13/01Result
46th Match (N), Big Bash League at Melbourne, Jan 13 2022
Stars won by 6 wkts (33b rem)
Player of the Match
Glenn Maxwell
Glenn MaxwellMelbourne Stars
13/01Result
46th Match (N), Big Bash League at Melbourne, Jan 13 2022
Stars won by 6 wkts (33b rem)
Player of the Match
Glenn Maxwell
Glenn MaxwellMelbourne Stars

10.32 pm Maxwell sends everyone home a half-hour earlier than anticipated from the start of the night. Renegades batting unit made the pitch look far more challenging than it was in reality and Maxwell emphasizes that point by clobbering an impressive and unbeaten half-century to seal an easy win.

Glenn Maxwell, unsurprisingly the Player of the Match: "It was a lot of emotions there. We've had a pretty tough time for the last two weeks. We still feel like we're a chance to play this finals and have a say in who wins this trophy at the end of the tournament. I'm pretty cooked. The last week certainly took it out of me. It takes you awhile to get your full fitness back. It's the first time I'm back doing a lot of exercise where it's nice and warm. I seem to have always played nicely here. I feel like I've been batting really well this tournament. I've been going a bit too hard early but tonight I gave myself a bit more time. Hopefully it sets me up well at the back end of the tournament. The quicks set it up for the spinners. The way that Haris Rauf, Sam Rainbird and Brody Couch started, we had them under pressure before we used our spinners whereas in the past when spinners have come on, they've had too much to do."

That's it for us tonight. Come back tomorrow when we have a very early start in Adelaide for the Friday doubleheader. Until then, I'm Peter Della Penna. Take care!

14.3
4
Zahir Khan to Maxwell, FOUR, full on the stumps, goes for a slog sweep over midwicket to clinch victory with one more boundary.
14.2
4b
Zahir Khan to Maxwell, 4 byes, premeditates a reverse sweep and misses badly to a ball floated outside the orthodox leg stump. Keeper misses too and it's signaled four byes as it goes to the rope.
14.1
2
Zahir Khan to Maxwell, 2 runs, googly lands short on fourth stump, Maxwell shuffles across and pulls this just wide of the man in the ring at short midwicket, whose leaping effort can't get a hand to the ball and it goes through wide long-on for two.

Zahir left-arm wristspin around the stumps.

END OF OVER:
14 | 17 Runs | MS: 113/4 (10 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 8.07, RRR: 1.66)

  • Glenn Maxwell62 (42b)
  • Nick Larkin0 (0b)
  • Cameron Boyce4-0-30-1
  • Kane Richardson3-0-12-1

17 runs in the second over of the surge, all by Maxwell. Target now just 10 runs away.

13.6
1
Boyce to Maxwell, 1 run, full on the legs, flicked through midwicket for one.
13.5
4
Boyce to Maxwell, FOUR, short on the stumps again, another disdainful pull through wide mid-on and the deep midwicket boundary rider can't cut it off.
13.4
4
Boyce to Maxwell, FOUR, flighted full on the stumps, Maxwell hammers a straight drive over mid-on, bounces just short of the rope and goes over for four.
13.3
2
Boyce to Maxwell, 2 runs, flighted full on the legs, top edges a sweep over square leg. Finch backpedaled from the ring rather than turning around and running the orthodox way toward the boundary and pays the price for his mangled footwork as the ball lands safely two yards behind him out of reach for another double.
13.2
2
Boyce to Maxwell, 2 runs, short on off, rocks back to smash a pull through wide midwicket, sliding stop on the rope. Could easily have run a third but he settles for two to keep strike. Brings up a 38-ball fifty in the process.
13.1
4
Boyce to Maxwell, FOUR, flighted full on leg stump, Maxwell hammers a sweep behind square to the rope.

Boyce to bowl the second over of the surge.

END OF OVER:
13 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | MS: 96/4 (27 runs required from 42 balls, RR: 7.38, RRR: 3.85)

  • Glenn Maxwell45 (36b)
  • Nick Larkin0 (0b)
  • Kane Richardson3-0-12-1
  • Jack Prestwidge2-0-16-0
12.6
1
Richardson to Maxwell, 1 run, good length on the legs, mistimes a flick again through the leg side.
12.5
W
Richardson to Cartwright, OUT, slower ball full on off, tries to heave this down the ground but can't keep the hands back long-enough and mistimes a skier over the bowler. Maddinson runs back from the ring at mid-off and takes a sensational sliding catch 10 yards in from the rope.

HWR Cartwright c Maddinson b Richardson 12 (15b 1x4 0x6) SR: 80.00

12.4
2
Richardson to Cartwright, 2 runs, short and wide, slapped through extra cover for two.
12.3
1lb
Richardson to Maxwell, 1 leg bye, short on the hips, goes to pull and misses off the thigh with a deflection going to square leg for an extra.
12.2
1
Richardson to Cartwright, 1 run, full and wide, drags a mistimed drive to mid-on for one.
12.1
0
Richardson to Cartwright, no run, slower ball short on fifth stump, poked awkwardly to extra cover.

Power Surge has been called for. Stars want to put this game on ice ASAP to improve their net run rate. Richardson on to bowl.

END OF OVER:
12 | 12 Runs | MS: 91/3 (32 runs required from 48 balls, RR: 7.58, RRR: 4.00)

  • Hilton Cartwright9 (11b)
  • Glenn Maxwell44 (34b)
  • Jack Prestwidge2-0-16-0
  • Zahir Khan3-0-27-1
11.6
1
Prestwidge to Cartwright, 1 run, slower ball back of a length on off, prodded into the covers for one.
11.5
1
Prestwidge to Maxwell, 1 run, slower ball full on the legs at 117 kph, flicks this over midwicket for one.

Stars 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st15GJ MaxwellJM Clarke
2nd0GJ MaxwellBJ Webster
3rd52GJ MaxwellJA Burns
4th28GJ MaxwellHWR Cartwright
5th28GJ MaxwellNCR Larkin

Big Bash League

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