STA vs THU Ball by Ball Commentary

Too full, outside off, Brody Couch looks to slap it but misses. Sydney Thunder beat Melbourne Stars by 18 runs!

Too full, on off, Brody Couch lofts it over mid on for a brace.

Slower one, on leg, Brody Couch looks to pull it but gets a blow on his body.

FOUR! Well played. Too full, on leg, Brody Couch shuffles across and drills it magnificently through mid on for a boundary.

A full toss, on leg, Joel Paris flicks it to mid-wicket for one.

Too full, down leg, Brody Couch shuffles across and taps it to mid on for one.

Short, on middle, Joel Paris pulls it over mid-wicket for a brace. 27 needed off the final over.

A low full toss, on middle, Brody Couch taps it to covers for one.

Another dot, another play and a miss! Length, outside off, Brody Couch looks to drive it but misses again.

Slower one, outside off, Brody Couch looks to waft at it but misses again.

Fuller one, outside off, Brody Couch looks to play at it but misses.

Lands it on leg, Joel Paris flicks it fine for one.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND AGAIN! Sam Billings has been a busy man behind the sticks! Full and wide outside off, Beau Webster reaches out to it and looks to slap it but misses it completely. Gets a feather as the ball goes behind the sticks and Sam Billings takes another catch behind the stumps!

Fuller one, on off, Joel Paris pushes it to covers for one.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Another one bites the dust! A full toss, outside off, pre-intimidated from Usama Mir as he looks to scoop it. Mistimes it completely as the ball lobs in the air towards Sam Billings who makes no mistake.

FOUR! Off the mark in style! A low full toss, on leg, Usama Mir picks it well and flicks it over mid-wicket for a boundary.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Jonathan Merlo bites the dust! Too full, outside off, Jonathan Merlo reaches out to play at it but gets a slight edge. The ball carries to the right of Sam Billings who takes a good catch.

Too full, outside off, Beau Webster drills it to mid off for one.

Lands it on off, Beau Webster lofts it over the bowler's head. The fielder chases it and just manages to pull the ball in before over over the ropes. The batters collect three.

FOUR MORE! Beau Webster is gearing up! Full, on off, Beau Webster swings hard. Mistimes it over mid off but the ball finds the fence.

FOUR! They need more of these! Short, on middle, Beau Webster hangs back and clatters it over square leg for a boundary.

Length, outside off, shaping away. Beau Webster has a fiddle but misses.

Short, on off, Beau Webster pulls it to deep square leg for a brace.

Too full, on off, Jonathan Merlo taps it to point for one.

Slower one, on off, Jonathan Merlo punches it to covers for one.

Lands it down leg, Beau Webster looks to flick it but the ball hits his pads and rolls fine. A leg bye taken.

Lands it on leg, Beau Webster taps it back to the bowler.

Full, on off, Jonathan Merlo taps it to mid off for one.

OUT! TAKEN! That was not a wicket-taking delivery, to be honest! Short and wide, Ben Duckett reaches out to it to slap it. He misses it but gets the slightest of the edge. Sam Billings behind the sticks does the rest. Thats a huge wicket for the Sydney Thunder!

Fuller one, on off, Ben Duckett drives it through covers for a brace.

Short, on off, Ben Duckett pulls it to square leg for one.

FOUR! Another brave attempt from the fielder, but it looks like he couldn't prevent the boundary. Full and down the leg side. Duckett paddle sweeps it to deep fine leg. The third umpire reviews the play, and the replays confirm that the fielder's boot was touching the boundary rope at the moment he grabbed the ball.

Short, on off, Ben Duckett lofts it over the bowlers head. Chris Green runs to his right and just flicks the ball in restricting it from going over the ropes. The batters collect two. The umpire checks again and confirms that it was not a boundary.

FOUR! Excellent effort through. Full and outside off, and Duckett stepped up to hit it towards long off. Green jumped and managed to deflect the ball back into the field before going out of bounds. However, it seems the ball rolled and made contact with the boundary. The third umpire reviewed it and confirmed that the ball touched the ropes, meaning Green didn't manage to keep it in play.

Full, on off, Beau Webster taps it to mid off for one.

Dropped! That was struck hard though! Full and aimed at the stumps. Duckett hit it hard back towards the bowler, who managed to get a hand on it, but the ball trickles down the pitch for a single.

Short, on middle and leg, Beau Webster tucks it to the fielder at short mid-wicket.

A low full toss, Ben Duckett drills it to mid on for one.

Full, on off, Beau Webster taps it to covers for one.

FOUR! This will ease some pressure! A streaky one though! Full, outside off, Beau Webster looks to loft it but gets a thick edge as the ball races past the keeper for a boundary.

