Ben Dunk and Ben Laughlin star as Hobart Hurricanes belt hapless Sydney Thunder Ben Dunk was at his destructive best against Sydney Thunder. Picture: Nikki Davis-Jones Source: News Limited BEN Dunk produced a Hurricanes record as Hobart got its season back on track, inflicting the Sydney Thunder to even more woe in its 19th straight loss. Horrible in the field for the first 15 overs with the ball, the Thunder lost its big gun early in its innings when captain Mike Hussey charged Ben Hilfenhaus first ball and was easily caught at mid-wicket for two all but ending the contest in the third over of the chase. Chasing 168 to win at 8.4 an over, the Thunder was humbled for 94 - its lowest ever score - with the Hurricanes' Ben Laughlin (3-8 off three), Cameron Boyce (3-25 off 3.4) and Shoaib Malik (2-19 off four) wreaking havoc in front of 10,738 fans. While Dunk spanked 96 from 54 balls, the highest individual score by a batsman in purple, Sydney had some horrific moments that cost it any chance of recording its first win in more than two seasons. Crucial to the outcome Jason Floros grassed an absolute sitter off Dunk on 68 and its bowlers were smashed to all parts inside and outside Blundstone Arena in the first 15 overs. Thunder fast bowler Dirk Nannes said Dunk's was a special knock. "That was an extraordinary innings," Nannes said. That was a tough wicket to bat on if you were bowling slower balls into the wicket and yorkers. He made it look easy. It was chalk and cheese between him and anyone else in the game. Hats off to him, he won the game right from the start. For us we've just got to think on our feet a little bit better. It took us too long to adjust to work out what the wicket was and how we should be bowling on it. Ben Laughlin celebrates the wicket of Usman Khawaja. To cap off another wretched day, there was a comical run out that saw Floros and Kurtis Patterson stranded mid-pitch looking at each as the stumps were broken. However, to the men in lime green's credit, they reined the Hurricanes in, denying the home side an additional 15 to 20 runs with late wickets, starting with the fall of Dunk and restricting Hobart to just one boundary in the last 28 balls. Hobart import Owais Shah struggled with the tempo again, making just three off seven balls in the last three overs of the match. Man of the match Dunk now has the fastest 50 in Big Bash history (50 off 20 against the Heat), and on Saturday added the highest Big Bash score this season and the highest ever individual Hurricanes score. Ryan Carters gets the ball away as Tim Paine looks on. The left-handed opener, a former Thunder player, slammed eight fours and five sixes, including one sweep slog out of the ground and down adjacent Church St. He went to bring up the first ever Hurricanes century in style, pulling a Gurinder Sandhu slower ball bouncer but could only find deep mid-wicket. The 26-year-old said three figures was not at the forefront of his thinking. ``To be honest I looked up at the scoreboard and I did see 96 but what was more important we had three overs to go and seven or eight wickets in hand," Dunk said. ``It is a funny game, you've got to try and take as many runs as you can, even if you think you are in front. ``We saw how hard our last couple of batsmen found it so we just needed to keep pushing on. ``Personal milestones are nice to have but what's more important is that we are back in the four and right back in the tournament. With the win Hobart jumped provisionally back into the top four prior to last night's Stars and Heat clash.