- BATSMENRB4s6sSR1.1 caught behind! What a huge moment. Round the wicket, it's a lovely delivery, full outside off, nips away and takes a thin nick. What a start for the Stars 3/15.4 taken at long-on! The gamble fails for Short. He tried to go down the ground, can't quite get the distance, the ball was very full, and it's well taken moving to his left by Gotch 42/31.6 cleaned him up with a beauty! What an over from Worrall. He came back over the wicket, this is a length ball around middle and leg, nipped and beat the edge to smash into middle stump. Wonderful bowling 5/217.5 dragged to deep midwicket, it's a slower ball wide outside off, McDermott tries to clear the leg side but it comes from low down off the bat. Big wicket with the set batsman gone 136/515.6 wide outside off, aims over the leg side but can only picks out long-on...came off the toe end of the bat. A slower ball 117/418.3 swings across the line of a length delivery and that's a fourth wicket for Worrall, it's a legspinner slower ball, Milenko aiming to heave towards midwicket 138/619.3 swings a delivery from very wide outside off to deep midwicket, there's all sorts of confusion in the running and Faulkner is the man out. Archer just kept on running back 148/7Extras7 (b 3, lb 1, w 3)TOTAL153/7 (20 Overs, RR: 7.65)Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Matthew Wade, 1.1 ov), 2-5 (Caleb Jewell, 1.6 ov), 3-42 (D'Arcy Short, 5.4 ov), 4-117 (George Bailey, 15.6 ov), 5-136 (Ben McDermott, 17.5 ov), 6-138 (Simon Milenko, 18.3 ov), 7-148 (James Faulkner, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB GJ Maxwell 3 0 22 0 7.33 7 1 1 0 0 DJ Worrall 4 0 23 4 5.75 12 2 0 1 0 S Lamichhane 4 0 31 0 7.75 4 3 0 0 0 A Zampa 4 0 31 1 7.75 9 0 3 0 0 DJ Bravo 4 0 32 1 8.00 2 0 0 1 0 MP Stoinis 1 0 10 0 10.00 0 0 0 1 0
14/02Result
1st Semi-Final (N), Big Bash League at Hobart, Feb 14 2019
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![Hobart Hurricanes]( "Hobart Hurricanes")
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![Melbourne Stars]( "Melbourne Stars")
157/4 (18.5/20 ov)
Player of the Match
14/02Result
1st Semi-Final (N), Big Bash League at Hobart, Feb 14 2019
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![Hobart Hurricanes]( "Hobart Hurricanes")
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![Melbourne Stars]( "Melbourne Stars")
157/4 (18.5/20 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR1.1 given caught behind, although Wade didn't appeal...Archer went up in his follow through! Short of a length, angled across outside off, Dunk aiming to force it off the back foot. Not sure he's too impressed 11/16.5 what a beauty! A bit of magic from the leggie. A length ball, pitches on middle, grips, turns past the edge and hits the top of off stump. Stoinis offers a nod in acknowledgement 52/210.4 big sweep, misses, that looked dead! Qais having a massive impact. Very full, just straightened a fraction, maybe not stone dead but taking leg stump 85/48.5 tries a repeat, another top edge, taken this time! Maddinson wanted to keep going, he didn't really need to. Brings out the slog sweep, goes almost straight up, Clive Rose manages to steady himself under from short fine leg 78/3Extras1 (w 1)TOTAL157/4 (18.5 Overs, RR: 8.33)Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Ben Dunk, 1.1 ov), 2-52 (Marcus Stoinis, 6.5 ov), 3-78 (Nic Maddinson, 8.5 ov), 4-85 (Peter Handscomb, 10.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JP Faulkner 3.5 0 46 0 12.00 7 4 2 0 0 JC Archer 4 0 33 1 8.25 10 6 0 0 0 RP Meredith 4 0 23 0 5.75 12 2 0 1 0 Qais Ahmad 4 0 33 3 8.25 11 3 2 0 0 DJM Short 2 0 18 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 CA Rose 1 0 4 0 4.00 2 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Melbourne Stars , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Melbourne Stars advanced
Season
Match days
14 February 2019 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 42 runs, 3 wickets)
- Hobart Hurricanes: 50 runs in 7.2 overs (44 balls), Extras 2
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 46 balls (BR McDermott 25, GJ Bailey 24, Ex 3)
- Hobart Hurricanes: 100 runs in 13.3 overs (81 balls), Extras 3
- BR McDermott: 50 off 40 balls (2 x 4)
- Hobart Hurricanes: 150 runs in 19.4 overs (118 balls), Extras 6
- Innings Break: Hobart Hurricanes - 153/7 in 20.0 overs (JC Archer 7, CA Rose 4)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 46 runs, 1 wicket)
- Melbourne Stars: 50 runs in 6.1 overs (37 balls), Extras 1
- Melbourne Stars: 100 runs in 12.4 overs (76 balls), Extras 1
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 38 balls (GJ Maxwell 35, SE Gotch 18, Ex 0)
- Melbourne Stars: 150 runs in 18.4 overs (112 balls), Extras 1
Match Coverage
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Zampa happy to embrace the strut of being a Melbourne Star
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Wade's superstition hasn't stopped perfect balance with Short
The Hobart Hurricanes opening pair have combined to devastating effect in this year's BBL with a differing styles causing no end of problems for the bowlers
