Sydney Sixers Vs Melbourne Stars Match 14 26 December 2023

14th T20 • Sydney Cricket Ground • Sydney

Sydney Sixers

154/8 (20)

Melbourne Stars

155/6 (19.3)

MS won by 4 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Date & Time

26 Dec, 12:35 PM IST

Venue

Sydney Cricket Ground

Match

14th T20,

Big Bash League

Umpires

Gerard Abood(Australia), Paul Wilson(Australia), Claire Polosak(Australia, TV)

Referee

Bob Stratford(Australia)

Toss

Melbourne Stars elected to bowl

Pitch Report

PitchFlat Track Pitch

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionHigh Scoring

Spin BowlingSlow Spin

1st Innings

156Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

132.01Avg SR

2nd Innings

135Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

129.35Avg SR

Playing XILineups Out

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

SIX

8- 2

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Sydney Sixers

Melbourne Stars

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Jordan Silk

SIX . BAT

115 Runs

3 Matches

Moises Henriques

SIX . ALL

83 Runs

3 Matches

Josh Philippe

SIX . WK

70 Runs

3 Matches

Top Bowlers

Ben Dwarshuis

SIX . BOWL

5 Wkts

3 Matches

Jackson Bird

SIX . BOWL

4 Wkts

3 Matches

Jack Edwards

SIX . ALL

3 Wkts

3 Matches

Player of the Match Hilton Cartwright

47(30)

Info

Sydney Sixers

154/8 (20)

Batters

Josh Philippe

126.67

c SB Harper b M Stoinis

James Vince

150.91

runout (G Maxwell)

Daniel Hughes

28.57

c G Maxwell b U Mir

Moises Henriques

(C)

45.45

st SB Harper b U Mir

Jordan Silk

50.00

c SB Harper b U Mir

Jack Edwards

130.43

c I Wasim b H Rauf

Joel Davies

175.00

c T Rogers b H Rauf

Sean Abbott

50.00

Not out

Ben Dwarshuis

0.00

b H Rauf

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 2, NB: 0, W: 3)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.7)

154/8

Did not Bat

Jackson Bird, Steve O'Keefe

Bowlers

EXT

8.75

8.50

6.50

4.75

9.50

6.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Josh Philippe

c SB Harper b M Stoinis

1-27

3.2

Daniel Hughes

c G Maxwell b U Mir

2-33

4.6

Moises Henriques

st SB Harper b U Mir

3-43

8.1

Jordan Silk

c SB Harper b U Mir

4-45

8.4

James Vince

runout (G Maxwell)

5-140

17.6

Jack Edwards

c I Wasim b H Rauf

6-147

19.1

Joel Davies

c T Rogers b H Rauf

7-154

19.5

Ben Dwarshuis

b H Rauf

8-154

19.6

Melbourne Stars

155/6 (19.3)

Batters

Tom Fraser Rogers

105.26

c M Henriques b JM Bird

Sam Harper

154.55

c JR Philippe b J Edwards

Beau Webster

109.38

c J Edwards b S Abbott

Glenn Maxwell

(C)

150.00

c JR Philippe b JM Bird

Marcus Stoinis

100.00

lbw b SNJ O'Keefe

Hilton Cartwright *

156.67

Not out

Imad Wasim

140.00

c DPHughes b S Abbott

Jonathan Merlo

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 0, W: 1)

TOTAL

(19.3 Ov, RR: 7.95)

155/6

Did not Bat

Usama Mir, Haris Rauf, Joel Paris

Bowlers

EXT

8.00

10.50

5.75

7.50

3.3

7.43

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Tom Fraser Rogers

c M Henriques b JM Bird

1-28

4.2

Sam Harper

c JR Philippe b J Edwards

2-40

5.3

Glenn Maxwell

c JR Philippe b JM Bird

3-54

6.6

Marcus Stoinis

lbw b SNJ O'Keefe

4-66

8.5

Beau Webster

c J Edwards b S Abbott

5-121

16.2

Imad Wasim

c DPHughes b S Abbott

6-143

18.3

Match Info

Date & Time

26 Dec, 12:35 PM IST

Venue

Sydney Cricket Ground

Match

14th T20,

Big Bash League

Umpires

Gerard Abood(Australia), Paul Wilson(Australia), Claire Polosak(Australia, TV)

Referee

Bob Stratford(Australia)

Toss

Melbourne Stars elected to bowl

4 W 1 4 0 4

Over 17

Runs: 13

0 0 0 4 2 1

Over 18

Runs: 7

4 2 W 1 2 1

Over 19

Runs: 10

0 4 4

Over 20

Runs: 8

All Overs

Player of the Match Hilton Cartwright

47(30)

Commentary

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?

overs

147 /6 score

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??

overs

137 /5 score

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