BBL 2023/24 - Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder, 12th Match: Sydney Thunder won by 5 wickets

Sydney Thunder beat Mebourne Stars by 5 wickets at the  Lavington Sports Oval, Albury today, in what turned out to be a thrilling encounter between these two sides.

The Stars won the toss and chose to bat first, scoring a respectable 172/10. Beau Webster stood out as the highest run scorer for the Stars, while also impressing with the most wickets taken. In their chase, the Thunder displayed excellent batting prowess, reaching the target with 10 balls to spare.

Once again, it was Alex Hales 40 who shone with the bat, leading the Thunder to victory with support from Cameron Bancroft, Olly Davies and Daniel Sams

Match Summary

Melbourne Stars 172/10 (20 ov)

Sydney Thunder 176/5 (18.2 ov)

Sydney Thunder won by 5 wickets

SCORECARD

 

Match Stats

Melbourne Stars Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Sam Harper - 3.2 ov), 2-30 (Tom Fraser Rogers - 4.2 ov), 3-99 (Glenn Maxwell - 12.2 ov), 4-115 (Marcus Stoinis - 14.1 ov), 5-149 (Hilton Cartwright - 16.6 ov), 6-168 (Jonathan Merlo - 18.4 ov), 7-172 (Beau Webster - 19.3 ov), 8-172 (Usama Mir - 19.4 ov), 9-172 (Mark Steketee - 19.5 ov), 10-172 (Liam Dawson - 19.6 ov)

Sydney Thunder Fall of wickets: 1-78 (Alex Hales - 7.2 ov), 2-79 (Cameron Bancroft - 7.4 ov), 3-108 (Oliver Davies - 11.6 ov), 4-138 (Alex Ross - 14.5 ov), 5-150 (Jason Sangha - 16.1 ov)

Playing XI

Melbourne Stars: 

• Sam Harper(WK)
• Tom Fraser Rogers
• Beau Webster
• Glenn Maxwell(C)
• Marcus Stoinis
• Hilton Cartwright
• Jonathan Merlo
• Liam Dawson
• Usama Mir
• Mark Steketee
• Haris Rauf

Sydney Thunder: 

• Cameron Bancroft(WK)
• Alex Hales
• Jason Sangha
• Oliver Davies
• Alex Ross
• Daniel Sams
• Nathan McAndrew
• Chris Green(C)
• Liam Hatcher
• Zaman Khan
• Tanveer Sangha

 

Match Details:

Date: Saturday, December 23, 2023 04:30

Venue: Lavington Sports Oval, Albury

Toss: Melbourne Stars elected to bat