Adelaide Strikers hosted Melbourne Stars in the 48th match of Big Bash League 09 at the Adelaide Oval on Wednesday (January 22).

Asked to bat first, Strikers posted 162/4 in 20 overs on the back of Jonathan Wells’ unbeaten 55 from 36 deliveries, including 4 fours and 2 sixes. Alex Carey (33 off 21 balls) and Matthew Short (23* off 15 balls) also chipped in with the bat.

Clint Hinchliffe was the stand-out bowler for Stars, claiming 3 wickets for 19 runs in his three overs.

In reply, the table-toppers fell 11 runs short of the target. Apart from skipper Peter Handscomb (65* off 39 balls), none of the Melbourne batsmen made a substantial contribution.

For Strikers, Peter Siddle (4/33), Wes Agar(2/30), Rashid Khan (1/24), Michael Neser (1/26) were economical and among the wickets.

Brief Scores:

Adelaide Strikers 162/4 in 20 overs (Jonathan Wells 55*; Clint Hinchliffe 3/19) defeated Melbourne Stars 151/8 in 20 overs (Peter Handscomb 65*; Peter Siddle 4/33) by 11 runs.