Stars vs Thunder live scores, stats and more<\/a><\/p>\nDespite the Thunder having previously played home games at the Canberra venue, it will be the Stars who will sit in the home dugout for their annual \u2018home\u2019 game away from the MCG.<\/p>\n
The Stars won the toss and elected to bowl first.<\/p>\n
\u2018GUTSY\u2019 KONSTAS NEARLY CAUSES FIRST-BALL CARNAGE <\/p>\n
Sam Konstas was front and centre of tonight\u2019s Big Bash game from ball one \u2014 literally.<\/p>\n
The 20-year-old tucked off-spinner Glenn Maxwell to the leg side with the opening ball, and ambitiously came back for a second run after a slight hesitation.<\/p>\n
In real time as Sam Billings took the bails from the throw in the deep, it looked like Konstas had run himself out. <\/p>\n
The third umpire had the final say though, with replays showing that the right-hander had made his ground in between frames.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a gutsy, gutsy run \u2026 but I think he\u2019s gotten away with it. He could\u2019ve dived!\u201d former Australian quick Brendan Julian said on Fox Cricket.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think there was two (runs) there, but he was quick.\u201d <\/p>\n
Australian wicketkeeping great Brad Haddin added: \u201cI like the intent. I know that was a close call there, but I like the intent to put pressure straight away on the fielders of the Stars, and make a statement early.\u201d<\/p>\n
The five-Test young gun was eventually bowled by Mitch Swepson for 11 off 15 balls.<\/p>\n
\u2018ONE OF THE BEST\u2019: 41-YEAR-OLD STAR STILL GOING STRONG<\/p>\n
There are very few 41-year-olds still playing professional cricket, but of those who are, Peter Siddle is the one setting the standard.<\/p>\n
The 67-Test stalwart has been in spectacular form so far this Big Bash campaign, and his performance Sunday night was no exception.<\/p>\n
Siddle, who has retired from first-class cricket, finished with figures of 1\/22 from his four overs and was arguably deserving of at least one more scalp.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m feeling good. There\u2019s obviously a lot of pressure not playing first-class cricket, and then having to be ready for this,\u201d Siddle told Fox Cricket during the innings break.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a great bowling unit to bowl with, we\u2019ve got plenty of fire-power in there.\u201d<\/p>\n
The right-arm seamer wasn\u2019t just putting balls in the right spot, but was also bowling with genuine pace behind him \u2014 highlighted by a 142km\/h bouncer to Shadab Khan during the Sydney Thunder\u2019s Power Surge.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s amazing that he still has his pace \u2026 he\u2019s still very fit, he rides a lot,\u201d Haddin said during the first innings.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not sure he (Shadab) thought Peter Siddle still had that in him!\u201d<\/p>\n
Julian added: \u201cBecause he has a very front-on action, it allows him to get through the crease and keep his momentum going.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s still one of the best bowlers in the competition Peter Siddle, pound-for-pound \u2014 he bowls the hard overs,\u201d Australian great Mark Waugh said.<\/p>\n
Melbourne Stars XI: Sam Harper (wk), Joe Clarke, Campbell Kellaway, Tom Rogers, Marcus Stoinis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Hilton Cartwright, Tom Curran, Mitch Swepson, Haris Rauf, Peter Siddle<\/p>\n
Sydney Thunder XI: David Warner (c), Sam Konstas, Cameron Bancroft, Matthew Gilkes, Sam Billings (wk), Shadab Khan, Daniel Sams, Chris Green, Tanveer Sangha, Ryan Hadley, Reece Topley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Melbourne Stars\u2019 undefeated start to BBL|15 faces another challenge on Sunday evening, as they trek to Canberra…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[189233,64,63,689,7292,197303,57608,163573,89819,2667,189226,740,189219,18754,12177,2105,24689,183897,189808,202698,189775,18748,196453,189829,117279,164003,189787,673,677,163882,160474,202696,3247,189824,146145,17069,130468,85,670,109024,52906,52090,154269,164217,202697],"class_list":["post-375881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-aidan-oconnor","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-capital-territory","tag-bat-flip","tag-brisbane-heat","tag-cameron-bancroft","tag-campbell-kellaway","tag-canberra","tag-chris-green","tag-cricket","tag-daniel-sams","tag-david-warner","tag-enemy-territory","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-glenn-maxwell","tag-hamish-mckenzie","tag-hilton-cartwright","tag-home-dugout","tag-joe-clarke","tag-marcus-stoinis","tag-matt-gilkes","tag-matthew-gilkes","tag-melbourne-stars","tag-mitchell-swepson","tag-nathan-mcandrew","tag-new-south-wales","tag-oceania","tag-opening-stand","tag-peter-siddle","tag-played-home-games","tag-robert-cianflone","tag-ryan-hadley","tag-sam-harper","tag-sam-konstas","tag-shadab-khan","tag-sports","tag-sydney","tag-sydney-thunder","tag-team-selection","tag-tom-curran","tag-tom-rogers","tag-tom-whitney","tag-undefeated-start"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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