Melbourne Stars vs Adelaide Strikers, 34th Match, Big Bash League 2025-26 - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Stoinis to Boyce, out Caught by Maxwell!! This is high and this is right down Maxwell's throat at long-on - Strikers have been bundled out for 83 - backed away to a good length delivery and didn't get enough on the lofted drive, over the bowler's head and Maxwell has plenty of time to get under it in the deep. Boyce c Maxwell b Stoinis 20(18) [4s-1 6s-1]

Stoinis to Boyce, no run, slower ball outside off - no pace to work with as Boyce throws his bat on the cut, bounces through to the keeper

Stoinis to Boyce, 2 runs, crunched, back of a length and well wide of off - Boyce stays leg-sided and slaps the drive over mid-off, comes back for the second run

Stoinis to Shamsi, 1 run, full and at the stumps, driven down to long-on for a run

Stoinis to Boyce, 1 run, the slower bouncer - Boyce gets on top of the bounce and swats it wide of mid-wicket for a single

Stoinis to Shamsi, 1 run, on a length and just outside off - pushed into the gap wide of cover for a single

Stoinis to Shamsi, no run, the cutter from Stoinis - Shamsi stays back in defence

Stoinis to Shamsi, no run, slower ball outside off - Shamsi goes hard on the slog and gets an inside edge onto his pad

Stoinis to Shamsi, no run, short of a length and at the stumps, Shamsi hops across defensively

Stoinis to Lloyd Pope, no run, a wicket-maiden from Stoinis - on a good length and just outside off, Pope presses forward and pushes it to the off-side

Stoinis to Lloyd Pope, no run, banged in short and at the batter - Pope takes his eyes off the ball, but kept the bat hanging, beaten on the top-edge

Stoinis to Lloyd Pope, no run, short of a good length and around off, defended back at the bowler

Stoinis to Harry Manenti, out Lbw!! That's plumb and Harry Manenti can't even think about reviewing - looks so bad on replays, a pre-empted slog-sweep, he shuffled right across and Stoinis saw it coming, went for the slower ball and got it to dip in front of the batter - Manenti was caught in no man's land, changes his decision and then tries to squeeze it out - gets into a bad tangle and is caught right in front, the ball would've crashed into middle and leg. Harry Manenti lbw b Stoinis 7(9) [6s-1]

Stoinis to Harry Manenti, no run, the slower ball from Stoinis - Manenti had backed away on the cut and is indone by the lack of pace

Stoinis to Harry Manenti, no run, fuller length delivery at the stumps, Manenti backs away on the drive to the bowler - Stoinis gets a hand onto it and saves some runs

Stoinis to Liam Scott, no run, short of a length and well wide of off - Overton throws his hands on the cut and misses

Stoinis to Jamie Overton, 1 run, short of a good length and at the hips, nudged down to long leg for a single

Stoinis to Jamie Overton, no run, the slower cutter from Stoinis - doesn't come onto the right-hander, no pace and Overton misses the hack, having backed away

Stoinis to Jamie Overton, no run, Stoinis shortens the length outside off - Overton plays late and dabs it on the bounce to the keeper

Stoinis to Liam Scott, 1 run, short of a good length and well wide of off - Scott drags the pull behind square on the on-side

Stoinis to Jamie Overton, 1 run, short of a length and around off, tucked behind square on the on-side for a single