20/12Result
5th Match (D/N), Big Bash League at Carrara, Dec 20 2019
Stars won by 22 runs
Player of the Match
Glenn Maxwell
Glenn MaxwellMelbourne Stars
20/12Result
5th Match (D/N), Big Bash League at Carrara, Dec 20 2019
Stars won by 22 runs
Player of the Match
Glenn Maxwell
Glenn MaxwellMelbourne Stars

END OF OVER:
20 | 10 Runs 1 Wkt | MS: 167/7 | RR: 8.35

  • Adam Zampa5 (9b)
  • Daniel Worrall1 (1b)
  • Ben Laughlin4-0-35-1
  • Josh Lalor4-0-36-1

7.40pm What a show from Maxwell, scintillating stuff, setting the Heat a target of 168. The Heat bowlers were doing well to not let any batsman settle for too long but it's difficult to have answers for Maxwell. He was hardly bothered by the fall of wickets and dominated the bowling with his 23-ball half-century. As many as five sixes, seven fours, a lot of the sixes on the leg side and his 83 off 39 is the reason the Heat are not chasing under 150. Mind you, this is after he spoke about his mental health problems and was recently dropped for the India ODIs. Talk about a comeback

Karthik K: "Excellent innings from Maxi!! Scored half of team score in 1/3 rd of balls!! Million dollar baby is back in business!!"

19.6
1lb
Laughlin to Zampa, 1 leg bye, excellent attempted yorker on the shoes, he can't get it away and the Stars have to do with a leg bye
19.5
1
Laughlin to Worrall, 1 run, full toss again, steered to deep cover for one
19.4
W
Laughlin to Maxwell, OUT, the big show is over, he's played on, that too off a full toss. It was a widish full toss, Maxwell went hard at it and only got an inside edge that rocked into the off stump

GJ Maxwell b Laughlin 83 (39b 7x4 5x6) SR: 212.82

19.3
4
Laughlin to Maxwell, FOUR, another short ball, another pull, another boundary! It was slower too, and Maxwell picked it well to hammer it between deep midwicket and deep backward for four just in the gap
19.2
0
Laughlin to Maxwell, no run, full delivery, tries the reverse paddle, only gets an edge to his pad and the ball goes to the keeper
19.1
4
Laughlin to Maxwell, FOUR, not a bad ball, it's a slower offcutter and Maxwell goes deep as it's short of length and smacks that straight down the ground for four

Laughlin's last

END OF OVER:
19 | 15 Runs | MS: 157/6 | RR: 8.26

  • Glenn Maxwell75 (35b)
  • Adam Zampa5 (8b)
  • Josh Lalor4-0-36-1
  • Ben Laughlin3-0-26-0
18.6
1
Lalor to Maxwell, 1 run, last ball and he drives it to deep cover to keep strike
18.5
6
Lalor to Maxwell, SIX, short again, on the leg side again, and six again from Maxwell! It wasn't that short from Lalor, but short enough for Maxwell to power that off hips and over the fine leg boundary
18.4
1
Lalor to Zampa, 1 run, smart work from Zampa to chips the short of length ball over the covers for one

Zampa back on strike, three to go

18.3
1
Lalor to Maxwell, 1 run, tries the yorker again, it's a low full toss and Maxwell whips it hard to deep midwicket
18.2
0
Lalor to Maxwell, no run, a wide yorker from Lalor, Maxwell tries a reverse paddle along the ground and barely connects. Good reply from Lalor
18.1
6
Lalor to Maxwell, SIX, oh, don't ball short to him. It's short from Lalor, Maxwell goes deep in the crease and pulls that high and long over the wide long-on boundary

Just three from that over, Maxwell would want to hog strike now

END OF OVER:
18 | 3 Runs | MS: 142/6 | RR: 7.88

  • Adam Zampa4 (7b)
  • Glenn Maxwell61 (30b)
  • Ben Laughlin3-0-26-0
  • Ben Cutting3-0-26-1
17.6
0
Laughlin to Zampa, no run, Zampa tries to do a Maxwell with a reverse paddle, but it's a short ball from the clever Laughlin, and Zampa nearly hands a catch to short third man while losing balance

Maxwell calls Zampa for a chat again, like list time. It's got to be either two or four

17.5
0
Laughlin to Zampa, no run, another shorter and slower ball, Zampa pulls and misses again
17.4
0
Laughlin to Zampa, no run, slower and shorter, it doesn't even bounce much and goes well under Zampa's bat as he looked to pull
17.3
0
Laughlin to Zampa, no run, nice yorker from Laughin, Zampa respects it and blocks it back
17.2
1
Laughlin to Maxwell, 1 run, slams the full delivery down the ground, it reaches long-off after a bounce
17.1
2
Laughlin to Maxwell, 2 runs, slower ball on length, he works it into the gap wide of midwicket and gets two quick runs

Laughlin has two in the bank

END OF OVER:
17 | 12 Runs | MS: 139/6 | RR: 8.17

  • Adam Zampa4 (3b)
  • Glenn Maxwell58 (28b)
  • Ben Cutting3-0-26-1
  • Mitchell Swepson4-0-37-1

Ajit: "With Maxwell's open stance, why don't teams try bowling wider to him. You have to make him play low percentage shots."

16.6
2
Cutting to Zampa, 2 runs, slower and full, good work from Zampa to help it to leg with soft hands with the fielders in the deep and they come back quickly for the second. So Maxwell gets strike

Maxwell has a chat with Zampa for the last ball

16.5
1lb
Cutting to Maxwell, 1 leg bye, slower and coming in, doesn't connect this time but gets a leg bye
16.4
2
Cutting to Maxwell, 2 runs, more straight bat now, length ball outside off and he drives into the covers for two
16.3
4
Cutting to Maxwell, FOUR, it's the reverse paddle, it's Maxwell, and it's four! How do you stop this man? It wasn't that bad a delivery, Maxwell just knew the field, changed his bat angle and connected the way he wanted to

Jimmy Peirson says they would be happy to keep the Stars under 160

16.3
1w
Cutting to Maxwell, 1 wide, slow legcutter wide outside off, Maxwell chases by going down on a knee and misses

Heat 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st29T BantonM Bryant
2nd41CA LynnT Banton
3rd11MT RenshawT Banton
4th19BCJ CuttingMT Renshaw
5th24MT RenshawSD Heazlett
6th15JJ PeirsonMT Renshaw
7th1JK LalorMT Renshaw
8th5JK LalorMJ Swepson
9th0JK LalorB Laughlin

Big Bash League

TeamMWLPTNRR
MS14104200.526
SS1494190.269
AS1485170.564
HH146713-0.355
ST146713-0.446
PS146812-0.023
BH146812-0.237
MR143116-0.348