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Big Bash LeagueMatch 2 · T20

Melbourne Stars beat Brisbane Heat by 6 wickets

Manuka Oval, Canberra, . Melbourne Stars won the toss and chose to bowl.

Brisbane Heat12519.5 ov
Melbourne Stars129/417.1 ov
Melbourne Stars won by 6 wickets
Sydney Sixers won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Melbourne Stars won the toss and chose to bowl. Brisbane Heat were bowled out for 125, Tom Cooper 26 from 24 balls. Nathan Coulter-Nile took 4 for 10.

Melbourne Stars reached 129 for 4 in 17.1 overs, Hilton Cartwright 46 not out from 42 balls and Glenn Maxwell 46 from 26 balls. Jack Wood took 2 for 28.

Melbourne Stars won by 6 wickets.

Key performers

Brisbane Heat innings

125(19.5 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Max Bryantc BR Dunk b NM Coulter-Nilec BR Dunk b NM Coulter-Nile202011100.00
Sam Heazlettlbw b CD Hinchliffelbw b CD Hinchliffe141320107.69
Chris Lynnc CD Hinchliffe b NM Coulter-Nilec CD Hinchliffe b NM Coulter-Nile202011100.00
Daniel Lawrencerun outrun out8710114.29
Tom Cooperb Dilbar Hussainb Dilbar Hussain262412108.33
James Peirson †c GJ Maxwell b NM Coulter-Nilec GJ Maxwell b NM Coulter-Nile18211085.71
Simon Milenkoc HWR Cartwright b Dilbar Hussainc HWR Cartwright b Dilbar Hussain01000.00
Jack Woodrun outrun out230066.67
Xavier Bartlettrun outrun out230066.67
Matthew Kuhnemannc MP Stoinis b NM Coulter-Nilec MP Stoinis b NM Coulter-Nile9810112.50
Ben Laughlinnot outnot out0*000-
Extras(b 1, lb 4, nb 1)(b 1, lb 4, nb 1)6
Total19.5 Ov (RR 6.30)19.5 Ov (RR 6.30)125
Fall of wickets: 19-1 (SD Heazlett, 4.1 ov), 47-2 (M Bryant, 7.2 ov), 55-3 (DW Lawrence, 8.4 ov), 71-4 (CA Lynn, 11.1 ov), 106-5 (TLW Cooper, 16.1 ov), 106-6 (S Milenko, 16.2 ov), 114-7 (JJ Peirson, 17.5 ov), 114-8 (JP Wood, 18 ov), 125-9 (XC Bartlett, 19.4 ov), 125-10 (MP Kuhnemann, 19.5 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Glenn Maxwell302006.6771100
Billy Stanlake201407.0073000
Dilbar Hussain402526.25123001
Clint Hinchliffe201919.5021100
Adam Zampa402406.0070100
Nathan Coulter-Nile3.501042.61150000
Andre Fletcher10808.0040100
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stM Bryant 4(12) & SD Heazlett 14(13)1925
2ndCA Lynn 12(11) & M Bryant 16(8)2819
3rdDW Lawrence 8(7) & CA Lynn 0(1)88
4thTLW Cooper 6(7) & CA Lynn 8(8)1615
5thTLW Cooper 20(17) & JJ Peirson 13(13)3530
6thS Milenko 0(1) & JJ Peirson 0(0)01
7thJJ Peirson 5(8) & JP Wood 2(2)89
8thJP Wood 0(1) & XC Bartlett 0(0)01
9thMP Kuhnemann 9(7) & XC Bartlett 2(3)1110
10thMP Kuhnemann 0(1) & B Laughlin 0(0)01

Melbourne Stars innings

129/4(17.1 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Marcus Stoinisc †JJ Peirson b XC Bartlettc †JJ Peirson b XC Bartlett02000.00
Andre Fletcher †c & b MP Kuhnemannc & b MP Kuhnemann121111109.09
Hilton Cartwrightnot outnot out46*4241109.52
Ben Dunkc B Laughlin b JP Woodc B Laughlin b JP Wood6100060.00
Glenn Maxwellb JP Woodb JP Wood462633176.92
Nick Larkinnot outnot out16*1211133.33
Extras(w 3)(w 3)3
Total17.1 Ov (RR 7.51)17.1 Ov (RR 7.51) · Target 126 from 20 ov129/4
Fall of wickets: 0-1 (MP Stoinis, 0.2 ov), 20-2 (ADS Fletcher, 3.2 ov), 34-3 (BR Dunk, 6.1 ov), 109-4 (GJ Maxwell, 14.4 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Xavier Bartlett412817.00103100
Matthew Kuhnemann402315.75111110
Ben Laughlin403007.5062010
Jack Wood302829.3391300
Daniel Lawrence201608.0051110
Simon Milenko0.104024.0001000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stMP Stoinis 0(2) & ADS Fletcher 0(0)02
2ndHWR Cartwright 8(7) & ADS Fletcher 12(11)2018
3rdHWR Cartwright 8(7) & BR Dunk 6(10)1417
4thHWR Cartwright 27(25) & GJ Maxwell 46(26)7551
5thNCR Larkin 16(12) & HWR Cartwright 3(3)20*15

Commentary

End of innings: MS 129/4 (17.1 ov)
17.14
S Milenko to NCR Larkin, FOUR
End of over 178 runsMS 125/4160001
NCR Larkin 12(11)HWR Cartwright 46(42)DW Lawrence 2-0-16-0
16.61
DW Lawrence to NCR Larkin, 1 run
16.50
DW Lawrence to NCR Larkin, no run
16.40
DW Lawrence to NCR Larkin, no run
16.30
DW Lawrence to NCR Larkin, no run
16.26
DW Lawrence to NCR Larkin, SIX
16.11
DW Lawrence to HWR Cartwright, 1 run
End of over 165 runsMS 117/41100Wd11
HWR Cartwright 45(41)NCR Larkin 5(6)B Laughlin 4-0-30-0
15.61
B Laughlin to HWR Cartwright, 1 run
15.51
B Laughlin to NCR Larkin, 1 run
15.5Wd
B Laughlin to NCR Larkin, wide
15.40
B Laughlin to NCR Larkin, no run
15.30
B Laughlin to NCR Larkin, no run
15.21
B Laughlin to HWR Cartwright, 1 run
15.11
B Laughlin to NCR Larkin, 1 run
End of over 1515 runs, 1 wktMS 112/4606W21
NCR Larkin 3(2)HWR Cartwright 43(39)JP Wood 3-0-28-2
14.61
JP Wood to NCR Larkin, 1 run
14.52
JP Wood to NCR Larkin, 2 runs
14.4W
JP Wood to GJ Maxwell, OUT
GJ Maxwell b JP Wood 46(26) [4s-3 6s-3] · FoW 109/4 (14.4 ov)
14.36
JP Wood to GJ Maxwell, SIX
14.20
JP Wood to GJ Maxwell, no run
14.16
JP Wood to GJ Maxwell, SIX
End of over 148 runsMS 97/3Wd014110
HWR Cartwright 43(39)GJ Maxwell 34(22)DW Lawrence 1-0-8-0
13.60
DW Lawrence to HWR Cartwright, no run
13.51
DW Lawrence to GJ Maxwell, 1 run
13.41
DW Lawrence to HWR Cartwright, 1 run
13.34
DW Lawrence to HWR Cartwright, FOUR
13.21
DW Lawrence to GJ Maxwell, 1 run