Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Stars, 23rd Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Bazley to Qais Ahmad, out Caught by Duckett!! Taken again. There has been a little procession of wickets towards the end. But end of an entertaining knock from Qais Ahmad. A nice little cameo ends as the high ball was gobbled at cover. Was a fuller ball, Qais Ahmad wanted to go downtown and sliced it for the man at cover to take it. Qais Ahmad c Duckett b Bazley 16(6) [4s-2 6s-1]

Bazley to Qais Ahmad, SIX, taken! Uh oh but he has stepped on the ropes at long-on. Qais Ahmad thwacked that down the ground and the fielder back-tracked a little and ended up stepping on to the ropes. The Stars will take it

Bazley to Zampa, FOUR, 200 is up! Ideally they should have gotten to 200 a little earlier. That was a low full toss, Zampa walks across his sticks and scoops it past short fine for a four

Bazley to Webster, out Caught by Steketee!! slams one down the ground and the man at long-on takes it! That was hit well but just couldn't clear the man at long-on. Got it off the high end of the blade and long-on fielder takes it easily. Another one falls for the cause of quick runs. Webster c Steketee b Bazley 6(7)

Steketee to Qais Ahmad, FOUR, looks to slog, gets it off the top-edge and the ball lobs over the head of the keeper for a four

Steketee to Qais Ahmad, FOUR, short ball, outside off, Qais Ahmad stays his crease and opens the bat face to guide it over short third for a four

Steketee to Coulter-Nile, out Caught by Bryant!! Length, fuller, outside off, Coulter-Nile looks to drag that and ends up cue-ending and the man at long-on charges at it and takes it. That was a good sliding take. That wasn't timed well as the batter was fooled by the slower one. Coulter-Nile c Bryant b Steketee 1(4)

Mujeeb to Joe Clarke, out Bowled!! Fuller, quicker, at the sticks and Joe Clarke misses to be clean bowled. That was speared in and Joe Clarke went across the line to miss it. Important strike for the Stars. Joe Clarke could have brought about more damage. But he is gone now. Joe Clarke b Mujeeb 85(44) [4s-7 6s-5]

Mujeeb to Joe Clarke, SIX, short ball, Joe Clarke gets hold of it and powers that over wide long-on for a huge six. That was hit hard and over the fence

Mujeeb to Joe Clarke, FOUR, fuller length delivery, Joe Clarke wallops that down the ground and the man at long-on had no chance. The fielder there had no chance

Kuhnemann to Russell, out Lbw!! That was slower off the deck, Russell wanted to wrist it away and missed for the batter to be given out. That landed in line and Russell missed the line to be in trouble. Easy decision for the umpire. Russell lbw b Kuhnemann 0(2)

Liam Guthrie to Cartwright, out Caught by Duckett!! That high full toss has done the job. Was a highish full toss and hit the bat high as Cartwright wanted to slog it across the line. That didn't come off the meat of the bat and hence presented an easy chance for the man at deep mid. End of a sensational knock from Cartwright. Cartwright c Duckett b Liam Guthrie 79(44) [4s-1 6s-8]

Liam Guthrie to Cartwright, 2 runs, 150 runs for the duo now! Outer-halves the slower delivery past cover and they race back for a brace as that wasn't timed well

Liam Guthrie to Cartwright, SIX, the six merchant has traded another one in favour of his team. Stayed his crease, picked up the slower delivery and slams it over the man at long-off. The fielder tried to leap up and take it but failed to

Liam Guthrie to Joe Clarke, SIX, whacked and six! That went through the hands of the fielder at deep mid. That was on a length, Joe Clarke got hold of it and hammered it across the line to go the distance

Liam Guthrie to Joe Clarke, FOUR, slower short ball, Joe Clarke waits on it and pulls that away past deep suqare for a four. Was hit well

Liam Guthrie to Cartwright, SIX, Liam Guthrie is having a terrible evening. That was a high full toss on the pads, a friendly one, Cartwright waited on it and lifted it away on to the on-side for a huge sixer. The last three overs have gone for 54

Liam Guthrie to Joe Clarke, 2 runs, short ball, outside off, Joe Clarke slaps that wide of deep cover and the fielder had a long throw to haul in at the bowler's end. They took one on the throw

