Big Bash League, 56th Match: Melbourne Stars v Sydney Thunder at Melbourne, Jan 25, 2023

Melbourne Stars 119/7	Sydney Thunder 120/7
(20.0 Overs) RR: 5.95	(18.5 Overs) RR:6.37
Sydney Thunder won by 3 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)

WQWP

Batsman	R	B	4s	6s	S.R
Daniel Sams (rhb)	28	18	3	1	155.55
Matthew Gilkes (lhb)	20	27	3	0	74.07

Bowller	O	M	R	W	Econ
Adam Zampa (lbg)	4.0	0	25	3	6.25
Beau Webster (lbg)	3.0	0	8	1	2.66

RECENT 4 2 2 1 1 | . 1 . 2 . . | 2 1 W 6 1 . | 2 1 4 4 1 1 2 | 1 1 W . 1 6

Ball by Ball Live Score Commentary

End of Over No.18 Sydney Thunder 110/7 Last Over (3 runs)
10.27 pm The Thunder dragged out the drama as long as possible making what should have been a straightforward chase mighty difficult, but the Stars show why they claimed the wooden spoon in this year's BBL with some sloppy fielding after a limp batting effort. So the Thunder season will continue for at least one more match after they go into the playoffs in the fourth seed. They will host the fifth seeded Brisbane Heat in an elimination match to see who will move on. Thunder captain Chris Green is Player of the Match: "Sitting on the bench while we were batting... we scraped in by the barest of margins. The batting, we need to rectify. It wasn't good enough. Our strength all tournament has been scrapping and defending low totals and bowling teams out for low totals. We needed some partnerships from the top four to stand up. Our batting innings, we weren't busy enough and there were a lot of dot balls, but the rotation of strike picked up at the end. It's an exciting opportunity to host a knockout. I can't wait to get back to the Showground with Thunder Nation. It's a side that we've beat twice already but we know they've been playing good cricket at the back end and we need to play well to beat them." So that concludes our live coverage for the league phase of BBL 2022-23. Everyone can take a breather after today's drama because tomorrow is a rest day before the playoffs begin on Friday. Join us then, but that's it for today. On behalf of my commentary partner Andrew Miller, take care!
18.5	4	Wood to McAndrew Thunder clinch the final BBL playoff berth! Hurricanes are knocked out! Full on the stumps, winds up and heaves this over wide long-on, one bounce over the rope. FOUR


18.4	2	Wood to McAndrew short ball on the stumps, top edges a pull swirling behind the keeper for two. 2 runs


18.3	2	Wood to McAndrew full and wide, carves this over cover wide of the sweeper for two. 2 runs


18.2	1	Wood to Green back of a length ball on fourth stump, slapped to cover for one. 1 run

Mandatory concussion check in progress by the Thunder physio.
18.1	1	Wood to McAndrew short ball into the body, goes to pull and is hit in the helmet as the ball dribbles away for a run. 1 leg bye


17.6	0	Hatcher to Green length ball on off, defended to extra cover. no run


17.5	1	Hatcher to McAndrew full on fourth stump, driven toward mid-on, diving stop on the ring saves at least two runs. 1 run


17.4	0	Hatcher to McAndrew bouncer on fourth stump, goes to pull and is beaten. no run


17.3	2	Hatcher to McAndrew length ball guided to deep third man for a tight two. 2 runs


17.2	0	Hatcher to McAndrew back of a length on leg stump, beaten prodding at this. The batters thought about stealing a bye as the keeper was quite casual collecting and didn't bother flinging it at the stumps. no run


17.1	0	Hatcher to McAndrew back of a length ball on the stumps, defended. no run

End of Over No.17 Sydney Thunder 107/7 Last Over (10 runs)

16.6	2	Zampa to Green full on the stumps, driven to wide long-on for two. 2 runs


16.5	1	Zampa to McAndrew full on fifth stump, driven to long-off for one. 1 run


16.4	W	Zampa to Sams bullseye! Zampa zips this in fuller on middle but also a touch quicker and it skids flat past a slog sweep crashing into the middle of middle stump. OUT DR Sams b Zampa 28 (18b 3x4 1x6) SR: 155.55


16.3	6	Zampa to Sams drag down from Zampa on middle stump, Sams rocks back and smashes this flat over wide long-on, it lands just over the rope as the fielder running across from long-off couldn't cover the distance or else it was a chest high chance. SIX


16.2	1	Zampa to Green full on off, driven firmly to extra cover for a would-be dot but Stoinis fumbles to open the door for a single. 1 run


16.1	0	Zampa to Green good length ball on middle, defended to cover. no run

End of Over No.16 Sydney Thunder 97/6 Last Over (15 runs)
Jazz: "That is horrendous from Zampa. My mum could've caught that. "
15.6	2	Coulter-Nile to Sams back of a length on the legs, flicked through square leg for two. 2 runs


15.6	1	Coulter-Nile to Sams full and tailing down leg, wide called. 1 wide


15.5	4	Coulter-Nile to Sams NCN drags the length back and follows him backing away from leg stump, Sams adjusts to flat bat this with a tennis backhand over mid-on to the rope. FOUR


15.4	4	Coulter-Nile to Sams and to rub salt into the wound, Sams pumps a full ball straight down the ground through mid-off to the rope. FOUR


