Result · Round 9 · KFC T20 Big Bash League · 2017/18 · Tue 23 Jan 2018
Melbourne Stars 189/5 (20 ov)
Sydney Sixers 190/5 (17.3 ov)
Sydney Sixers won by 5 wickets
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Match report

Sydney Sixers chased down Melbourne Stars's 189/5 (20 ov), reaching 190/5 (17.3 ov) to win by 5 wickets. For the winners, Joe Denly made a half-century (72* off 45) with 3 sixes and Carlos Brathwaite took 2/31 from 4 overs. For Melbourne Stars, Glenn Maxwell made a half-century (84 off 47) with 4 sixes and Evan Gulbis took 2/22 from 3 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match
Joe Denly
Sydney Sixers · 72* (45) & 1/19

Top performers

Melbourne Stars · 1st Innings - Melbourne Stars 189/5 (20 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Peter Handscomb (wk) (26) c: M Henriques b: C Brathwaite 8 11 1 0 72.00
Ben Dunk (30) b: B Dwarshuis 7 10 1 0 70.00
Glenn Maxwell (29) c: S Abbott b: C Brathwaite 84 47 7 4 178.00
Robert Quiney (35) st: P Nevill b: N Lyon 36 23 3 2 156.00
Sebastian Gotch (24) c: ******** b: J Denly 2 3 0 0 66.00
James Faulkner (27) not out 21* 17 1 0 123.00
Evan Gulbis (31) not out 14* 9 2 0 155.00
Extras (b 6, lb 4, w 7, nb 0, pen 0) 17
Total 20 Ov (RR 9.45) 189/5
Did not bat: John Hastings (32), Michael Beer (33), Liam Bowe (20), Daniel Worrall (26), Jackson Coleman (26), Daniel Fallins (21), Ben Hilfenhaus (34)
Fall of wickets: 3-137 (Robert Quiney)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Ben Dwarshuis (23) 4 0 36 1 9.00 3 0
Johan Botha (35) 2 0 15 0 7.50 0 0
Carlos Brathwaite 4 0 31 2 7.75 3 0
Sean Abbott (25) 2 0 29 0 14.50 1 0
Joe Denly 3 0 19 1 6.33 0 0
Nathan Lyon (30) 4 0 35 1 8.75 0 0
Moises Henriques (30) 1 0 14 0 14.00 0 0
Sydney Sixers · 1st Innings - Sydney Sixers 190/5 (17.3 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Joe Denly not out 72* 45 6 3 160.00
Daniel Hughes (28) c: E Gulbis b: J Faulkner 2 4 0 0 50.00
Nicolas Maddinson (26) lbw: J Hastings 61 26 9 3 234.00
Moises Henriques (30) c: J Faulkner b: E Gulbis 21 13 1 1 161.00
Johan Botha (c) (35) b: E Gulbis 14 10 1 1 140.00
Carlos Brathwaite c: G Maxwell b: J Hastings 9 6 2 0 150.00
Peter Nevill (wk) (32) not out 4* 1 1 0 400.00
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 5, nb 0, pen 0) 7
Total 17.3 Ov (RR 10.86) 190/5
Fall of wickets: 2-115 (Nicolas Maddinson), 3-154 (Moises Henriques)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
James Faulkner (27) 3 0 35 1 11.67 0 0
Daniel Worrall (26) 3 0 39 0 13.00 2 0
Michael Beer (33) 3 0 29 0 9.67 1 0
John Hastings (32) 3.3 0 27 2 8.18 1 0
Evan Gulbis (31) 3 0 22 2 7.33 1 0
Liam Bowe (20) 2 0 36 0 18.00 0 0

Melbourne Stars

Sydney Sixers

Innings comparison

InningsScoreRR 4s6sExtrasTop score
Melbourne Stars 189/5 (20 ov) 9.45 15 6 17 Glenn Maxwell 84
Sydney Sixers 190/5 (17.3 ov) 10.86 20 8 7 Joe Denly 72*

Partnerships · Melbourne Stars

  • 3rd wkt 137
  • 2nd wkt 52*

From the fall of wickets; * unbroken. Hover a bar for who was out.

Partnerships · Sydney Sixers

  • 2nd wkt 115
  • 3rd wkt 39
  • 3rd wkt 36*

From the fall of wickets; * unbroken. Hover a bar for who was out.