- BATSMENRB4s6sSR4.3 goes through him! Fired in quick, and Salt looks to flog this down the ground, and it breaches his defence. Bowled at 102kph, and Maxwell immediately looks up to the skies and acknowledges the friend he's lost. 27/18.4 driven back to the bowler! Weatherald's misery comes to an end. It's a ball tossed up around middle, and he drills this back hard at the bowler, who is in perfect position to pluck this 51/36.4 the pressure shows on Head at the other end! This is a short ball, angled in towards him, and he looks to back away and whip this through the on side. Ends up missing contact, and importantly it sneaks past his pads and hits the top of leg. Big wicket this for Stars! 44/213.1 short of a length, and he has swung this straight into the waiting arms of the man at deep mid-wicket! Good field placement, as Larkin was a few metres inside the boundary, and ends up pouching this mistimed pull shot quite comfortably. Hinchcliffe got him in flight, by making this hang a bit in the air 91/4Extras9 (b 1, lb 7, w 1)TOTAL162/4 (20 Overs, RR: 8.1)Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Phil Salt, 4.3 ov), 2-44 (Travis Head, 6.4 ov), 3-51 (Jake Weatherald, 8.4 ov), 4-91 (Alex Carey, 13.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB DJ Worrall 4 0 41 0 10.25 7 7 0 0 0 GJ Maxwell 4 0 19 1 4.75 10 0 1 0 0 A Zampa 4 0 38 0 9.50 5 1 3 0 0 LR Morris 1 0 6 0 6.00 3 0 0 1 0 CD Hinchliffe 3 0 19 3 6.33 7 1 1 0 0 S Lamichhane 3 0 24 0 8.00 6 2 1 0 0 NJ Maddinson 1 0 7 0 7.00 0 0 0 0 0
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- BATSMENRB4s6sSR5.2 got 'im! Fullish ball, and turns back in. Maddinson backs away and wants to go inside out, but is beaten by the sheer pace of this, more than anything. Through the gate, and Rashid spreads his arms wide in celebration, with that silly but trademark grin of his! RKO, anybody? 25/21.6 length, and he looks for the drive towards long-on, and that's a magnificent catch by Salt! Runs all the way back from mid-on, looks over his shoulder, and keeps himself in range of that ball. In the end, taken comfortably, and Siddle gets the big wicket that Strikers would have been gunning for 6/17.3 slower through the air, and he looks to go down long-on. Ends up miscuing this, and Salt comes in from wide long-on and takes a simple catch. Back-of-the-hand pace variation brings a wicket 42/39.4 that's the wicket they wanted! Agar hangs this one a little shorter, a touch slower around off, and Maxwell goes for the booming drive. Cannot keep it down, and Head takes a sharp, low catch. Maxwell, with that open stance of his, made it difficult to get his position right for the drive, and ended up playing a bit of a slog. Strikers won't mind that at all. If they weren't favourites already, they should be now 63/414.2 fuller ball, and he looks to flog this through mid-wicket. Off the inner part of the bat, and goes to deep square leg, right down Rashid Khan's throat! 90/517.3 off stump goes for a walk! This is fuller, fast, and Hinchcliffe looks for the waft over mid-wicket. Takes the stump right out of the root. Siddle is pumped! 116/619.3 length ball, and he scoops this up towards square leg...where it's taken! Smart catch by Short, diving forward, with both hands under the ball. Saw it all the way through. If you would want to defend 22 off the last over, most times you would want Siddle to do it 146/719.6 knocks off stump back again! Pumps his right fist, and he has bowled this last over near perfectly. Full ball, and Worrall backs away hoping to go inside out. Beaten by the pace of it, and that goes through his defence and takes off stump out again 151/8Extras14 (b 1, lb 5, w 8)TOTAL151/8 (20 Overs, RR: 7.55)Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Marcus Stoinis, 1.6 ov), 2-25 (Nic Maddinson, 5.2 ov), 3-42 (Nick Larkin, 7.3 ov), 4-63 (Glenn Maxwell, 9.4 ov), 5-90 (Seb Gotch, 14.2 ov), 6-116 (Clint Hinchliffe, 17.3 ov), 7-146 (Adam Zampa, 19.3 ov), 8-151 (Daniel Worrall, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MG Neser 4 0 26 1 6.50 10 1 1 1 0 PM Siddle 4 0 33 4 8.25 13 5 1 2 0 B Stanlake 4 0 32 0 8.00 7 4 0 1 0 Rashid Khan 4 0 24 1 6.00 9 1 0 2 0 WA Agar 4 0 30 2 7.50 12 2 2 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Melbourne Stars , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
22 January 2020 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Adelaide Strikers 2, Melbourne Stars 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 38 runs, 1 wicket)
- Strategic Timeout: Adelaide Strikers - 49/2 in 8.0 overs (J Weatherald 14, AT Carey 2)
- Adelaide Strikers: 50 runs in 8.1 overs (49 balls), Extras 6
- Adelaide Strikers: 100 runs in 14.2 overs (86 balls), Extras 7
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (JW Wells 33, MW Short 16, Ex 1)
- Adelaide Strikers: 150 runs in 19.2 overs (116 balls), Extras 9
- JW Wells: 50 off 34 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Innings Break: Adelaide Strikers - 162/4 in 20.0 overs (JW Wells 55, MW Short 23)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 26 runs, 2 wickets)
- Melbourne Stars: 50 runs in 8.4 overs (52 balls), Extras 6
- Melbourne Stars: 100 runs in 15.5 overs (95 balls), Extras 12
- PSP Handscomb: 50 off 33 balls (3 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Melbourne Stars: 150 runs in 19.4 overs (118 balls), Extras 14
Match Coverage
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Despite a late flourish from Peter Handscomb, Melbourne Stars fell short of their 163 target