Stars vs Thunder, 1st Match at Canberra, BBL, Dec 13 2022 - Match Result

oh dear, oh dear. Sandhu is beaten but keeper Joe Clarke misses it too, and the ball beats him to the boundary. Clarke had taken his glove off anticipating the possibility of the batters trying to sneak in a bye. The thinking was spot on, execution not quite. What an extraordinary game of cricket we've witnessesd to kickstart the BBL season. Terrific, terrific match!

backs away to go over cover but is cramped for room, can't hit it past Boult at short cover. They don't risk a run.

holy-moly! Sandhu has nailed this pull. Clears the ropes as well. This was a short ball but didn't rise as much. Webster shouldn't be bowling those at this stage, not at his pace certainly. Sandhu held his shape and absolutely muscled it as it arrived. Just over the ropes. They need 1 now.

wrists this down to long-on, a single is all they'll get. 7 off 3

hits bulls eye. Webster claims another. Farooqi is backing away to play an almighty heave but misses it altogether. The good'ol tailender's slog. Thunder right on the edge.

that's a second super catch that Couch has pulled off. Green thinks he's absolutely nailed this hit, Couch, who is 20 yards inside the ropes at long-off, has nearly misjudged it but ends up back-pedaling just a touch and then puts in a leap to grab the stunner. What a moment.

beaten as Wood bangs one in from wide of the crease to beat Sandhu who is looking to flay that over cover

pressure ball, important boundary. Superb hit that. Backed away and swung this length ball into the leg side. Held his shape nicely before biffing that to the long-on boundary

beaten as Wood hits the hard deck and extracts bounce. Sandhu backs away to slap over cover but is beaten

cramped for room as he plays a short-arm jab, this one lobs back down the pitch, but wide of the bowler on his followthrough

stands tall and tucks this into the leg side for a single

pushed to cover at the edge of the ring

pushed to cover, they scamper a single as the throw comes in at the non-striker's end.

hammered but it's a superb stop at mid-on by Coulter-Nile. Threw himself full-stretch to his right to save three. Sandhu had absolutely nailed that

shortish delivery on middle, rolled his fingers across the seam to take the pace off, pulled to deep square leg

backs away to go over cover, but gets one off an inside edge that rolls to midwicket.

driven into the gap at cover

gets a thick edge as he drives, rolls to short third. They don't risk a single

firmly driven to deep cover

squirts this full toss past point