- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.1 fullish delivery angling down the leg side, Ponting is through his leg side flick a little too soon and Faulkner moves back five yards to take the catch at mid wicket 9/115.4 short and Paine pulls out of the middle of the bat but straight to Maxwell on the deep backward square boundary 99/53.3 another good length on off stump and Birt tries to heave it over mid wicket but gets a top edge and the keepr Handscomb moves forward to collect the high ball 21/24.5 Shah walks across his stumps again and Faulkner beats him, wraps him on the pad and the umpire delivers the good news for the 'Canes. Shah loves hitting through the leg side but his eyes weren't quite sharp enough so early in his innings 25/311.5 Bailey sweeps it cleanly out to deep backward square where Faulkner moves in a takes a good catch low down right on top of the turf 71/418.3 Styris back away to leg and Faulker bowls a slower ball that follows him. Styris cuts to Quiney at backward point and the Victorian takes a safe diving catch 125/717.2 slower ball yorker accounts for another Australian batsman as Gulbis is beaten all ends up 119/619.1 140 kph yorker for Malinga cleans out middle stump and Laughlin eyed up the mid wicket region 127/8Extras7 (b 1, w 6)TOTAL134/8 (20 Overs, RR: 6.7)Did not bat: DE BollingerFall of wickets: 1-9 (Ricky Ponting, 1.1 ov), 2-21 (Travis Birt, 3.3 ov), 3-25 (Owais Shah, 4.5 ov), 4-71 (George Bailey, 11.5 ov), 5-99 (Tim Paine, 15.4 ov), 6-119 (Evan Gulbis, 17.2 ov), 7-125 (Scott Styris, 18.3 ov), 8-127 (Ben Laughlin, 19.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB GJ Maxwell 1 0 9 0 9 0 0 CJ McKay 4 0 25 3 6.25 1 0 SL Malinga 4 0 19 2 4.75 0 0 JP Faulkner 4 0 23 2 5.75 0 0 SK Warne 4 0 31 0 7.75 0 0 CL White 2 0 12 1 6 1 0 LJ Wright 1 0 14 0 14 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR10 Quiney sits on the crease and tries to force it over the off side but it takes the edge and is caught by Shah at short third man 62/22.1 Bollinger bangs it in again and hurries Wright up as he attempts a half pull half drive. All he can do is lob the ball to Stryis at mid off 5/111.2 Higan hits the deck and cramps Hodge on the cut. The ball takes the top edge and flies to third man where Scott Styris is waiting with glee 77/314 Laughlin gets the crucial breakthrough for the 'Canes. He has been awesome tonight. Hussey tries to give himself some room and force the ball through the off side but he nicks it through to Paine who completes the simplest of catches 90/418.3 White sits back and hammers it high into the night sky. Birt moves in from deep mid wicket and takes a good catch and that's Laughlin's third wicket. What a fighter! 127/617.4 one too many strokes from Maxwell as he hits Bollinger on the up to Doherty at mid off. Soft dismissal and well deserved for Dougie 120/5Extras3 (lb 2, nb 1)TOTAL135/6 (19.1 Overs, RR: 7.04)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Luke Wright, 2.1 ov), 2-62 (Rob Quiney, 9.6 ov), 3-77 (Brad Hodge, 11.2 ov), 4-90 (David Hussey, 13.6 ov), 5-120 (Glenn Maxwell, 17.4 ov), 6-127 (Cameron White, 18.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB DE Bollinger 4 2 22 2 5.5 0 0 MG Hogan 4 0 30 1 7.5 0 0 XJ Doherty 2 0 12 0 6 0 0 B Laughlin 4 0 14 3 3.5 0 0 SB Styris 2 0 27 0 13.5 0 0 EP Gulbis 3.1 0 28 0 8.84 0 1
Match Details
Series
Toss
Melbourne Stars , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.15, Interval 20.15-20.30, Second Session 20.30-21.50
Match days
15 December 2012 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Melbourne Stars 2, Hobart Hurricanes 0
Match Notes
- 12th men: SO Henry (Melbourne Stars), JW Wells (Hobart Hurricanes)
- 50 in 55 balls, 41 minutes
- 100 in 98 balls, 69 minutes
- 50 in 52 balls, 36 minutes
- 100 in 92 balls, 67 minutes
Match Coverage
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