Vince and Murphy lead Sixers previous Stars and to the second spot
Sydney Sixers 160 for 3 (Vince 79, Hughes 41, Boland 2-38) beat Melbourne Stars 156 for 4 (Lawrence 36, Stoinis 34*, Maxwell 31, Murphy 2-15) by seven wickets
Opener James Vince and No. 3 Daniel Hughes had been dominant, main Sydney Sixers to a simple BBL win over Melbourne Stars. Chasing Stars’ 156 for 4 on Saturday evening on the MCG, Sixers acquired previous the goal with 11 balls and 7 wickets left.
The end result lifted Sixers to second place, and broke a run of rain-affected video games and Stars’ four-game profitable streak. It’s an essential end result, with Sixers third and Stars fourth on eight factors apiece going into the sport.
Vince and Hughes placed on 99 for the second wicket off 67 balls to take the sport away from Stars. Vince top-scored with 79 from 57 balls, with 12 fours, whereas Hughes made 41 from 32 balls 4 fours and a six.
The recreation was evenly poised halfway by the Sixers’ innings, at 68 for 1 compared to Stars’ 81 for 3 on the identical stage. But Sixers had been 128 when Hughes was dismissed on the finish of the fifteenth over and the match was nearly as good as over.
Scott Boland returned for Stars and took 2 for 38 from his 4 overs.
Earlier, Sixers received the toss and after Glenn Maxwell threatened considered one of his particular innings that might have torn the match aside, Todd Murphy responded with an excellent spell wherein he claimed the essential wicket of the big-hitting Stars captain.
Maxwell got here to the crease along with his facet in early hassle at 41 for two within the sixth over.
He rapidly went on the warpath and belted 4 fours and two sixes in his 31 from 14 balls earlier than Murphy struck – Murphy enticed Maxwell with a large ball and Sean Abbott caught him at deep cowl.
Murphy was excellent, additionally bowling the in-form Beau Webster for a duck in his 2 for 15 from 4 overs.
After opener Dan Lawrence was dismissed for 36 within the 14th over, Marcus Stoinis and Hilton Cartwright struggled to seek out the boundary with any regularity of their 56-run partnership. Cartwright hit a six into the second tier of the Shane Warne Stand off Abbott on the finish of the nineteenth over, earlier than he and Stoinis added some much-needed meat to the innings with three fours within the final over.
Stoinis scored 34 from 30 balls and Cartwright made 29 from 22.
Stars had been with out wicketkeeper Sam Harper, who was hit on the pinnacle whereas batting at Friday coaching, however is now out of the hospital. Peter Handscomb took his place behind the wickets as Stars additionally welcomed again Boland, whereas Sixers introduced again Hughes to nice impact.
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