BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Joe Clarke †	c †Gilkes b Sandhu	4	4	3	1	0	100.00

Thomas Rogers	c Green b Usman Qadir	35	36	55	2	0	97.22

Campbell Kellaway	c Ross b Sams	13	12	15	2	0	108.33

Marcus Stoinis	c sub (J Davies) b Usman Qadir	8	7	10	0	1	114.28

Hilton Cartwright	c Sangha b Green	36	36	50	1	0	100.00

Beau Webster	c Green b Usman Qadir	14	14	20	1	0	100.00

Nick Larkin	not out	5	7	10	0	0	71.42
Nathan Coulter-Nile	c Sangha b Green	0	3	2	0	0	0.00

Luke Wood	not out	1	1	6	0	0	100.00
Extras	(w 3)	3
TOTAL	20 Ov (RR: 5.95)	119/7
Did not bat: Liam Hatcher, Adam Zampa (c)
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Joe Clarke, 0.4 ov), 2-23 (Campbell Kellaway, 3.5 ov), 3-35 (Marcus Stoinis, 5.6 ov), 4-84 (Thomas Rogers, 13.2 ov), 5-112 (Beau Webster, 17.6 ov), 6-112 (Hilton Cartwright, 18.1 ov), 7-112 (Nathan Coulter-Nile, 18.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Gurinder Sandhu	2	0	13	1	6.50	6	2	0	1	0
0.4 to JM Clarke, beautiful bowling! Test-match line and length, nip and bounce on a full length, on and around off stump, a genuine nick as Clarke is lured outside the line and fences a flying edge to the keeper. 4/1
Chris Green	4	0	19	2	4.75	10	1	0	1	0
18.1 to HWR Cartwright, two in two! Another drag-down, another scuffed pull. another easy grab at mid-on. This is ... sub-optimal. 112/6 18.4 to NM Coulter-Nile, ugly flat launch, swallowed at mid-off! Slower, wider, tempting the new man to have a swipe. He does just that, with no base and even less timing, a huge leading edge, high into the covers. This innings is disintegrating. 112/7
Daniel Sams	3	0	27	1	9.00	4	3	0	0	0
3.5 to C Kellaway, driven without conviction, on the back foot, and spooned to point! That's a loose stroke, but reward for Sams' persistence outside off, Kellaway threw his hands into the stroke, way in front of his body and had no power as the ball looped low to a diving Ross. 23/2
Nathan McAndrew	4	0	18	0	4.50	10	0	0	1	0
Usman Qadir	4	0	24	3	6.00	9	0	1	0	0
5.6 to MP Stoinis, huge wicket! Another attempted launch from Stoinis as Qadir tosses it up once more, he attempts to drag his stroke to leg, but gets a steepling leading edge, out to the sub Davies, running back from point who clings on over his shoulder to deepen Stars' gloom. 35/3 13.2 to TF Rogers, tossed up, and slapped to mid-off! Rogers' eyes lit up for that one, believing it was there for the launch, but he was beaten a touch in flight for Green to pouch a simple chance in his midriff. 84/4 17.6 to BJ Webster, drags it down, but Webster can't capitalise! Skids on flat, into a big wind-up, a floppy scuff to mid-on ends another half-started knock. Stars are spluttering. 112/5 See all photos
Ben Cutting	2	0	9	0	4.50	3	0	0	0	0
Jason Sangha	1	0	9	0	9.00	0	1	0	0	0

Sydney Thunder (T: 120 runs from 20 ovs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Gilkes †	c †Clarke b Webster	20	27	-	3	0	74.07

