10.14 pm And so completes the largest margin of victory in BBL history. The Sixers hold the top two now after the previous highest total of a 145-run win made by Sixers over Renegades last year. Stars have lost this match by 152 runs. One Melbourne franchise replaces the other on the wrong side of BBL history.

Josh Philippe is the Player of the Match: "It was just a great performance by all the boys. Me and Vinny started beautifully and then Moises finished it off. Everyone chips in. A couple of 50s and lots of guys taking wickets. It's our home ground so we're very familiar with conditions and it's a great way to start."

Melbourne Stars captain Glenn Maxwell: "I thought the way that Brody Couch and Sam Elliott found their way through the back end overs, they fought their way back against some experienced players. I thought Syed bowled pretty well but they had some batters who counterattacked. I was disappointed with the batters. I didn't bowl one off spinner tonight. I just bowled knuckle balls and a little inswinger to keep it away from that shorter side. We're hoping to have Stoinis next game and Coulter-Nile coming back. Qais Ahmad is coming in. Hopefully Joe Burns is coming in next Monday as well."

Sixers captain Moises Henriques: "It was a nice start wasn't it. The two openers got us off to a nice start and we never took the foot off after it. I was made aware [of Hayden Kerr being on a hat-trick] but I thought a five-for for SOK was more important. Hayden's got plenty of years left to get a hat-trick. I thought when bowlers hit the wicket hard, it was quite hard to it. I think the height, pace and bounce with our experienced bowlers, as we saw from Sean Abbott tonight, I thought his first two overs were fantastic. It's always nice to have people get their confidence early in the competition rather than having to chase your tail. We've got a terrific team with a lot of big names on the list but names on the list don't win you games."

That's it from us tonight. For Alex Malcolm and the scoring team, I'm Peter Della Penna. Come back tomorrow for more BBL action. Take care!

Tom Curran now on to bowl his second. Hayden Kerr's hat-trick ball will not happen.

Kerr remains conspicuously on a hat-trick ball that is yet to be bowled....