	33.33	0	0	0	—	—	6.00	—
23	Dirk Nannes		2012–2015	BBL02/1	20	3	3*	—	75.00	2	0	23	4/17	22.43	7.15	18.8
24	Chris Rogers		2012	BBL02/1	6	87	24	14.50	90.62	1	0	—	—	—	—	—
25	Gurinder Sandhu		2012–2020	BBL02/1	47	52	11*	7.42	88.13	12	0	41	3/19	30.41	8.07	22.6
26	Chris Tremain		2012–2020	BBL02/1	23	45	37*	15.00	121.62	3	0	17	2/27	38.88	8.43	27.6
27	Mark Cosgrove		2012–2015	BBL02/2	6	87	22	14.50	82.85	1	0	—	—	—	—	—
28	Azhar Mahmood		2012	BBL02/2	3	25	23	8.33	83.33	0	0	2	2/18	40.00	8.88	27.0
29	Adam Zampa		2012–2013	BBL02/3	6	18	8	3.60	69.23	0	0	5	3/26	30.80	8.40	22.0
30	Simon Keen		2012–2013	BBL02/4	5	66	24	13.20	122.22	2	0	1	1/28	38.00	9.50	24.0
31	Matt Prior		2012–2013	BBL02/5	4	32	17	8.00	68.08	1	0	—	—	—	—	—
32	Blake Dean		2013	BBL03/1	1	3	3	3.00	50.00	0	0	1	1/29	29.00	14.50	12.0
33	Luke Feldman		2013–2014	BBL03/1	5	—	—	—	—	0	0	4	2/43	36.75	8.16	27.0
34	Michael Hussey		2013–2016	BBL03/1	23	741	96	39.00	133.75	9	0	—	—	—	—	—
35	Eoin Morgan		2013–2017	BBL03/1	13	318	71*	31.80	120.00	5	0	—	—	—	—	—
36	Carl Sandri		2013	BBL03/1	2	22	13	22.00	146.66	2	0	2	1/20	26.50	8.83	18.0
37	Chris Woakes		2013	BBL03/1	2	8	8*	—	80.00	0	0	2	1/31	31.00	7.75	24.0
38	Daniel Hughes		2013–2015	BBL03/2	13	179	40*	19.88	103.46	7	0	—	—	—	—	—
39	Kurtis Patterson		2013–2018	BBL03/2	25	438	48	19.90	108.95	9	0	—	—	—	—	—
40	Tillakaratne Dilshan		2014	BBL03/3	4	62	46	15.50	126.53	1	0	0	—	—	9.24	—
41	Ajantha Mendis		2014	BBL03/5	3	13	8	6.50	118.18	1	0	3	2/15	25.00	6.25	24.0
42	Andrew Tye		2014	BBL03/6	3	16	9	8.00	94.11	0	0	2	1/20	39.50	7.18	33.0
43	Pat Cummins		2014–2019	BBL04/1	12	152	39	38.00	133.33	4	0	13	2/21	29.23	8.32	21.0
44	Chris Hartley		2014–2016	BBL04/1	17	37	23	9.25	82.22	8	3	—	—	—	—	—
45	Nathan Hauritz		2014–2015	BBL04/1	8	12	12	12.00	133.33	3	0	6	2/34	27.83	9.02	18.5
46	Jacques Kallis		2014–2016	BBL04/1	16	372	97*	28.61	119.61	5	0	10	2/18	30.50	6.93	26.4
47	Andrew McDonald		2014–2016	BBL04/1	6	66	23	13.20	86.84	1	0	4	3/20	14.25	9.50	9.0
48	Aiden Blizzard		2014–2018	BBL04/2	21	390	80*	26.00	118.54	1	0	—	—	—	—	—
49	Josh Lalor		2015	BBL04/4	5	1	1*	—	100.00	2	0	7	4/29	16.28	8.34	11.7
50	Jason Roy		2015	BBL04/5	3	18	14*	9.00	163.63	2	0	—	—	—	—	—
51	Ahillen Beadle		2015	BBL04/6	3	7	7	7.00	100.00	0	0	1	1/39	61.00	7.62	48.0
52	Ian Moran		2015	BBL04/6	1	—	—	—	—	0	0	1	1/19	19.00	19.00	6.0
53	Cameron Delport		2015	BBL04/8	1	30	30	30.00	103.44	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
54	Jake Doran		2015–2016	BBL04/8	4	3	3	1.50	60.00	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
55	Chris Green		2015–2020	BBL04/8	48	351	49	18.47	135.52	28	0	33	3/27	30.63	7.06	26.0
