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Big Bash LeagueMatch 7 · T20

Melbourne Stars beat Sydney Thunder by 4 runs

Melbourne Cricket Ground, . Sydney Thunder won the toss and chose to bowl.

Melbourne Stars165/420 ov
Sydney Thunder161/520 ov
Melbourne Stars won by 4 runs
Perth Scorchers won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Sydney Thunder won the toss and chose to bowl. Melbourne Stars made 165 for 4 in 20 overs, Nick Larkin 52 not out from 43 balls and Hilton Cartwright 42 from 30 balls. Tanveer Sangha took 2 for 29.

Sydney Thunder made 161 for 5 in 20 overs, Matthew Gilkes 56 from 49 balls and Sam Billings 43 from 31 balls. Nathan Coulter-Nile took 2 for 27.

Melbourne Stars won by 4 runs.

Key performers

Melbourne Stars innings

165/4(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Marcus Stoinisrun out (AI Ross/N McAndrew/CJ Green)run out (AI Ross/N McAndrew/CJ Green)131320100.00
Joe Clarke †c AI Ross b N McAndrewc AI Ross b N McAndrew131220108.33
Glenn Maxwellb T Sanghab T Sangha161600100.00
Nick Larkinnot outnot out52*4350120.93
Hilton Cartwrightc BCJ Cutting b T Sanghac BCJ Cutting b T Sangha423032140.00
Andre Russellnot outnot out17*920188.89
Extras(lb 1, w 8, nb 3)(lb 1, w 8, nb 3)12
Total20 Ov (RR 8.25)20 Ov (RR 8.25)165/4
Fall of wickets: 18-1 (JM Clarke, 3 ov), 31-2 (MP Stoinis, 4.3 ov), 61-3 (GJ Maxwell, 9.3 ov), 141-4 (HWR Cartwright, 17.4 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Gurinder Sandhu403208.0082021
Daniel Sams4050012.5057041
Nathan McAndrew402716.75122011
Tanveer Sangha402927.2591200
Chris Green201608.0041010
Ben Cutting201005.0061000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stMP Stoinis 2(6) & JM Clarke 13(12)1818
2ndMP Stoinis 11(7) & GJ Maxwell 2(2)139
3rdGJ Maxwell 14(14) & NCR Larkin 14(16)3030
4thHWR Cartwright 42(30) & NCR Larkin 34(22)8049
5thNCR Larkin 4(5) & AD Russell 17(9)24*14

Sydney Thunder innings

161/5(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Alex Haleslbw b A Zampalbw b A Zampa101020100.00
Sam Whitemanb NM Coulter-Nileb NM Coulter-Nile10820125.00
Matthew Gilkesc †JM Clarke b NM Coulter-Nilec †JM Clarke b NM Coulter-Nile564941114.29
Sam Billings †c GJ Maxwell b Qais Ahmadc GJ Maxwell b Qais Ahmad433122138.71
Daniel Samsc †JM Clarke b BL Couchc †JM Clarke b BL Couch130033.33
Alex Rossnot outnot out17*1110154.55
Ben Cuttingnot outnot out12*820150.00
Extras(lb 2, w 10)(lb 2, w 10)12
Total20 Ov (RR 8.05)20 Ov (RR 8.05) · Target 166 from 20 ov161/5
Fall of wickets: 20-1 (AD Hales, 2 ov), 29-2 (SM Whiteman, 3.1 ov), 118-3 (SW Billings, 14.1 ov), 123-4 (DR Sams, 15.5 ov), 135-5 (M Gilkes, 17.2 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Nathan Coulter-Nile412726.75102010
Adam Zampa403117.7563000
Glenn Maxwell10909.0032000
Qais Ahmad302317.6761110
Andre Russell4040010.0063140
Brody Couch302317.6782100
Hilton Cartwright10606.0010000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stAD Hales 10(10) & SM Whiteman 5(2)2012
2ndSM Whiteman 5(6) & M Gilkes 4(1)97
3rdSW Billings 43(31) & M Gilkes 42(35)8966
4thM Gilkes 3(7) & DR Sams 1(3)510
5thM Gilkes 7(6) & AI Ross 3(3)129
6thBCJ Cutting 12(8) & AI Ross 14(8)26*16

Commentary

End of innings: ST 161/5 (20 ov)
End of over 206 runsST 161/5121110
BCJ Cutting 12(8)AI Ross 17(11)A Zampa 4-0-31-1
19.60
A Zampa to BCJ Cutting, no run
19.51
A Zampa to AI Ross, 1 run
19.41
A Zampa to BCJ Cutting, 1 run
19.31
A Zampa to AI Ross, 1 run
19.22
A Zampa to AI Ross, 2 runs
19.11
A Zampa to BCJ Cutting, 1 run
End of over 1912 runsST 155/5421410
AI Ross 13(8)BCJ Cutting 10(5)AD Russell 4-0-40-0
18.60
AD Russell to AI Ross, no run
18.51
AD Russell to BCJ Cutting, 1 run
18.44
AD Russell to BCJ Cutting, FOUR
18.31
AD Russell to AI Ross, 1 run
18.22
AD Russell to AI Ross, 2 runs
18.14
AD Russell to AI Ross, FOUR
End of over 189 runs, 1 wktST 143/51W4013
AI Ross 6(4)BCJ Cutting 5(3)NM Coulter-Nile 4-1-27-2
17.63
NM Coulter-Nile to AI Ross, 3 runs
17.51
NM Coulter-Nile to BCJ Cutting, 1 run
17.40
NM Coulter-Nile to BCJ Cutting, no run
17.34
NM Coulter-Nile to BCJ Cutting, FOUR
17.2W
NM Coulter-Nile to M Gilkes, OUT
M Gilkes c †JM Clarke b NM Coulter-Nile 56(49) [4s-4 6s-1] · FoW 135/5 (17.2 ov)
17.11
NM Coulter-Nile to AI Ross, 1 run
End of over 1710 runsST 134/41111WdWd22
M Gilkes 56(48)AI Ross 2(2)AD Russell 3-0-28-0
16.62
AD Russell to M Gilkes, 2 runs
16.52
AD Russell to M Gilkes, 2 runs
16.5Wd
AD Russell to M Gilkes, wide
16.5Wd
AD Russell to M Gilkes, wide
16.41
AD Russell to AI Ross, 1 run
16.31
AD Russell to M Gilkes, 1 run
16.21
AD Russell to AI Ross, 1 run