- BATSMENRB4s6sSR3.6 Wright makes swinging room outside leg and slashes a catch to deep third man. He backs away, the bowler digs it shorter and wider outside off. Wright is forced to reach out for the ball. He only ends up sending a thick outside edge straight down the throat of Dwarshuis 20/15.3 Lyon is on a hat-trick! Length-ball offbreak, starts outside off from wide of the crease and breaks away. A crease-bound Dunk wafts at it and nicks behind to the keeper 31/35.2 Nice Garry! KP slowly drags himself off the field. Just before this ball, deep midwicket had been moved straighter, and KP picks him out with a pull. Lyon shortens his length on middle, KP rocks back and middles a pull. But he hits it straight to the fielder. Credit to Lyon for holding his own after being smashed for a first-ball boundary 31/210.4 short and bounces outside off, Maxwell tries to ramp it over the keeper. He can't get on top of the bounce. He only tickles a catch to the keeper. Maxwell exits for a breezy 28. The Stars needed a bigger score from him 76/411.2 Lyon returns and strikes for a third time! Handscomb steps out, gets too close to the pitch, checks his shot and chips a catch to Silk at wide long-on 78/519.5 Faulker has been dismissed for the first time this BBL season. He can't clear the big boundary on the leg side. #MCGissobig. Faulkner swings across the line and holes out to Abbott at deep midwicket 128/619.6 Terrific finish from Brathwaite and he celebrates the run-out with the dab celebration. Off-stump yorker, dug out, the batsmen aim to pinch a quick single. Brathwaite runs in and throws the stumps down at the non-striker's end with an accurate over-arm throw 128/7Extras7 (lb 5, w 2)TOTAL128/7 (20 Overs, RR: 6.4)Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Luke Wright, 3.6 ov), 2-31 (Kevin Pietersen, 5.2 ov), 3-31 (Ben Dunk, 5.3 ov), 4-76 (Glenn Maxwell, 10.4 ov), 5-78 (Peter Handscomb, 11.2 ov), 6-128 (James Faulkner, 19.5 ov), 7-128 (Evan Gulbis, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB BJ Dwarshuis 4 0 20 0 5.00 16 2 1 1 0 J Botha 3 0 20 0 6.66 8 2 0 0 0 SA Abbott 4 0 35 2 8.75 8 2 2 0 0 CR Brathwaite 4 0 26 1 6.50 12 2 1 1 0 NM Lyon 4 0 18 3 4.50 14 2 0 0 0 JL Denly 1 0 4 0 4.00 2 0 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR3.6 Denly skies a catch to Maxwell at backward point. Back of a length and slanting away outside off, Denly looks to slog it across the line and against the angle. The result top edge is pouched safely by Maxwell. Good judgement from him 29/113.2 Ben Dunk runs across to his left from mid-on, and completes a cracking catch. He tumbled onto the ground but still hung onto the catch. This was banged in short and outside off, Maddinson can't get on top of the bounce. He flat-bats a pull in the air and holes out 121/2Extras5 (w 5)TOTAL129/2 (15.1 Overs, RR: 8.5)Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Joe Denly, 3.6 ov), 2-121 (Nic Maddinson, 13.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB DJ Worrall 3 0 21 0 7.00 11 4 0 0 0 JR Coleman 2.1 0 14 1 6.46 7 1 0 2 0 JP Faulkner 2 0 20 1 10.00 5 2 1 0 0 JW Hastings 3 0 27 0 9.00 10 2 2 1 0 GJ Maxwell 1 0 11 0 11.00 1 0 1 0 0 D Fallins 2 0 25 0 12.50 3 3 1 1 0 EP Gulbis 2 0 11 0 5.50 5 1 0 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Sydney Sixers , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
16 January 2018 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Sydney Sixers 2, Melbourne Stars 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 31 runs, 3 wickets)
- Melbourne Stars: 50 runs in 7.5 overs (47 balls), Extras 7
- Melbourne Stars: 100 runs in 15.4 overs (94 balls), Extras 7
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 50 balls (JP Faulkner 26, EP Gulbis 24, Ex 0)
- Innings Break: Melbourne Stars - 128/7 in 20.0 overs (JW Hastings 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 49 runs, 1 wicket)
- Sydney Sixers: 50 runs in 6.3 overs (39 balls), Extras 1
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (DP Hughes 16, NJ Maddinson 37, Ex 1)
- Sydney Sixers: 100 runs in 11.1 overs (67 balls), Extras 3
- NJ Maddinson: 50 off 23 balls (4 x 4, 5 x 6)
- Attendance: 26,130
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