Maxwell, Stoinis and Larkin lift Stars to second
After their bowlers limited Thunder to 135, Stars' top-order polished the chase off in 17.2 overs
05/01Result
20th Match (D/N), Big Bash League at Carrara, Jan 5 2019
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![Sydney Thunder]( "Sydney Thunder")
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![Melbourne Stars]( "Melbourne Stars")
137/2 (17.2/20 ov)
Player of the Match
05/01Result
20th Match (D/N), Big Bash League at Carrara, Jan 5 2019
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![Sydney Thunder]( "Sydney Thunder")
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![Melbourne Stars]( "Melbourne Stars")
137/2 (17.2/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
DR Sams
42(25) 0x4 - 4x6
Control %64%
- Productive Shot
- cover drive
- 10 runs
- 0x4 - 1x6
NCR Larkin
41(41) 1x4 - 1x6
Control %88%
- Productive Shot
- cover drive
- 7 runs
- 0x4 - 0x6
Best performances - Bowlers
SM Boland
- O4
- M0
- R28
- W2
- Eco7.00
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
MP Stoinis
- O4
- M0
- R29
- W2
- Eco7.25
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Match Details
Series
Toss
Sydney Thunder , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
17.15 start, First Session 17.15-18.35, Interval 18.35-18.55, Second Session 18.55- 21.15
Match days
05 January 2019 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Melbourne Stars 2, Sydney Thunder 0
Scorecard Summary
SYDNEY THUNDER 135/8 (20 OVERS)
- Joe Root26 (28)
- Daniel Sams42 (25)
- Marcus Stoinis2/29 (4)
- Scott Boland2/28 (4)
MELBOURNE STARS 137/2 (17.2 OVERS)
- Glenn Maxwell*41 (31)
- Nick Larkin*41 (41)
- Fawad Ahmed1/26 (4)
- Daniel Sams1/28 (3.2)
Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: Alex Malcolm
Melbourne Stars win by eight wickets with 16 balls to spare. That was a clinic from Maxwell and Larkin. They did that on cruise control. Never took a risk. The Thunder had no answer at all. Marcus Stoinis got them off to a good start and the Stars never looked back. The Thunder will rue their batting display. Batting first may have been an error as well but they really lost their way in the middle overs. Marcus Stoinis is Player of the Match for his 2 for 29 and 34 off 22 balls. He will now leave for Australia ODI duty as will Glenn Maxwell and Adam Zampa. That concludes our coverage from the Gold Coast. But the BBL action continues tonight with Perth Scorchers hosting Brisbane Heat at Perth Stadium.
17.2
6
Sams to Maxwell, SIX, launches this over deep midwicket! What a way to end it! Good length outside off and he just stepped forward and smeared it over deep midwicket! He is some player
Sanjay: "Sandeep playing bpl because he had already signed bpl before bbl"
17.1
1
Sams to Larkin, 1 run, 130kph, thigh high full toss, he pushes it straight of mid off
Sams is back
END OF OVER:17 | 4 Runs | MS: 130/2 (6 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.64, RRR: 2.00)
- Glenn Maxwell35 (30b)
- Nick Larkin40 (40b)
- Gurinder Sandhu3-0-22-0
- Chris Green3-0-18-0
16.6
0
Sandhu to Maxwell, no run, slower ball, he tried to end it one blow, heaving over midwicket, but got through the shot and got it off the toe-end of the bat
16.5
1
Sandhu to Larkin, 1 run, 134kph, short ball, pulled with control to deep square leg
Ron: "@Jeff.. Delhi Daredevils is Delhi Capitals now mate !!" True
16.4
0
Sandhu to Larkin, no run, 110kph, slower ball back of a length, he turns this off the back foot to midwicket
Stephen Jones: "12 singles on the trot , bring the field up and at least make the stars work for the victory ." This has been very easy batting
16.3
1
Sandhu to Maxwell, 1 run, 134kph, short ball, skidded on quicker, he pulls awkwardly forward of square
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All Match NewsMaxwell, Stoinis and Larkin lift Stars to second
After their bowlers limited Thunder to 135, Stars' top-order polished the chase off in 17.2 overs
