- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.5 appeal for a stumping! Harper is very confident. Owen swings and misses, drags out of the crease and Owen's foot is in the air. Sharp work from Harper 8/13.4 full outside leg, Ward gives himself room, lofts down the ground and it's well taken at long-on...Rauf keeps operating with pace off and it works 38/29.5 taken at long-off, Maxwell holds this one. Full toss outside off, Webster goes straight down the ground but he's done some late damage 112/55.3 yorker, given lbw! Terrific bowling. Gets it full at off stump, McDermott is across the crease. Takes the back heel. Stone dead 54/38.5 full outside off, slower ball, taken at deep cover...bottom hand comes off the bat as he reaches out for it 91/4Extras10 (b 1, lb 4, w 5)TOTAL114/5 (10 Overs, RR: 11.4)Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Mitchell Owen, 0.5 ov), 2-38 (Tim Ward, 3.4 ov), 3-54 (Ben McDermott, 5.3 ov), 4-91 (Nikhil Chaudhary, 8.5 ov), 5-112 (Beau Webster, 9.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB GJ Maxwell 1 0 9 1 9 2 0 1 0 0 TK Curran 2 0 36 1 18 4 3 3 3 0 PM Siddle 2 0 19 0 9.5 5 2 1 0 0 Haris Rauf 2 0 27 2 13.5 4 2 2 1 0 MJ Swepson 2 0 12 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 MP Stoinis 1 0 6 1 6 2 0 0 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR1.1 bowled him! Too quick! Full, shaping in a touch on off, he tries to whip across the line to the short boundary, he misses and it crashes into off! 5/15.1 leg break wide of off, he slices a drive to deep point 49/34.3 holes out to deep point! Clarke stays still, Meredith goes full and wide, he slices in the air to deep point, Owen runs in and takes a good catch diving forward 41/26.2 Meredith takes this at deep backward point! Full and wide, in the slot to be launched over cover, he slices it and mistimes it, it flies straight to Meredith and he hangs onto this well inside the rope! 66/4Extras3 (lb 1, w 2)TOTAL81/4 (7 Overs, RR: 11.57)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Thomas Rogers, 1.1 ov), 2-41 (Joe Clarke, 4.3 ov), 3-49 (Sam Harper, 5.1 ov), 4-66 (Marcus Stoinis, 6.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB N Chaudhary 1 0 5 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 RP Meredith 2 0 19 2 9.5 6 4 0 0 0 B Stanlake 1 0 10 0 10 2 1 0 1 0 Rishad Hossain 2 0 24 0 12 1 0 2 0 0 MJ Owen 1 0 22 1 22 1 2 2 1 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Melbourne Stars , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Hobart Hurricanes advanced
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-21.50
Match days
21 January 2026 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Rain: Hobart Hurricanes - 0/0
- Wet Ground: Hobart Hurricanes - 0/0
- Rain: Hobart Hurricanes - 0/0
- Wet Ground: Hobart Hurricanes - 0/0
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 2.0 (Mandatory - 24 runs, 1 wicket)
- Match reduced to 10 overs per side due to rain.
- 2 overs per bowler
- Powerplay 2: Overs 7.1 - 8.0 (Batting side - 11 runs, 0 wicket)
- Over 7.4: Review by Melbourne Stars (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - MW Graham-Smith, Batter - N Chaudhary (Struck down)
- Hobart Hurricanes: 100 runs in 9.1 overs (55 balls), Extras 10
- Innings Break: Hobart Hurricanes - 114/5 in 10.0 overs (MS Wade 2, CJ Jordan 2)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 2.0 (Mandatory - 9 runs, 1 wicket)
- Rain: Melbourne Stars - 9/1 in 2.0 overs (SB Harper 1, JM Clarke 4)
- Match reduced to 7 overs, revised target: 85 runs.
- Melbourne Stars: 50 runs in 5.2 overs (32 balls), Extras 2
Match Coverage
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Hobart Hurricanes hold their nerve to keep back-to-back dreams alive
Melbourne Stars' wait for a maiden title will go on for another year after Hilton Cartwright gave them some late hope
Weatherald opts for red-ball focus rather than BBL finals return
There is some rain forecast for Hobart on Tuesday evening and if there's no match possible the hosts would progress

