33,603 the official @MCG crowd tonight, the highest ever total for a match between the Hurricanes and us. #BBL05
— Melbourne Stars (@StarsBBL) January 6, 2016

10.22pm The Stars move up the table with a thrashing over the Hurricanes, two crucial points for them. The win was set up by the bowlers actually, the spinners initially, Hastings and Boland's yorkers and the double-blow from Zampa. And not to forget the run-outs. The Hurricanes were hardly ever in this game and will lose Bailey too, as the Indian team has already arrived for the ODIs. Scott Boland is in the squad too, for the international series, and he looks pretty confident: "Yeah, I believe I'm bowling well, pretty confident with what I'm doing. If I get a game, that all be great. We've come from strength to strength to win the third or fourth match in a row now. There were a couple of nervous moments when KP was run out but there are steady hands in the line up."

Here's Maxwell, the Man of the Match: "My last game for the Stars this season so nice to go on a high and keep the momentum going for the finals. Hopefully I'll bowl a little better than that, I didn't bowl a legal one till the third delivery, I know Boof will be all over me for that. Hopefully it will be better from now. I only play the reverse-sweep to manipulate the field but it wasn't required today. It's going to challenge our depth (losing Faulkner, himself and Boland for the ODIs) like it has every season and hopefully the depth will shine through for us.

That, cricket lovers, is all for today's BBL action. There's more cricket happening - some in Cape Town, and some in Sharjah, so tune in for that and for Thunder v Scorchers tomorrow in Sydney. Hopefully the rain will subside there to allow some cricket. Until then, ciao!

14.6

Boyce to Maxwell, SIX runs

he does and it's sealed with a six with five overs to spare! Dances down, takes it on the full and finds the straight long-on boundary with a powerful lofted shot

Five to go, will he finish it off this over?

14.5

Boyce to Wright, 1 run

clips this one from the leg stump the leg side, in the gap again for two

14.4

Boyce to Wright, FOUR runs

fifty for Wright as well, he got a short ball and pulled it wide of long-on in the gap! He's in some form

14.3

Boyce to Maxwell, 1 run

pushes this one with hard hands down to long-on again, that's his fifty, his second in the last three matches

14.2

Boyce to Maxwell, FOUR runs

straight bat this time, four more! Shuffled down, it was a low full toss this time around the middle stump and he lofted it down beautifully with a straight bat for four!

Skander: "Finally a good inning from "the big show (maxwell)"

14.1

Boyce to Maxwell, SIX runs

crackalicious! He danced down, it was a full toss on leg and he dispatched that with a big swing of the bat to the midwicket boundary! They've lost the ball now

end of over 149 runs

MS: 104/2CRR: 7.42 • RRR: 3.50

Glenn Maxwell39 (28b 2x4 1x6)

Luke Wright46 (39b 4x4 1x6)

Sam Rainbird 4-0-25-1

Cameron Boyce 2-0-18-0

13.6

Rainbird to Maxwell, 1 run

works the short of length ball off the back foot to short fine leg

13.5

Rainbird to Wright, 1 run

tries to whip it to leg, gets another inside edge, this one onto his pads for one more single

13.4

Rainbird to Wright, FOUR runs

nicely done this time - gets some room outside off with the angle and cuts that with very good timing between backward point and short third man, nearly bisecting them for four!

13.3

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Rainbird to Wright, no run

Wright takes a blow around the chest off the inside edge. He looked to pull the short ball, didn't connect again and actually got it right into his abdomen! Looks fine now after rubbing it a bit

13.2

Rainbird to Wright, 2 runs

stays back and turns the ball from off stump towards long-on for two

13.1

1lb

Rainbird to Maxwell, 1 leg bye

tries to pull the short ball, gets a leg bye instead on leg

end of over 136 runs

MS: 95/2CRR: 7.30 • RRR: 4.28

Glenn Maxwell38 (26b 2x4 1x6)

Luke Wright39 (35b 3x4 1x6)

Cameron Boyce 2-0-18-0

Daren Sammy 1-0-6-0

12.6

Boyce to Maxwell, 3 runs

shuffles down and chips that with the turn over the covers in the gap for three

12.5

Boyce to Wright, 1 run

long-hop and it's nearly caught at wide long-on! Very poor delivery, he pulled it hard but didn't get the distance and a forward dive from Rose also couldn't make it possible

12.4

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Boyce to Wright, no run

nicely tossed around off, some turn too and it's pushed to cover with a forward lean

12.3

Boyce to Maxwell, 1 run

too much flight, he comes down to make it a full toss and flicks to deep midwicket

12.2

Boyce to Wright, 1 run

slogs this fuller one down to long-on for one

ADVAITH: "tait still keeeping up his pace above 140 ks at this age!! what a bowler!!"

12.1

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Boyce to Wright, no run

leggie on middle and leg, he presses forward and blocks

Just 36 more to get for the Stars. Here's Boyce

Prateek : "Luke must be in the england t20 world cup squad.He worth it "

end of over 126 runs

MS: 89/2CRR: 7.41 • RRR: 4.50

Luke Wright37 (31b 3x4 1x6)

Glenn Maxwell34 (24b 2x4 1x6)

Daren Sammy 1-0-6-0

Shaun Tait 3-0-22-0

11.6

Sammy to Wright, 1 run

still short of length around off, he works it away easily towards deep midwicket for one more

11.5

Sammy to Maxwell, 1 run

too slow and short, he stays back and muscles it behind square with a pull

Win Probability

MS 100%

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Over 15 • MS 126/2

Stars won by 8 wickets (with 30 balls remaining)

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Stars Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
MP Stoinis	caught	10	16
LJ Wright	not out	51	41
KP Pietersen	run out	1	1
GJ Maxwell	not out	56	32
Extras	(lb 4, w 4)
Total	126(2 wkts; 15 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	R	W	Econ
CA Rose	2	15	0	7.5
SL Rainbird	4	25	1	6.25
SW Tait	3	22	0	7.33
DT Christian	2	14	0	7
CJ Boyce	3	40	0	13.33
DJG Sammy	1	6	0	6

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	15	Luke Wright	Marcus Stoinis
2nd	12	Kevin Pietersen	Luke Wright
3rd	99	Luke Wright	Glenn Maxwell

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Big Bash League

TEAM	M	W	L	PT	NRR
AS	8	7	1	14	0.544
MS	8	5	3	10	0.366
PS	8	5	3	10	0.181
ST	8	4	4	8	0.375
MR	8	3	5	6	-0.041
BH	8	3	5	6	-0.204
HH	8	3	5	6	-0.955
SS	8	2	6	4	-0.330

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