Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Stars

Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Stars, Big Bash League, 28 Dec 2025 T20

Result

Sydney Thunder (20 ov) 128
Melbourne Stars (14 ov) 132/1

Melbourne Stars won by 9 wickets

Full scorecard

Sydney Thunder — 1st innings

128 (20 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
S Konstas b MJ Swepson 11 15 0 0 73.33
M Gilkes c MP Stoinis b Haris Rauf 24 13 1 2 184.62
DA Warner c C Kellaway b MP Stoinis 10 12 0 1 83.33
CT Bancroft lbw b MJ Swepson 10 13 1 0 76.92
SW Billings c GJ Maxwell b Haris Rauf 23 19 2 1 121.05
Shadab Khan c HWR Cartwright b PM Siddle 25 24 2 0 104.17
DR Sams b MP Stoinis 3 3 0 0 100.00
CJ Green c TF Rogers b Haris Rauf 12 11 1 0 109.09
T Sangha c TF Rogers b TK Curran 1 3 0 0 33.33
RJW Topley * not out 5 5 0 0 100.00
R Hadley c SB Harper b TK Curran 1 2 0 0 50.00
Extras (w 3) 3
Total 10 wkts, 20 ov 128

Fall of wickets 1-33 (M Gilkes, 3.5 ov), 2-39 (S Konstas, 5.1 ov), 3-55 (DA Warner, 8.2 ov), 4-63 (CT Bancroft, 9.5 ov), 5-90 (SW Billings, 13.6 ov), 6-103 (DR Sams, 15.3 ov), 7-112 (Shadab Khan, 17.2 ov), 8-122 (CJ Green, 18.4 ov), 9-124 (T Sangha, 19.2 ov), 10-128 (R Hadley, 19.6 ov)

Bowling OMRWEconWdNb
GJ Maxwell 1 0 12 0 12.00 1 0
TK Curran 4 0 22 2 5.50 0 0
PM Siddle 4 0 22 1 5.50 0 0
Haris Rauf 4 0 29 3 7.25 0 0
MP Stoinis 3 0 25 2 8.33 2 0
MJ Swepson 4 0 18 2 4.50 0 0

Melbourne Stars — 2nd innings

T 129 132/1 (14 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
JM Clarke c M Gilkes b CJ Green 60 37 8 1 162.16
SB Harper * not out 29 27 2 0 107.41
GJ Maxwell * not out 39 20 5 2 195.00
Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 1) 4
Total 1 wkt, 14 ov 132

Did not bat C Kellaway, TF Rogers, MP Stoinis, HWR Cartwright, TK Curran, MJ Swepson, Haris Rauf, PM Siddle

Fall of wickets 1-86 (JM Clarke, 9.4 ov)

Bowling OMRWEconWdNb
R Hadley 3 0 32 0 10.67 1 0
RJW Topley 1 0 7 0 7.00 0 0
DR Sams 2 0 31 0 15.50 0 0
Shadab Khan 4 0 24 0 6.00 0 0
CJ Green 2 0 8 1 4.00 0 0
T Sangha 2 0 27 0 13.50 0 0

Sydney Thunder — 1st innings · 20 overs

Runs per over peak 12
Over 1 GJ Maxwell 2 1 1 wd 1 6 • 12 runs
Over 2 TK Curran 1 6 1 1 • 2 11 runs
Over 3 PM Siddle • • • 1 4 1 6 runs
Over 4 Haris Rauf 2 1 1 • W • 4 runs 1 wkt
Over 5 MP Stoinis 1 1 • 1 wd 1 1 6 runs
Over 6 MJ Swepson W 1 • 1 • 1 3 runs 1 wkt
Over 7 TK Curran • • • 1 • • 1 run
Over 8 MJ Swepson 4 • 1 • • 1 6 runs
Over 9 MP Stoinis 6 W • • • 4 10 runs 1 wkt
Over 10 MJ Swepson 1 1 1 1 W 1 5 runs 1 wkt
Over 11 TK Curran • • 1 2 1 1 5 runs
Over 12 Haris Rauf 2 1 4 2 • • 9 runs
Over 13 PM Siddle 1 • • 1 1 • 3 runs
Over 14 Haris Rauf 1 6 1 • 1 W 9 runs 1 wkt
Over 15 PM Siddle 4 1 1 2 • 1 9 runs
Over 16 MP Stoinis wd 1 2 W 1 • 4 9 runs 1 wkt
Over 17 MJ Swepson 1 1 • 1 1 • 4 runs
Over 18 PM Siddle • W • 1 2 1 4 runs 1 wkt
Over 19 Haris Rauf • 2 4 W • 1 7 runs 1 wkt
Over 20 TK Curran 1 W 1 2 1 W 5 runs 2 wkt

Melbourne Stars — 2nd innings · 14 overs

Runs per over peak 20
Over 1 R Hadley 2 4 1 1 • 1 9 runs
Over 2 RJW Topley 2 • • 4 • 1 7 runs
Over 3 R Hadley 1 1 4 4 1lb wd 4 16 runs
Over 4 DR Sams 4 1 1 4 4 6 20 runs
Over 5 Shadab Khan • 1 • • 2 1 4 runs
Over 6 CJ Green 1 1 • 1 1 1 5 runs
Over 7 Shadab Khan 1 • • 1 • 2 4 runs
Over 8 T Sangha 1 1 3 1 1 4 11 runs
Over 9 Shadab Khan • 2 • 4 1b 1 8 runs
Over 10 CJ Green 1 • 1 W • 1 3 runs 1 wkt
Over 11 DR Sams 1 1 6 1 1 1 11 runs
Over 12 R Hadley 4 • 1lb 2 1 1 9 runs
Over 13 Shadab Khan • 4 • 4 1 • 9 runs
Over 14 T Sangha 1 1 4 4 • 6 16 runs

Run progression

Sydney Thunder 128 Melbourne Stars 132 wicket
0 33 66 99 132 0 3 6 9 12 15 18

Overs

Partnerships

Sydney Thunder — 1st innings

1 33 M Gilkes 24 · S Konstas 8
2 6 S Konstas 3 · DA Warner 2
3 16 CT Bancroft 8 · DA Warner 8
4 8 SW Billings 6 · CT Bancroft 2
5 27 SW Billings 17 · Shadab Khan 10
6 13 Shadab Khan 9 · DR Sams 3
7 9 Shadab Khan 6 · CJ Green 3
8 10 CJ Green 9 · T Sangha 1
9 2 RJW Topley 2 · T Sangha 0
10 4 R Hadley 1 · RJW Topley 3

Melbourne Stars — 2nd innings

1 86 JM Clarke 60 · SB Harper 23
2 46 GJ Maxwell 39 · SB Harper 6

Bars show the full stand including extras; the two figures beside each are the runs each batter made off the bat.

Match details

Format T20
Ground Manuka Oval, Canberra, Canberra
Season 2025/26
Toss Melbourne Stars won the toss and chose to bowl
Umpires D Brigham, Troy Penman
Match referee Kent Hannam

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