Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Sixers, 28th Match - Live Cricket Score

Melbourne Stars will take on Sydney Sixers in the 28th match of the BBL 2023-24 on Saturday (January 6) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Stars have won four out of seven matches so far and are in fourth position in the points table. Sixers have managed three wins in seven games and are third in the rankings. Two of their matches have ended in a no result so far and they have eight points to their name.

The Stars faced Melbourne Renegades in their last outing and elected to bowl after winning the toss. The match was reduced to 14 overs due to rain. Renegades managed just 97 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 14 overs. No batter managed to cross the 25-run mark for the team. Daniel Lawrence was the pick of the bowlers for the Stars and took two wickets for eight runs in two overs. The Stars chased down the target of 98 runs in 12.1 overs with eight wickets in hand. Thomas Rogers was the highest scorer for the team and remained unbeaten on 46 runs off 34 deliveries. Glenn Maxwell took one wicket for eight runs in three overs and scored 32 runs off just 15 deliveries. He was adjudged Player of the Match.

The Sixers faced Brisbane Heat in their last outing, where the Heat elected to bowl after winning the toss. Josh Philippe helped the Sixers post a total of 141 runs for the loss of eight wickets with his knock of 41 runs off 36 deliveries. No other batter managed to cross the 25-run mark. Paul Walter and Matthew Kuhnemann took two wickets each for the Heat. Heat scored 104 runs for the loss of four wickets in 14.3 overs before the match got interrupted due to rain. Paul Walter had hit two boundaries of the first three balls of the 15th over. Heat were three runs ahead of the DLS par score and won this match by three runs. Walter won the Player of the Match award.