Liam Guthrie to Joe Clarke, FOUR, short ball, Joe Clarke gets on top of the bounce and pulls it wide of deep mid for a four. The fielder had no chance to his right

Liam Guthrie to Joe Clarke, SIX, fifty for Joe Clarke as well! He swung that fuller delivery across and sent it miles over wide long-on. That was hit very well. In the slot and the ball disappeared

Bazley to Cartwright, 2 runs, 100 runs for the duo! Looks to heave it away and gets it off the inside edge behind square for a couple of runs

Bazley to Joe Clarke, SIX, reverse shovel? Reverse scoop? That has gone for a six. That was a low full toss, Joe Clarke opened his stance up and just scooped it over third man

Steketee to Cartwright, SIX, whipped away off the pads for a sixer! That was fuller length on the pads and Cartwright heaves it away over deep backward square for a huge hit. Huge over comes to an end as Stars have made good use of the power surge. One more over remains

Steketee to Cartwright, SIX, golf swing! Free swing and over the bowler's head for a big six. That was fuller outside off, Cartwright stayed his crease and slammed it down the ground. Fifty for Cartwright. He has been hitting them so well. Stars would want him to carry on like this

Steketee to Cartwright, FOUR, on the pads, whipped away and the ball lands short of the man at deep square. That was hit so well as the power surge has just started

Kuhnemann to Cartwright, 2 runs, quicker on the stumps, pulled away into the gap to the right of deep mid-wicket

Bazley to Cartwright, SIX, digs it short and Cartwright gets a massive top-edge on the pull that goes all the way over the fine leg fence

Mujeeb to Joe Clarke, 1 run, quicker and drifting in, Clarke gets an inside edge onto pad that rolls to the right of short fine leg

Mujeeb to Joe Clarke, FOUR, chops that away outside off and behind point for a four

Liam Guthrie to Cartwright, SIX, slams that away after backing away and gets it down the ground for a sixer. Huge hit indeed

Liam Guthrie to Cartwright, SIX, short and right in the slot, Cartwright clears his front and smokes it into the deep mid-wicket stands

Mujeeb to Cartwright, SIX, wow! Out of the top drawer. That was a well tossed up delivery outside off, Cartwright danced down and slams it over long-off for a single. That was wonderful anticipation of the delivery

Kuhnemann to Joe Clarke, FOUR, fetches that tossed up delivery outside off and slams that over mid-on for a four. One bounce and into the fence. That was hit really well

Kuhnemann to Joe Clarke, FOUR, flays that fuller ball through the off-side and the man at cover had no chance. That was hit powerfully and into the gap

Steketee to Maxwell, out Caught by Liam Guthrie!! The Stars are imploding. The light is fading for the Stars. Their star player is gone now. The short ball does it. Maxwell goes for the pull, gets a top-edge and the man at point ran in to take it. Maxwell would be gutted and Brisbane would be chuffed. Huge scalp indeed. Maxwell c Liam Guthrie b Steketee 2(4)

Steketee to Joe Clarke, FOUR, walks across his sticks and paddles that away fine! That was cheekily done. The batter picked up the line and length, got under it after walking across to paddle it fine. Boundary added to the tally

Liam Guthrie to Burns, out Bowled!! Fuller, nips in and Burns looks to power that away into the off-side and gets an inside edge for the ball to crash into the sticks. That nipped in ever so little and the batter wanted to back away and power it but failed to connect wel. The inside edge rammed into the sticks. Burns b Liam Guthrie 2(6)

Liam Guthrie to Joe Clarke, SIX, gets it away over the deep backward square region and sends it wide of deep square for a sixer! That was short, Joe Clarke wanted to hit it away and managed to put it away. Big hit indeed

Steketee to Stoinis, out Caught by Peirson!! A peach from the bowler and a superb take from the keeper heralds the departure of Stoinis. That nips in from a length, Stoinis looks to drive and gets an inside edge for the keeper to take it to his left. That was a superb delivery and the batter just didn't pick up the line on it. First one down in the first over. Stoinis c Peirson b Steketee 0(2)