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Melbourne Stars v Adelaide Strikers

Melbourne Stars won by 6 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)

Twenty20 match | 2011/12 season
Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
19 January 2012 - day/night (20-over match)


Adelaide Strikers innings (20 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
DJ Harris	c White b McKay	17	19	15	1	0	113.33
4.5 slower ball, swings hard at it but the extra bounce does him, popping it up to mid off 36/1
M Klinger*	c Hussey b McKay	25	26	20	1	0	125.00
6.1 slower ball on off, forces the false drive high to mid off where Hussey gets back to take the catch 46/2
AC Blizzard	c White b Faulkner	7	17	9	0	0	77.77
8.1 short on off, rocks back and gets rushed on the pull shot, mistimes it straight to mid wicket 57/3
CJ Ferguson	c White b Faulkner	41	47	29	2	1	141.37
16.2 slower ball outside off, clears the front foot and skies it to cover, easy catch 110/6
JEC Franklin	c Quiney b Hussey	7	16	11	0	0	63.63
11.6 full on off, drives high, but straight down long on's throat 80/4
TLW Cooper	c Bird b McKay	9	12	11	0	0	81.81
14.6 short slower ball on off, pulls to deep square leg, easy catch on the rope 100/5
AJ Crosthwaite†	b Hussey	4	10	6	0	0	66.66
17.1 steps back, shows his stumps on the cut shot and gets bowled, his poor form continues 115/7
AW O'Brien	c †Wade b Bird	8	14	9	0	0	88.88
19.2 gets across to the off side and flicks a ramp shot straight up in the air and is caught by the keeper 125/9
AC Thomas	run out (Voges)	4	7	5	0	0	80.00
18.4 from McKay, pushed to point where Voges fields and hits the stumps at the bowler's end, brilliant fielding catches Thomas short 122/8
NM Lyon	b Bird	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
19.3 backs away and gets clean bowled! 125/10
BE McGain	not out	0	1	0	0	0	-

Extras	(b 1, lb 2)	3

Total	(all out; 19.3 overs; 91 mins)	125	(6.41 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-36 (Harris, 4.5 ov), 2-46 (Klinger, 6.1 ov), 3-57 (Blizzard, 8.1 ov), 4-80 (Franklin, 11.6 ov), 5-100 (Cooper, 14.6 ov), 6-110 (Ferguson, 16.2 ov), 7-115 (Crosthwaite, 17.1 ov), 8-122 (Thomas, 18.4 ov), 9-125 (O'Brien, 19.2 ov), 10-125 (Lyon, 19.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
DJ Hussey	4	0	30	2	7.50
11.6 to Franklin, full on off, drives high, but straight down long on's throat 80/4 17.1 to Crosthwaite, steps back, shows his stumps on the cut shot and gets bowled, his poor form continues 115/7
JM Bird	3.3	0	26	2	7.42
19.2 to O'Brien, gets across to the off side and flicks a ramp shot straight up in the air and is caught by the keeper 125/9 19.3 to Lyon, backs away and gets clean bowled! 125/10
JP Faulkner	4	0	21	2	5.25
8.1 to Blizzard, short on off, rocks back and gets rushed on the pull shot, mistimes it straight to mid wicket 57/3 16.2 to Ferguson, slower ball outside off, clears the front foot and skies it to cover, easy catch 110/6
CJ McKay	4	0	17	3	4.25
4.5 to Harris, slower ball, swings hard at it but the extra bounce does him, popping it up to mid off 36/1 6.1 to Klinger, slower ball on off, forces the false drive high to mid off where Hussey gets back to take the catch 46/2 14.6 to Cooper, short slower ball on off, pulls to deep square leg, easy catch on the rope 100/5
SK Warne	4	0	28	0	7.00


Melbourne Stars innings (target: 126 runs from 20 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
RJ Quiney	run out (Lyon)	2	11	6	0	0	33.33
2.2 Lyon to Wright, full outside off, smashed straight back to the bowler who fields cleanly and flicks to catch Quiney short after he'd backed up too far 13/1
LJ Wright	c †Crosthwaite b Franklin	9	22	14	1	0	64.28
5.2 advances down the wicket and edges through to the keeper on the big cross bat swipe 27/2
AC Voges	st †Crosthwaite b McGain	16	17	16	1	0	100.00
6.6 threw that up, took the bait as he danced down the wicket, didn't get close to the pitch of the ball, it spun past the edge and he was stumped by a good metre, didn't even bother to turn around 38/3
DJ Hussey	not out	41	54	36	3	1	113.88

CL White*	c Harris b Franklin	28	33	30	0	1	93.33
15.5 full on leg, drives hard in the air but straight down long on's throat 102/4
GJ Bailey	not out	19	13	11	1	1	172.72

Extras	(lb 6, w 8)	14

Total	(4 wickets; 18.5 overs; 77 mins)	129	(6.84 runs per over)

Did not bat MS Wade†, JP Faulkner, CJ McKay, JM Bird, SK Warne

Fall of wickets 1-13 (Quiney, 2.2 ov), 2-27 (Wright, 5.2 ov), 3-38 (Voges, 6.6 ov), 4-102 (White, 15.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
NM Lyon	3.5	0	20	0	5.21	(1w)

AC Thomas	4	0	26	0	6.50	(4w)

AW O'Brien	4	0	12	0	3.00

JEC Franklin	3	0	22	2	7.33	(3w)
5.2 to Wright, advances down the wicket and edges through to the keeper on the big cross bat swipe 27/2 15.5 to White, full on leg, drives hard in the air but straight down long on's throat 102/4
BE McGain	4	0	43	1	10.75
6.6 to Voges, threw that up, took the bait as he danced down the wicket, didn't get close to the pitch of the ball, it spun past the edge and he was stumped by a good metre, didn't even bother to turn around 38/3

Match details

Toss Adelaide Strikers, who chose to bat
Points Melbourne Stars 2, Adelaide Strikers 0

Player of the match CJ McKay (Melbourne Stars)

Umpires IH Lock and RL Parry
TV umpire AP Ward
Match referee RW Stratford

Match notes

12th men: BG Drew (Strikers) and CP Simpson (Stars)
Attendance: 26,133

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