Clarke, Cartwright too hot for Brisbane Heat to handle
Three-fors from Qais Ahmed and Brody Couch seal comfortable victory for Melbourne Stars
Three-fors from Qais Ahmed and Brody Couch seal comfortable victory for Melbourne Stars
Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: @saurabh_42
11.25pm: That brings us to the end of this double-header BBL day. On behalf of PDP, Srivathsa, Binoy George and Thilak, this is Saurabh Somani signing off.
Joe Clarke is the Player of the Match: (on his hamstring) I was running with Hilton Cartwright, he's one of the quickest blokes! Hopefully will be fine for next game. Hilton made it a lot easier for me, hitting the ball from the start. To get the score from where we were, we were very happy. The power surge is such a talked about subject in the change room, we felt like we gained some momentum and wanted to take it, it came in our favour. (On Dre Russ leaving) He's always going to be a big miss in any team around the world. Was a pleasure to play with him.
11.20pm: A comfortable win by the Stars, much more comfortable than the 20-run margin suggests. Heat had their moments in the chase but they needed to keep the big hits coming, which is very difficult to pull off. Joe Clarke and Hilton Cartwright were simply magnificent for Stars. Nothing much on either side of their partnership, or by any other batter for that matter. But what they did was enough to give Stars a winning total. Heat had to come out swinging, and to their credit they did. But when you're chasing 200-plus you need lots of things to go right and some luck. That didn't happen.
Three-fors from Qais Ahmed and Brody Couch seal comfortable victory for Melbourne Stars