- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.4 beautiful bowling! Test-match line and length, nip and bounce on a full length, on and around off stump, a genuine nick as Clarke is lured outside the line and fences a flying edge to the keeper 4/113.2 tossed up, and slapped to mid-off! Rogers' eyes lit up for that one, believing it was there for the launch, but he was beaten a touch in flight for Green to pouch a simple chance in his midriff 84/43.5 driven without conviction, on the back foot, and spooned to point! That's a loose stroke, but reward for Sams' persistence outside off, Kellaway threw his hands into the stroke, way in front of his body and had no power as the ball looped low to a diving Ross 23/25.6 huge wicket! Another attempted launch from Stoinis as Qadir tosses it up once more, he attempts to drag his stroke to leg, but gets a steepling leading edge, out to the sub Davies, running back from point who clings on over his shoulder to deepen Stars' gloom 35/318.1 two in two! Another drag-down, another scuffed pull. another easy grab at mid-on. This is ... sub-optimal 112/617.6 drags it down, but Webster can't capitalise! Skids on flat, into a big wind-up, a floppy scuff to mid-on ends another half-started knock. Stars are spluttering 112/518.4 ugly flat launch, swallowed at mid-off! Slower, wider, tempting the new man to have a swipe. He does just that, with no base and even less timing, a huge leading edge, high into the covers. This innings is disintegrating 112/7Extras3 (w 3)TOTAL119/7 (20 Overs, RR: 5.95)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Joe Clarke, 0.4 ov), 2-23 (Campbell Kellaway, 3.5 ov), 3-35 (Marcus Stoinis, 5.6 ov), 4-84 (Thomas Rogers, 13.2 ov), 5-112 (Beau Webster, 17.6 ov), 6-112 (Hilton Cartwright, 18.1 ov), 7-112 (Nathan Coulter-Nile, 18.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB GS Sandhu 2 0 13 1 6.50 6 2 0 1 0 CJ Green 4 0 19 2 4.75 10 1 0 1 0 DR Sams 3 0 27 1 9.00 4 3 0 0 0 N McAndrew 4 0 18 0 4.50 10 0 0 1 0 Usman Qadir 4 0 24 3 6.00 9 0 1 0 0 BCJ Cutting 2 0 9 0 4.50 3 0 0 0 0 JJS Sangha 1 0 9 0 9.00 0 1 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR8.6 fullish length on fifth stump, goes for a big heave after the pressure had been building at both ends, thin edge through to the keeper. 41/31.3 bouncer on the stumps, goes to pull and splices a top edge high over midwicket in the ring. Simple catch taken. 4/15.6 clever from Zampa! Flighted more on a good length on middle stump, Sangha took a step down the track to flick and is beaten by the turn. Quick work getting the bails off. His foot was only outside the crease for a fraction. He didn't charge down the wicket, was more of a walk through flick attempt but he was foxed. 31/29.6 length ball outside off, slashes this flat to deep third man, fielder comes in 10 yards off the rope and lunges forward to take a sharp catch on his knees. 49/411.5 bullseye! Castled by a googly! It was pitched on a good length on fourth stump, very little footwork from Ross, who shuffled back quite late after being indecisive on the length, flicked across the line and got nothing on it as the ball knocked back the top of off. 60/516.4 bullseye! Zampa zips this in fuller on middle but also a touch quicker and it skids flat past a slog sweep crashing into the middle of middle stump. 104/714.4 brilliant athleticism from Wood! Back of a length follows him backing away from leg, tries to fight it off for a tap and run single into short midwicket. Wood is in a footrace to the striker's end with Cutting and fields from five yards out, underhands into the stumps to beat Cutting's dive. 80/6Extras11 (lb 7, w 4)TOTAL120/7 (18.5 Overs, RR: 6.37)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (David Warner, 1.3 ov), 2-31 (Jason Sangha, 5.6 ov), 3-41 (Matthew Gilkes, 8.6 ov), 4-49 (Oliver Davies, 9.6 ov), 5-60 (Alex Ross, 11.5 ov), 6-80 (Ben Cutting, 14.4 ov), 7-104 (Daniel Sams, 16.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB LC Hatcher 4 1 18 0 4.50 17 3 0 0 0 L Wood 3.5 0 33 1 8.60 10 3 1 2 0 NM Coulter-Nile 4 0 29 1 7.25 9 3 0 2 0 A Zampa 4 0 25 3 6.25 10 0 2 0 0 BJ Webster 3 0 8 1 2.66 11 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Sydney Thunder , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
25 January 2023 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Sydney Thunder 2, Melbourne Stars 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 4.0 (Mandatory - 23 runs, 2 wickets)
- Melbourne Stars: 50 runs in 8.4 overs (52 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: Melbourne Stars - 61/3 in 10.0 overs (TF Rogers 27, HWR Cartwright 7)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 15.1 - 17.0 (Mandatory - 14 runs, 0 wicket)
- Melbourne Stars: 100 runs in 15.4 overs (94 balls), Extras 2
- Innings Break: Melbourne Stars - 119/7 in 20.0 overs (NCR Larkin 5, L Wood 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 4.0 (Mandatory - 25 runs, 1 wicket)
- Drinks: Sydney Thunder - 49/4 in 10.0 overs (AI Ross 5)
- Sydney Thunder: 50 runs in 10.4 overs (64 balls), Extras 4
- Powerplay 2: Overs 14.1 - 16.0 (Mandatory - 24 runs, 1 wicket)
- Sydney Thunder: 100 runs in 16.3 overs (99 balls), Extras 10
Match Coverage
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