The 7th Match of the Big Bash League 2021-22 was played yesterday between Melbourne Stars and Sydney Thunder at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, In which Melbourne Stars beats Sydney Thunder by 4 runs.
Sydney Thunder won the toss and invited Melbourne Stars to bat first, started the inning not very well, Marcus Stoinis and Joe Clarke came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone for 18 runs in last ball of the 3rd over, Joe Clarke dismissed after scoring 13 runs in 12 balls, next batsman Glenn Maxwell came to bat, after few moments the second wicket has also gone for 31 runs in third ball of the 5th over, Marcus Stoinis dismissed after scoring 13 runs in 13 balls, next batsman Nick Larkin came to bat, and handled the inning with Glenn Maxwell, the third wicket has gone for 61 runs in third ball of the 10th over, Glenn Maxwell dismissed after scoring 16 runs in 16 balls, followed by Hilton Cartwright came to bat, handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 80 runs with Nick Larkin, the fourth wicket has gone for 141 runs in fourt ball of the 18th over, Hilton Cartwright dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 42 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 3 boundaries in just 30 balls, next batsman Andre Russell came to bat, and finish the inning very brilliantly with Nick Larkin, Nick Larkin played a very brillilant unbeaten half-century inning of 52 runs with the help of 5 boundaries in 43 balls, and Andre Russell also played a brilliant unbeaten quick inning of 17 runs with the help of 2 boundaries in just 9 balls. In this way, Melbourne Stars batted first after losing the toss, scored 165 runs for losing just 4 wickets in stipulated 20 overs, and set a target of 166 runs in front of Sydney Thunder.
Sydney Thunder bowlers Tanveer Sangha took 2 wickets just for 27 runs, and Nathan McAndrew got 1 wicket.
Sydney Thunder chasing 166 runs in the second inning, could manage just 161 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in stipulated 20 overs, lost the match by just 4 runs. Sydney Thunder also started the inning not very well, Alex Hales and Sam Whiteman came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone just for 20 runs in last ball of the 2nd over, Alex Hales dismissed just for 10 runs in 10 balls, next batsman Matthew Gilkes came to bat, after few moments the second wicket has also gone for 39 runs in first ball of the 4th over, Sam Whiteman dismissed just for 10 runs in 8 balls, next batsman Sam Billings came to bat, handled the innig and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 89 runs with Matthew Gilkes for the third wicket, the third wicket has gone for 118 runs in first ball of the 15th over, Sam Billings dismissed after playing a very brilliant inning of 43 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 2 boundaries in just 31 balls, followed by Daniel Sams came to bat, and he dismissed just for 1 run as fourth wicket in 15.5 over, the team score was 123 runs, next batsman Alex Ross came to bat, and played well with Matthew Gilkes, the fifth wicket has gone for 135 runs in second ball of the 18th over, Matthew Gilkes dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-cnetury inning of 56 runs with the help of 1 six and 4 boundaries in 49 balls, followed by Ben Cutting came to bat, and played well with Alex Ross but unlucky can't reach to the target by just 4 runs, Alex Ross played an unbeaten inning of 17 runs in 11 balls, and Ben Cutting also played an unbeaten inning of 12 runs in 8 balls. In this way, Sydney Thunder chasing 166 runs in the second inning, could manage just 161 runs after losing 5 wickets in stipulated 20 overs, lost the match by just 4 runs.
Melbourne Stars bowlers performed very brilliantly, Nathan Coulter-Nile took 2 wickets just for 27 runs, Adam Zampa, Qais Ahmad, and Brody Couch got 1-1 wicket.
Melbourne Stars batsman Nick Larkin was selected as the best player of the match, he played a very brilliant unbeaten half-century inning of 52 runs with the help of 5 boundaries in 43 balls.
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