9.30pm That's it then from the opening night of the BBL. Wasn't the most competitive of season-openers, but so much quality, particularly from that man Munro. We're sure to see a lot more enthralling cricket over the next few weeks, so keep tuning in to ESPNcricinfo, the best place to follow all the action. Good night!
9.17 What a performance from Heat to begin their season. All five of their batters contributed significantly to a towering total of 214, with Colin Munro pulling off the star turn with an unbeaten 99. Then their bowlers took over, Michael Neser setting the tone for a dominant display with two wickets in the first over. The match ended, more or less, when Mitchell Swepson dismissed a dangerous-looking Glenn Maxwell, and there was little of note from Stars' batters after that save for a cameo from Hilton Cartwright.
Colin Munro is the Player of the Match. "Me and Maxi have a bet going - if one of us get a 50, we go to KFC. So it's his treat today. Nice to have the Aussie boys (Khawaja and Labuschagne) and they contributed to us going one from one," he says. "Now they can go and enjoy their Test cricket."
Cricfan: "MS always play similar to RCB, lose big at the start of competition and struggle to catch up on NRR"
Mark: "Good to see my Stars start off like last season ended, playing bad cricket and Coulter-Nile being injured... "
OP Stone b Swepson 2 (5m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66
Here's Swepson.
END OF OVER:15 | 3 Runs 2 Wkts | MS: 111/9 (104 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 7.40, RRR: 20.80)
- Olly Stone2 (2b)
- Nathan Coulter-Nile1 (1b)
- Xavier Bartlett3-0-8-2
- Matthew Kuhnemann3-0-17-1
Well, Coulter-Nile does come in, in an effort to shave a few decimal points off the NRR damage Stars will suffer today. He's batting with a runner - I didn't know the BBL allowed for that.
JS Paris c Walter b Bartlett 5 (9m 6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 83.33
Stays over the wicket to Paris.
Nathan Coulter-Nile has a calf injury, so we're not sure he'll bat today. Olly Stone is in at No. 10.
Usama Mir c Swepson b Bartlett 9 (14m 11b 0x4 0x6) SR: 81.81
Just realised I hadn't put my name in. Here's Bartlett.
END OF OVER:14 | 8 Runs | MS: 108/7 (107 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 7.71, RRR: 17.83)
- Usama Mir9 (10b)
- Joel Paris5 (4b)
- Matthew Kuhnemann3-0-17-1
- Paul Walter1-0-7-1
Kuhnemann back in the attack. Left-arm around to the left-hander.
END OF OVER:13 | 7 Runs 1 Wkt | MS: 100/7 (115 runs required from 42 balls, RR: 7.69, RRR: 16.42)
- Joel Paris1 (1b)
- Usama Mir5 (7b)
- Paul Walter1-0-7-1
- Spencer Johnson2-0-25-1
Paris is the new man. Walter goes over the wicket to the left-hander.
This came in just before the wicket ball, from Sujatha : "Stars should ensure that a) they bat out the full 20 overs and b) to achieve a Cartwright has to bat through . No team wants their NRR to sink after the very first match of the season." -- Can the last three wickets bat out the remaining overs?
HWR Cartwright c Kuhnemann b Walter 33 (25m 16b 2x4 3x6) SR: 206.25
Round the wicket to Cartwright.