Result · Round 4 · KFC T20 Big Bash League · 2016/17 · Wed 4 Jan 2017
Sydney Thunder 168/4 (20 ov)
Melbourne Stars 166/8 (20 ov)
Sydney Thunder won by 6 wickets
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Match report

Sydney Thunder chased down Melbourne Stars's 166/8 (20 ov), reaching 168/4 (20 ov) to win by 6 wickets. For the winners, Eoin Morgan made a half-century (71* off 50) and Shane Watson took 3/23 from 4 overs. For Melbourne Stars, Kevin Pietersen made a half-century (60 off 37) and Ben Hilfenhaus took 2/39 from 4 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match
Shane Watson (35)
Sydney Thunder · 3 (3) & 3/23 & 1 dismissal

Top performers

Sydney Thunder
🏏 Eoin Morgan 71* (50)
🏏 Kurtis Patterson (23) 28 (18)
🎯 Shane Watson (35) 3/23 (4)
🎯 Christopher Green 2/26 (4)
Melbourne Stars
🏏 Kevin Pietersen 60 (37)
🏏 Glenn Maxwell (28) 34 (22)
🎯 Ben Hilfenhaus (33) 2/39 (4)
🎯 Adam Zampa (24) 1/19 (4)
Melbourne Stars · 1st Innings - Melbourne Stars 166/8 (20 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Glenn Maxwell (28) c: K Patterson b: S Watson 34 22 6 0 154.00
******** Wright c&b: F Ahmed 25 12 4 1 208.00
Kevin Pietersen c&b: S Watson 60 37 7 2 162.00
David Hussey (c) (39) b: F Ahmed 15 11 1 1 136.00
James Faulkner (26) b: C Green 12 15 0 0 80.00
Marcus Stoinis (27) not out 12* 12 1 0 100.00
Sam Harper (wk) (20) b: C Green 0 1 0 0 0.00
Adam Zampa (24) c: B Rohrer b: S Watson 2 8 0 0 25.00
Ben Hilfenhaus (33) c: B Rohrer b: P Cummins 0 1 0 0 0.00
Scott Boland (27) not out 0* 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 4, nb 0, pen 0) 6
Total 20 Ov (RR 8.30) 166/8
Did not bat: Michael Beer (32), Sebastian Gotch (23), Evan Gulbis (30)
Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Glenn Maxwell), 4-147 (Kevin Pietersen)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Christopher Green 4 0 26 2 6.50 0 0
Patrick Cummins (23) 4 0 38 1 9.50 1 0
Andre Russell 1 0 10 0 10.00 0 0
Gurinder Sandhu (23) 3 0 37 0 12.33 1 0
Shane Watson (35) 4 0 23 3 5.75 2 0
Fawad Ahmed (34) 4 0 30 2 7.50 0 0
Sydney Thunder · 1st Innings - Sydney Thunder 168/4 (20 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Kurtis Patterson (23) c: S Harper b: S Boland 28 18 4 1 155.00
Aiden Blizzard (32) b: B Hilfenhaus 5 11 0 0 45.00
Shane Watson (c) (35) c: S Harper b: B Hilfenhaus 3 3 0 0 100.00
Eoin Morgan not out 71* 50 0 0 142.00
Ben Rohrer (35) b: A Zampa 20 19 3 0 105.00
Patrick Cummins (23) not out 22* 20 1 1 110.00
Extras (b 2, lb 8, w 8, nb 1, pen 0) 19
Total 20 Ov (RR 8.40) 168/4
Did not bat: Jay Lenton (26), Fawad Ahmed (34), Christopher Green, Andre Russell, Ryan Gibson (23), Arjun Nair (18), Gurinder Sandhu (23)
Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Kurtis Patterson), 4-85 (Ben Rohrer)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Michael Beer (32) 3 0 21 0 7.00 1 0
Ben Hilfenhaus (33) 4 0 39 2 9.75 4 0
Glenn Maxwell (28) 1 0 15 0 15.00 0 0
Scott Boland (27) 4 0 29 1 7.25 1 1
Adam Zampa (24) 4 0 19 1 4.75 1 0
James Faulkner (26) 3 0 25 0 8.33 1 0
Marcus Stoinis (27) 1 0 10 0 10.00 0 0

Sydney Thunder

Melbourne Stars

Innings comparison

InningsScoreRR 4s6sExtrasTop score
Melbourne Stars 166/8 (20 ov) 8.30 19 4 6 Kevin Pietersen 60
Sydney Thunder 168/4 (20 ov) 8.40 8 2 19 Eoin Morgan 71*

Partnerships · Melbourne Stars

  • 1st wkt 49
  • 4th wkt 98
  • 3rd wkt 19*

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

Partnerships · Sydney Thunder

  • 1st wkt 38
  • 4th wkt 47
  • 3rd wkt 83*

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