David Warner	c Rogers b Wood	2	3	-	0	0	66.66

Jason Sangha	st †Clarke b Zampa	10	11	-	1	0	90.90

Oliver Davies	c Wood b Coulter-Nile	8	17	-	0	0	47.05

Alex Ross	b Zampa	14	11	-	1	1	127.27

Daniel Sams	b Zampa	28	18	-	3	1	155.55

Ben Cutting	run out (Wood)	9	9	-	0	1	100.00

Chris Green (c)	not out	6	7	-	0	0	85.71
Nathan McAndrew	not out	12	10	-	1	0	120.00
Extras	(lb 7, w 4)	11
TOTAL	18.5 Ov (RR: 6.37)	120/7
Did not bat: Gurinder Sandhu, Usman Qadir
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (David Warner, 1.3 ov), 2-31 (Jason Sangha, 5.6 ov), 3-41 (Matthew Gilkes, 8.6 ov), 4-49 (Oliver Davies, 9.6 ov), 5-60 (Alex Ross, 11.5 ov), 6-80 (Ben Cutting, 14.4 ov), 7-104 (Daniel Sams, 16.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Liam Hatcher	4	1	18	0	4.50	17	3	0	0	0
Luke Wood	3.5	0	33	1	8.60	10	3	1	2	0
1.3 to DA Warner, bouncer on the stumps, goes to pull and splices a top edge high over midwicket in the ring. Simple catch taken.. 4/1
Nathan Coulter-Nile	4	0	29	1	7.25	9	3	0	2	0
9.6 to O Davies, length ball outside off, slashes this flat to deep third man, fielder comes in 10 yards off the rope and lunges forward to take a sharp catch on his knees.. 49/4
Adam Zampa	4	0	25	3	6.25	10	0	2	0	0
5.6 to JJS Sangha, clever from Zampa! Flighted more on a good length on middle stump, Sangha took a step down the track to flick and is beaten by the turn. Quick work getting the bails off. His foot was only outside the crease for a fraction. He didn't charge down the wicket, was more of a walk through flick attempt but he was foxed.. 31/2 11.5 to AI Ross, bullseye! Castled by a googly! It was pitched on a good length on fourth stump, very little footwork from Ross, who shuffled back quite late after being indecisive on the length, flicked across the line and got nothing on it as the ball knocked back the top of off.. 60/5 16.4 to DR Sams, bullseye! Zampa zips this in fuller on middle but also a touch quicker and it skids flat past a slog sweep crashing into the middle of middle stump.. 104/7
Beau Webster	3	0	8	1	2.66	11	0	0	0	0
8.6 to M Gilkes, fullish length on fifth stump, goes for a big heave after the pressure had been building at both ends, thin edge through to the keeper.. 41/3

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Melbourne Stars innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 4.0 (Mandatory - 23 runs, 2 wickets)
Melbourne Stars: 50 runs in 8.4 overs (52 balls), Extras 2
Drinks: Melbourne Stars - 61/3 in 10.0 overs (TF Rogers 27, HWR Cartwright 7)
Powerplay 2: Overs 15.1 - 17.0 (Mandatory - 14 runs, 0 wicket)
Melbourne Stars: 100 runs in 15.4 overs (94 balls), Extras 2
Innings Break: Melbourne Stars - 119/7 in 20.0 overs (NCR Larkin 5, L Wood 1)

Sydney Thunder innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 4.0 (Mandatory - 25 runs, 1 wicket)
Drinks: Sydney Thunder - 49/4 in 10.0 overs (AI Ross 5)
Sydney Thunder: 50 runs in 10.4 overs (64 balls), Extras 4
Powerplay 2: Overs 14.1 - 16.0 (Mandatory - 24 runs, 1 wicket)
Sydney Thunder: 100 runs in 16.3 overs (99 balls), Extras 10

MATCH DETAILS

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Sydney Thunder, elected to field first
Series	Big Bash League
Season	2022/23
Player Of The Match	Chris Green
Match days	25 January 2023 - night (20-over match)
Umpires	Bruce Oxenford Nathan Johnstone
TV Umpire	Simon Lightbody
Reserve Umpire	Daryl Brigham
Match Referee	Bob Stratford
Points	Sydney Thunder 2, Melbourne Stars 0

Language

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Win Probability

ST 100%

MSST

100%50%100%

Over 19 • ST 120/7

Thunder won by 3 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)

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Thunder Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
M Gilkes	caught	20	27
DA Warner	caught	2	3
JJS Sangha	stumped	10	11
O Davies	caught	8	17
AI Ross	bowled	14	11
DR Sams	bowled	28	18
BCJ Cutting	run out	9	9
CJ Green	not out	6	7
N McAndrew	not out	12	10
Extras	(lb 7, w 4)
Total	120(7 wkts; 18.5 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
LC Hatcher	4	1	18	0	4.5
L Wood	3.5	0	33	1	8.6
NM Coulter-Nile	4	0	29	1	7.25
A Zampa	4	0	25	3	6.25
BJ Webster	3	0	8	1	2.66

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	4	David Warner	Matthew Gilkes
2nd	27	Jason Sangha	Matthew Gilkes
3rd	10	Oliver Davies	Matthew Gilkes
4th	8	Alex Ross	Oliver Davies
5th	11	Alex Ross	Daniel Sams
6th	20	Ben Cutting	Daniel Sams
7th	24	Chris Green	Daniel Sams
8th	16	Nathan McAndrew	Chris Green

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Big Bash League

TEAM	M	W	L	PT	NRR
PS	14	11	3	22	1.205
SS	14	10	3	21	0.846
MR	14	7	7	14	-0.027
ST	14	7	7	14	-0.716
BH	14	6	7	13	-0.483
HH	14	6	8	12	-0.340
AS	14	5	9	10	-0.151
MS	14	3	11	6	-0.287

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