Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Cameron White (c)	c Hodge b Laughlin	6	10	-	1	0	60.00

Luke Wright	c Ross b Botha	45	37	-	7	0	121.62

Kevin Pietersen	c Botha b Richardson	66	46	-	2	4	143.47

Glenn Maxwell	c †Ludeman b Zampa	7	8	-	1	0	87.50

David Hussey	c sub (HP Kingston) b Laughlin	8	8	-	1	0	100.00

James Faulkner	b Richardson	6	7	-	0	0	85.71

Tom Triffitt †	not out	5	4	-	1	0	125.00
Clive Rose	run out (Richardson)	0	0	-	0	0	-

John Hastings	not out	0	0	-	0	0	-
Extras	(lb 1, w 4)	5
Total	20 Ov (RR: 7.40)	148/7
Did not bat: Jackson Bird, Michael Beer
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Cameron White, 4.1 ov), 2-83 (Luke Wright, 11.2 ov), 3-100 (Glenn Maxwell, 13.4 ov), 4-117 (David Hussey, 16.3 ov), 5-143 (James Faulkner, 19.1 ov), 6-144 (Kevin Pietersen, 19.4 ov), 7-144 (Clive Rose, 19.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Kane Richardson	3	0	20	2	6.66	11	4	0	1	0
19.1 to JP Faulkner, pegs back the off stump as Faulkner goes for a wild swing to the onside.. 143/5 19.4 to KP Pietersen, hits it high in the air to deep midwicket and Botha calls for it and takes a good catch.. 144/6
Kieron Pollard	2	0	23	0	11.50	3	1	2	0	0
Craig Simmons	2	0	14	0	7.00	5	2	0	1	0
Ben Laughlin	4	0	34	2	8.50	8	2	2	1	0
4.1 to CL White, hits it high in the air and Hodge judges it well, gets under the skier and takes a wonderful catch at mid-off.. 26/1 16.3 to DJ Hussey, hit in the air down to long off and Kingston the sub takes the catch, diving forward.. 117/4
Shaun Tait	3	0	24	0	8.00	5	3	0	1	0
Johan Botha	2	0	11	1	5.50	6	1	0	0	0
11.2 to LJ Wright, swings high in the air to deep midwicket and Ross gets under it and takes on the juggle.. 83/2
Adam Zampa	4	0	21	1	5.25	7	0	0	0	0
13.4 to GJ Maxwell, goes for the reverse sweep and a sound as it goes through to the keeper, who appeals for a catch. Maxwell not happy as the ball came off the pad.. 100/3

Adelaide Strikers (T: 149 runs from 20 ovs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Craig Simmons	c Wright b Hastings	30	15	-	3	2	200.00

Tim Ludeman †	not out	92	44	-	9	5	209.09
Travis Head	c Pietersen b Hastings	22	15	-	2	1	146.66

Brad Hodge	not out	1	1	-	0	0	100.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 2, w 1)	4
Total	12.3 Ov (RR: 11.92)	149/2
Did not bat: Ben Laughlin, Kieron Pollard, Kane Richardson, Alex Ross, Johan Botha (c), Shaun Tait, Adam Zampa
Fall of wickets: 1-83 (Craig Simmons, 5.3 ov), 2-148 (Travis Head, 12.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Michael Beer	3	0	24	0	8.00	6	3	0	0	0
Jackson Bird	2	0	25	0	12.50	4	3	1	0	0
Clive Rose	2	0	36	0	18.00	1	3	3	0	0
James Faulkner	2	0	21	0	10.50	5	2	1	0	0
John Hastings	2.3	0	31	2	12.40	7	2	3	1	0
5.3 to CJ Simmons, good ball, stops on Simmons, who looks to go through with the shot, takes it high on the bat and lobs up to point, two fielders converge but it is Luke Wright who takes the catch.. 83/1 12.2 to TM Head, short delivery and this time Head gets a bat and hit straight to KP at backward point.. 148/2
Glenn Maxwell	1	0	9	0	9.00	1	1	0	0	0

Match Details

Adelaide Oval
Toss	Melbourne Stars, elected to bat first
Series	Big Bash League
Season	2014/15
Player Of The Match	Tim Ludeman
Match days	18 December 2014 - night (20-over match)
T20 debut	Alex Ross
Umpires	John Ward Michael Graham-Smith
TV Umpire	Sam Nogajski
Match Referee	Daryl Harper
Points	Adelaide Strikers 2, Melbourne Stars 0

Win Probability

AS 100%

MSAS

100%50%100%

Over 13 • AS 149/2

Travis Head c Pietersen b Hastings 22 (15b 2x4 1x6) SR: 146.66

Strikers won by 8 wickets (with 45 balls remaining)

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Strikers Innings

Player Name	O	R	W	Econ
MA Beer	3	24	0	8
JM Bird	2	25	0	12.5
CA Rose	2	36	0	18
JP Faulkner	2	21	0	10.5
JW Hastings	2.3	31	2	12.4
GJ Maxwell	1	9	0	9

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