Gerard Abood(Australia), Paul Wilson(Australia), Claire Polosak(Australia, TV)
Referee
Bob Stratford(Australia)
Toss
Melbourne Stars elected to bowl
OVS
Bowler :
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4W1404
Over 17
Runs: 13
000421
Over 18
Runs: 7
42W121
Over 19
Runs: 10
044
Over 20
Runs: 8
All Overs
Player of the Match
Hilton Cartwright
47(30)
Player of the Series
Lucky Winner
Analysis
Weather Update
Sydney,Australia
Updated: 17 Oct 05:15
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Commentary
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Well, that's all the action we have coming your way today, folks! Thank you so much for sticking with us throughout the match. We hope you enjoyed today's game. Signing off, your commentators for today, Rudransh and Tasmai, wishing you an astounding day ahead!
MELBOURNE STARS TRIUMPH OVER THE SYDNEY SIXER AND WIN BY 4 WICKETS!
James Vince 83(55) | Usama Mir (4-0-19-3) Hilton Cartwright 47(30) | Sean Abbott (4-0-32-2)
Not every day do you see a match as riveting and enthralling as this one! James Vince got the sixers off to a superb start and took the bowlers down, after the 11th over asserting his dominance, and very similarly another stalwart from the Stars, found bakc his mojo in the middle overs: Hilton Cartwright.
Cartwright, played one of the famous innings', if you could say now, with some extravagant shots through the off side and even timed the ball wonderful through the leg side.
Sean Abbott was the pick of the bowlers, despite his inconsistency with his lines and lengths, used his experience and guile to toy with the batters!
The better team had to win today, and it was none other than the stars. THE MELBOURNE STARS!!
Overall, it was an amazing game of cricket, permeated by it's topsy-turvyness as always, and the Stars secured their first victory in this edition of the BBL!
19.3 Ben Dwarshuis to Hilton Cartwright, FOUR MORE! Cartwright has done it! The Stars have done it! They have their first win against the only team who had won all their games so far. It's a short ball on the body, very slow, Cartwright waits for it and swivels the pull in the air over deep square leg! He's elated and so are his teammates. What a win for the Stars.
19.2 Ben Dwarshuis to Hilton Cartwright, FOUR! Low full toss outside the off-stump, Cartwright moves off-side and slices it to get it off the middle to send it to deep point
19.1 Ben Dwarshuis to Hilton Cartwright, full toss outside the off-stump, Cartwright looks to swing it back down the ground but misses!
Imad Wasim played an astounding cameo and departs, in a over permeated by poor field sets by, hobbling captain Moises Henriques. Don't see a reason why, mid off and mid onn should stay half-way from the boundary line to try and stop that double and convert it into a single. Abbott executing some remarkable slower ones and is preventing the batter from getting under the ball, by hitting that hard length. Commendable fielding by Edwards, who absolutely flew on the boundary line!! Expecting some uncanny cutter and slower ones in the last over, into the surface....IS IT GOING TO BE THE SIXERS OR IS IT GOING TO BE THE STARS?
19
overs
147/6score
4
2
W
1
2
1
runs
Hilton Cartwright*
39(27)
Jonathan Merlo
1(1)
Sean Abbott
2/32
18.6 Sean Abbott to Hilton Cartwright, yorker on the middle, pushed to mid on to retain the strike. 8 off 6 needed.
18.5 Sean Abbott to Hilton Cartwright, two runs courtesy an excellent effort in the deep! Full on the middle, Cartwright ferociously clips it to deep mid-wicket and Edwards put in the big dive there to pull it back off the ropes
18.4 Sean Abbott to Jonathan Merlo, good length ball outside the off-stump, Merlo comes down the ground to guide it to point for one
18.3 Sean Abbott to Imad Wasim, OUT! CAUGHT! Full and straight, Wasim looks to go down the ground but the length isn't right for it, gets it off the toe end for an easy catch at mid-off. 12 off 9 needed now!
18.2 Sean Abbott to Imad Wasim, full outside the off-stump, chips it over mid off and Henriques with the chase again to keep it down to 2
18.1 Sean Abbott to Imad Wasim, FOUR! BIG MOMENT! Short ball on the middle, Wasim pulls it through mid-wicket past the fielder in the deep!
Tremendous bit of batting and bowluing from both the sides! Bird started off the over exemplarily, and from there I didn't see a reason why he was trying for the yorker, when he was nailing his slower one to perfection or even he could have tried and changed the line, probable to wide outside off and positioned sweepers a bit squarer to prevent the boundary over catching covers. Who's taking it home??
18
overs
137/5score
0
0
0
4
2
1
runs
Imad Wasim*
8(7)
Hilton Cartwright
36(25)
Jackson Bird
2/42
17.6 Jackson Bird to Imad Wasim, ALMOST A RUN OUT! Mis-times the low full toss to mid-wicket and sets off for a run, he wasn't even in the frame as the throw misses the stumps by a whisker
17.5 Jackson Bird to Imad Wasim, OH! Shortish outside the off-stump, Wasim chips it over mid off where a hesitant Henriques (shoulder issues) doesn't put a jump in but saves the boundary
17.4 Jackson Bird to Imad Wasim, FOUR! Bird runs into his cliff. Full toss outside the off-stump, missed the yorker and Wasim just had to get enough power to push it over mid off
17.3 Jackson Bird to Imad Wasim, OH! THIRD DOT! Yorker on the off-stump, Wasim carves the drive to point without finding even a bit of the gap
17.2 Jackson Bird to Imad Wasim, off-cutter angled away from the left-hander, he looks to hoick it but misses
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Hilton Cartwright
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Sean Abbott
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