Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Sixers

Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Sixers, Big Bash League, 8 Jan 2026 T20

Result

Melbourne Stars (19.5 ov) 128
Sydney Sixers (17.1 ov) 129/4

Sydney Sixers won by 6 wickets

Full scorecard

Melbourne Stars — 1st innings

128 (19.5 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
SB Harper b JA Davies 21 17 2 0 123.53
TF Rogers b BAD Manenti 23 23 2 1 100.00
C Kellaway c BAD Manenti b JA Davies 1 3 0 0 33.33
MP Stoinis c Babar Azam b BJ Dwarshuis 33 35 2 1 94.29
BD Macdonald c JR Philippe b BJ Dwarshuis 33 22 2 2 150.00
GJ Maxwell c Babar Azam b J Edwards 1 4 0 0 25.00
HWR Cartwright c SM Curran b J Edwards 1 2 0 0 50.00
MJ Swepson c SM Curran b J Edwards 5 4 1 0 125.00
Haris Rauf c JR Philippe b BJ Dwarshuis 0 1 0 0 0.00
LC Hatcher c L Shaw b BJ Dwarshuis 1 5 0 0 20.00
PM Siddle * not out 6 3 1 0 200.00
Extras (lb 1, w 2) 3
Total 10 wkts, 19.5 ov 128

Fall of wickets 1-43 (SB Harper, 5.6 ov), 2-47 (TF Rogers, 6.4 ov), 3-53 (C Kellaway, 7.6 ov), 4-97 (BD Macdonald, 13.4 ov), 5-99 (GJ Maxwell, 15.1 ov), 6-107 (HWR Cartwright, 15.6 ov), 7-116 (MP Stoinis, 17.4 ov), 8-116 (Haris Rauf, 17.5 ov), 9-122 (MJ Swepson, 18.5 ov), 10-128 (LC Hatcher, 19.5 ov)

Bowling OMRWEconWdNb
BAD Manenti 3 0 15 1 5.00 0 0
SA Abbott 3 0 26 0 8.67 0 0
SM Curran 2 0 31 0 15.50 1 0
J Edwards 4 0 27 3 6.75 1 0
JA Davies 4 0 15 2 3.75 0 0
BJ Dwarshuis 3.5 1 13 4 3.39 0 0

Sydney Sixers — 2nd innings

T 129 129/4 (17.1 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Babar Azam lbw b MP Stoinis 14 17 1 0 82.35
MC Henriques lbw b PM Siddle 12 7 1 0 171.43
JR Philippe c TF Rogers b Haris Rauf 35 25 2 2 140.00
SM Curran c Haris Rauf b MP Stoinis 17 21 2 0 80.95
JC Silk * not out 17 20 0 0 85.00
L Shaw * not out 24 14 2 1 171.43
Extras (lb 7, w 2, nb 1) 10
Total 4 wkts, 17.1 ov 129

Did not bat J Edwards, JA Davies, BJ Dwarshuis, BAD Manenti, SA Abbott

Fall of wickets 1-20 (MC Henriques, 2.1 ov), 2-48 (Babar Azam, 6.3 ov), 3-75 (JR Philippe, 9.5 ov), 4-89 (SM Curran, 12.2 ov)

Bowling OMRWEconWdNb
GJ Maxwell 1 0 10 0 10.00 0 0
LC Hatcher 3 0 28 0 9.33 2 0
PM Siddle 3.1 0 12 1 3.79 0 0
Haris Rauf 3 0 22 1 7.33 0 0
MP Stoinis 4 0 20 2 5.00 0 0
MJ Swepson 2 0 24 0 12.00 0 1
C Kellaway 1 0 6 0 6.00 0 0

