The Challenger on the 24th is set to be a Sydney derby at the SCG.

Nathan McAndrew | Player of the Match: Bit of a bowler friendly wicket out there. Stoinis and Maxwell looked dangerous but we held our nerve. The crowd was buzzing, they were so loud that we couldn’t hear the nick (1.4). We’ve played in quite a lot of finals but we’ve not had a lot of home finals, we love playing here. Hopefully we can win two more for them (fans). We knew it was defendable. The early wickets were pretty crucial, we knew it was going to be hard to bat in the middle overs. Knew they were going to come hard at us in the powerplay. When we got Maxwell, well it didn’t kill the game completely but went a long way in our favour. He’s (Warner) been brilliant and very vocal, he loves it, hopefully we can keep him young and keep him around for a long time.

23:04 Local Time, 12:04 GMT, 17:34 IST: Absolutely top-class defence this from the Syndey Thunder. They were restricted to a below-par total but they knew the surface wasn’t easy to bat on. They came out with great intensity, executed their plans brilliantly and were outstanding in the field. Sam Harper was dismissed in the very first over.

McAndrew to Doug Warren, out Caught by Warner!! Doug Warren c Warner b McAndrew 7(8) [4s-1]

McAndrew to Doug Warren, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

McAndrew to Doug Warren, no run, slower delivery full on leg-stump, takes a thick outside edge to short third man as he looks to clip it away

McAndrew to Siddle, 1 run, to third man

Peter Siddle, right handed bat, comes to the crease

McAndrew to Steketee, out Caught by Warner!! Well he's gone next ball anyway! And the wicket will at least go against McAndrew's name. Steketee c Warner b McAndrew 18(13) [6s-2]

McAndrew to Steketee, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

McAndrew to Doug Warren, 1 run, to cover

McAndrew to Doug Warren, no run

Nathan McAndrew [3.0-0-14-3] is back into the attack

Chris Green to Steketee, 2 runs, great work in the field again, flatter delivery outside off, Steketee waits for it this time before pummeling it towards deep mid-wicket, Garton sprints to his left and dives to parry it back in, saves two runs

Chris Green to Steketee, SIX, in the slot and out of the park! Floated up full on middle, right in the slot, Steketee clears his front-leg and smokes it a long way over the cow corner ropes

Chris Green to Steketee, no run, carrom-ball again outside off, Steketee swings across the line and it sneaks under the bat

Chris Green to Steketee, no run

Chris Green to Steketee, no run

Chris Green to Doug Warren, 1 run, flatter delivery on the stumps, Doug Warren backs away a long way before slapping it towards deep backward point

Chris Green [2.0-0-7-1] is back into the attack