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Tom Curran dismissed four of the top five batters as the Stars bowled out Adelaide for just 83 to secure his side’s BBL finals spot<\/p>\n
Melbourne Stars v Adelaide Strikers | BBL|15<\/p>\n
English allrounder Tom Curran claimed career-best bowling figures as the Melbourne Stars locked in a BBL finals berth with a comfortable six-wicket win over Adelaide.<\/p>\n
Curran was the chief destroyer with 4-10 from his four overs, laying an early platform for the Stars to skittle the visitors for just 83 at the MCG on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
It was the third-lowest total of any BBL team at the famous venue and second-lowest recorded by the Strikers in the competition’s 15 seasons.<\/p>\n
In reply, Tom Rogers (32 off 40) top-scored as the Stars gradually chipped away at the meagre target and reached 4-86 with 29 balls to spare.<\/p>\n
Captain Marcus Stoinis (23 off 20) also played a steady hand before he retired hurt with just two runs required after being hit on the finger.<\/p>\n
Fittingly, player-of-the-match Curran (9no off 4) hit the winning runs with a boundary. The result gave the Stars a 6-3 record, confirming their finals place, while Adelaide (3-6) will miss the top-four.<\/p>\n
Curran’s four dismantle Strikers at MCG<\/p>\n
Curran dismissed four of the Strikers’ top five batters as he posted the second-best figures of any bowler so far this season, and the best of his 256-game T20 career.<\/p>\n
Adelaide lost Alex Carey, Chris Lynn, Matt Short, Jason Sangha and one of their reviews in a disastrous first six overs, failing to hit a boundary as they were reduced to 4-21.<\/p>\n
Liam Scott (18 off 20) eventually found the rope twice in the seventh over, with the Strikers managing three fours and two sixes in total.<\/p>\n
Cameron Boyce (20 off 18) and Tabraiz Shamsi (8no off 22) put on 28 runs for the last wicket, but Adelaide’s season crumbled in a woeful batting performance.<\/p>\n
Stars legspinner Mitchell Swepson took 3-22 from his four overs and Stoinis claimed 2-8 from 3.3.<\/p>\n
Boyce was struck on the helmet grille by a Haris Rauf delivery and carried on batting, but did not take the field after the change of innings.<\/p>\n
The Stars could lock away a top-two spot with victory over Perth on Saturday, while the Strikers host the Melbourne Renegades in their last regular-season outing.<\/p>\n
Lowest Adelaide Strikers BBL totals<\/p>\n
68 v Melbourne Stars (15 Jan 2021)
\n83 v Melbourne Stars (13 Jan 2026)
\n87 v Sydney Sixers (10 Jan 2012)
\n88 v Perth Scorchers (26 Dec 2018)
\n9\/90 v Melbourne Stars (9 Jan 2014)<\/p>\n
Lowest BBL totals at the MCG<\/p>\n
68 – Adelaide Strikers v Melbourne Stars (15 Jan 2021)
\n74 – Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Stars (10 Feb 2019)
\n83 – Adelaide Strikers v Melbourne Stars (13 Jan 2026)
\n9\/90 – Adelaide Strikers v Melbourne Stars (9 Jan 2014)
\n99 – Melbourne Stars v Sydney Sixers (31 Jan 2020)<\/p>\n
KFC BBL|15 standings<\/p>\n
Team<\/p>\n
\n Matches played\n <\/p>\n
M<\/p>\n
\n Wins\n <\/p>\n
W<\/p>\n
\n Losses\n <\/p>\n
L<\/p>\n
\n Ties\n <\/p>\n
T<\/p>\n
\n No results\n <\/p>\n
N\/R<\/p>\n
\n Net Run Rate\n <\/p>\n
NRR<\/p>\n
\n Deductions\n <\/p>\n
Ded.<\/p>\n
\n Total points\n <\/p>\n
PTS<\/p>\n
1
\n
\n Hobart Hurricanes Men
\n HUR<\/p>\n
9
\n 6
\n 2
\n 0
\n 1
\n 0.398
\n 0
\n 13<\/p>\n
2
\n
\n Melbourne Stars Men
\n STA<\/p>\n
9
\n 6
\n 3
\n 0
\n 0
\n 1.031
\n 0
\n 12<\/p>\n
3
\n
\n Perth Scorchers Men
\n SCO<\/p>\n
8
\n 5
\n 3
\n 0
\n 0
\n 1.162
\n 0
\n 10<\/p>\n
4
\n
\n Sydney Sixers Men
\n SIX<\/p>\n
8
\n 4
\n 3
\n 0
\n 1
\n 0.458
\n 0
\n 9<\/p>\n
5
\n
\n Brisbane Heat Men
\n HEA<\/p>\n
8
\n 4
\n 4
\n 0
\n 0
\n -0.446
\n 0
\n 8<\/p>\n
6
\n
\n Adelaide Strikers Men
\n STR<\/p>\n
9
\n 3
\n 6
\n 0
\n 0
\n -0.625
\n 0
\n 6<\/p>\n
7
\n
\n Melbourne Renegades Men
\n REN<\/p>\n
8
\n 3
\n 5
\n 0
\n 0
\n -0.686
\n 0
\n 6<\/p>\n
8
\n
\n Sydney Thunder Men
\n THU<\/p>\n
9
\n 2
\n 7
\n 0
\n 0
\n -1.182
\n 0
\n 4<\/p>\n
Legend<\/p>\n
M: Matches played<\/p>\n
W: Wins<\/p>\n
L: Losses<\/p>\n
T: Ties<\/p>\n
N\/R: No results<\/p>\n
NRR: Net Run Rate<\/p>\n
Ded.: Deductions<\/p>\n
PTS: Total points<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tom Curran dismissed four of the top five batters as the Stars bowled out Adelaide for just 83…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-410150","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-text"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410150","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=410150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}