STA vs STR Live Cricket Score

3.3 OUT! CAUGHT! Now that is what you call a soft dismissal! Nicely tossed up, around off stump. Matthew Short skips down the track and gets to the pitch of the ball. However, Short does not cream it along the ground neither does it try to lift it over mid off. Short times it well but hits it straight towards mid off, who is a bit wider. Beau Webster takes the easiest of catches and Adam Zampa has an early wicket. 29/2

2.3 OUT! LBW! Brody Couch is having a stellar debut season in the BBL! After getting hit for a boundary, Couch puts a bit more effort into this delivery and angles in a yorker at the toes. Henry Hunt is taken by surprise and ends up playing all around it. The ball hits him on the back leg and the Stars appeal. The umpire raises his finger and that one just might have been sliding down leg. The replay confirms the same, so, Hunt will feel a bit hard done by that one. 21/1

5.3 OUT! TAKEN! Qais Ahmad strikes in his first over and Adelaide Strikers are in some real trouble now. Much slower through the air this time, very full and outside off. Jake Weatherald looks to go over long off but miscues his shot. The ball flies and lands straight in the hands of Nick Larkin who takes an easy catch to dismiss Jake Weatherald. 34/3

18.3 OUT! TAKEN! Beau Webster needed all of his tall frame to get to that one. Adam Zampa bowls this one very full, around middle and leg. Jonathan Wells gets the front leg out of the way and looks to smoke it over long on. Wells doesn't quite get under the ball and hits it flat. The ball flies towards the left of long on and Webster moves that side well to leap up and catch it. End of a fighting innings from Jonathan Wells. 128/6

12.1 OUT! TAKEN! Clint Hinchliffe gets lucky here! Misses his length, serves a full toss on middle. Thomas Kelly misses out on the gift and pulls it towards deep mid-wicket. Hilton Cartwright there, runs back and takes a comfortable catch to dismiss Thomas Kelly. Adelaide Strikers are now 4 down! 81/4

14 OUT! STUMPED! What a peach of a delivery by Ahmad to get rid of Gibson! A leg-spinner's delight! This is tossed up, around middle and spins away sharply. Gibson prods and looks to tuck it across the line. He misses it completely and the ball spins past his blade. Joe Clarke behind the sticks, collects the ball cleanly and whips the bails off in no time. Gibson is way out of his crease and he walks back to the hut now. 91/5

19.4 OUT! BOWLED! Haris Rauf does get a wicket. Rauf comes from 'round the wicket and bowls a quick off-cutter, around the off stump. The ball skids in after pitching. Harry Nielsen looks to swat it over mid on but gets undone by the lack of pace and the ball crashes into the off stump. 138/7

19.5 OUT! Cleaned up! Haris Rauf is keeping it wicket-to-wicket and is reaping the rewards. Length ball, around 134 kph, on middle and angled in. Peter Siddle backs away and looks to heave it on the leg side but swings through thin air. The ball goes on to hit the top of leg stump and Siddle is out for a golden duck. Haris Rauf will be on a hat-trick on the final delivery of the innings. 138/8

20 OUT! RUN OUT! Adelaide Strikers lose their 9th wicket on the final ball of the innings and don't even cross the 140-run mark. Haris Rauf looks to attack the pads in order to get a hat-trick but Harry Conway does well to tuck it off his legs towards deep square leg. The batters push for two but Xavier Crone is really quick to get to the ball and fires in a good throw towards the keeper. Joe Clarke whips off the bails and Conway isn't even in the picture. It is a team hat-trick as well. Adelaide Strikers end with 139/9! 139/9

18.5 OUT! TAKEN! Peter Siddle has the last laugh and is there a late twist in this match? After getting pumped for a maximum on the previous delivery, Siddle yet again looks for the yorker. He misses it yet again but this time there's not much pace on the ball. Joe Clarke looks to get the scores level as he looks to lift it over the long on fence. He gets the elevation but not the distance. Thomas Kelly composes himself at the long on fence and takes a good catch. 7 required off 7 now! 133/5

1.4 OUT! LBW! Harry Conway strikes for the Strikers and Melbourne Stars lose their opener early! This is a length ball, around middle and leg and nipping back in late. Clint Hinchliffe misses his heave on the leg side and gets hit on the inner half of his pad. Conway appeals and the umpire raises his dreaded finger. Conway would feel lucky here as it felt like the ball would have missed the leg stump by a mile. A wicket nonetheless for the Strikers. Incidentally, Strikers too lost their first wicket in a similar manner, that of Hunt, uncanny resemblance. 7/1

4 OUT! Fawad Ahmed strikes straightaway! A classic leg spinner dismissal. A fuller ball, down the leg side. Nick Larkin advances down the track and misses his flick. Harry Nielsen collects the ball and whips the bails off. Nick Larkin is way out of his crease. He will walk back to the hut eary. Stars are now 2 down! 25/2

7.5 OUT! TAKEN! Rashid Khan picks up his first wicket of the game! He sends back Joe Burns cheaply. A loopy ball, change of pace this time from Rashid, on middle. Joe Burns gets down on his knee and miscues his slog-sweep to deep square leg. Henry Hunt there takes an easy catch. The Stars are in a spot of bother and they badly need a partnership now. 43/3

12 OUT! TAKEN! The skipper has done the trick for the Strikers as he breaks the partnership. Peter Siddle goes for another short ball, it is angled at the body this time. Hilton Cartwright makes a bit of room and it is at a good height to pull. Cartwright though mistimes it and the ball goes off the top edge. The ball is skied towards the square leg fence and this time Henry Hunt doesn't make any mistake. Is this the spark the Strikers needed? 83/4