Hales, Green lead the charge as Thunder overwhelm Stars
The spinner picked up four wickets after the batsman had hammered 71 off 29 to set up a dominating win
29/12Result
19th Match (N), Big Bash League at Canberra, Dec 29 2020
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![Sydney Thunder]( "Sydney Thunder")
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![Melbourne Stars]( "Melbourne Stars")
144 (19.5/20 ov)
Player of the Match
29/12Result
19th Match (N), Big Bash League at Canberra, Dec 29 2020
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![Sydney Thunder]( "Sydney Thunder")
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![Melbourne Stars]( "Melbourne Stars")
144 (19.5/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
AD Hales
71(29) 8x4 - 5x6
Control %89%
- Productive Shot
- slog sweep
- 18 runs
- 0x4 - 3x6
CJ Ferguson
51(33) 5x4 - 1x6
Control %91%
- Productive Shot
- paddle sweep
- 10 runs
- 2x4 - 0x6
Match Details
Series
Toss
Melbourne Stars , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
29 December 2020 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Sydney Thunder 4, Melbourne Stars 0
Scorecard Summary
SYDNEY THUNDER 219/7 (20 OVERS)
- Callum Ferguson51 (33)
- Alex Hales71 (29)
- Adam Zampa3/49 (4)
- Billy Stanlake2/19 (2)
MELBOURNE STARS 144 (19.5 OVERS)
- Marcus Stoinis27 (15)
- Glenn Maxwell23 (20)
- Chris Green4/34 (4)
- Tanveer Sangha2/17 (4)
Scorer: Vairavan | Commentator: @PeterDellaPenna
Thunder move past the Strikers into second place after today's win, just a bonus point adrift of the Sixers at the top of the table with both teams holding 4-1 records. Stars meanwhile are mired in fifth place and need to become better organized with bat and ball to close the deficit. Thanks for joining us today. Come back tomorrow for some more BBL action. Take care!
Man of the Match Alex Hales: "It's different [with the Powerplay rules] so to have two fewer overs is a different challenge. It's not been an easy start but today I was able to cash in. [The slog sweep] is something I was looking to do tonight. It's a true pitch and I struggled against Zampa last time. It's great to have the crowd in and great to have Sam [Billings] as part of the squad. Adam Milne bowls 150 kph as well."
10.37 pm Thunder had their foot on the throat of the Stars from the start and practically never let up from the moment Hales was slog sweeping with authority over the midwicket rope. Green and Sangha were superb with the ball in the chase. Hard to find fault with anything on the Thunder side of things. Stars batting strategy was muddled and something they need to work out. In spite of their firepower, they were miles off the target.
19.5
W
Tremain to Zampa, OUT, slower ball at 118 kph short and wide, Zampa tries to flay this down the ground but serves up a basic catch to mid-on. Stars finally put out of their misery.
A Zampa c Green b Tremain 23 (21b 2x4 1x6) SR: 109.52
19.4
4
Tremain to Zampa, FOUR, short on the stumps, top edges this over the keeper for a boundary.
19.3
W
Tremain to Stanlake, OUT, tame runout symbolizes the night for the Stars. Low full toss driven to extra cover on the ring. They set off for a non-existent run and Hales relays sharply to the bowler over the non-striker's stumps with Stanlake four yards short.
B Stanlake run out 0 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
19.2
1
Tremain to Zampa, 1 run, another slower ball lands full outside off, drags a drive over mid-on this time for a long single.
19.1
0
Tremain to Zampa, no run, slower ball lands full and wide, toe slapped well short of extra cover.
Tremain to bowl the last over.
END OF OVER:19 | 3 Runs | MS: 139/8 (81 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.31, RRR: 81.00)
- Billy Stanlake0 (2b)
- Adam Zampa18 (17b)
- Daniel Sams4-0-27-1
- Adam Milne4-0-34-0
18.6
0
Sams to Stanlake, no run, knee high full toss on middle stump, prodded to extra cover.
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