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Big Bash LeagueMatch 19 · T20

Melbourne Stars beat Sydney Thunder by 3 wickets

Sydney Showground Stadium, . Sydney Thunder won the toss and chose to bat.

Sydney Thunder142/720 ov
Melbourne Stars143/719.4 ov
Melbourne Stars won by 3 wickets
Sydney Sixers won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Sydney Thunder won the toss and chose to bat. Sydney Thunder made 142 for 7 in 20 overs, Alex Ross 40 from 32 balls and Matthew Gilkes 28 from 27 balls. Haris Rauf took 3 for 24.

Melbourne Stars reached 143 for 7 in 19.4 overs, Nick Larkin 65 from 45 balls and Marcus Stoinis 58 from 51 balls. Daniel Sams took 3 for 25.

Melbourne Stars won by 3 wickets.

Key performers

Sydney Thunder innings

142/7(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Alex Halesb GJ Maxwellb GJ Maxwell03000.00
Usman Khawajab GJ Maxwellb GJ Maxwell120050.00
Callum Fergusonc A Zampa b Haris Raufc A Zampa b Haris Rauf19222086.36
Matthew Gilkes †c DW Steyn b CD Hinchliffec DW Steyn b CD Hinchliffe282740103.70
Alex Rossb Haris Raufb Haris Rauf403222125.00
Chris Morrisc & b A Zampac & b A Zampa6510120.00
Daniel Samsb Haris Raufb Haris Rauf13161081.25
Chris Greennot outnot out2*200100.00
Arjun Nairnot outnot out17*1130154.55
Extras(lb 12, w 4)(lb 12, w 4)16
Total20 Ov (RR 7.10)20 Ov (RR 7.10)142/7
Fall of wickets: 0-1 (AD Hales, 0.3 ov), 11-2 (UT Khawaja, 2.1 ov), 39-3 (CJ Ferguson, 6.4 ov), 71-4 (M Gilkes, 11.3 ov), 89-5 (CH Morris, 13 ov), 121-6 (DR Sams, 17.4 ov), 122-7 (AI Ross, 18 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Glenn Maxwell301725.6772000
Dale Steyn402406.00134000
Nathan Coulter-Nile402406.0081010
Adam Zampa403318.2582200
Haris Rauf402436.00143030
Clint Hinchliffe10818.0021000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stAD Hales 0(3) & UT Khawaja 0(0)03
2ndCJ Ferguson 9(8) & UT Khawaja 1(2)1110
3rdM Gilkes 17(13) & CJ Ferguson 10(14)2827
4thAI Ross 12(15) & M Gilkes 11(14)3229
5thAI Ross 12(4) & CH Morris 6(5)189
6thAI Ross 16(12) & DR Sams 13(16)3228
7thCJ Green 1(1) & AI Ross 0(1)12
8thCJ Green 1(1) & AJ Nair 17(11)20*12

