- BATSMENRB4s6sSR4.4 bowled him! Undone by a brilliant wrong un! He backed away trying to give room to slap it over the off side, he didn't read the googly, it pitched and spun through the gate and hit off stump. Well bowled 39/17.2 caught at long on! Sandeep celebrates! He tossed this up, Watson went to launch over long on, he got it off the bottom of the bat and carried to Larkin on the rope who jumped up and took the catch! Larkin was a little way in and unsure of the rope but held the catch well 57/27.6 caught and bowled! Amazing start from Sandeep Lamichhane. This was a leg break that gripped a touch, he tried to knock it against the turn into the leg side, got a leading edge that pooped back to the bowler. He gleefully accepted the catch! 59/312.4 top edge straight up caught by the keeper! He attempted a slog sweep, got a top edge that flew straight up in the air. Dunk moves only a couple of steps to his right and takes the catch. It was the wrong un that bounced a touch more and caught the top edge. Well bowled again 99/419.3 caught behind! Wide half volley, he tries to slash over point, gets a thick edge and it's an easy catch for Dunk behind the stumps 176/5Extras8 (b 2, nb 1, w 5)TOTAL181/5 (20 Overs, RR: 9.05)Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Jos Buttler, 4.4 ov), 2-57 (Shane Watson, 7.2 ov), 3-59 (Callum Ferguson, 7.6 ov), 4-99 (Joe Root, 12.4 ov), 5-176 (Daniel Sams, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MA Beer 4 0 44 0 11.00 4 3 2 2 0 JR Coleman 2 0 23 0 11.50 5 3 1 1 0 A Zampa 4 0 23 2 5.75 10 1 1 0 0 DJ Bravo 4 0 28 1 7.00 6 2 0 2 0 S Lamichhane 4 0 36 2 9.00 8 1 3 0 0 GJ Maxwell 1 0 8 0 8.00 0 0 0 0 0 MP Stoinis 1 0 17 0 17.00 1 2 1 0 1
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR2.1 LBW! Plumb! He stepped across outside off, it was full and straight and he missed it trying to whip to leg. He was hit flush in front of off stump. Not a tough decision. 14/21.5 skied straight up and caught by the keeper! Back of a length, he tried to launch a pull shot, got a high top edge that flew over the keeper's head, Buttler had to run back and judge the swirling ball and he took it well. Very nicely done 13/12.6 caught at deep midwicket! That is a big scalp! Good length into leg stump, he clips this really well in the air and it carries all the way to the man at deep midwicket who runs in off the rope and takes comfortably. 20/33.3 caught at long off! Sangha takes a beauty! This was powerfully struck down to straight long off, Sangha runs the tightrope, takes the catch at full stride and keeps his feet inside the rope! Brilliantly done. He's having a superb night 22/44.5 caught at deep backward square! Another good short ball, he tried to pull over square leg, it got a little high on him, he got a big top edge that carried all the way to the rope and Rainbird steadied right on the rope and took a good catch 33/56.2 bowled him! He went down on one knee to try and lap sweep, Sams spotted it and went full and straight with a yorker and bowled him around the legs! Hit the base of middle. Well bowled 55/6Extras13 (lb 10, nb 1, w 2)TOTAL74/6 (8 Overs, RR: 9.25)Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Ben Dunk, 1.5 ov), 2-14 (Travis Dean, 2.1 ov), 3-20 (Glenn Maxwell, 2.6 ov), 4-22 (Marcus Stoinis, 3.3 ov), 5-33 (Dwayne Bravo, 4.5 ov), 6-55 (Evan Gulbis, 6.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SL Rainbird 1 0 6 0 6.00 2 0 0 1 0 N McAndrew 2 0 22 1 11.00 3 1 1 0 1 DR Sams 2 0 5 3 2.50 8 0 0 1 0 CJ Green 1 0 6 1 6.00 2 0 0 0 0 GS Sandhu 2 0 25 1 12.50 4 2 2 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Melbourne Stars , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
18.45 start, First Session 18.45-21.05, Interval 21.05-21.25, Second Session 21.25- 22.45
Match days
21 December 2018 - night match (20-over match)
Twenty20 debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Sydney Thunder 2, Melbourne Stars 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 46 runs, 1 wicket)
- Sydney Thunder: 50 runs in 6.5 overs (41 balls), Extras 1
- Sydney Thunder: 100 runs in 12.5 overs (77 balls), Extras 3
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 22 balls (JJS Sangha 21, DR Sams 27, Ex 2)
- Sydney Thunder: 150 runs in 16.3 overs (99 balls), Extras 5
- JJS Sangha: 50 off 30 balls (3 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Innings Break: Sydney Thunder - 181/5 in 20.0 overs (JJS Sangha 63, CJ Green 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 2.0 (Mandatory - 14 runs, 1 wicket)
- Rain: Melbourne Stars - 4/0 in 0.3 overs (TJ Dean 3, BR Dunk 1)
- Melbourne Stars: 50 runs in 5.5 overs (36 balls), Extras 13
- Total attendance: 8.788
Match Coverage
All Match NewsDebutant Jason Sangha, Daniel Sams floor Melbourne Stars
After Sangha smashed an unbeaten 36-ball 63, Sams took 3 for 5 in the rain-affected game