Marcus Stoinis: Stars all-rounder narrowly misses BBL century despite hitting four fours off Scott Boland’s last over

Dixit Bhargav | 04/01/2021
Marcus Stoinis: Stars all-rounder narrowly misses BBL century despite hitting four fours off Scott Boland's last over

Marcus Stoinis: The all-rounder from Melbourne Stars stood tall on his potential to score his 18th T20 half-century at the Blundstone Arena.

During the 27th match of the ongoing 10th season of the Big Bash League between Melbourne Stars and Hobart Hurricanes in Hobart, Melbourne Stars all-rounder Marcus Stoinis narrowly missed out on his second T20 century despite scoring as many as 17 runs in the last over bowled by Hobart Hurricanes’ Scott Boland.

Opening the batting with Andre Fletcher (10), Stoinis hit Hurricanes spinner Johan Botha for a six on the first ball he faced to make his intentions clear after being asked to bat first by Hobart captain Peter Handscomb. In the last over of the powerplay, the right-hand batsman attacked Nathan Ellis to hit a four and a six.

A set of economical overs which included dismissals of Nick Larkin (4) and Glenn Maxwell (6) did affect Stoinis’ strike rate but impact-generating knocks from Nicholas Pooran (26) and Hilton Cartwright (36) aided Stoinis to protect one end and attack when it mattered the most.

Needing 21 runs to reach the three-figure mark in the last over, Stoinis scored four boundaries off Boland but couldn’t score five runs off the last delivery to achieve the feat.

However, Stoinis scoring 97* (55) with the help of seven fours and as many sixes played a pivotal role in Stars scoring 120 runs in the second half.

Marcus Stoinis narrowly misses BBL century despite hitting four fours off Scott Boland’s last over

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Dixit Bhargav

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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