Stars vs Thunder, 33rd Match at Melbourne, Jan 20 2018 - Ball by Ball Commentary

is that the game? Yes, it is. Short of a length, angling into leg and he tries to pull. But he's tucked up and the ball goes off the pad to deep fine leg

walks across and swats this fullish length ball away with a neat paddle over the keeper. One-bounce over fine leg

full on the pads, clipped uppishly between midwicket and long-on. Beats both fielders into the boundary

short and wide, slapped through point and sweeper gets around and slides to his left to pull it back

short over middle, gets under it

short ball, could have been the slower one and Green drags a pull straight to mid-off. What an antithetical innings from Green to the rest of the Thunder batting performance! Four off 13

back of a length, angling into him, tucked up and he squeezes it out behind square on the leg side

full, slower ball, Watson goes for a big heave and skies it in the air off the splice. Lands short of sweeper cover rushing forward

short of a length, slanted across, slaps it over mid-off inside the circle

short and sitting up nicely on middle and off, pulled muscularly a good fifteen rows into the deep midwicket stands

whips a fuller ball off the inside of the bat to square leg

short, tries to pull and misses

short of a length, angled across outside off, punched off the backfoot to sweeper cover

back of a length, punched to mid-off

fullish, slower outside off, whipped into the leg side

rushes in to catch another pull but the ball drops short

. Coleman again, this time he puts down a sitter. Short ball, Watson is rushed into a pull and Coleman rushes into it with hard hands and lets it pop out

short of a length outside off, mistimes a pull over midwicket

short of a length on off, punched into the covers

stands tall and punches this down the ground