BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jack Edwards	st †Handscomb b Zampa	4	2	-	1	0	200.00

Joe Denly	c Bravo b Maxwell	14	15	-	2	0	93.33

Daniel Hughes	b Coleman	20	14	-	3	0	142.85

Moises Henriques (c)	lbw b Lamichhane	9	15	-	0	0	60.00

Jordan Silk	not out	41	37	-	2	0	110.81
Josh Philippe †	b Bravo	7	6	-	0	0	116.66

Tom Curran	lbw b Lamichhane	2	6	-	0	0	33.33

Sean Abbott	c †Handscomb b Coleman	22	16	-	3	1	137.50

Steve O'Keefe	c Maxwell b Coleman	1	5	-	0	0	20.00

Ben Dwarshuis	c Maxwell b Bravo	3	3	-	0	0	100.00

Greg West	not out	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 4, w 2)	7
TOTAL	20 Ov (RR: 6.50)	130/9
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Jack Edwards, 0.2 ov), 2-26 (Joe Denly, 3.4 ov), 3-48 (Daniel Hughes, 7.1 ov), 4-53 (Moises Henriques, 8.2 ov), 5-63 (Josh Philippe, 10.1 ov), 6-70 (Tom Curran, 11.6 ov), 7-103 (Sean Abbott, 16.4 ov), 8-112 (Steve O'Keefe, 18.1 ov), 9-122 (Ben Dwarshuis, 19.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Adam Zampa	3	0	17	1	5.66	6	1	0	0	0
0.2 to J Edwards, beaten by a cracking leg break and a stumping appeal! He's out! He pushed forward, closed the face and was beaten by the turn, Handscomb whipped the bails off and Edwards had his back foot in the air trying to stretch back. He didn't get it down in time!. 4/1
Glenn Maxwell	4	0	27	1	6.75	10	2	1	0	0
3.4 to JL Denly, caught at long on! Denly advances again and lofts to long on but he's just short of the pitch and gets underneath it launching it miles in the air, Bravo comes in off the rope, waits for it to fall from the sky and takes a very good catch. 26/2
Scott Boland	2	0	17	0	8.50	5	3	0	0	0
Sandeep Lamichhane	4	0	18	2	4.50	11	1	0	0	0
8.2 to MC Henriques, LBW! Undone by a brilliant wrong un! Pitched outside off, he was caught on the crease, didn't pick it, it zipped past the inside edge, hit him on the front shin infront of off stump! Easy decision. Beautifully bowled. 53/4 11.6 to TK Curran, LBW! The umpire took his time but Sandeep gets another! Wrong un middle, he tries to reverse sweep, gets hit on the front pad and is given out! It was touch and go to hit leg stump but the umpire thought long and hard and gave it. 70/6
Jackson Coleman	3	0	18	3	6.00	8	1	0	1	0
7.1 to DP Hughes, bowled him! Beaten by a slower ball. It was 105kph, leg cutter slower ball, it slides in off a length, sneaks between bat and pad and crashes into middle and off! Well bowled. 48/3 16.4 to SA Abbott, caught behind! It would have been a wide! Another slower ball, wide of the guideline, he chased it trying to drive square, got an edge and it carried to Handscomb diving forward to his right. 103/7 18.1 to SNJ O'Keefe, caught at long on! He tried to launch a slower ball over long on, he got under it and skied it high to long on, Maxwell camps under it and judges it well to hold on. 112/8
Dwayne Bravo	4	0	28	2	7.00	10	3	0	1	0
10.1 to JR Philippe, chopped on! Shorter ball, slower ball wide of off, he tries to pull, it just holds up and stays a touch low, he gets a bottom edge and drags it onto the stumps!. 63/5 19.2 to BJ Dwarshuis, caught at long on! Good catch from Maxwell. Slower ball, length, he sits back and flat bats this hard and straight of long, Maxwell runs along the rope and holds on to a very hot chance. He is a gun. Made that look much easier than it was. 122/9

Melbourne Stars (T: 131 runs from 20 ovs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ben Dunk	c Dwarshuis b O'Keefe	4	6	-	0	0	66.66