Melbourne Stars innings

143/7(19.4 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Nic Maddinsonb DR Samsb DR Sams06000.00
Marcus Stoinisc CJ Green b CH Morrisc CJ Green b CH Morris585142113.73
Nick Larkinc DR Sams b CH Morrisc DR Sams b CH Morris654581144.44
Glenn Maxwellc †M Gilkes b DR Samsc †M Gilkes b DR Sams120050.00
Peter Handscomb †not outnot out4*50080.00
Ben Dunkb DR Samsb DR Sams01000.00
Nathan Coulter-Nilec CH Morris b N McAndrewc CH Morris b N McAndrew561083.33
Clint Hinchliffelbw b N McAndrewlbw b N McAndrew01000.00
Adam Zampanot outnot out1*100100.00
Extras(lb 7, w 2)(lb 7, w 2)9
Total19.4 Ov (RR 7.27)19.4 Ov (RR 7.27) · Target 143 from 20 ov143/7
Did not bat: Dale Steyn, Haris Rauf
Fall of wickets: 0-1 (NJ Maddinson, 1 ov), 123-2 (NCR Larkin, 16.2 ov), 131-3 (MP Stoinis, 17 ov), 133-4 (GJ Maxwell, 17.3 ov), 133-5 (BR Dunk, 17.4 ov), 142-6 (NM Coulter-Nile, 19.2 ov), 142-7 (CD Hinchliffe, 19.3 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Daniel Sams412536.25124010
Chris Green2021010.5042100
Chris Morris402426.0092000
Brendan Doggett402807.0072100
Nathan McAndrew3.402226.00113010
Arjun Nair201608.0010100
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stNJ Maddinson 0(6) & MP Stoinis 0(0)06
2ndMP Stoinis 50(47) & NCR Larkin 65(45)12392
3rdMP Stoinis 8(4) & GJ Maxwell 0(0)84
4thGJ Maxwell 1(2) & PSP Handscomb 1(1)23
5thBR Dunk 0(1) & PSP Handscomb 0(0)01
6thNM Coulter-Nile 5(6) & PSP Handscomb 3(4)910
7thCD Hinchliffe 0(1) & PSP Handscomb 0(0)01
8thA Zampa 1(1) & PSP Handscomb 0(0)1*1

Commentary

End of innings: MS 143/7 (19.4 ov)
19.41
N McAndrew to A Zampa, 1 run
19.3W
N McAndrew to CD Hinchliffe, OUT
CD Hinchliffe lbw b N McAndrew 0(1) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 142/7 (19.3 ov)
19.2W
N McAndrew to NM Coulter-Nile, OUT
NM Coulter-Nile c CH Morris b N McAndrew 5(6) [4s-1 6s-0] · FoW 142/6 (19.2 ov)
19.11
N McAndrew to PSP Handscomb, 1 run
End of over 193 runsMS 141/5110100
NM Coulter-Nile 5(5)PSP Handscomb 3(4)CH Morris 4-0-24-2
18.60
CH Morris to NM Coulter-Nile, no run
18.50
CH Morris to NM Coulter-Nile, no run
18.41
CH Morris to PSP Handscomb, 1 run
18.30
CH Morris to PSP Handscomb, no run
18.21
CH Morris to NM Coulter-Nile, 1 run
18.11
CH Morris to PSP Handscomb, 1 run
End of over 187 runs, 2 wktsMS 138/511WW0Wd4
NM Coulter-Nile 4(2)PSP Handscomb 1(1)DR Sams 4-1-25-3
17.64
DR Sams to NM Coulter-Nile, FOUR
17.6Wd
DR Sams to NM Coulter-Nile, wide
17.50
DR Sams to NM Coulter-Nile, no run
17.4W
DR Sams to BR Dunk, OUT
BR Dunk b DR Sams 0(1) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 133/5 (17.4 ov)
17.3W
DR Sams to GJ Maxwell, OUT
GJ Maxwell c †M Gilkes b DR Sams 1(2) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 133/4 (17.3 ov)
17.21
DR Sams to PSP Handscomb, 1 run
17.11
DR Sams to GJ Maxwell, 1 run
End of over 1712 runs, 2 wktsMS 131/34W422W
GJ Maxwell 0(0)CH Morris 3-0-21-2
16.6W
CH Morris to MP Stoinis, OUT
MP Stoinis c CJ Green b CH Morris 58(51) [4s-4 6s-2] · FoW 131/3 (17 ov)
16.52
CH Morris to MP Stoinis, 2 runs
16.42
CH Morris to MP Stoinis, 2 runs
16.34
CH Morris to MP Stoinis, FOUR
16.2W
CH Morris to NCR Larkin, OUT
NCR Larkin c DR Sams b CH Morris 65(45) [4s-8 6s-1] · FoW 123/2 (16.2 ov)
16.14
CH Morris to NCR Larkin, FOUR
End of over 165 runsMS 119/1111101
NCR Larkin 61(43)MP Stoinis 50(47)AJ Nair 2-0-16-0
15.61
AJ Nair to NCR Larkin, 1 run
15.50
AJ Nair to NCR Larkin, no run