- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.4 slower ball beats him in flight and it goes straight up in the air, there is almost a mix-up between Khawaja and Cosgrove, but the catch is taken 36/22.4 back of a length, pushes it down to cover and they take a very risky single, Gayle charges in and hits from short range but with just one stump to hit, great run out 17/112.1 bang, back with a wicket straight away, beating him with a length ball on leg stump 94/314 big wicket here, he cuts a short ball outside off to point where Cosgrove takes a great catch low to his right 108/416 wide outside off, he drives hard and high over point and gets caught two thirds of the way to the boundary 127/517.2 off cutter does enough to beat White, clipping the top of middle 133/619.2 quicker ball goes straight through him as he tries to send it back over long on 141/719.5 gets under this one but doesn't get quite enough as he puts it down long on's throat, who almost dropped it! 143/8Extras8 (b 1, lb 2, nb 1, w 4)TOTAL145/8 (20 Overs, RR: 7.25)Did not bat: JM BirdFall of wickets: 1-17 (Luke Wright, 2.4 ov), 2-36 (Rob Quiney, 5.4 ov), 3-94 (Brad Hodge, 12.1 ov), 4-108 (David Hussey, 13.6 ov), 5-127 (Glenn Maxwell, 15.6 ov), 6-133 (Cameron White, 17.2 ov), 7-141 (John Hastings, 19.2 ov), 8-143 (Dimitri Mascarenhas, 19.5 ov)
08/01Result
(N)Big Bash League at Melbourne, Jan 8 2013
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![Melbourne Stars]( "Melbourne Stars")
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![Sydney Thunder]( "Sydney Thunder")
132 (19.4/20 ov)
Player of the Match
08/01Result
(N)Big Bash League at Melbourne, Jan 8 2013
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![Melbourne Stars]( "Melbourne Stars")
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![Sydney Thunder]( "Sydney Thunder")
132 (19.4/20 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR12.1 full on leg and he flicks high and deep to mid wicket, Maxwell fumbles it back into his stomach, but he holds on 91/32.2 length outside off, tries an odd pull shot and top edges it to cover 19/17.3 slower ball on off, pulls out to long on and Bird makes great ground to take a sensational catch daving low to his righ at full pace 62/213.1 full outside off and he drives it high over cover point, needless shot that has put his team under real pressure now 100/414.4 wide and short, top edges the cut shot to short third man where Bird takes another catch 106/517.5 pulls weakly through mid wicket and he takes Maxwell on and that is never going to end well for Cosgrove 118/716.2 length on off, he tries to go deep but doesn't quite clear long off 110/618.2 drives high out to deep point, easy catch 122/819.4 backs away and gets an edge on the hook shot through to the keeper 132/1019.3 slower ball gets top edged to short fine leg for an easy catch 132/9Extras2 (b 1, lb 1)TOTAL132 all out (19.4 Overs, RR: 6.71)Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Simon Keen, 2.2 ov), 2-62 (Matt Prior, 7.3 ov), 3-91 (Chris Gayle, 12.1 ov), 4-100 (Usman Khawaja, 13.1 ov), 5-106 (Sean Abbott, 14.4 ov), 6-110 (Ryan Carters, 16.2 ov), 7-118 (Mark Cosgrove, 17.5 ov), 8-122 (Adam Zampa, 18.2 ov), 9-132 (Luke Doran, 19.3 ov), 10-132 (Gurinder Sandhu, 19.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB JP Faulkner 3.4 0 24 3 6.54 0 0 JM Bird 4 0 20 1 5.00 0 0 JW Hastings 3 0 33 1 11.00 0 0 AD Mascarenhas 4 0 27 2 6.75 0 0 CJ McKay 4 0 21 1 5.25 0 0 GJ Maxwell 1 0 5 1 5.00 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Melbourne Stars , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.15, Interval 20.15-20.30, Second Session 20.30-21.50
Match days
8 January 2013 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Melbourne Stars 2, Sydney Thunder 0
Match Notes
- CH Gayle 50 off 25 balls (6x4, 3x6)
Match Coverage
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It took eight rounds across 31 days for Chris Gayle to deliver and yet, incredibly, Sydney Thunder lost again to gift the Melbourne Stars a semi-final berth
