Marcus Stoinis' near-century, gravity-defying Andre Fletcher script Melbourne Stars victory
Ben McDermott's outstanding 58-ball 91 goes in vain as Hobart Hurricanes lose by ten runs
04/01Result
27th Match (D/N), Big Bash League at Hobart, Jan 4 2021
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![Melbourne Stars]( "Melbourne Stars")
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![Hobart Hurricanes]( "Hobart Hurricanes")
173/6 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
04/01Result
27th Match (D/N), Big Bash League at Hobart, Jan 4 2021
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![Melbourne Stars]( "Melbourne Stars")
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![Hobart Hurricanes]( "Hobart Hurricanes")
173/6 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
MP Stoinis
97(55) 7x4 - 7x6
Control %87%
- Productive Shot
- pull
- 26 runs
- 1x4 - 3x6
BR McDermott
91(58) 8x4 - 5x6
Control %76%
- Productive Shot
- cover drive
- 25 runs
- 1x4 - 1x6
Match Details
Series
Toss
Hobart Hurricanes , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
04 January 2021 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Melbourne Stars 4, Hobart Hurricanes 0
Scorecard Summary
MELBOURNE STARS 183/6 (20 OVERS)
- Marcus Stoinis*97 (55)
- Hilton Cartwright36 (24)
- Nathan Ellis3/31 (4)
- Riley Meredith2/25 (4)
HOBART HURRICANES 173/6 (20 OVERS)
- Dawid Malan26 (22)
- Ben McDermott91 (58)
- Sam Rainbird2/22 (4)
- Adam Zampa1/28 (4)
Scorer: Venkat Raghav | Commentator: @PeterDellaPenna
END OF OVER:20 | 10 Runs 1 Wkt | HH: 173/6 (11 runs required, RR: 8.65)
- Nathan Ellis2 (2b)
- Johan Botha1 (1b)
- Billy Stanlake4-0-41-1
- Liam Hatcher4-0-45-1
7.30 pm So McDermott's valiant knock is undone by a brilliant piece of fielding from Andre Fletcher, his second superb boundary catch in this chase to swing momentum the Stars way and they hold on in the end. A lot of people have been calling for Fletcher to be dropped due to his woeful form with the bat but he contributed in a massive way to the victory with his fielding. Stoinis' 97 ends up being a match-winning knock. He made a crucial decision in the final over of the first innings to turn down a single second ball and he followed it with a hat-trick of fours. McDermott may show 91 next to his name on the scorecard but his incredibly slow start comes back to bite the Hurricanes in the end, just 27 off his first 29 balls before a surge that came too late for the home side to pull out a win.
Anyway, that's all from this match. Feel free to flip on over to the second game in the BBL doubleheader which is already well underway. Take care!
19.6
1
Stanlake to Ellis, 1 run, full and wide, sliced behind point for one to end the match.
Stars are finally going to break the losing streak.
19.5
1
Stanlake to Botha, 1 run, full and wide, shuffles across and flicks this along the ground to deep midwicket.
Botha the new man in asked to clear the ropes twice.
Two sixes needed to send this to a Super Over.
19.4
W
Stanlake to Handscomb, 1 leg bye, OUT, full on fifth stump, Handscomb walks way across his stumps to try to shovel this over fine leg and misses, it caroms off the pads behind square leg and they come back for a suicide second to try to keep the match alive but Zampa races from short fine leg and relays sharply to the keeper to deny the second.
PSP Handscomb run out 21 (9b 1x4 2x6) SR: 233.33
19.3
0
Stanlake to Handscomb, no run, wide yorker pitches this time, slices a drive straight to backward point.
19.2
6
Stanlake to Handscomb, SIX, tries for the slower wide yorker, misfires horribly and it's a knee high full toss on fourth stump, Handscomb shuffled way outside off and heaves this high and deep 20 rows into the stands over square leg.
19.1
1
Stanlake to Ellis, 1 run, full and wide, driven through the ring for one.
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