4.5 holes out to deep mid wicket! Tossed up on a fullish length on middle and leg. Rogers gets down on the sweep but chunks it off the inside half of the bat. Arrows it straight to Fraser-McGurk and he was never going to drop that. First wicket of the season for Stow! 42/2

2.4 shanked a little, and taken! Back of a length outside off and this seems to stick a touch. A bit of extra bounce too, meaning Harper cannot get hold of it fully. Cloths it towards deep mid wicket, where Fraser-McGurk shields his eyes from the sun and holds on. Timely breakthrough for the visitors! 30/1

14.3 Kellaway falls too! Stow is stacking up on the wickets now. This is floated up on a length outside off. Kellaway hares down, trying to go big. Deceived in the air, though, meaning he has to fetch it from in front. Slices it and Sandhu, hovering under it frantically at long off, does the rest! 109/6

6.4 edged and gone! Not the best ball Sutherland has ever bowled, but he will take it nevertheless. Short and wide. There to be hit and Macdonald throws his hands at it. In the end, the ball is just too far away to make any meaningful contact and all he manages is a snick through to Rizwan! 52/3

7.4 Maxwell bites the dust! This is outstanding bowling. Two darts followed by the slower length ball outside off. Maxwell, feeling the pinch, chances his luck with the slog. Has to reach out well in front, though, and he shanks this badly. Spoors settles under it well inside the long on fence, and that is a huge wicket! 55/4

10.6 oh dear - Stoinis will not want to look back on that! Slower bumper on middle stump. Stoinis wants to upper-cut this but has absolutely no pace to work with. The ball arrived after a couple of business days and Stoinis, with his bat up like a periscope, somehow spoons it to short fine leg. Either came off the toe-end or the back of the bat. Not that Sandhu and the Renegades will care. Stars in a spot of bother now! 80/5

16.2 spliced to mid on, and Sandhu has come up trump again! Banged into the track again and this climbs up onto Cartwright. He is rushed on the pull and he cannot free his arms either. Lobs it rather tamely towards mid on, where the skipper dives down low and sends Cartwright on his way! 126/7

19.4 chaos at the G, and Curran is outta here! Slower ball on a length wide outside off. Rauf reverts to default setting and swings for the hills. Misses it by a mile. Takes a couple of steps down for the bye but then stops. In the meantime, Rizwan shies at the batter's end and nearly takes out Rauf with his throw. The throw makes its way to the bowler and with Curran stranded half-way, trying to pinch a bye, he cannot make it back in time! 171/9

19.2 sandhu has four! This is a full toss in the end, on middle and off. Swepson shuffles across but cuts himself off a touch. Cannot lay bat on ball and he misses a full toss that he will feel he should have capitalised on. Stars eight down! 167/8

14.1 oh, maybe Swepson can turn this game around! Fizzed in full on middle stump. Brown backs away, trying to go downtown. Misses a straight ball, though, and hears the rattling of the stumps soon after. Big, big wicket, and it is that man Swepson again! 127/2

2.3 goes a mile up, and taken at fine leg! Back of a length delivery, drifting down leg. Seifert looks to help it fine but gets it all wrong. Straight off the top edge and Cartwright, stationed right on the fence, makes no mistake. Rauf breaks through a potentially threatening opening stand! 24/1

16.2 in the air and taken! The Renegades slide further into trouble! Speared in full on the pads. Rizwan wants to work it to leg but closes his bat face too early. The ball spoons up tamely off the top edge and Curran has the easiest of catches to take at mid off. Now then. Now then... 136/3

17.5 miscued and gobbled up by Stoinis! And the MCG is a cacophony of noise now! Hard length just outside off and this gets big on JFM. He tries to muscle it inside-out but is always fighting against the tennis-ball bounce. Splices it towards extra cover and Stoinis leaps into the air to send the youngster on his way. Advantage Stars, all over again! 148/5

17.3 third time unlucky for Hassan, and the MCG roars again! Slower ball dug into the track outside off. Hassan waits for it and tries to muscle it straight. Tugs at it a little too much, though, and drags it straight down Rogers' throat at long on. Another twist in this tale! 147/4

18.6 no prayer for Peake this time, and the Stars have another! Zipped in full on the pads. Peake whips it towards deep backward square leg and decides to go back for the second, surprisingly. Always a tough ask and Macdonald is both sharp of his mark and accurate with his throwing. Caught well short and that is a bit of an implosion from the youngster there! 161/6