Melbourne Stars — 1st innings · 20 overs

Runs per over peak 21
Over 1 BAD Manenti • 4 1 • • • 5 runs
Over 2 SA Abbott • • 1 2 • • 3 runs
Over 3 SM Curran wd 4 3 6 2 4 1lb 21 runs
Over 4 J Edwards wd • 3 • • 1 • 5 runs
Over 5 BAD Manenti 3 • • 1 1 • 5 runs
Over 6 JA Davies • 2 1 • 1 W 4 runs 1 wkt
Over 7 BAD Manenti • • 4 W • 1 5 runs 1 wkt
Over 8 JA Davies 2 1 • 1 1 W 5 runs 1 wkt
Over 9 BJ Dwarshuis • 1 • • 2 1 4 runs
Over 10 J Edwards • • 1 1 1 4 7 runs
Over 11 SM Curran 1 1 1 1 6 1 11 runs
Over 12 SA Abbott 4 2 1 • 1 6 14 runs
Over 13 JA Davies 1 1 • • 1 1 4 runs
Over 14 BJ Dwarshuis • • 4 W • • 4 runs 1 wkt
Over 15 JA Davies • 1 1 • • • 2 runs
Over 16 J Edwards W 1 2 4 1 W 8 runs 2 wkt
Over 17 SA Abbott 6 • • 2 • 1 9 runs
Over 18 BJ Dwarshuis • • • W W • 0 runs 2 wkt
Over 19 J Edwards • 4 1 1 W 1 7 runs 1 wkt
Over 20 BJ Dwarshuis 4 1 • • W 5 runs 1 wkt

Sydney Sixers — 2nd innings · 18 overs

Runs per over peak 16
Over 1 GJ Maxwell 1 4 2 2 • 1 10 runs
Over 2 LC Hatcher 3 wd • 2 2 2 • 10 runs
Over 3 PM Siddle W 1 • • • • 1 run 1 wkt
Over 4 Haris Rauf • • • 4 • 4 8 runs
Over 5 PM Siddle 1 • • • • 2 3 runs
Over 6 LC Hatcher wd 1 2 6 1 4 1 16 runs
Over 7 MP Stoinis • • W • 1 1 2 runs 1 wkt
Over 8 MJ Swepson 1 2 1 1 1nb 6 1 14 runs
Over 9 MP Stoinis 1 • • 1 1 • 3 runs
Over 10 Haris Rauf 2 1 4 1 W 1 9 runs 1 wkt
Over 11 PM Siddle 1 • 4 4lb 1 • 10 runs
Over 12 LC Hatcher • 1 1 • 1lb • 3 runs
Over 13 MP Stoinis • W 1 • • 2 3 runs 1 wkt
Over 14 C Kellaway 1 1 1 2 1 • 6 runs
Over 15 Haris Rauf • 1 1 1 1 1 5 runs
Over 16 MJ Swepson 1 1 1 4 2 1 10 runs
Over 17 MP Stoinis 6 1lb 1 4 1 1lb 14 runs
Over 18 PM Siddle 2 2 runs

Run progression

Melbourne Stars 128 Sydney Sixers 129 wicket
0 33 66 99 0 3 6 9 12 15 18

Overs

Partnerships

Melbourne Stars — 1st innings

1 43 TF Rogers 19 · SB Harper 21
2 4 TF Rogers 4
3 6 MP Stoinis 5 · C Kellaway 1
4 44 BD Macdonald 33 · MP Stoinis 11
5 2 MP Stoinis 1 · GJ Maxwell 1
6 8 MP Stoinis 7 · HWR Cartwright 1
7 9 MP Stoinis 9
8 0 Haris Rauf 0
9 6 MJ Swepson 5 · LC Hatcher 1
10 6 PM Siddle 6 · LC Hatcher 0

Sydney Sixers — 2nd innings

1 20 MC Henriques 12 · Babar Azam 7
2 28 JR Philippe 20 · Babar Azam 7
3 27 SM Curran 10 · JR Philippe 15
4 14 SM Curran 6 · JC Silk 3
5 40 JC Silk 14 · L Shaw 24

Bars show the full stand including extras; the two figures beside each are the runs each batter made off the bat.

Match details

Format T20
Ground Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Season 2025/26
Toss Sydney Sixers won the toss and chose to bowl
Umpires Andrew Crozier, ME Claydon
Match referee RL Parry

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