- BATSMENRB4s6sSR2.2 Beer strikes in his second over! Nice and full, pitches on leg stump and raps the pad as Lumb goes low and does not connect with an expansive sweep. The tracker shows that the ball would have missed the off stump but Lumb has to depart... 16/13.1 Maxi gets Haddin first ball! Flighted and outside off, Haddin throws his hands at it and slices it into the lap of backward point off a thick outside edge. Beer in action again. Loose, loose stroke from Haddin 18/211 bowled'em! The slog-sweep does him in, this time! Slides a bit low. Maddinson shuffles away a bit and misses the big hit. Zampa hits the leg stump as the ball dips under the swinging bat 78/319 Hilfy pins Silk lbw! The bowler looks for a yorker and ends up delivering a full toss. Silk targets the leg side and misses. Trapped in front of the leg stump 130/517 Hilfy gets his first wicket of the tournament. Awaycutter outside off, sticks in the pitch and foils Botha's hit. Hilfy found some extra bounce there as well. Carved into the hands of Wright at cover 110/419.3 Abbott steps away outside leg, Boland bangs it short. Abbott swings and miscues it to cover, where Wright settles under it 134/6Extras4 (lb 1, nb 1, w 2)TOTAL139/6 (20 Overs, RR: 6.95)Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Michael Lumb, 2.2 ov), 2-18 (Brad Haddin, 3.1 ov), 3-78 (Nic Maddinson, 10.6 ov), 3-88* (Moises Henriques, retired not out ), 4-110 (Johan Botha, 16.6 ov), 5-130 (Jordan Silk, 18.6 ov), 6-134 (Sean Abbott, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MA Beer 4 0 16 1 4 0 0 JP Faulkner 1 0 13 0 13 0 0 GJ Maxwell 4 0 35 1 8.75 0 0 SM Boland 4 0 26 1 6.5 0 0 A Zampa 4 0 23 1 5.75 0 0 BW Hilfenhaus 3 0 25 2 8.33 2 1
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- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.3 bowled im. Big wicket for Sixers. Stoinis chooses the wrong option and has to go. A flat delivery outside off, Stoinis gives himself a touch of room and looks to flay through cover but the ball skids on - like new balls tend to - and takes the inside edge before clattering into the stumps 0/14.2 O'Keefe steadies under the catch at mid-off! Bird follows the maiden with a wicket. Full and aimed at off, Wright wants to launch it down the ground. He does not connect well enough as the bat twists in his hand. Wright skewers it to mid-off 21/214.4 Maxi holes out to deep square leg. He gets a bit of a send-off from Sixers. Fuller and on the stumps, Maxi shows off his wrists again, but swats it straight down the throat of Lumb 104/317.3 Maxi, 50 and out. Handscomb gets to his 50 and falls. He steps out, Abbott slips in a slower ball. Chipped to long-on for a dolly catch. Both Maxi and Handscomb have done their jobs, though 136/418.1 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 138/5Extras5 (lb 4, w 1)TOTAL143/5 (18.4 Overs, RR: 7.66)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Marcus Stoinis, 0.3 ov), 2-21 (Luke Wright, 4.2 ov), 3-104 (Glenn Maxwell, 14.4 ov), 4-136 (Peter Handscomb, 17.3 ov), 5-138 (James Faulkner, 18.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB SNJ O'Keefe 4 0 24 1 6 0 0 JM Bird 3 1 13 1 4.33 0 0 DE Bollinger 3.4 0 31 2 8.45 1 0 TL Lawford 2 0 21 0 10.5 0 0 J Botha 2 0 18 0 9 0 0 SA Abbott 4 0 32 1 8 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Sydney Sixers , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.10 start, First Session 19.10-20.25, Interval 20.25-20.40, Second Session 20.40-21.55
Match days
27 December 2015 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Melbourne Stars 2, Sydney Sixers 0
Match Notes
- MC Henriques retired hurt at 88/3 (41, 12.4 overs)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsHandscomb, 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


