Overview
- Melbourne Stars were bowled out for 128 in 19.5 overs at the MCG, led by Ben Dwarshuis’ 4-13 and Jack Edwards’ 3-27, with Joel Davies adding 2-15.
- Sydney Sixers reached 129/4 in 17.1 overs for a six-wicket win, with Josh Philippe top-scoring and Jordan Silk and Lachlan Shaw finishing unbeaten.
- Marcus Stoinis pinned Babar Azam lbw for 14 off 17 balls, with ball-tracking showing the delivery clipping leg stump, before a stump-mic send-off of “See you later, Babar. See you later, brother.”
- Stoinis produced 2-21 with the ball and 33 off 35 with the bat as the Stars suffered a third straight loss; both teams are 4-3 on eight points, with the Stars ahead on net run rate.
- Babar has 145 runs in seven innings this season at about a 108 strike rate and a 24 average, and he is listed in Pakistan’s provisional T20 World Cup squad.