In the 36th match of the ongoing Big Bash League (BBL) 2020-21, Adelaide Strikers defeated Melbourne Stars by five wickets at home ground on Monday.
How's that for a send off for ?! 🥰
We take the points with an over to spare 💙
— Adelaide Strikers (@StrikersBBL)
Chasing 150, Strikers did lose wickets at regular intervals, but small partnership🐻s between the players helped them beat Stars with 6 balls to spare.
Jonathan Wells was the highest scorer for Strikers after he scored 36 off 27 deliveries with two fours 🔯and as many sixes.
Bad news: Wellsy out 😣
— Adelaide Strikers (@StrikersBBL)
Apart from Wells, opener Phillip Salt (31), captain Alex Carey (21) and lower-order batter Ryan Gibson (22 no) made valuable contributions to take Stri🌜kers to their fifth win in the competition.
Salty skies one & is the next to go. Wellsy joins K꧟ez in the miᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚddle 💪
— Adelaide Strikers (@StrikersBBL)
For Stars, leg-spinner Adam Zampa picked up two wickets for 20 in his quota of 4 overs. Sam Rainbird, skipper Glenn Maxwell and Haris Rauf also bagged one wicket each.
Since the start of BBL09:
Zampa: 32 wickets, 19 games.
Rashid: 35 wickets, 25 games.
Not sure it's properly appreciated how good Zampa has been/is.
Class above.
— Tim Michell (@tim_michell)
Earlier, Wes Agar bowled brilliantly for the Strikers to restrict Stars at 149/7 in their allo♎tted 20 overs. Agar picked up two scalps and conceded only 19 r💝uns in his quota of 4 overs that included a maiden as well.
Flex on 'em big Wes! |
— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL)
Agar first dismissed Stars’ opening batsman Andre Fletcher for 12, who slammed two sixes and was looking dangerous. Agar did not just stop there as he then removed the well-set Marcus Stoinis to put brakes on the run-flow. Sto✤inis scored 47 runs off 31 balls including 4 fours and 3 maximums.
The f♔irst player to score 2,000 runs for the Melbourne🍌 Stars 🙌
Congrats, Marcus Stoinis 👏
— Melbourne Stars (@StarsBBL)
Apart from Stoinis, Nic Maddinson shined with the bat to take his team to a respectable total. The New South Wales batsman slammed unbeaten 48 fro𒉰m 34 deliveries laced up with two fours and three sixes.
Nic Maddinson whacks a six off🦩 the last ball and finishes on 48no.
A very handy return to the
— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL)
Rashid Khan, who played his farewell game for Strikers in BBL 10, impressed fans with a superb performance. He bagged two wickets for 29 in 4 overs. Rashid is set to join his national team Afghanistan for their upcoming international project against Ireland.
The BBL is poorer for the departure of Rashid Khan, but hopefully ♋come later this year he’ll be out here playing Test cricket.
— Daniel Cherny (@DanielCherny)
