- BATSMENRB4s6sSR3.1 woeful start for the Thunder, back of a length delivery which straightens outside off, Kallis stays on the crease and tries to run that with an open face to third man, ends up with an outside edge towards the keeper. 9/30.3 first ball duck, short and turning in from outside off, Roy goes back for the cut but been beaten by the inward movement and pace which shatters the off stump. 1/12 two in two over, that's on a length and moving away touch with the angle, he stays on the crease and a lazily driven shot towards the wide of mid-off where KP moves to his right to reach it and holds a good low catch 6/217 and finally Blizzard falls too, clears the front leg and goes for a big slog to that back of a length delivery, didn't got the elevation as he ends up skying towards the deep square leg, Handscomb runs forward and holds it. 83/614.2 that slides in from a length, touch quicker as McDonald clears the front leg for a big heave, misses it completely and ball knocks the stumps, the partnership comes to an end which was of 59 runs. 68/416.4 another one, that's on a length and moving away, leans forward and tries to drive it through cover, gets an inside edge which ricochet back onto the stumps. 82/519.3 another one, that's short and down leg, goes back for the pull, ends up hitting it straight to the man down at deepish backward square leg 102/819.2 slower and angling in, he backs away and goes for a slog, ends up skying towards cover point where Quiney paces underneath it to grab that. 102/7Extras5 (b 2, lb 2, w 1)TOTAL106/8 (20 Overs, RR: 5.3)Did not bat: DP NannesFall of wickets: 1-1 (Jason Roy, 0.3 ov), 2-6 (Daniel Hughes, 1.6 ov), 3-9 (Jacques Kallis, 3.1 ov), 4-68 (Andrew McDonald, 14.2 ov), 5-82 (Chris Hartley, 16.4 ov), 6-83 (Aiden Blizzard, 16.6 ov), 7-102 (Nathan Hauritz, 19.2 ov), 8-102 (Ahillen Beadle, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MA Beer 4 0 14 2 3.5 0 0 JM Bird 4 0 15 2 3.75 0 0 JW Hastings 4 0 23 2 5.75 0 0 SM Boland 4 0 29 0 7.25 1 0 CJ McKay 3 0 14 2 4.66 0 0 KP Pietersen 1 0 7 0 7 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR10 tossed up delivery outside off, gets down on one knee and a slog sweep to deep midwicket, Lalor places underneath it near the ropes to grab that, throws it in the air as he realises of stepping over the ropes. He didn't even managed to throw it neatly as he ends up skipping in the air and plucks it over the boundary line and then manages to get inside the rope with a sideway jump. Third umpire took various angles to check before judging that out. This is scintillating. 84/21.5 fuller and down leg as he clips that over backward of square leg, Green runs forward and holds that 8/1Extras3 (w 3)TOTAL107/2 (14.3 Overs, RR: 7.37)Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Luke Wright, 1.5 ov), 2-84 (Cameron White, 9.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB JH Kallis 3 0 23 0 7.66 0 0 JK Lalor 2 0 18 1 9 1 0 DP Nannes 1 0 10 0 10 0 0 CP Tremain 3 0 18 0 6 2 0 AR Beadle 4 0 22 0 5.5 0 0 NM Hauritz 1.3 0 16 1 10.66 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Melbourne Stars , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
17 January 2015 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Melbourne Stars 2, Sydney Thunder 0
Match Coverage
All Match NewsPietersen fifty eliminates Thunder
Sydney Thunder's Big Bash League semi-final dreams ended with a whimper, as they hit just five boundaries, the fewest ever in a BBL innings, and were beaten by eight wickets by the Melbourne Stars

