David Hussey: Very proud of the boys. Beer upfront and Maxi bowled well and Zampa goes from strength to strength. Great knocks from Maxi and Handscomb though we did not have the best of starts. Fun playing against Renegades. Looking forward to the Melbourne Derby.

Maxwell, Man of the Match: We were staring down the barrel, good to win. I just wanted to hit the gaps and let Handscomb do his thing. Beer was outstanding. Looking forward to the Derby.

That is all we have for you. A disciplined bowling effort was followed by fifties from Maxwell and Handscomb as Stars chased down 140 to get their BBL 5 campaign up and running. Do tune in tomorrow. Cheers and goodbye for now.

Vamsi Krishna T: "Peterscomb at number 4 is perfect for Stars, I hope they do not tinker this line-up once KP is back!"

kris: "Hi, can someone tell me why KP is not playing?" -- I guess he is on paternity leave

18.4

Bollinger to Triffitt, FOUR, Stars seal their first win of this season's BBL! Hussey pumps his fist and embraces Triffit. Short and on middle, pulled over midwicket

18.3

Bollinger to Triffitt, no run, back of a length and on middle, pushed to midwicket

18.2

Bollinger to Hussey, 1 run, back of a length and outside off, Hussey backs away and slaps a single to mid-off

Triffit.

18.1

Bollinger to Faulkner, OUT, full and slants away outside off Faulkner swings and top-edges it behind. Haddin snaffles it. Faulkner bags a golden duck. Some consolation for Sixers

JP Faulkner c †Haddin b Bollinger 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

Bollinger. Stars need 2 off 2 overs

END OF OVER:
18 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | MS: 138/4 (2 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.66, RRR: 1.00)

David Hussey23 (14b)
James Faulkner0 (0b)

Sean Abbott4-0-32-1
Trent Lawford2-0-21-0

17.6

Abbott to Hussey, no run, short ball on middle, Hussey rises with it and defends it near his toes

17.5

Abbott to Hussey, no run, slower back of a length ball, Hussey targets the leg side and gets an inside edge onto the pad

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Handscomb, Maxwell help Stars to first points
Melbourne Stars cruise to their first win of the season after fifties from Glenn Maxwell and Peter Handscomb help them win by five wickets

Stars INNINGS		R	B
MP Stoinis	bowled	0	3
LJ Wright	caught	8	15
GJ Maxwell	caught	50	36
PSP Handscomb	caught	52	40
DJ Hussey	not out	24	15
JP Faulkner	caught wk	0	1
TIF Triffitt	not out	4	2
MA Beer
SM Boland
BW Hilfenhaus
A Zampa
EXTRAS	(lb 4, w 1)
TOTAL	143 (5 wkts; 18.4 ovs)

Sixers BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
SNJ O'Keefe	4.0	0	24	1	6
JM Bird	3.0	1	13	1	4.33
DE Bollinger	3.4	0	31	2	8.45	(1w)
TL Lawford	2.0	0	21	0	10.5
J Botha	2.0	0	18	0	9
SA Abbott	4.0	0	32	1	8

Stars 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	0	LJ Wright	MP Stoinis
2nd	21	LJ Wright	GJ Maxwell
3rd	83	GJ Maxwell	PSP Handscomb
4th	32	DJ Hussey	PSP Handscomb
5th	2	DJ Hussey	JP Faulkner
6th	5	DJ Hussey	TIF Triffitt

Big Bash League

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
AS	8	7	1	14	0.544
MS	8	5	3	10	0.366
PS	8	5	3	10	0.181
ST	8	4	4	8	0.375
MR	8	3	5	6	-0.041
BH	8	3	5	6	-0.204
HH	8	3	5	6	-0.955
SS	8	2	6	4	-0.33

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SYDNEY SIXERS 139/6(20 OVERS)

MELBOURNE STARS 143/5(18.4 OVERS)

END OF OVER:18 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | MS: 138/4 (2 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.66, RRR: 1.00)

Handscomb, Maxwell help Stars to first points

END OF OVER:
18 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | MS: 138/4 (2 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.66, RRR: 1.00)