- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.3 Mir gets his redemption! He's nutmegged him while trying to play a reverse-sweep! Bancroft was early into the shot and Mir flights it up a little too full to sweep, and it goes through his legs and onto off-stump. Mir dropped him in the fourth over, has his man! 45/24.5 Cleans him up! 123kph ball full around middle and off, Warner was early into his swing across the line and he hears the death rattle 41/112.6 Chipped straight to long-on! Full ball around off and he mistimes this. Maxwell is on the player mic, but doesn't distract him from taking this dilly! Sangha was looking good in his stay, but he has to make the walk back now. Siddle gets some reprieve 105/45.4 Mir has two in two! And this time he's taken a very good catch off his own bowling! Mir flings it full around off and Davies is a little early into the stroke. He ends up chipping it back towards the non-striker and Mir dives to his right to bag that. What a dramatic day Mir is having! 45/317.4 Chops on! It's been an incredible knock from him, while riding on some luck, but it ends now. Not Siddle's best ball, short and wide, but Billings chases after it and ends up dragging it onto his stumps 162/715.5 Has he nicked it? The umpire reckons he has! 128kph bouncer dug into the pitch outside off, Rutherford goes for the pull, and was almost pulling out of the shot very late, and gets the thinnest of edges that's gobbled up! Some fortune falls the Stars' way today as well! 138/516.4 Holes out at deep midwicket! Webster digs it in short and he goes for the pull. It hits high on the bat and goes high in the air. Cartwright takes it just above head height 151/619.3 Dragged on! Webster goes short and wide and like Billings, Sams looks to cut this away but can only deflect it onto the stumps. Third wicket of the day for Webster! 177/8Extras9 (lb 5, w 4)TOTAL182/8 (20 Overs, RR: 9.1)Did not bat: WA AgarFall of wickets: 1-41 (David Warner, 4.5 ov), 2-45 (Cameron Bancroft, 5.3 ov), 3-45 (Oliver Davies, 5.4 ov), 4-105 (Jason Sangha, 12.6 ov), 5-138 (Sherfane Rutherford, 15.5 ov), 6-151 (Chris Green, 16.4 ov), 7-162 (Sam Billings, 17.4 ov), 8-177 (Daniel Sams, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JS Paris 4 0 29 1 7.25 10 4 0 0 0 GJ Maxwell 1 0 11 0 11.00 1 2 0 0 0 BL Couch 3 0 25 0 8.33 5 2 1 0 0 PM Siddle 4 0 33 2 8.25 12 4 1 2 0 BJ Webster 4 0 42 3 10.50 7 1 3 2 0 Usama Mir 4 0 37 2 9.25 6 6 0 0 0
28/12Result
14th Match (N), Big Bash League at Canberra, Dec 28 2024
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![Sydney Thunder]( "Sydney Thunder")
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![Melbourne Stars]( "Melbourne Stars")
164/8 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
28/12Result
14th Match (N), Big Bash League at Canberra, Dec 28 2024
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![Sydney Thunder]( "Sydney Thunder")
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![Melbourne Stars]( "Melbourne Stars")
164/8 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.3 Chipped to mid-off! After a few length balls, Ferguson draws him forward with a full ball and he ends up lobbing it just above Warner's head and he grabs it safely. Warner has positioned himself slightly shorter than where mid-off would usually be and it pays off! 5/115.2 That's the big wicket Thunder were waiting for! Sams reels away in celebration, letting out a celebratory scream. Sams digs it in short outside off and Duckett looks to pull. It's too high though and he just gets a thin edge. Soft dismissal, but Sams is not complaining at all! 129/57.3 Catching practice at cover! Great comeback from Green as he flights it up outside off. It holds in the wicket a bit and Stoinis ends up chipping it to Ferguson's right, who makes no mistake 64/28.2 Warner can't stop laughing as Maxwell goes up for another big shot and perishes! Goes for the big slog but ends up with a top edge that goes up high in the air and it's taken at short fine! "There goes the big ego," Warner exults 71/312.3 Bowled 'im Tosses this up on off, Cartwright swings for the hills and is completely done in by the lack of pace on that and he loses his offstump 107/417.6 Agar has a third in the over! Much like Merlo, Webster tries to drive out a very full delivery wide of off and gets a thick edge. Surely, Thunder have this in the bag now? 152/817.2 He's edged behind! It's very full and wide, Merlo is looking to squeezer it out on the off side but gets an edge that Billings gobbles up! 147/617.4 Mir makes a meal of it as he looks to reverse ramp a full toss outside off. The ball just spoons up for an easy catch for Billings running back 151/7Extras8 (lb 1, w 7)TOTAL164/8 (20 Overs, RR: 8.2)Did not bat: PM SiddleFall of wickets: 1-5 (Sam Harper, 0.3 ov), 2-64 (Marcus Stoinis, 7.3 ov), 3-71 (Glenn Maxwell, 8.2 ov), 4-107 (Hilton Cartwright, 12.3 ov), 5-129 (Ben Duckett, 15.2 ov), 6-147 (Jonathan Merlo, 17.2 ov), 7-151 (Usama Mir, 17.4 ov), 8-152 (Beau Webster, 17.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB LH Ferguson 4 0 27 1 6.75 13 3 0 2 0 WA Agar 4 0 25 3 6.25 12 4 0 0 0 DR Sams 3 0 27 1 9.00 4 2 0 1 0 CJ Green 4 0 41 1 10.25 6 6 1 0 0 TD Andrews 4 0 32 1 8.00 8 4 0 0 0 JJS Sangha 0.5 0 9 1 10.80 1 1 0 0 0 O Davies 0.1 0 2 0 12.00 0 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Melbourne Stars , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.15 start, First Session 19.15-20.45, Interval 20.45-21.05, Second Session 21.05-22.35
Match days
28 December 2024 - 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 - 4.0 (Mandatory - 33 runs, 0 wicket)
- Sydney Thunder: 50 runs in 6.3 overs (39 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: Sydney Thunder - 79/3 in 10.0 overs (JJS Sangha 23, SW Billings 12)
- Over 10.5: Review by Melbourne Stars (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - MW Graham-Smith, Batter - JJS Sangha (Struck down)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 40 balls (JJS Sangha 30, SW Billings 16, Ex 4)
- Sydney Thunder: 100 runs in 12.4 overs (76 balls), Extras 6
- Powerplay 2: Overs 14.1 - 16.0 (Batting side - 20 runs, 1 wicket)
- SW Billings: 50 off 29 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Sydney Thunder: 150 runs in 16.3 overs (99 balls), Extras 7
- Melbourne Stars forced to have five fielders inside the circle for the last two overs because they have gone over time.
- Innings Break: Sydney Thunder - 182/8 in 20.0 overs (TD Andrews 3, LH Ferguson 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 4.0 (Mandatory - 32 runs, 1 wicket)
- Melbourne Stars: 50 runs in 6.1 overs (37 balls), Extras 7
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 38 balls (BM Duckett 27, MP Stoinis 18, Ex 6)
- Drinks: Melbourne Stars - 96/3 in 10.0 overs (BM Duckett 45, HWR Cartwright 12)
- Melbourne Stars: 100 runs in 10.6 overs (66 balls), Extras 7
- BM Duckett: 50 off 37 balls (7 x 4)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 16.1 - 18.0 (Batting side - 20 runs, 3 wickets)
- Melbourne Stars: 150 runs in 17.3 overs (105 balls), Extras 8
Match Coverage
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