Colin Munro 99* leads Brisbane Heat to massive opening-day win over Melbourne Stars
All eyes were on Glenn Maxwell after his heroics at the World Cup, but he could produce only a brief flurry in visible discomfort
All eyes were on Glenn Maxwell after his heroics at the World Cup, but he could produce only a brief flurry in visible discomfort
Commentator: Karthik Krishnaswamy
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.
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.
All eyes were on Glenn Maxwell after his heroics at the World Cup, but he could produce only a brief flurry in visible discomfort