Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Stars, 23rd Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Travis Head 53(32)
15.4
Stoinis to Head, out Caught by Faulkner!! In the airrr, the fielder is running back and that is a brilliant catch by Faulkner. Short of a length delivery from Stoinis, Head slogs and gets a sort of a leading edge, Faulkner runs back from square leg and completes the catch. End of a fine knock. Head c Faulkner b Stoinis 53(32) [4s-5 6s-3]
15.3
Stoinis to Head, no run, slower delivery dipping on the batsman, Head makes no contact
15.2
Stoinis to Head, FOUR, outside edge and it runs away to the third man fence, fifty for Head. He's pressed the accelerator at the right time for the Strikers. This was a slower ball, Head tried to slash hard and got away with it
15.1
Stoinis to Head, SIX, unbelievable hit and it's cleared the long-off fence. Head jumped down the pitch, there was no one at long-off, so he went through with the lofted hit despite have to stretch his hands to get to the ball, the connection was good enough
14.6
Zampa to Carey, no run, defended back to the bowler
14.3
Zampa to Carey, 1 run, yorker on the leg stump, Carey digs it out to short fine leg
14.1
Zampa to Carey, 3 runs, fine leg inside the ring and Carey sweeps it very fine, KP is the fielder and he gives chase, saving a run
13.5
Boland to Head, SIX, he's gone berserk all of a sudden! Head was actually cramped for room, a short-arm jab pull, somehow hits it with so much power, hit all the way over mid-wicket
13.4
Boland to Head, FOUR, this is clever batting! Yorker wide outside off stump, Head opens the face of the bat and runs it past short third man
13.3
Boland to Head, FOUR, oh that's a brilliant hit! He hit that on one leg. Full and wide outside off stump, Head was backing away, then had to reach out to meet this ball, crashed that between mid-off and cover. That was a bit of a left-handed Dwayne Bravo from Head
13.2
Boland to Carey, 1 run, full and way outside off stump, Carey reaches out and toe-ends the drive to sweeper cover
12.6
Zampa to Carey, no run, googly from Zampa, Carey cuts it to deep point
12.3
Zampa to Carey, 1 run, the googly, Carey tries to cut, chops it into the off-side
11.6
Stoinis to Head, 1 run, shortish slower ball and outside off stump, Head cuts it to deep backward point
11.5
Stoinis to Head, no run, this time he cuts straight to deep point
11.4
Stoinis to Head, no run, shortish and outside off stump, Head toe-ends the cut to deep point
11.3
Stoinis to Head, SIX, gee, he's hit that so flat and hard that it carried all the way despite the fielder palming it over. Slower ball from Stoinis, Head pulls with a lot of power, Hastings was a few yards in front of the rope, he jumped but couldn't grab it. Head wears an "Ohhhhh" expression
11.2
Stoinis to Head, no run, slower ball angled across, swing and a miss from Head
11.1
Stoinis to Head, FOUR, whipped away off the back foot, oh he's hit that very well through square leg. It was the slower ball on the leg stump, in fact it went through mid-wicket and the man in the deep can't cut it off
10.6
Maxwell to Carey, 2 runs, a better throw would have been curtains for Carey. He managed to tuck this to mid-wicket, went for the second, had to dive, the keeper had to move a long way to his left to collect the throw and have a shy at the stumps and that gave Carey the extra time
10.2
Maxwell to Head, 2 runs, driven straight past the bowler to long-on
10.1
Maxwell to Carey, 1 run, edged but doesn't carry to short third man. Flighted delivery spinning away outside off stump, Carey tries to muscle it hard, but fails to get the middle of the bat
9.5
Stoinis to Head, no run, Hastings dives and stops the ball at mid-wicket. Shortish and on the stumps, Head pulled hard, can't hit the gap
9.4
Stoinis to Carey, 1 run, short and pulled away uppishly, Carey wanted to hit over mid-wicket, mistimed it wide of the man at mid-wicket
9.2
Stoinis to Carey, 1 run, shortish and wide outside off stump, Carey cuts it to sweeper cover
8.6
Maxwell to Head, 1 run, shortish and outside off stump, Head cuts it to point
8.5
Maxwell to Carey, 1 run, shortish and down the leg-side, Carey glances it to fine leg
8.3
Maxwell to Head, no run, steps out and drives it back to the bowler
8.2
Maxwell to Head, 2 runs, flatter delivery on the stumps, Head works it away through mid-wicket, they return for the second, but a direct-hit would have been curtains for Carey. Maxwell, who was in front of the stumps, just let the ball go. Would have had a chance had he been behind the sticks
8.1
Maxwell to Carey, 1 run, pushed away to cover
7.5
Hastings to Head, no run, Head wants to punch off the back foot, only manages to chop it into the pitch
7.4
Hastings to Carey, 1 run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Carey cuts it away to sweeper cover
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