15.3	1	Coulter-Nile to Green dropped! My goodness! Zampa shells a sitter at short fine leg! Back of a length on the body, goes to pull and a top edge swirls to Zampa. He only needs to shuffle five yards left. Basic chest height chance and he puts it down clumsily. 3/10 on difficulty. NCN is disgusted, not to mention any Hurricanes squad member following remotely. 1 run


15.2	1	Coulter-Nile to Sams short and wide, tapped behind point for one. 1 run


15.1	2	Coulter-Nile to Sams back of a length on the stumps, flicked behind square for two. 2 runs

End of Over No.15 Sydney Thunder 82/6 Last Over (9 runs)

14.6	1	Wood to Sams back of a length on fifth stump, tries to guide this wide of short third man for a single. 1 run


14.5	1	Wood to Green back of a length on fifth stump, punched in front of point for one. 1 run

Pure chaos. Not sure why they felt such desperation for a single there.
14.4	W	Wood to Sams brilliant athleticism from Wood! Back of a length follows him backing away from leg, tries to fight it off for a tap and run single into short midwicket. Wood is in a footrace to the striker's end with Cutting and fields from five yards out, underhands into the stumps to beat Cutting's dive. OUT BCJ Cutting run out 9 (9b 0x4 1x6) SR: 100.00


14.3	0	Wood to Sams length ball on off stump, Sams shuffles across trying to scoop this over short fine leg and misses. no run


14.2	1	Wood to Cutting short and pulled to deep midwicket on a bounce for one. 1 run


14.1	6	Wood to Cutting length ball on the body, heaves this high and deep over midwicket, sharp crowd catch taken in the third row reaching forward. SIX
Power Surge has been taken.

Score Cards

Batting

Batsmen	R	B
Matthew Gilkes	20	27
David Warner	2	3
Jason Sangha	10	11
Oliver Davies	8	17
Alex Ross	14	11
Daniel Sams	28	18
Ben Cutting	9	9
Chris Green	6	7
Nathan McAndrew	12	10

Bowling

Bowler	O	R	W	M
Liam Hatcher	4	18	0	1
Luke Wood	3.5	33	1	0
Nathan Coulter-Nile	4	29	1	0
Adam Zampa	4	25	3	0
Beau Webster	3	8	1	0

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
LC Hatcher	4	1	18	0	4.50
L Wood	3.5	0	33	1	8.60	(2w)
NM Coulter-Nile	4	0	29	1	7.25	(2w)
A Zampa	4	0	25	3	6.25
BJ Webster	3	0	8	1	2.66

Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	4	DA Warner 2	M Gilkes 0
2nd	27	JJS Sangha 10	M Gilkes 16
3rd	10	M Gilkes 4	O Davies 5
4th	8	O Davies 3	AI Ross 5
5th	11	AI Ross 9	DR Sams 1
6th	20	BCJ Cutting 9	DR Sams 7
7th	24	DR Sams 20	CJ Green 3
8th	16*	N McAndrew 12	CJ Green 3

Batting		R	B	4	6
M Gilkes	caught wk	20	27	3	0
DA Warner	caught	2	3	0	0
JJS Sangha	stumped	10	11	1	0
O Davies	caught	8	17	0	0
AI Ross	bowled	14	11	1	1
DR Sams	bowled	28	18	3	1
BCJ Cutting	run out	9	9	0	1
CJ Green	not out	6	7	0	0
N McAndrew	not out	12	10	1	0
GS Sandhu
Usman Qadir
Extras	(lb 7, w 4)	11
Total	(7 wkts; 18.5 ovs)	120

Team Squads

Melbourne Stars

Joe Clarke	top-order batter
Thomas Rogers	top-order batter
Campbell Kellaway	middle-order batter
Marcus Stoinis	batting allrounder
Hilton Cartwright	middle-order batter
Beau Webster	allrounder
Nick Larkin	batter
Nathan Coulter-Nile	bowling allrounder
Luke Wood	bowling allrounder
Liam Hatcher	bowler
Adam Zampa	bowler

Sydney Thunder

Matthew Gilkes	wicketkeeper batter
David Warner	opening batter
Jason Sangha	batter
Oliver Davies	top-order batter
Alex Ross	middle-order batter
Daniel Sams	allrounder
Ben Cutting	allrounder
Chris Green	bowling allrounder
Nathan McAndrew	bowler
Gurinder Sandhu	bowler
Usman Qadir	bowler

What is it?

Big Bash League, 56th Match: Melbourne Stars v Sydney Thunder at Melbourne, Jan 25, 2023.

When is it?

Match will be played on Jan 25, 2023.

What time does it start?

Starting time of match 2023-01-25 08:15:00 GMT, 2023-01-25 19:15:00 local

In Which Ground is it Playing?

The match will be played at Melbourne Cricket Ground

Who will Win Big Bash League, 56th Match: Melbourne Stars v Sydney Thunder ?

With ten nearly equally matched groups, the importance of every game can't be understated in this tournament. Both sides are expected to emerge out packaged full-strength against each other in what claims to be a cracker of a competition. Contemplating that the 2 sides on newspaper,Sydney Thunder are somewhat more power-packed unit whereas Melbourne Stars possess the benefit of being a steady side. For this and another above-mentioned motives, we believe the Sydney Thunder are far more likely to emerge victorious in what will be among the most crucial experiences for either side.

What TV channel is it on Live?

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