00:00G'day everybody welcome to the MCG and welcome to the Melbourne Stars they're
00:04playing host to the Sydney Sixers this is a big clash can we get 70,000 people
00:09because that's what it nearly was a couple of nights ago. Melbourne Stars
00:13have dropped their last couple Sydney Sixers well they're on a roll they've
00:16won the last two and you just feel this is the box office game at the moment
00:21they're star-studded lineups Sam Harper has been on fire at the top the golden
00:25bat points on the line do you like the tactic well look at challenging here
00:32Benny Minenti could have run him out there we go there's a good big lad Ben
00:35Minenti too come off second best in a lot of contests with him that's what we
00:40want to see from Harper isn't it if you're a Stars fan great use of the feet
00:44it's a good start for Ben Minenti just five runs from the opening over
00:50he cuts hard they brought the man up just made a change it's got good coverage
00:57down there we know how good boundaries square the wicket so through the middle
01:01and Chow fall for the middle as well just drops it a bit short and Harper has been
01:06quick on anything in his hitting zone this tournament makes him back in your
01:12heyday and again doesn't get this as cleanly work to be done in the outfield
01:19so that's what Rogers can do he is a lusty hitter of the cricket ball
01:26he goes again slices off the face of the bat on this occasion
01:33two players he's under pressure and that is beautifully played let the ball come to
01:40him half had an idea of what was in the bowlers mind and he runs from it and
01:46finish with a single so expensive stuff so an extra couple go out and that's very
01:53nicely played excellent batting 10th in behind the stumps
02:00nice Benny that's very good bowling done for 39
02:04oh come off the pad and clip the off stump as it slid on and that's the end of Harper
02:14yep well it is sometimes the kryptonite of Sam Harper and he's raising the back of another healthy partnership
02:24and there's probably a fraction biased Murray you're not going to hear a bad word from us two because we're MCC players
02:30it's nicely eased away saw the soft spot in the outfield and was good enough to get
02:41oh now he chops on so spin at either end Davies first Menecki second and Rogers is filthy with himself
02:51three times out this year Tom Rogers to spear
02:54so terrific form
02:57an eyebrow raiser
03:00it's the end of the over
03:07ornament
03:09we've seen a lot of these from him right throughout his career
03:15leading the that's up in the air straight to the field and Menecki takes the catch
03:23well great planning great planning from the Sydney Sixers
03:30so Blake McDonald was magnificent
03:32oh yeah Mo tactically and tactically it's been brilliant
03:40catch it all
03:42and Mo just quickly before the end of the over
03:48it's a couple
03:48what do you like what do you like
03:51as a fellow all-rounder like I look at him
03:54oh that's beautifully
03:57a great leader
03:59he's kind of like
04:01it's hit hard
04:06timing was magnificent
04:07from Stoinis
04:09cricket probably plays a big part in that
04:12this might be one of the first chats that we've had with someone while the game's gone on
04:15and a wicket hasn't fallen so we'll quit while we're ahead
04:18great to see you mate congratulations and play well tonight
04:20so up and under goes McDonald
04:23he got the ball
04:24Curran gave him some room
04:27and he takes full toll
04:28he's climbed into that
04:34that's beautifully put away by McDonald
04:37yeah beautifully struck
04:39Blake McDonald's just starting to get going
04:41top ball for 12 deliveries make it 13 now
04:44they maybe got away with it the other night
04:47in next as well
04:48oh he's absolutely hammered that
04:52you can't strike a cricket ball better than that
04:55what a shot
04:56serious
04:57big score makes stuff easy through the back end
05:06it's another good over from Joel Davies he's through three now
05:11two for 13
05:13I think as well a big one for the Melbourne Stars
05:18they won the first four
05:19the trend
05:20and that's
05:22flown away
05:24fine
05:25and gets to the rope again
05:27so McDonald
05:27throws his hands out at half
05:30gets the nick and he's gone
05:32so Dorcious keeps whacking away
05:35at it off stump
05:36proper length bowling
05:37and that's the end of Blake McDonald
05:39yeah a bit disappointing
05:41so
05:43the two leading
05:44run scorer
05:45oh
05:47it's good bowling
05:49that's a good over
05:50couple
05:51oh when it comes to box office
05:53they don't come
05:53pick up dots like he has done
05:55well that is just an outstanding
05:58four over set from Joel Davies
06:00eight dots
06:00two for 15
06:01so Maxwell flays one off the edge
06:06he should be out
06:07and he is
06:08Barbara's arm doesn't drop those
06:10and it's another miss
06:12for Glenn Maxwell
06:13and another
06:15oh this is
06:16threatening to get a competitive score on the board here
06:19that's a full bunger
06:27and it gets exactly what it deserved
06:29yeah a big miss from Jack Edwards that time
06:33a rare miss
06:33what is it like when you get somebody stick their head up
06:40just at that
06:41foul on that
06:42that should be
06:45and it is
06:46brilliantly done by Curran
06:48had to make the ground
06:49and he did
06:50and it's the end of card right
06:52and the start
06:53oh big
06:55yeah and we see Mitch
06:57that is a great hit
07:01straight back over Abbott's head
07:03that is brutal
07:04just missed his Yorker
07:06Sean
07:07oh beautiful Sat
07:10great execution
07:13thanks Moses
07:17that's great insight
07:18we're all
07:19we're all
07:19we're all
07:20he just muscles that
07:24and he's gone
07:25Bubba takes his second catch
07:27and it's getting grimmer
07:29by the minute
07:31for the Melbourne Stars
07:32yeah the length again
07:34he's had four balls
07:36only been asked to bat once
07:38but he's gone first ball
07:41so Dorshis is filling his boots up here
07:44and
07:45this is suddenly
07:47calamitous for Melbourne
07:48yeah this is a relentless line
07:50and length
07:51and if you're the batter
07:52you don't give
07:53oh
07:55that was a bit too good
07:58double wicket
07:59through
08:02they'll take it any way
08:03they can at the moment
08:05yep
08:06bit of fortune
08:07and I just want to talk about
08:08that a fraction more
08:09so
08:09so
08:11Swebson just heaves it up in the air
08:13it should be the simplest of catches
08:15and it is
08:17well now they're a chance of not batting out the 20 overs
08:21well
08:24yeah the kookaburra looks fresh
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