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The Big Bash League is turning out to be quite a tournament. After some unexpected and exemplary performances, the recent match between Melbourne Stars and Sydney Thunders spun a rather surprising freak show. The amusing incident happened at Manuka Oval, Canberra on Saturday.
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Nick Larkin hit the ball delivered by Daniel Sams. While Nick ran to steal a quick single, the ball was nowhere to be found. The ball had just vanished, disappeared. Even Nick paused for a few seconds to see where had he hit the ball, but then ran ahead to score a single. The fielders were searching for the ball when Nick realised the ball had been entangled in his t-shirt.
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In my previous article I examined which Australian cricketers have played in the most ODI wins and which ones had the highest career success rates.
In this and following articles I will look at actual performances in wins and see who stands out.
First some criteria and an explanation of measures. This article will mostly concentrate on those 40 players from my previous article who achieved 50 career wins. Share
Averages and strike rates are both important in ODIs, more so in Tests where average is king. There is no completely satisfying way to combine the two to provide a definitive measure of ODI batting prowess. The balance between average and strike rate changes depending on where a player is situated in the batting order.
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Stoinis shines as Melbourne Stars make it two from two
Marcus Stoinis was in fine form as Melbourne Stars eased past Sydney Thunder with a 22-run win in Canberra.
He smashed 61 off 37 balls and had support from Glenn Maxwell who scored 39 off 29 balls batting at three as Stars reached 169 for 8 in their 20 overs.
They were gifted eight 10 extras as Thunder bowled eight wides and Stars sneaked in two leg-byes.