Big Bash LeagueMatch 33 · T20
Sydney Thunder beat Melbourne Stars by 7 wickets - Match Info
Melbourne Cricket Ground, . Sydney Thunder won the toss and chose to bowl.
Melbourne Stars147/620 ov
Sydney Thunder149/316.1 ov
Sydney Thunder won by 7 wickets
Adelaide Strikers won the title
Match details
- Match
- Match 33, T20 · Big Bash League 2017/18
- Date
- (Sat 20 Jan, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
- Toss
- Sydney Thunder, chose to bowl
- Result
- Sydney Thunder won by 7 wickets
- Player of the match
- Shane Watson
- Umpires
- Simon Lightbody (Australia), Geoff Davidson
- TV umpire
- CA Polosak
- Reserve umpire
- D Brigham
- Match referee
- D Talalla
Head to head (T20)
Played 22 · MS won 11 · ST won 11
Last 5 meetings
- Match 16 · Big Bash League · ST 168/4 v MS 166/8Sydney Thunder won by 6 wickets
- Final · Big Bash League · MS 176/9 v ST 181/7Sydney Thunder won by 3 wickets
- Match · Big Bash League · ST 106/8 v MS 107/2Melbourne Stars won by 8 wickets
- Match · Big Bash League · ST 155/6 v MS 156/3Melbourne Stars won by 7 wickets
- Match · Big Bash League · MS 145/8 v ST 132Melbourne Stars won by 13 runs
Recent results (T20)
- L vs SS · MS 128/7 v SS 129/2Sydney Sixers won by 8 wickets
- W vs MR · MR 144/9 v MS 167/4Melbourne Stars won by 23 runs
- L vs AS · AS 152/2 v MS 151/6Adelaide Strikers won by 8 wickets
- L vs MR · MS 157/4 v MR 159/4Melbourne Renegades won by 6 wickets
- L vs BH · MS 141/7 v BH 144/1Brisbane Heat won by 9 wickets
Top players in this fixture
MS v ST T20s, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Pietersen MS | 3 | 201 | 74 | 100.50 | 170.34 |
| David Hussey MS | 5 | 136 | 52 | 34.00 | 146.24 |
| Eoin Morgan ST | 2 | 102 | 71 | 102.00 | 139.73 |
| Usman Khawaja ST | 3 | 96 | 70 | 32.00 | 147.69 |
| Luke Wright MS | 6 | 94 | 27 | 18.80 | 117.50 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Hastings MS | 3 | 6 | 7.91 |
| Shane Watson ST | 2 | 5 | 5.71 |
| James Faulkner MS | 3 | 5 | 6.47 |
| Chris Green ST | 2 | 4 | 7.88 |
| Adam Zampa MS | 2 | 3 | 6.38 |
T20s at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Matches
- 27
- Average 1st-innings score
- 151
- Won batting first
- 7
- Won chasing
- 20
- Highest total
- 208/7 by Melbourne Stars ()