Lands it on leg, Ben Duckett looks to loft it but miscues it to mid-wicket for one.

Too full, on middle, Ben Duckett digs it back to the bowler.

Lands it on off, Beau Webster drives it to the cover fielder.

Fuller again, Beau Webster taps it back to the bowler.

Full, on off, Beau Webster taps it to mid off.

OUT! TIMBER! A much needed wicket for the Sydney Thunder! Slower one, on off, Hilton Cartwright goes for a big swing but gets beaten on the lack of pace as the ball hits the top of off. Hilton Cartwright makes his way back into the shed.

Another single. Full, on off, Ben Duckett knocks it to mid on for one.

Full, on off, Hilton Cartwright knocks it down the ground for one.

Full, on off, Ben Duckett taps it to covers. Dot.

Length, on off, Hilton Cartwright taps it to covers for one.

Lands it on off, Ben Duckett cuts it to backward point for one. Back to back fifties now for Ben Duckett!

Full, on off, Hilton Cartwright taps it to mid off for one.

Slower one, outside off, Ben Duckett taps it to covers for one.

Length, on off, Hilton Cartwright punches it to covers for one.

Excellent over from Ton Andrews! Full, on off, Hilton Cartwright slices it to covers for one.

Short, on leg, Hilton Cartwright taps it back.

Full, on off, Ben Duckett drives it to extra covers for one.

Lands it on leg, Ben Duckett slaps it but finds the mid off fielder again.

Too full, on off, Ben Duckett taps it to mid off.

Short, on off, Ben Duckett tucks it through mid-wicket for a brace.

FOUR! Ends the over with another boundary. Short of a length around leg, Hilton Cartwright goes deep and pulls this towards the cow corner for four.

FOUR! HC muscles this down to the long on fence for four. Too full around leg, Hilton Cartwright clears his front leg and powerfully smashes this down the ground towards long on for four.

Short of a length around leg, Ben Duckett moves away from the stumps and smashes this towards long on for one.

FOUR! Drilled in the straight V for four now. Too full on off, Ben Duckett drives this wide to long off towards right for four.

FOUR! Smashed away for four. Short of a length around leg, Ben Duckett swivels and slaps this through the deep backward square leg region for four.

Tossed up on off, Hilton Cartwright smashes this to long off for one.

Slightly short around leg, Ben Duckett smashes this towards wide long on for a couple. Jason Sangha goes straight down the tunnel as he has pulled something on his bowling arm it seems.

Fuller around middle and leg, Ben Duckett slog sweeps this towards deep mid-wicket for a couple.

Fuller on off, Hilton Cartwright smashes this through mid-wicket for one.

Floated around off, Hilton Cartwright gets an outside edge towards third man region for a couple.

OUT! THE SHOW HAS ENDED SOON! Tossed up on middle and leg, Glenn Maxwell looks to go for the sweep towards leg again but catches a leading edge yet again and into the hands of Wes Agar.

FOUR! The show has begun from the Big Show! Offie-around the pads, Glenn Maxwell moves in and sweeps this up and over the backward square leg region for a bonundary.

Too full ont he pads, Glenn Maxwell flicks this through square leg for one.

Short of a length around off, Ben Duckett places this in the gap for one.

Tossed up around off, Glenn Maxwell pushes this through off for one.

OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Tossed up, outside off, and it gets some extra bounce. Marcus Stoinis hangs back and looks to go over covers but mistimes his stroke. Chris Green runs behind and takes a fine catch over his head.

Too full on the pads, Marcus Stoinis looks to flick this towards deep on leg but miscues it towards the bowler.

FOUR! Boundaries galore. Short of a length around off, Marcus Stoinis gets low on his knee and sweeps this through the mid-wicket region for a boundary.

FOUR! Ben Duckett is slowly getting into his groove. Tossed up around off, Ben Duckett moves away from his stumps and hammers this all along the ground through extra cover region for a boundary.

Too full, angling away from the batter, Ben Duckett hammers this to Cameron Bancroft at long on. The fielder fumbles and the batters take an extra run here.

Short of a length around off, Marcus Stoinis punches this off his back foot and runs a single.

Tossed up on off, Marcus Stoinis lofts this over cover and scampers back for two.

Beaten on the outside edge.

FOUR! Lucky but Stoinis wouldn't mind it one bit. Tossed up around off, Marcus Stoinis swings and aims to loft this inside out but gets an outside edge past the keeper and in the gap between Billings and short third for a boundary behind the stumps.

Good length around off, Ben Duckett swings and misses.

