- BATSMENRB4s6sSR12.1 slower ball does the trick! Lands this full on fifth stump, Khawaja struggles to keep his hands back and chips this drive in the air toward Fletcher on the ring at extra cover, sharp diving catch by the Spiceman of Grenada. 128/27.2 "oh no!" shouts Hales into the stump mic as another slog sweep finally goes awry! Maddinson dragged this wider on sixth stump, Hales shuffled across to try to clear the leg side rope once more, but instead skies this straight up behind the bowler. Maddinson with superb awareness to run back knowing long-on and long-off are on the rope and won't be able to charge in for it in time, the bowler takes the catch lunging on the edge of the ring. 89/118.2 flighted fuller on off stump, Ferguson tries to swipe this across the line to midwicket, miscues it to mid-off. Simple catch for Stoinis on the ring at head height. 196/612.4 no five sixes in a row tonight for Davies. Another off pace delivery from Stanlake lands full on fourth stump, tries to drive this through mid-on but skies a leading edge between extra cover and mid-off. Dunk shuffles across to take this on the ring with ease. 131/315.1 short on fifth stump, Billings defeated in flight on a premeditated charge but goes through with the shot anyway and skies this high over extra cover. Easy catch for Stoinis at extra cover in the ring. 157/417.3 yorked him! Shuffled across his stumps to try to ramp this over fine leg, Hatcher gets this too full for the shot, zaps the base of leg stump. Poor shot from Sams given how easily the Thunder have been manipulating the field with orthodox power-hitting all innings. 179/518.6 Green's party ends quickly. He sprints past a short ball on middle from Zampa, missing a premeditated hack on a charge. Pooran holds the ball for a few extra seconds for dramatic effect before calmly stumping his captain at Guyana Amazon Warriors in the CPL. 208/7Extras8 (nb 1, w 7)TOTAL219/7 (20 Overs, RR: 10.95)Fall of wickets: 1-89 (Alex Hales, 7.2 ov), 2-128 (Usman Khawaja, 12.1 ov), 3-131 (Oliver Davies, 12.4 ov), 4-157 (Sam Billings, 15.1 ov), 5-179 (Daniel Sams, 17.3 ov), 6-196 (Callum Ferguson, 18.2 ov), 7-208 (Chris Green, 18.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB GJ Maxwell 3 0 26 0 8.66 8 2 2 0 0 B Stanlake 2 0 19 2 9.50 5 3 0 2 0 LC Hatcher 4 0 51 1 12.75 4 5 2 1 1 Zahir Khan 3 0 29 0 9.66 3 4 0 0 0 A Zampa 4 0 49 3 12.25 5 3 4 0 0 LR Morris 1 0 14 0 14.00 2 2 0 1 0 NJ Maddinson 3 0 31 1 10.33 2 1 2 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR5.4 cagey Green continues to frustrate the Stars lineup. Full on the legs, cramped for room trying to heave this over the leg side, doesn't get much power behind it and picks out Milne 10 yards inside the rope at deep midwicket. 47/23.6 the frustration from the last two balls results in an exasperated drive to extra cover. Clever work from Green bouncing back from the early boundaries in the over as he continued to cramp Stoinis for room and force him into an option that was less desirable. Stoinis was trying to clear extra cover but couldn't get the elevation with a full ball darted in flat on off stump. Simple catch on the ring at head height. 42/17.3 more clever spin bowling this time from Sangha to beat Cartwright hopelessly in flight. Sangha varies his pace well and this time drags it way outside off anticipating a charge from the batsman, who never had a chance the moment he left his crease. Simple stumping. 61/313.4 everything going right for the Thunder tonight and it continues with a marvelous catch charging in from deep midwicket. Tremain bounces Maxwell and he top edges a pull that sails toward the leg side rope. Fielder charges in covering 20+ yards and slides forward to pluck this inches above the ground. Outstanding. 