Peter Handscomb †	c Henriques b Dwarshuis	70	35	-	9	3	200.00

Nick Larkin	c Henriques b O'Keefe	20	22	-	2	0	90.90

Glenn Maxwell (c)	c Silk b Dwarshuis	8	11	-	0	0	72.72

Marcus Stoinis	c †Philippe b Dwarshuis	10	8	-	1	0	125.00

Dwayne Bravo	not out	9	4	-	1	0	225.00
Evan Gulbis	not out	4	3	-	1	0	133.33
Extras	(b 1, w 6)	7
TOTAL	14.5 Ov (RR: 8.89)	132/5
Did not bat: Sandeep Lamichhane, Scott Boland, Adam Zampa, Jackson Coleman
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Ben Dunk, 0.6 ov), 2-91 (Nick Larkin, 9.1 ov), 3-109 (Peter Handscomb, 12.1 ov), 4-110 (Glenn Maxwell, 12.4 ov), 5-128 (Marcus Stoinis, 14.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Steve O'Keefe	4	0	22	2	5.50	12	1	0	1	0
0.6 to BR Dunk, caught at backward point! He gave himself room to hit over mid off, it slides on across him, he slices it off the outside off, it flies high to backward point, Dwarshuis hangs on to the catch although it was a touch awkward. 4/1 9.1 to NCR Larkin, caught at cover! Henriques hauls this in! Outstanding grab. Tossed up outside off, he lofts a drive trying to go over cover, Henriques leaps early and and hangs onto it with two hands at full stretch! What a good catch. 91/2
Ben Dwarshuis	3.5	0	26	3	6.78	11	2	1	1	0
12.1 to PSP Handscomb, caught at mid off! Henriques held this one. Fuller on off, he tries to place this wide of mid off instead of going over the top, but he didn't time it, Henriques moving to his left on the circle takes the catch at waist-height. 109/3 12.4 to GJ Maxwell, caught at mid on! He skies a top edge straight up! Shorter length, not quite short enough to pull, he got a top edge off the toe end of the bat, it flew straight up to mid on, Silk cruises under it and takes the catch comfortably. 110/4 14.2 to MP Stoinis, caught behind! Slower ball wide of off does the trick. He just rolled the fingers over an off cutter, he leaned back to leather it through point, got a thin edge through to the keeper. 128/5
Joe Denly	2	0	19	0	9.50	1	2	0	0	0
Sean Abbott	3	0	27	0	9.00	5	4	0	0	0
Tom Curran	1	0	14	0	14.00	3	2	1	0	0
Greg West	1	0	23	0	23.00	0	3	1	2	0

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Sydney Sixers innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 42 runs, 2 wickets)
Sydney Sixers: 50 runs in 7.2 overs (44 balls), Extras 3
Sydney Sixers: 100 runs in 16.3 overs (99 balls), Extras 5
Innings Break: Sydney Sixers - 130/9 in 20.0 overs (JC Silk 41, GA West 0)

Melbourne Stars innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 46 runs, 1 wicket)
Melbourne Stars: 50 runs in 6.1 overs (37 balls), Extras 0
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (PSP Handscomb 35, NCR Larkin 14, Ex 1)
PSP Handscomb: 50 off 22 balls (6 x 4, 3 x 6)
Melbourne Stars: 100 runs in 10.2 overs (62 balls), Extras 6
Total attendance: 22,221

MATCH DETAILS

Sydney Cricket Ground
Toss	Melbourne Stars, elected to field first
Series	Big Bash League
Season	2018/19
Player Of The Match	Peter Handscomb
Hours of play (local time)	19.15 start, First Session 19.15-20.35, Interval 20.35-20.55, Second Session 20.55- 22.15
Match days	27 December 2018 - night (20-over match)
Umpires	Shawn Craig Simon Lightbody
Reserve Umpire	Ben Treloar
Match Referee	Steve Bernard
Points	Melbourne Stars 2, Sydney Sixers 0

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Over 15 • MS 132/5

Marcus Stoinis c †Philippe b Dwarshuis 10 (8b 1x4 0x6) SR: 125

Stars won by 5 wickets (with 31 balls remaining)

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Stars Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
BR Dunk	caught	4	6
PSP Handscomb	caught	70	35
NCR Larkin	caught	20	22
GJ Maxwell	caught	8	11
MP Stoinis	caught	10	8
DJ Bravo	not out	9	4
EP Gulbis	not out	4	3
Extras	(b 1, w 6)
Total	132(5 wkts; 14.5 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	R	W	Econ
SNJ O'Keefe	4	22	2	5.5
BJ Dwarshuis	3.5	26	3	6.78
JL Denly	2	19	0	9.5
SA Abbott	3	27	0	9
TK Curran	1	14	0	14
GA West	1	23	0	23

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	4	Peter Handscomb	Ben Dunk
2nd	87	Peter Handscomb	Nick Larkin
3rd	18	Glenn Maxwell	Peter Handscomb
4th	1	Marcus Stoinis	Glenn Maxwell
5th	18	Dwayne Bravo	Marcus Stoinis
6th	4	Dwayne Bravo	Evan Gulbis

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TEAM	M	W	L	PT	NRR
HH	14	10	4	20	0.603
MR	14	8	6	16	0.173
SS	14	8	6	16	0.047
MS	14	7	7	14	-0.062
BH	14	6	7	13	0.249
ST	14	6	7	13	0.000
AS	14	6	8	12	-0.473
PS	14	4	10	8	-0.502

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