- BATSMENRB4s6sSR3.3 Handscomb backs away outside leg and comes down the track. Brathwaite pulls his length back and chases the moving batsman. Handscomb can only splice a catch to cover 18/22.6 Dwarshuis sneaks through the defences of Dunk with a 117kph legcutter. Pretty full and nips back into the left-handed opener, who plays early and misses. Dwarshuis goes through the gate and provides the Sixers with the first breakthrough 18/116.6 Brathwaite does the dab and sends-off Maxwell for 84. Pretty full and outside off - near yorker - Maxwell slices underneath it and finds Abbott at sweeper cover. He falls short of a hundred by 16 runs. Nevertheless, belting innings from Maxwell 161/513.2 Quiney charges down the track. Lyon holds his offbreak back and shortens his length to beat the batsman. The keeper collects the ball and whips the bails off to end a rollicking century stand 137/314.1 Denly tosses a legbreak up outside off, Gotch stretches out and pings a slog-sweep straight into the lap of long-on. Hit flat and hard to Silk 142/4Extras17 (b 6, lb 4, w 7)TOTAL189/5 (20 Overs, RR: 9.45)Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Ben Dunk, 2.6 ov), 2-18 (Peter Handscomb, 3.3 ov), 3-137 (Rob Quiney, 13.2 ov), 4-142 (Seb Gotch, 14.1 ov), 5-161 (Glenn Maxwell, 16.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB BJ Dwarshuis 4 0 36 1 9.00 11 3 1 3 0 J Botha 2 0 15 0 7.50 4 2 0 0 0 CR Brathwaite 4 0 31 2 7.75 8 3 0 2 0 SA Abbott 2 0 29 0 14.50 3 3 2 1 0 JL Denly 3 0 19 1 6.33 6 0 1 0 0 NM Lyon 4 0 35 1 8.75 4 2 1 0 0 MC Henriques 1 0 14 0 14.00 3 2 1 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.6 Gulbis moves about 10-15 metres to his right from deep square leg and throws himself onto the ground. He pouches a stunning catch - with the ball sticking in his left hand. Short on the hips, Hughes middles a pull, but Gulbis tracks it down 7/19.4 Hastings has Maddinson lbw with an accurate yorker. Maddinson hangs back and aims to flick it away to the leg side, but the length from Hastings is perfect. Did it pitch outside leg, though? Just in line, I suppose, and Maddinson has to go 115/213.5 shorter and on off stump, the pitch has quickened up in the second innings, and foils the pull. Splices a catch to midwicket 154/316.2 nowhere near short or wide for the cut. Full on off stump, Botha attempts a cut and ends up bottom-edging it back onto the stumps 176/417.2 short, wide, outside off, Brathwaite lines it up and clubs it hard but straight into the lap of Maxwell at deep midwicket. Brathwaite nailed it but did not get enough elevation to clear the man in the deep 186/5Extras7 (lb 2, w 5)TOTAL190/5 (17.3 Overs, RR: 10.85)Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Daniel Hughes, 0.6 ov), 2-115 (Nic Maddinson, 9.4 ov), 3-154 (Moises Henriques, 13.5 ov), 4-176 (Johan Botha, 16.2 ov), 5-186 (Carlos Brathwaite, 17.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JP Faulkner 3 0 35 1 11.66 7 7 0 0 0 DJ Worrall 3 0 39 0 13.00 7 3 3 2 0 MA Beer 3 0 29 0 9.66 6 3 1 1 0 JW Hastings 3.3 0 27 2 7.71 9 4 0 1 0 EP Gulbis 3 0 22 2 7.33 6 2 0 1 0 L Bowe 2 0 36 0 18.00 0 1 4 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Sydney Sixers , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
23 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 - 51 runs, 2 wickets)
- Melbourne Stars: 50 runs in 5.6 overs (36 balls), Extras 7
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 27 balls (GJ Maxwell 36, RJ Quiney 10, Ex 4)
- Melbourne Stars: 100 runs in 10.1 overs (61 balls), Extras 9
- GJ Maxwell: 50 off 23 balls (3 x 4, 4 x 6)
- GJ Maxwell: 50 off 24 balls (3 x 4, 4 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 50 balls (GJ Maxwell 64, RJ Quiney 29, Ex 9)
- Melbourne Stars: 150 runs in 14.6 overs (90 balls), Extras 16
- Innings Break: Melbourne Stars - 189/5 in 20.0 overs (JP Faulkner 21, EP Gulbis 14)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 71 runs, 1 wicket)
- Sydney Sixers: 50 runs in 4.3 overs (27 balls), Extras 2
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 22 balls (JL Denly 18, NJ Maddinson 31, Ex 1)
- NJ Maddinson: 50 off 22 balls (9 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Sydney Sixers: 100 runs in 8.3 overs (51 balls), Extras 4
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 47 balls (JL Denly 38, NJ Maddinson 61, Ex 3)
- JL Denly: 50 off 32 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Sydney Sixers: 150 runs in 13.1 overs (79 balls), Extras 5
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