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43rd T20 • Melbourne Cricket Ground • Melbourne

Adelaide Strikers

139/9 (20)

Melbourne Stars

140/5 (19.1)

MS won by 5 wickets

Info

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Scorecard

Playing XI

Player of the Match Joe Clarke

83(58)

STR s

MS s

Info

Adelaide Strikers s

139/9 (20)

Batters

Matthew Short

100.00

c BJ Webster b A Zampa

Henry Hunt

133.33

lbw b BL Couch

Jake Weatherald

88.89

c NCR Larkin b Q Ahmad

Jonathan Wells

121.43

c BJ Webster b A Zampa

Thomas Kelly

86.67

c H Cartwright b CD Hinchliffe

Ryan Gibson

0.00

st JM Clarke b Q Ahmad

Harry Nielsen

93.33

b H Rauf

Rashid Khan

175.00

Not out

Peter Siddle

(C)

0.00

b H Rauf

Harry Conway

100.00

runout (JM Clarke / X Crone)

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 3, NB: 0, W: 4)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 6.95)

139/9

Did not Bat

Fawad Ahmed, Liam Scott, Henry Thornton

Bowlers

EXT

6.25

5.25

10.33

6.00

5.25

13.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Henry Hunt

lbw b BL Couch

1-21

2.3

Matthew Short

c BJ Webster b A Zampa

2-29

3.3

Jake Weatherald

c NCR Larkin b Q Ahmad

3-34

5.3

Thomas Kelly

c H Cartwright b CD Hinchliffe

4-81

12.1

Ryan Gibson

st JM Clarke b Q Ahmad

5-91

13.6

Jonathan Wells

c BJ Webster b A Zampa

6-128

18.3

Harry Nielsen

b H Rauf

7-138

19.4

Peter Siddle

b H Rauf

8-138

19.5

Harry Conway

runout (JM Clarke / X Crone)

9-139

19.6

Melbourne Stars s

140/5 (19.1)

Batters

Joe Clarke

143.10

c T Kelly b PM Siddle

Clint Hinchliffe

33.33

lbw b H Conway

Nick Larkin

50.00

st H Nielsen b F Ahmed

Joe Burns

64.29

c HJ Hunt b R Khan

Hilton Cartwright

154.55

c HJ Hunt b PM Siddle

Beau Webster

70.00

Not out

Qais Ahmad *

600.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 1, W: 5)

TOTAL

(19.1 Ov, RR: 7.24)

140/5

Did not Bat

Xavier Crone, Adam Zampa, Haris Rauf, Brody Couch, Tom O'Connell, Sam Rainbird

Bowlers

EXT

Matthew Short

3.1

8.53

9.25

4.00

8.50

6.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Clint Hinchliffe

lbw b H Conway

1-7

1.4

Nick Larkin

st H Nielsen b F Ahmed

2-25

4.1

Joe Burns

c HJ Hunt b R Khan

3-43

7.5

Hilton Cartwright

c HJ Hunt b PM Siddle

4-83

11.6

Joe Clarke

c T Kelly b PM Siddle

5-133

18.5

Match Info

Date & Time

10 Jan, 01:45 PM IST

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Match

43rd T20,

Big Bash League

Umpires

Nathan Johnstone (Australia), Troy Penman (Australia), Simon Lightbody (Australia, TV)

Referee

Kent Hannam (Australia)

Toss

Melbourne Stars elected to bowl

Player of the Match Joe Clarke

83(58)

Commentary

The Strikers will look to have some competition at the bottom of the table here after they have been demolished by the batters. The Stars have shown no remorse to the bowlers as they managed to chase down the target just in the nick of time in the last over but boy that did not come easily! The Strikers started off beautifully using the exact same tactics as the Stars did and the spin saga continued as the batters were getting dismissed and the runs were not coming off the bat, but all it took was one expensive over as Conway gave away a lot of runs and from then on it was a neck to neck contest.

The Strikers kept taking the wickets from time to time and it was in the midst of all this when Clarke stepped in to save the day, as he made an amazing 83 runs off 58 balls and got the team to win this one. The batters were finding it difficult to middle the ball towards the death overs as Rashid Khan proved to be economical yet again but that was surely not enough to stop the home side, as they managed to score the runs from time to time and the new batters did not take a lot of deliveries to hit those shots out of the park which resulted the much needed win for the Stars after being down and out on the points table.