FOUR! OH JEEZ! A midfield and what should have been a single adds to a boundary tally now. Good length on off, Ben Duckett slogs and the ball rolls to mid on. The fielder took his eyes off it a bit too early and the ball nutmegs him to the fence towards long on.

Good length, wide outside off, Ben Duckett moves to his off and looks to ramp this one but Wes Agar took the pace off it and BD misses.

Back of a length on the pads, Marcus Stoinis goes for the nudge towards leg but gets an inside edge onto the pads for a single towards mid-wicket.

Good length outside off, Marcus Stoinis swings with no footwork at all and misses.

On a length aorund the pads, Ben Duckett flicks this towards the deep mid-wicket region for a single.

Darted on off, Marcus Stoinis defends this one.

SIX! A FLAT SIX! Tossed up on middle and leg, Marcus Stoinis gets low on his knee and slog sweeps this flat and all the way over the fence for a huge six.

Fuller on off, Ben Duckett smashes this through extra cover for a single.

The Hulk escapes what could have been an unlucky dismissal. Tossed up on middle and leg, Ben Duckett shimmies down the ground and hammers this straight at the stumps on the other end. Green attempted to get a bit f hand to it but failed to do so.

Floated on the pads, Marcus Stoinis flicks this to deep square for one.

Short and wide outside off, Ben Duckett rocks back and smashes this to sweeper cover for one.

Pitched-up around the pads, Ben Duckett moves in and flicks this through mid-wicket for another single.

Back of a length around leg, Marcus Stoinis jams this to mid-wicket and takes one.

On a length around leg, Ben Duckett flicks this towards mid-wicket for a single.

On a length around off, Ben Duckett slashes hard, gets an inside edge just to the right of Sam Billings for a couple. This was half a chance for Billings but he couldn't pouch this.

FIVE WIDES! Pressure tells off on Sams as he fluffs his lines. Slower one, goes horribly wrong down the leg, Ben Duckett misses and so does the keeper. Wided plus four behind the stumps.

FOUR! A bit more conviction this time. Short-pitched, around leg, Ben Duckett stays back and pulls this up and over mid-wicket for yet another boundary. Sams is put straightaway under pressure from Duckett.

FOUR! Ben Duckett gets off the hook against Sams. On a length down the leg, Ben Duckett moves in and flicks this through the square leg region and the ball races away to the fence for four.

On a length around the pads, Ben Duckett chips this just wide of the outstretched left hand of Lockie Ferguson towards mid on for one.

Back of a length around leg, Ben Duckett tucks this towards leg for no run.

WIDE! On a length way too wide outside off, Duckett swings away from his body and misses. Wided.

On a length around leg, Ben Duckett flicks this towards mid-wicket for no run.

On a length wide outside off, Ben Duckett shimmies down the ground and swings but misses.

Good length, pitching outside leg and skidding onto the pads of Ben Duckett. The batters gets beaten to the pace and the ball deflects off his pads to short third.

Good length, angling away from off, Ben Duckett jams this towards off for no run. Lockie Ferguson has bowled some tight lines so far.

Back of a length around leg, Marcus Stoinis punches this to extra cover for no run. A good over from Wes Agar despite a boundary early on.

Good length on off, Ben Duckett thumps this to the left of David Warner at mid off for a single.

Good length, angling away on off, Ben Duckett shimmies down the track and hammers this to mid off for no run.

Back of a length around off, Ben Duckett punches this towards off for no run.

FOUR! Ben Duckett is up and running with a boundary. Good length on the pads, Ben Duckett flicks this through the vacant square leg region for a boundary. Ben Duckett has started right from where he had ended in the last game.

On a length around off, Ben Duckett punches this back to the bowler for no run. A good start for Agar as well.

Good length on off, Marcus Stoinis punches this through cover for a couple.

Back of a length around leg, Marcus Stoinis gets tangled and the ball shapes back into him. Stoinis misses it with the bat and the ball deflects off his thigh pads towards off.

OH JEEZ! Lockie Ferguson is spitting fire up front. Good length, nagging back in around leg, Marcus Stoinis goes for the punch down the ground but misses on the inside. The ball thumps into his back pad. Lockie appeals for LBW but te umpire is unmoved.

OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Good length around off, Harper goes for the drive but hits it uppish and closer to the fielder at mid off. Skipper Warner times his jump well and collects this with ease.

Good length wide of off, Sam Harper goes for the punch down the ground but misses.

FOUR! Streaky but effective for four. Good length outside off, Sam Harper flashes at it with no footwork. Gets an inside edge past the keeper to his left for a boundary towards fine leg region.

WIDE! Starts off with an extra. Back of a length down the leg, Sam Harper goes for the pull but misses. Wided.