27/12Result
23rd Match (N), Big Bash League at Brisbane, Dec 27 2021
Stars won by 20 runs
Player of the Match
Joe Clarke
Joe ClarkeMelbourne Stars
27/12Result
23rd Match (N), Big Bash League at Brisbane, Dec 27 2021
Stars won by 20 runs
Player of the Match
Joe Clarke
Joe ClarkeMelbourne Stars

END OF OVER:
20 | 15 Runs | BH: 187/9 (21 runs required, RR: 9.35)

  • Liam Guthrie11 (4b)
  • Mujeeb Ur Rahman3 (5b)
  • Andre Russell2-0-22-0
  • Qais Ahmad4-1-26-3

11.25pm: That brings us to the end of this double-header BBL day. On behalf of PDP, Srivathsa, Binoy George and Thilak, this is Saurabh Somani signing off.

Joe Clarke is the Player of the Match: (on his hamstring) I was running with Hilton Cartwright, he's one of the quickest blokes! Hopefully will be fine for next game. Hilton made it a lot easier for me, hitting the ball from the start. To get the score from where we were, we were very happy. The power surge is such a talked about subject in the change room, we felt like we gained some momentum and wanted to take it, it came in our favour. (On Dre Russ leaving) He's always going to be a big miss in any team around the world. Was a pleasure to play with him.

11.20pm: A comfortable win by the Stars, much more comfortable than the 20-run margin suggests. Heat had their moments in the chase but they needed to keep the big hits coming, which is very difficult to pull off. Joe Clarke and Hilton Cartwright were simply magnificent for Stars. Nothing much on either side of their partnership, or by any other batter for that matter. But what they did was enough to give Stars a winning total. Heat had to come out swinging, and to their credit they did. But when you're chasing 200-plus you need lots of things to go right and some luck. That didn't happen.

19.6
4
Russell to Guthrie, FOUR, Guthrie ends it with a superb looking straight drive past the bowler. Maxwell in pursuit even though it won't make a difference but the ball wins the race
19.5
1
Russell to Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 1 run, reverse sweep, but straight to cover
19.4
1
Russell to Guthrie, 1 run, bit of a limp drive to that and the inside edge goes to square leg
19.4
1w
Russell to Guthrie, 1 wide, and the bouncer now, homing in on the helmet, looks to back away and upper cut it but can't connect
19.3
0
Russell to Guthrie, no run, back of a length in the channel, looks to cut, bat nowhere near ball
19.2
6
Russell to Guthrie, SIX, Guthrie gets some of his own back! Full outside off, no feet movement and he swings through the line and over the bowler's head
19.2
1w
Russell to Guthrie, 1 wide, backing away and Dre tries to keep it out of his reach and go wide outside off. Too wide as it turns out
19.1
1
Russell to Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 1 run, coming forward, ball's dug in short outside off, he mis-times his pull to midwicket in the circle

END OF OVER:
19 | 10 Runs 1 Wkt | BH: 172/9 (36 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 9.05, RRR: 36.00)

  • Mujeeb Ur Rahman1 (3b)
  • Qais Ahmad4-1-26-3
  • Brody Couch3-0-34-3
18.6
W
Qais Ahmad to Kuhnemann, OUT, great catch by Maxwell at long-on. Fuller outside off, connects well with the straight slog-sweep. Looks like the ball will clear Maxwell but he times his jump perfectly and lands inside the rope, has the poise and balance to not take a step over.

MP Kuhnemann c Maxwell b Qais Ahmad 9 (10m 4b 2x4 0x6) SR: 225.00

18.5
4
Qais Ahmad to Kuhnemann, FOUR, makes room to this length ball on the stumps and flat-bats it over the bowler's head and into the straight boundary
18.4
1
Qais Ahmad to Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 1 run, fuller on the stumps, lumped to deep midwicket along the ground
18.3
0
Qais Ahmad to Mujeeb Ur Rahman, no run, sliding down legside, he's falling over as he tries to flick, great take from Nevill who thinks there's an edge, but there wasn't.
18.2
1
Qais Ahmad to Kuhnemann, 1 run, was looking to heave this over cow corner but can't time it and the ball trickles to long-on
18.1
4
Qais Ahmad to Kuhnemann, FOUR, fuller outside off, comes on the front foot and laces a cover drive that threads the field and finds the boundary

END OF OVER:
18 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | BH: 162/8 (46 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 9.00, RRR: 23.00)

  • Mujeeb Ur Rahman0 (1b)
  • Matthew Kuhnemann0 (0b)
  • Brody Couch3-0-34-3
  • Adam Zampa4-0-37-1
17.6
0
Couch to Mujeeb Ur Rahman, no run, bouncer outside off, took his eyes off the ball and swung in hope, no connection
17.5
W
Couch to Heazlett, OUT, excellent catch running forward by long-off and diving in front. Heazlett had a big swipe at one well outside off, couldn't fetch it properly, and the ball ends up swirling just beyond mid-off. Webster at long-off sprints in and then has to put in a dive, to hold on to it.

SD Heazlett c Webster b Couch 26 (32m 15b 2x4 1x6) SR: 173.33

17.4
0
Couch to Heazlett, no run, tried to reverse-scoop a full ball outside off, but can't connect
17.3
2
Couch to Heazlett, 2 runs, fuller and very wide outside off, toe-ends the drive to long-off. Because it's not hit well, they can hustle the second
17.2
4
Couch to Heazlett, FOUR, nails it this time. Moved way across his stumps and picked it up from outside off to sweep it to the square leg boundary
17.1
2
Couch to Heazlett, 2 runs, was going across to try and scoop it, ends up not connecting well so the ball flies over short third man - instead of short fine leg as he intended

END OF OVER:
17 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | BH: 154/7 (54 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 9.05, RRR: 18.00)

  • Sam Heazlett18 (10b)
  • Adam Zampa4-0-37-1
  • Glenn Maxwell4-0-30-0
16.6
W
Zampa to Steketee, OUT, leg-stump knocked back. The batters never really looked like they were on top of Zampa and he's rewarded finally. Backing away to slog-sweep it, beaten in flight and the ball dips and turns into the stumps

MT Steketee b Zampa 3 (10m 11b 0x4 0x6) SR: 27.27

16.5
1
Zampa to Heazlett, 1 run, length ball going across him, slaps it to cover
16.4
1
Zampa to Steketee, 1 run, tossed up on the stumps, clubbed to long-off. Only a single because it's straight to the fielder
16.3
1
Zampa to Heazlett, 1 run, making room, bowler follows, he drives it this time, but straight to long-off

Heat 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st2CA LynnM Bryant
2nd10TLW CooperCA Lynn
3rd87CA LynnBM Duckett
4th30CA LynnSD Heazlett
5th2JJ PeirsonSD Heazlett
6th3JJ BazleySD Heazlett
7th20MT SteketeeSD Heazlett
8th8MP KuhnemannSD Heazlett
9th10MP KuhnemannMujeeb Ur Rahman
10th15L GuthrieMujeeb Ur Rahman

Big Bash League

TeamMWLPTNRR
PS14113400.926
SS1494351.027
ST1495350.725
AS1468280.237
HH147727-0.332
MS147726-0.222
BH1431116-0.91
MR1431016-1.477