Melbourne Stars wins over Sydney Sixers by 4 wickets in 14th Match of the BBL 2023-24.
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The 14th Match of the Big Bash League 2023-24 was played today between Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Stars at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney. In which Melbourne Stars wins over Sydney Sixers by 4 wickets.
TOSS- Melbourne Stars won the toss and opted to bowl.
Sydney Sixers Innings- Sydney Sixers batted first and started the inning not very well, James Vince played a very brilliant quick half-century inning of 83 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 8 boundaries in just 55 balls, Jack Edwards played a brilliant inning of 30 runs with the help of 1 six and 2 boundaries in just 23 balls, Josh Philippe scored 19 runs in 15 balls, apart from this no batsman could play well and stay in the crease, Joel Davies dismissed just for 7 runs in 4 balls, Moises Henriques 5 runs in 11 balls, Daniel Hughes 2 runs in 7 balls, Jordan Silk 1 run in 2 balls, Ben Dwarshuis dismissed without scoring, and Sean Abbott remains unbeaten for 1 run in 2 balls. In this way, Sydney Sixer scored 154 runs after losing 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a target of 155 runs in front of Melbourne Stars.
Melbourne Stars bowlers- Usama Mir and Haris Rauf performed very brilliant bowling, Usama Mir took 3 wickets just for 19 runs in his spell, Haris Rauf 3 wickets just for 38 runs in his spell, Marcus Stoinis 1 wicket for 13 runs in 2 overs, Imad Wasim was wicketless for 34 runs in his spell, Joel Paris wicketless for 35 runs in his spell, and Beau Webster also wicketless for 12 runs in 2 overs.
Melbourne Stars inning- Melbourne Stars chasing 155 runs in the second inning achieved the target very easily for losing just 6 wickets in the third ball of the final over and won the match by 4 wickets. Melbourne Stars started the inning very well, Thomas Rogers and Sam Harper came to start the inning, and the first wicket has dismissed for 28 runs in 4.2 overs, Thomas Rogers dismissed after scoring 20 runs in 19 balls, next batsman Beau Webster came to bat and handled the inning with Sam Harper, the second wicket has dismissed for 40 runs in 5.3 overs, Sam Harper dismissed for 17 runs in 11 balls, next batsman Glenn Maxwell came to bat and he was dismissed very quickly just for 12 runs in 8 balls as third wicket in last ball of the 7th over, the team score was 54 runs, followed by Marcus Stoinis came to bat and he also dismissed very quickly just for 6 runs in 6 balls as fourth wicket in 8.5 overs, the team score was 66 runs, next batsman Hilton Cartwright came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 55 runs with Beau Webster, the fifth wicket has dismissed for 121 runs in 16.2 over, Beau Webster dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 35 runs with the help of 4 boundaires in 32 balls, next batsman Imad Wasim came to bat and played well with Hilton Cartwright, the sixth wicket has dismissed for 143 runs in 18.3 over, Imad Wasim dismissed for 14 runs in 10 balls, followed by Jonathan Merlo came to bat and he was remians unbeaten for 1 run in 1 ball with Hilton Cartwright, and Hilton Cartwright played a very brilliant unbeaten victory inning of 47 runs with the help of 7 boundaries in just 30 balls. In this way, Melbourne Stars chased the target very easily for losing 6 wickets in 19.3 overs and won the match by 4 wickets.
Sydney Sixers bowlers- Sean Abbott took 2 wickets for 32 runs in his spell, Jackson Bird 2 wicketless for 42 runs in his spell, Steve OKeefe 1 wicket for 23 runs in his spell, Jack Edwards 1 wicket for 30 runs in his spell, and Ben Dwarshuis was wicketless for 26 runs in 3.3 overs.
PLAYER OF THE MATCH- Melbourne Stars batsman Hilton Cartwright was selected as the player of the match, he played a very brilliant unbeaten victory inning of 47 runs with the help of 7 boundaries in just 30 balls.
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