- BATSMENRB4s6sSR14.3 tries to repeat the same stroke but this one's slanted across him. He's perhaps too much leg side of it and skews it in the air off the toe end of the bat in the air. McClenaghan runs back and snaffles it smartly with a dive forward 104/43.1 a full ball, Dunk tries to clip it but the ball stops on him a bit and he chips it in the air as mid-on settles under it 29/16.3 Lenton excitedly appeals for a catch and Pietersen stands his ground. The umpire gives it out. Pietersen swings big across the line.This one's pushed across and he is expecting it to spin into him.But it simply keeps getting away from him as it comes on with the arm and takes the outside edge 52/27.2 oh, what a dream delivery> Is that the ball of the season or what? Maxwell has no clue about it. He's drawn forward by a length ball and the ball spins into him to beat the inside edge and clatter into the stumps 55/316.4 short ball, slapped straight into the hands of point. That's catching practice for Khawaja. He had rolled his fingers over the seam, and Gotch doesn't the drop in pace 123/517.2 swings across the line and the ball goes straight through. Full and straight, Faulkner expects it to be slanted across more to give him the room as he misses and the ball smashes into the stumps 124/6Extras7 (lb 1, w 6)TOTAL147/6 (20 Overs, RR: 7.35)Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Ben Dunk, 3.1 ov), 2-52 (Kevin Pietersen, 6.3 ov), 3-55 (Glenn Maxwell, 7.2 ov), 4-104 (Peter Handscomb, 14.3 ov), 5-123 (Seb Gotch, 16.4 ov), 6-124 (James Faulkner, 17.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MJ McClenaghan 4 0 30 1 7.50 6 3 0 1 0 GS Sandhu 4 0 26 1 6.50 11 1 1 3 0 CJ Green 4 0 27 2 6.75 8 3 0 1 0 SR Watson 4 0 34 1 8.50 8 5 0 0 0 Fawad Ahmed 4 0 29 1 7.25 8 3 0 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR8.2 gets down for a reverse sweep but it's to the wrong length. A bit of bounce results in a top-edge that's taken at short third man 85/110.3 flattens the trajectory and Vince charges down the ground and blindly swipes across the line. Think it was the wrong'un. Gets beaten and the keeper competes a simple stumping. Well-bowled 102/215.2 short ball, could have been the slower one and Green drags a pull straight to mid-off. What an antithetical innings from Green to the rest of the Thunder batting performance! Four off 13 135/3Extras12 (lb 9, w 3)TOTAL149/3 (16.1 Overs, RR: 9.21)Fall of wickets: 1-85 (Usman Khawaja, 8.2 ov), 2-102 (James Vince, 10.3 ov), 3-135 (Chris Green, 15.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB DJ Worrall 3 0 32 0 10.66 8 5 1 2 0 JR Coleman 2.1 0 22 0 10.15 5 1 2 1 0 JP Faulkner 2 0 14 0 7.00 4 2 0 0 0 JW Hastings 4 0 32 1 8.00 9 5 0 0 0 L Bowe 4 0 30 2 7.50 12 4 1 0 0 EP Gulbis 1 0 10 0 10.00 0 1 0 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Sydney Thunder , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
20 January 2018 - day/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 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 50 runs, 1 wicket)
- Melbourne Stars: 50 runs in 5.6 overs (36 balls), Extras 2
- PSP Handscomb: 50 off 39 balls (6 x 4)
- Melbourne Stars: 100 runs in 14.1 overs (85 balls), Extras 4
- Innings Break: Melbourne Stars - 147/6 in 20.0 overs (JW Hastings 9, EP Gulbis 13)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 64 runs, 0 wicket)
- Sydney Thunder: 50 runs in 4.1 overs (25 balls), Extras 7
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 25 balls (UT Khawaja 27, JM Vince 17, Ex 7)
- Sydney Thunder: 100 runs in 10.1 overs (61 balls), Extras 8
Match Coverage
All Match NewsThunder's batting might keeps them alive
Chasing just 148 after a disciplined bowling performance, Thunder's top three of Usman Khawaja, James Vince and Shane Watson crushed the Stars bowlers, who were defending an under-par total