WATCH: Chris Morris fakes mankading to surprise Marcus Stoinis in BBL 2019

Chris Morris fakes mankading to surprise Marcus Stoinis: Thunder’s all-rounder faked catching his Stars’ counterpart outside his crease.

During the 17th match of the ongoing ninth season of the Big Bash League between Sydney Thunder and Melbourne Stars in Sydney, Sydney Thunder all-rounder faked mankading Melbourne Stars all-rounder Marcus Stoinis to catch him outside his crease.

It all happened on what would have been the fourth delivery of the third over when the ball slipped out of Morris’ hands just before he was about to jump in his bowling action.

Bringing out the funny side of the situation, Morris seemed to have a laugh with non-striker Stoinis as he gestured as if he was about to mankade the batsman.

Chasing a 143-run target for Stars, Stoinis and Nick Larkin stitched a 123-run partnership for the second wicket to lay a solid foundation for their team. While Stoinis scored 58 (51) with the help of four fours and two sixes, Larking top-scored for the visitors with 65 (45) with the help of eight fours and a six.

Morris, who scored 6 (5) after coming in to bat at No. 6 in the 12th over, registered bowling figures of 4-0-24-2 in a losing effort. Apart from Morris, Sydney pacer also bowled well as he dismissed three batsmen for 25 runs in the four over that he bowled.

It was Thunder captain Callum Ferguson who won the toss and chose to bat before his team scored a mediocre 142/7 in 20 overs. With bowling figures of 4-0-24-3, Haris Rauf was the pick of the bowlers for the visitors.

Chris Morris fakes mankading to surprise Marcus Stoinis

The attempted-no-ball-mankad-fake… Chris Morris has that move perfected! #BBL09 pic.twitter.com/tRqSBi7Qiq

— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) January 2, 2020

Having won four out of five matches so far, Melbourne Stars are at the top of the points table in Big Bash 2019. Thunder, who have lost three out of six matches, are at No. 4 in the points table.

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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