BBL: Adelaide Strikers seal record win over Hobart Hurricanes

Matt Short celebrates Adelaide Strikers victoryMen's Big Bash League, Adelaide OvalHobart Hurricanes 229-4 (20 overs): McDermott 57 (30), De Grandhomme 2-45Adelaide Strikers 230-3 (19.3 overs): Short 100 (59), Dooley 2-25Strikers have won by seven wicketsScorecard

Short, replacing Peter Siddle, hit 100 balls from 59, including eight fours and three sixes.

Chris Lynn hit a brisk 64 for 29 balls as the Strikers chased 230 with three spare bullets.

Ben McDermott previously had a game-high 57 to help the Hurricanes post 229-4.

England Test batsman Zak Crawley had an unbeaten 54 for the Hurricanes, smashing five fours and three sixes on his BBL debut.

However, a 124-run position between Short and Lynn helped put the Strikers on top, before Paddy Dooley fired Lynn.

< p class="" data-reactid=".3or2aaupce.0.0.0.1.$paragraph -8">Left arm spinner took 2-25 but couldn't stop Short, who entered his century with a limit which also sealed the victory for his team.

The Hurricanes had completed the previous highest chase of the BBL when they hunted 223 against the Melbourne Renegades in 2017.

The result saw the Strikers end their three-game losing streak and move them to fourth in the table, with the Hurricanes in sixth rank.

BBL: Adelaide Strikers seal record win over Hobart Hurricanes
Matt Short celebrates Adelaide Strikers victoryMen's Big Bash League, Adelaide OvalHobart Hurricanes 229-4 (20 overs): McDermott 57 (30), De Grandhomme 2-45Adelaide Strikers 230-3 (19.3 overs): Short 100 (59), Dooley 2-25Strikers have won by seven wicketsScorecard

Short, replacing Peter Siddle, hit 100 balls from 59, including eight fours and three sixes.

Chris Lynn hit a brisk 64 for 29 balls as the Strikers chased 230 with three spare bullets.

Ben McDermott previously had a game-high 57 to help the Hurricanes post 229-4.

England Test batsman Zak Crawley had an unbeaten 54 for the Hurricanes, smashing five fours and three sixes on his BBL debut.

However, a 124-run position between Short and Lynn helped put the Strikers on top, before Paddy Dooley fired Lynn.

< p class="" data-reactid=".3or2aaupce.0.0.0.1.$paragraph -8">Left arm spinner took 2-25 but couldn't stop Short, who entered his century with a limit which also sealed the victory for his team.

The Hurricanes had completed the previous highest chase of the BBL when they hunted 223 against the Melbourne Renegades in 2017.

The result saw the Strikers end their three-game losing streak and move them to fourth in the table, with the Hurricanes in sixth rank.

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