Melbourne Stars 211 for 3 (Webster 66, Stoinis 55*, Lawrence 50, Boyce 1-15) beat Adelaide Strikers 205 for 4 (Lynn 83*, Short 56, Maxwell 2-21) by seven wickets

Stoinis, who entered the match hopelessly out of contact with simply 30 runs for the match at a mean of six, battered the Strikers into submission, turning a formidable chase right into a cruise.

With the match within the steadiness within the 18th over, Wes Agar was incensed when his full toss which Stoinis clobbered for 4 was deemed too excessive and a no-ball, softening the equation for the Stars.

But there was no luck required within the nineteenth as Stoinis, additionally the New Year's Eve hero right here 12 months in the past, crunched James Bazley for 62466 for the win.

D'Arcy Short's bullet to wicketkeeper Harry Nielsen from deep sq. leg simply beat Lawrence's lunge, however whereas the ball spilled out of Neilsen's gloves because the stumps had been damaged, the Englishman was given his marching orders by third umpire Donovan Koch.

Earlier, grasp blaster Lynn and captain Matt Short had the Strikers at one stage eyeing a complete nearing 250. After D'Arcy Short (25) spooned a return catch to spinner Corey Rocchiccioli, captain Short and Lynn smashed 83 off the following 5 overs and moved into first and second place on the competitors's run-scoring leaderboard.

The skipper thumped three sixes earlier than lofting a knuckle-ball from reverse quantity Maxwell (2-21) to Webster at deep midwicket.Maxwell's knuckle-ball variation additionally claimed Hose (14) because the Strikers' progress stalled considerably, however Lynn continued to fireplace towards a depleted, rattled Stars assault.

The BBL's all-time main run-scorer, Lynn belted 4 sixes and was properly supported late by Jamie Overton however no whole was sufficient with the temper Stoinis was in.