Glenn Maxwell celebrated his 100th BBL game for the Melbourne Stars with another stellar all-round performance
Match Report:
ScorecardMaxwell shines as Stars belt Renegades in Melbourne derby
Captain Glenn Maxwell has celebrated his 100th KFC BBL game for the Stars with all-round excellence in a thumping Melbourne derby win over the Renegades.
Everything went right for player-of-the-match Maxwell in Tuesday night's rain-shortened game at the MCG as the Stars easily won by eight wickets.
They have won their last four games and sit third in the BBL|13 standings with a 4-3 record, while the Renegades are last on 1-5.
The Stars now boast a 16-9 win-loss record in Melbourne derbies, after the Renegades won their two games last season.
The teams will meet again at Marvel Stadium on January 13.
The Stars restricted the Renegades to 7-97 from 14 overs and then cantered to 2-98 with two overs in hand.
Maxwell, the first player to reach 100 games for the Stars, won the toss and everything flowed for him from there.
He managed the Stars bowlers superbly, claimed 1-8 from his three overs and took two catches.
Maxwell then combined with opener Tom Rogers, who top-scored with 42no, to close out the match with a typically entertaining knock.
He scored 32 from 15 deliveries, including three successive sixes off Australian white-ball teammate and former Melbourne Star Adam Zampa.
"It was awesome to watch from the other end – box office," Rogers told Fox Cricket post-match.
Adding to the Renegades' woes, batter Joe Clarke is out for the rest of the tournament with the quad strain he suffered in Friday's win over the Strikers.
They also had to leave out star overseas spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman because of a contract dispute with the Afghanistan Cricket Board, with captain Will Sutherland revealing post-match he wouldn't play again for the rest of the season.
A Renegades spokesperson added: "Mujeeb's time with the Melbourne Renegades in BBL|13 has unfortunately come to an end. Due to a recent change in his NOC (No Objection Certificate), his tournament ended earlier than anticipated and he flew home this evening."
In-form Renegades No.3 Jake Fraser-McGurk only made 14 from 19 balls before he skied a catch to Maxwell off Beau Webster's bowling.
They started brightly enough, scoring 33 from their first 2.5 overs, but once Jordan Cox was dismissed for nine, they lost momentum quickly and didn't score a boundary from the fifth to the 11th overs.
Fellow opener Quinton de Kock top-scored with 23 from 16 balls before Maxwell dismissed him.
Spinner Dan Lawrence claimed 2-8 from his two overs.
Cox was brought in for his first BBL game of the season and Kane Richardson returned with out-of-form Renegades captain Nic Maddinson remaining sidelined.
After heavy afternoon rain in Melbourne delayed the start by more than an hour, the Stars dropped off-spinner Corey Rocchiccioli for medium-pace bowling allrounder Jono Merlo.
KFC BBL|13 standings
| Team | M | W | L | T | N/R | NRR | Ded. | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
HEA
|
10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.972 | 0 | 16 |
|
2
SIX
|
10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.339 | 0 | 14 |
|
3
SCO
|
10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.725 | 0 | 13 |
|
4
STR
|
10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.331 | 0 | 11 |
|
5
HUR
|
10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | -0.268 | 0 | 8 |
|
6
STA
|
10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | -1.051 | 0 | 8 |
|
7
REN
|
10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | -0.288 | 0 | 6 |
|
8
THU
|
10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | -0.652 | 0 | 4 |
M: Matches played
W: Wins
L: Losses
T: Ties
N/R: No results
NRR: Net Run Rate
Ded.: Deductions
PTS: Total points
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