Babar Azam and Marcus Stoinis. (Photo Credits: Screengrab/X)
Babar Azam was given a fiery send-off by Marcus Stoinis during the BBL contest between Melbourne Stars and Sydney Sixers. While Stoinis is leading the Stars, Babar Azam is a part of the Sixers side. Stoinis trapped Babar in front of the stumps during the chase of 129 runs.
Babar was undone for 14 off 17 and his dismissal was followed by the send-off.
Talking about the match, Sydney Sixers clinched a win by 6 wickets after chasing down the target in 17.1 overs. While Babar had another forgettable outing in BBL, wicket-keeper batter Josh Philippe top-scored with 35 off 25 while Lachlan Shaw remained unbeaten at 24 off 14.
Stoinis returned with bowling figures of 2/20 in 4 overs. But his bowling efforts weren’t enough.
Earlier, the Stars were bundled out for 128. Sam Harper and Thomas Rogers gave the side a decent start building a 47-run partnership. Harper struck 21 off 17 while Rogers got 23 off 23. Apart from them only Stoinis (33 off 35) and Blake Macdonald (33 off 22) chipped in with few runs but they weren’t enough to take them to a big total.
Ben Dwarshuis scalped a four-wicket haul while Jack Edwards bagged three wickets.
Bowling the 11th over of the Melbourne Stars innings at MCG, the speedster sent down a shocking 77.2km/hr delivery to Stoinis.
Sam Curran’s calculated slower delivery yielded just a single as Stoinis carefully nudged the ball towards his leg side before taking off.
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