93/68.6 short again on the stumps, pulls this of the splice toward Hales at wide long-on. The Englishman has to focus himself during a chat about his tennis fandom while mic'd up for the host broadcaster and charges in 20 yards to snatch this sliding on his knees. Sharp effort to also avoid a collision with Green running across from deep midwicket. 68/412.4 short ball following Maddinson backing away from leg. Maddinson was creating room trying to cut fine behind point. Cut this very very late and the ball skims off stump off the bat. Can't even call this an edge really. Looked like he middled it but just played it dangerously late and the off stump bail is dislodged. 89/514.5 six, six, six... and out. Green finally stops darting it on the legs and instead drags this wide outside sixth stump, Dunk struggles reaching out trying to drive this and pops it up to Cutting at long-off. Green gets his revenge. 114/719.5 slower ball at 118 kph short and wide, Zampa tries to flay this down the ground but serves up a basic catch to mid-on. Stars finally put out of their misery. 144/1016.5 Green is all over the place tonight and pouches this at deep midwicket for his spin twin. Short ball on the stumps, Hatcher tries to swat this over midwicket but no power behind the shot, hangs up in the air long enough for Green to range 25 yards to his left and pull off a lunging grab. 124/819.3 tame runout symbolizes the night for the Stars. Low full toss driven to extra cover on the ring. They set off for a non-existent run and Hales relays sharply to the bowler over the non-striker's stumps with Stanlake four yards short. 140/9Extras2 (lb 1, w 1)TOTAL144 all out (19.5 Overs, RR: 7.26)Did not bat: LR MorrisFall of wickets: 1-42 (Marcus Stoinis, 3.6 ov), 2-47 (Andre Fletcher, 5.4 ov), 3-61 (Hilton Cartwright, 7.3 ov), 4-68 (Nicholas Pooran, 8.6 ov), 5-89 (Nic Maddinson, 12.4 ov), 6-93 (Glenn Maxwell, 13.4 ov), 7-114 (Ben Dunk, 14.5 ov), 8-124 (Liam Hatcher, 16.5 ov), 9-140 (Billy Stanlake, 19.3 ov), 10-144 (Adam Zampa, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB AF Milne 4 0 34 0 8.50 13 2 3 0 0 DR Sams 4 0 27 1 6.75 14 2 2 0 0 CP Tremain 2.5 0 27 2 9.52 6 3 1 0 0 CJ Green 4 0 34 4 8.50 11 2 3 0 0 T Sangha 4 0 17 2 4.25 13 0 1 0 0 BCJ Cutting 1 0 4 0 4.00 3 0 0 1 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Melbourne Stars , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
29 December 2020 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Sydney Thunder 4, Melbourne Stars 0
Match Notes
- Melbourne Stars: BR Dunk and CD Hinchliffe.
- Sydney Thunder: B Doggett, AI Ross.
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 4.0 (Mandatory - 42 runs, 0 wicket)
- Sydney Thunder: 50 runs in 4.4 overs (28 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 28 balls (UT Khawaja 12, AD Hales 39, Ex 0)
- AD Hales: 50 off 21 balls (6 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Sydney Thunder: 100 runs in 9.1 overs (55 balls), Extras 3
- Melbourne Stars X factor subs: BR Dunk for LR Morris
- Drinks: Sydney Thunder - 109/1 in 10.0 overs (UT Khawaja 21, CJ Ferguson 14)
- Sydney Thunder: 150 runs in 14.4 overs (88 balls), Extras 6
- Power Surge: Overs 17.1 - 19.0 (Batting side - 32 runs, 3 wickets)
- CJ Ferguson: 50 off 32 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Sydney Thunder: 200 runs in 18.4 overs (113 balls), Extras 8
- Innings Break: Sydney Thunder - 219/7 in 20.0 overs (BCJ Cutting 20, AF Milne 3)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 4.0 (Mandatory - 42 runs, 1 wicket)
- Melbourne Stars: 50 runs in 6.2 overs (38 balls), Extras 0
- Drinks: Melbourne Stars - 72/4 in 10.0 overs (GJ Maxwell 9, NJ Maddinson 1)
- Power Surge: Overs 11.1 - 13.0 (Batting side - 14 runs, 1 wicket)
- Melbourne Stars: 100 runs in 14.2 overs (86 balls), Extras 2
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