Melbourne Stars v Sydney Thunder
Melbourne Stars 165/4 in 20 overs (Larkin 52*; Sangha 2-29) beat Sydney Thunder 161/5 in 20 overs (Gilkes 56; Coulter-Nile 2-27) by 4 runs. Player of the Match: Nick Larkin.
Melbourne Stars beat Sydney Thunder by four runs in Match 7 of the Big Bash League 2021/22 in Melbourne. They posted 165/4 after being put in and restricted the Thunder to 161/5.
Nick Larkin and Hilton Cartwright starred with bat for the Stars, scoring 43-ball 52 and 30-ball 42 respectively. Andre Russell remained unbeaten on 17 in nine balls. Tanveer Sangha was the pick of the Thunder bowler, with 2-29.
Matthew Gilkes (56) and Sam Billings (43) tried hard to reach the target, but were not enough. Nathan Coulter-Nile bowled a maiden in his 2-27 and Adam Zampa returned 1-31.