56	Fawad Ahmed		2015–2019	BBL05/1	42	11	5*	5.50	55.00	8	0	40	4/14	25.45	6.97	21.9
57	Clint McKay		2015–2017	BBL05/1	17	55	14*	18.33	125.00	6	0	22	4/28	21.45	8.45	15.2
58	Ben Rohrer		2015–2018	BBL05/1	28	386	48	24.12	133.56	11	0	—	—	—	—	—
59	Andre Russell		2015–2017	BBL05/1	15	210	46	17.50	159.09	7	0	19	3/13	23.36	7.97	17.5
60	Shane Watson		2015–2019	BBL05/1	40	1014	100	26.68	133.94	10	0	19	3/13	27.78	8.25	20.2
61	Nathan McAndrew		2016–2020	BBL05/8	14	19	10*	19.00	126.66	7	0	6	2/22	43.33	8.47	30.6
62	Henry Nicholls		2016	BBL05/8	2	38	35*	38.00	122.58	3	0	—	—	—	—	—
63	Ryan Gibson		2016–2018	BBL06/1	13	131	53	14.55	93.57	4	0	—	—	—	—	—
64	Arjun Nair		2016–2020	BBL06/2	32	223	45	20.27	118.61	9	0	21	3/12	26.85	7.72	20.8
65	Jay Lenton		2017–2020	BBL06/4	20	131	27*	21.83	136.45	11	4	—	—	—	—	—
66	Carlos Brathwaite		2017	BBL06/6	3	7	6	3.50	116.66	1	0	6	3/21	14.16	7.72	11.0
67	James Vince		2017–2018	BBL06/8	6	149	44	24.83	137.96	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
68	Jos Buttler		2017–2019	BBL07/1	13	475	89	36.53	138.48	6	0	—	—	—	—	—
69	Andrew Fekete		2017	BBL07/1	3	1	1	1.00	14.28	0	0	1	1/37	94.00	9.55	59.0
70	Mitchell McClenaghan		2017–2018	BBL07/1	10	10	9	3.33	76.92	3	0	11	2/19	32.81	9.17	21.4
71	Callum Ferguson		2017–2020	BBL07/3	38	920	113*	29.67	127.24	9	0	—	—	—	—	—
72	Sam Rainbird		2018–2019	BBL08/1	7	0	0*	0.00	0.00	2	0	3	2/25	52.66	9.77	32.3
73	Joe Root		2018–2019	BBL08/1	7	93	26	15.50	114.81	3	0	0	—	—	7.00	—
74	Daniel Sams		2018–2020	BBL08/1	31	230	42	9.20	119.17	8	0	45	4/34	17.26	8.19	12.6
75	Jason Sangha		2018–2019	BBL08/1	12	178	63*	22.25	107.87	2	0	0	—	—	11.00	—
76	Jonathan Cook		2018–2020	BBL08/2	21	19	12*	9.50	95.00	5	0	21	4/21	24.42	7.32	20.0
77	Anton Devcich		2019	BBL08/8	7	91	26	13.00	104.59	1	0	1	1/9	17.00	8.50	12.0
78	Chris Jordan		2019	BBL08/8	7	2	1	1.00	40.00	6	0	5	2/44	38.60	8.97	25.8
79	Matthew Gilkes		2019–2020	BBL08/11	11	144	51	18.00	104.34	5	0	—	—	—	—	—
80	Baxter Holt		2019	BBL08/12	2	41	37	41.00	124.24	2	1	—	—	—	—	—
81	Alex Hales		2019–2020	BBL09/1	17	576	85	38.40	146.93	9	0	—	—	—	—	—
82	Alex Ross		2019–2020	BBL09/1	17	372	58	37.20	130.06	7	0	—	—	—	—	—
83	Chris Morris		2019–2020	BBL09/3	15	112	21	12.44	147.36	7	0	22	3/27	19.36	8.01	14.5
84	Brendan Doggett		2020	BBL09/6	8	—	—	—	—	1	0	3	1/13	61.66	8.40	44.0
85	Liam Bowe		2020	BBL09/9	5	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	3	2/23	31.33	7.83	24.0

Source: ESPN Cricinfo Thunder Batting records and ESPN Cricinfo Thunder Bowling and Fielding records

See also

• List of Big Bash League cricketers

References

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