Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
10 | 5 Runs | MS: 111/5 (19 runs required, RR: 11.10)

  • Seb Gotch2 (3b)
  • Nick Larkin35 (16b)
  • Xavier Bartlett2-0-19-0
  • Lewis Gregory2-0-29-1

Chris Lynn is the Man of the Match: "It can get a bit tricky but I think we've all played enough rain-affected games. When it kept raining, it kept landing in our favor with the ball getting wet. We're starting to click as a unit. We haven't been great in the field this year so it's been a real sticking point for us and today is the standard for the rest of the tournament for us now."

11.44 pm DLS proves to have a major influence on the chase. Heat win by 18 runs in the calculation. But the final overs would have been approached far differently had the target been 116 instead of 130. Maxwell's Stars were negatively affected by being forced to use a sixth bowler for the 10th over in the first innings.

JohnT: "@Danish - the DLS run boost is not the reason Stars lost this game, it was Andre Fletcher scoring 15 runs off 13 balls during the Power Play !"

Certainly there's no excuse for the Stars bungling their batting strategy chasing once the reply was reduced to 10 overs. Have to get your best batsmen facing the most deliveries so the concept of a specialist opener really flies out the window. Pooran or Maxwell should have opened with Stoinis, Pooran if you buy into the left-right disruption method.

9.6
1
Bartlett to Gotch, 1 run, length ball on fourth stump, shovels this flat to mid-off, catch taken on his knees on the ring by Wildermuth. They're going to the third umpire for this, to decide the difference in one run to a win. The ball was bursting through his fingertips and may have been trapped. Not going to change the result either way. The umpire says it touched the turf so Gotch ends not out.

Henk: "As I said 115 would have been a close game with a great chasing effort. DLS took the result out of reach"

9.5
1
Bartlett to Larkin, 1 run, full length on off stump, slaps this to long-on.
9.4
1
Bartlett to Gotch, 1 run, waist high full toss, flubs this to long-on. Fortunate to not be called a no ball. Right on the belt line.

Mathematically the match is over. Larkin showed no urgency to come back on strike.

9.3
1
Bartlett to Larkin, 1 run, slower length ball on fourth stump, slaps this through midwicket for a single. They slow jog one.

Danish: "This scenario again proves why D/L needs overhauling..10 off the last over required turns in to 23 required for calculations way beyond most fans' understanding smh. "

9.2
0
Bartlett to Larkin, no run, slower wide yorker on fifth stump, on the money and Larkin can't get this away. Superb delivery in the moment.
9.1
1lb
Bartlett to Gotch, 1 leg bye, slower length ball into the pads at 124 kph, Gotch misses a heave to the leg side first ball and comes off the pads scampering a run.

END OF OVER:
9 | 23 Runs | MS: 106/5 (24 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 11.77, RRR: 24.00)

  • Nick Larkin33 (13b)
  • Seb Gotch0 (0b)
  • Lewis Gregory2-0-29-1
  • Mark Steketee2-0-25-3

That no ball was potentially monumental. Gave them an extra ball that arguably led to 5 bonus runs by the end of the over. Now suddenly a not insurmountable 23 needed off the final over. the DLS 14-run boost is now extremely significant.

8.6
4
Gregory to Larkin, FOUR, short and wide, carves this high over backward point.
8.5
2
Gregory to Larkin, 2 runs, short and wide, slaps this in front of point and they jog back for an easy second.
8.4
6
Gregory to Larkin, SIX, in the slot on the stumps, misfires on the attempted yorker and clubs this high over wide long-on.
8.4
1nb
Gregory to Larkin, 1 no ball, yorker on the money beats the heave to the leg side in between his legs, but the umpire calls him for overstepping!
8.3
4
Gregory to Larkin, FOUR, full and wide, slaps this high over extra cover, just beats the sweeper to the rope.

Stars 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st42ADS FletcherMP Stoinis
2nd17MP StoinisN Pooran
3rd1MP StoinisGJ Maxwell
4th6MP StoinisHWR Cartwright
5th6NCR LarkinHWR Cartwright
6th39SE GotchNCR Larkin

Big Bash League

TeamMWLPTNRR
SS1495360.257
PS1485320.851
ST1486310.949
BH147729-0.286
AS1477280.105
HH147728-0.187
MS1458240.14
MR1441016-1.727