Thank you so much for joining us for yet another exciting game of BBL. This is Pradeep and myself (Pranav) signing off. Until next time.

Melbourne Stars won the game by 5 wickets!

Joe Clarke has been adjudged the Player of the match for his sensational knock to take his team home tonight!

Clarke says, it's nice to get a win tonight after what we've been through last week, having players missing out due to covid, nice to collect all four points. Ten minutes in the nets and the weather was good, so, I was cooked last night and no idea but I made sure I was in bed early last night. I have been playing well, it's nice to contribute and ensure we collect all points. Just hope after this win, we have more people coming in to watch when we play in Melbourne!

Melbourne Stars won the game by 5 wickets!

19.2 Matthew Short to Qais Ahmad, WIDE! THAT'S IT, IT'S ALL OVER! Stars pick up all their points in this match. Remarkable game this was, Qais Ahmad finishes the game in style! Fires a short delivery way down the leg-side, Qais gets inside the line and let's it go and the Stars go home in the last over!

19.1 Matthew Short to Qais Ahmad, SIX! THAT'S THE GAME FOR THE STARS! Drops it short on the middle and off, Qais clears his front foot and DEPOSITS that one well over the deep mid-wicket fence for a huge maximum! SCORES ARE LEVEL NOW!

Clarke's wicket has ensured that this match goes to the last over! The fielder running towards gully from square leg.

overs

133 /5 score

1nb

runs

Joe Clarke

83 (58)

Beau Webster *

14 (20)

Peter Siddle

2 /26

18.6 Peter Siddle to Beau Webster, takes the pace off, back of a length on the middle and off, Webster on the backfoot ends up tapping it straight back to the bowler.

Qais Ahmad, RHB, is the new batter in.

18.5 Peter Siddle to Joe Clarke, OUT! IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! Change of pace doing the trick for Siddle, short on the off-stump, Clarke comes forward and swats it down to long-on, doesn't get hold of it, Kelly comes around and pouches it and it's GAME ON here in MCG!

Joe Clarke c Kelly b Siddle 83 (58b 3x4 4x6)

18.4 Peter Siddle to Joe Clarke, SIX! BAM! Full and straight, Clarke comes down the track, gets it in the slot and then SMOKES it straight down the ground for a maximum, UNBELIEVABLE SHOT!

18.3 Peter Siddle to Joe Clarke, OH! Excellent change of pace, back of a length into Clarke, as he goes to heave it across the line and misses, whiskers past the leg-stump to the keeper.

Clarke calling for a change of gloves as he is allowed to continue! Peter Siddle having a chat with the umpire as he is smiling and yet disappointed as they need 13 off 10 on a free hit!

18.3 Peter Siddle to Joe Clarke, STRAIGHT TO MID-OFF AND TAKEN! Just one question, Is that a NO-BALL? Umpire's are having a chat in the middle. Full toss and just though it's waist height, Clarke gets surprised and then mistimes it straight to mid-off who takes it. Soft-signal is NOT OUT, it's clearly above the waist height and the TV umpire confirms that's NOT OUT! NO-BALL, FREE-HIT COMING UP!

18.2 Peter Siddle to Joe Clarke, takes the pace off, short on the off-stump, Clarke heaves that one powerfully but the sweeper comes around to cut it off, they scamper back for another brace.

18.1 Peter Siddle to Beau Webster, length delivery on the outside off, Webster sits deep inside the crease and cracks it down to long-off, picks up a single, gets Clark back on strike!

The Stars are just a big hit away to make this match a one sided affair!

overs

123 /4 score

runs

Joe Clarke *

75 (53)

Beau Webster

13 (18)

Harry Conway

1 /37

17.6 Harry Conway to Joe Clarke, SIX! BANG! Poor delivery, length on the pads, Clarke comes forward and then DISPATCHES it way over the deep backward square-leg fence into the crowd for a massive six! Conway can't believe it!

17.5 Harry Conway to Beau Webster, short delivery, bit of too much width, Webster on the backfoot bunts it past the covers to pick up just a single.