Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Phil Salt	b Maxwell	22	14	-	4	0	157.14

Jake Weatherald	c & b Hinchliffe	15	27	-	1	0	55.55

Travis Head (c)	b Hinchliffe	5	7	-	0	0	71.42

Alex Carey †	c Larkin b Hinchliffe	33	21	-	1	3	157.14

Jonathan Wells	not out	55	36	-	4	2	152.77
Matthew Short	not out	23	15	-	1	1	153.33
Extras	(b 1, lb 7, w 1)	9
Total	20 Ov (RR: 8.10)	162/4
Did not bat Michael Neser, Rashid Khan, Peter Siddle, Wes Agar, Billy Stanlake
Fall of wickets 1-27 (Phil Salt, 4.3 ov), 2-44 (Travis Head, 6.4 ov), 3-51 (Jake Weatherald, 8.4 ov), 4-91 (Alex Carey, 13.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Daniel Worrall	4	0	41	0	10.25	7	0	0
Glenn Maxwell	4	0	19	1	4.75	10	0	0
4.3 to PD Salt, goes through him! Fired in quick, and Salt looks to flog this down the ground, and it breaches his defence. Bowled at 102kph, and Maxwell immediately looks up to the skies and acknowledges the friend he's lost.. 27/1
Adam Zampa	4	0	38	0	9.50	5	0	0
Lance Morris	1	0	6	0	6.00	3	1	0
Clint Hinchliffe	3	0	19	3	6.33	7	0	0
6.4 to TM Head, the pressure shows on Head at the other end! This is a short ball, angled in towards him, and he looks to back away and whip this through the on side. Ends up missing contact, and importantly it sneaks past his pads and hits the top of leg. Big wicket this for Stars!. 44/2 8.4 to J Weatherald, driven back to the bowler! Weatherald's misery comes to an end. It's a ball tossed up around middle, and he drills this back hard at the bowler, who is in perfect position to pluck this. 51/3 13.1 to AT Carey, short of a length, and he has swung this straight into the waiting arms of the man at deep mid-wicket! Good field placement, as Larkin was a few metres inside the boundary, and ends up pouching this mistimed pull shot quite comfortably. Hinchcliffe got him in flight, by making this hang a bit in the air. 91/4
Sandeep Lamichhane	3	0	24	0	8.00	6	0	0
Nic Maddinson	1	0	7	0	7.00	0	0	0

Melbourne Stars (T: 163 runs from 20 ovs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nic Maddinson	b Rashid Khan	7	8	-	1	0	87.50

Marcus Stoinis	c Salt b Siddle	5	11	-	1	0	45.45

Nick Larkin	c Salt b Agar	19	17	-	2	1	111.76

Glenn Maxwell	c Head b Agar	19	16	-	2	1	118.75

Peter Handscomb (c)	not out	65	39	-	6	2	166.66
Seb Gotch †	c Rashid Khan b Neser	10	16	-	0	0	62.50

Clint Hinchliffe	b Siddle	6	7	-	0	0	85.71

Adam Zampa	c Short b Siddle	6	5	-	1	0	120.00

Daniel Worrall	b Siddle	0	1	-	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 1, lb 5, w 8)	14
Total	20 Ov (RR: 7.55)	151/8
Did not bat Lance Morris, Sandeep Lamichhane
Fall of wickets 1-6 (Marcus Stoinis, 1.6 ov), 2-25 (Nic Maddinson, 5.2 ov), 3-42 (Nick Larkin, 7.3 ov), 4-63 (Glenn Maxwell, 9.4 ov), 5-90 (Seb Gotch, 14.2 ov), 6-116 (Clint Hinchliffe, 17.3 ov), 7-146 (Adam Zampa, 19.3 ov), 8-151 (Daniel Worrall, 19.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Michael Neser	4	0	26	1	6.50	10	1	0
14.2 to SE Gotch, fuller ball, and he looks to flog this through mid-wicket. Off the inner part of the bat, and goes to deep square leg, right down Rashid Khan's throat!. 90/5
Peter Siddle	4	0	33	4	8.25	13	2	0
1.6 to MP Stoinis, length, and he looks for the drive towards long-on, and that's a magnificent catch by Salt! Runs all the way back from mid-on, looks over his shoulder, and keeps himself in range of that ball. In the end, taken comfortably, and Siddle gets the big wicket that Strikers would have been gunning for. 6/1 17.3 to CD Hinchliffe, off stump goes for a walk! This is fuller, fast, and Hinchcliffe looks for the waft over mid-wicket. Takes the stump right out of the root. Siddle is pumped!. 116/6 19.3 to A Zampa, length ball, and he scoops this up towards square leg...where it's taken! Smart catch by Short, diving forward, with both hands under the ball. Saw it all the way through. If you would want to defend 22 off the last over, most times you would want Siddle to do it. 146/7 19.6 to DJ Worrall, knocks off stump back again! Pumps his right fist, and he has bowled this last over near perfectly. Full ball, and Worrall backs away hoping to go inside out. Beaten by the pace of it, and that goes through his defence and takes off stump out again. 151/8
Billy Stanlake	4	0	32	0	8.00	7	1	0
Rashid Khan	4	0	24	1	6.00	9	2	0
5.2 to NJ Maddinson, got 'im! Fullish ball, and turns back in. Maddinson backs away and wants to go inside out, but is beaten by the sheer pace of this, more than anything. Through the gate, and Rashid spreads his arms wide in celebration, with that silly but trademark grin of his! RKO, anybody?. 25/2
Wes Agar	4	0	30	2	7.50	12	0	0
7.3 to NCR Larkin, slower through the air, and he looks to go down long-on. Ends up miscuing this, and Salt comes in from wide long-on and takes a simple catch. Back-of-the-hand pace variation brings a wicket. 42/3 9.4 to GJ Maxwell, that's the wicket they wanted! Agar hangs this one a little shorter, a touch slower around off, and Maxwell goes for the booming drive. Cannot keep it down, and Head takes a sharp, low catch. Maxwell, with that open stance of his, made it difficult to get his position right for the drive, and ended up playing a bit of a slog. Strikers won't mind that at all. If they weren't favourites already, they should be now. 63/4