Melbourne Stars’ downward spiral continued on Saturday as well as they wasted a golden opportunity after being in a great position to win the game against the Hobart Hurricanes at Blundstone Arena in Hobart in the Big Bash League (BBL) 10.
After chosing to bowl first, the Stars got an early breakthrough in D’Arcy Short but Hurricanes came back and rebuilt their innings through Ben McDermott and English import Dawid Malan. Both the batsmen after a slow start changed gears to send the Stars on the backfoot. However, after breaking the 82-run partnership, the men in green came back as the new batsmen found a little difficult to pierce the gaps easily and Hurricanes kept losing wickets.
Malan’s 75 and Colin Ingram’s quick 12-ball 26 helped the home side to breach 160-mark, but Stars were a batsman short with Nic Maddinson picking up a foot injury during the game and couldn’t take any further part.
The Big Collapse after the ‘Big Show’
Stars too, had a poor start as they…
