Melbourne Stars v Sydney Sixers – Big Bash League, 2012/13 – Live Cricket Score and Match Update – Melbourne Stars win by 21 runs
A century-stand between Glenn Maxwell and Brad Hodge propelled the Melbourne Stars to a decent total and ultimately a 21-run win over the Sydney Sixers in their Big Bash League match, played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground today on December 21.
Having begun on a high, defending champions, the Sixers, appear to be on a downhill slide in the tournament, while the Stars are on the rise, and currently stand at number two on the BBL points table.
Today’s match kicked off with the Sixers winning the toss and choosing to field first, and while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brad-Hodge-c1184 got away from them and managed to steer their side to
a solid total of 177.
Openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Moises-Henriques-c2021 in the 4th. However, Hodge (51 off 33) and Maxwell (82 off 50) steadied the innings in a major
way, and set up a 118-run partnership for the third wicket.
Their combined efforts took the Stars up to 135, after which both fell prey to Moran – Hodge in the 15th over, and Maxwell in the in the 17th. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Roger-Kirshaw-Pierson-c42135 it out at the crease for long, and was soon picked up by
Lee as his second victim of the day, while Moran completed his three-wicket haul by taking Cameron White (10) out of the game. However, by the end of 20 overs, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-Handscomb-c81662 (11*) at the crease, the Stars managed to post a final
total of 177, at the expense of 6 wickets.
The Sixers’ top-order got the team off to a fair start, but as they went lower down the order, the team’s performance tapered off, and the Stars’ skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540 (all of whom picked up one wicket
each) took care of the rest.
Top-order batsmen http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BJ-Haddin-c1170 (39) all chipped in with decent scores, but by the time they had been sent back to the pavilion, the Sixers stood at 124. Henriques (2), and Jeevan Mendis (8) failed
to do much, and by the end of 20 overs, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dominic-John-Thornely-c54306 (9*) at the crease, the team found themselves cut off at 156, with the Stars claiming a 21-run victory.
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