BBL 2025-26 AS vs MS Highlights: Marcus Stoinis-led Melbourne Stars secured a 6-wicket victory against Matthew Short-led Adelaide Strikers on December 23 at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide.

BBL 2025-26 AS vs MS Playing 11

Adelaide Strikers

Matthew Short (c), Chris Lynn, Jason Sangha, Liam Scott, Alex Ross, Jamie Overton, Harry Nielsen (wk), Jerrssis Wadia, Hasan Ali, Henry Thornton, Lloyd Pope

Melbourne Stars

Joe Clarke, Thomas Fraser Rogers, Campbell Kellaway, Marcus Stoinis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Sam Harper (wk), Hilton Cartwright, Tom Curran, Mitchell Swepson, Haris Rauf, Peter Siddle

BBL 2025-26 AS vs MS Scoreboard 

Team	Score
Adelaide Strikers	155-8 (20 Ov)
Melbourne Stars	161-4 (18.1 Ov)

BBL 2025-26 AS vs MS Scorecard

Adelaide Strikers Batting

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Short (c)	c Stoinis b Curran	56	42	64	4	0	133.33
Chris Lynn	b Curran	4	4	6	0	0	100
Jason Sangha	b Curran	0	2	2	0	0	0
Liam Scott	lbw b Stoinis	25	19	27	2	1	131.57
Alex Ross	c †Harper b Siddle	22	21	38	1	0	104.76
Jamie Overton	c Cartwright b Haris Rauf	11	10	16	1	0	110
Jerrssis Wadia	c Kellaway b Haris Rauf	7	9	14	1	0	77.77
Hasan Ali	not out	6	6	14	1	0	100
Harry Nielsen †	c †Harper b Haris Rauf	0	1	1	0	0	0
Henry Thornton	not out	12	6	5	0	1	200

Melbourne Stars Bowling

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Glenn Maxwell	2	0	14	0	7	3	1	0	1	0
Tom Curran	4	0	35	3	8.75	8	3	1	0	0
Peter Siddle	4	0	23	1	5.75	10	2	0	1	0
Mitchell Swepson	4	0	25	0	6.25	6	0	0	0	0
Haris Rauf	4	0	28	3	7	9	3	0	2	0
Marcus Stoinis	2	0	23	1	11.5	2	1	1	1	0

Melbourne Stars Batting

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Joe Clarke	b Pope	23	19	29	2	0	121.05
Sam Harper †	c Short b Overton	55	36	42	5	2	152.77
Campbell Kellaway	c Sangha b Hasan Ali	28	22	37	2	1	127.27
Glenn Maxwell	c Short b Hasan Ali	2	4	7	0	0	50
Marcus Stoinis (c)	not out	32	22	32	3	1	145.45
Hilton Cartwright	not out	10	7	11	2	0	142.85

Adelaide Strikers Bowling

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matthew Short	2.1	0	27	0	12.46	1	1	1	2	0
Henry Thornton	3	0	24	0	8	7	2	1	1	1
Jamie Overton	4	0	39	1	9.75	6	5	1	0	0
Hasan Ali	3	0	25	2	8.33	7	2	1	0	0
Jerrssis Wadia	2	0	20	0	10	3	3	0	2	0
Lloyd Pope	4	0	22	1	5.5	9	1	0	0	0

BBL 2025-26 AS vs MS Highlights

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Player of the Match

Tom Curran | Melbourne Stars

I was happy with those. Look, it’s always an important over, really. That’s the new ball, trying to set the tone. Haven’t done too much of it in my white ball career. Tend to bowl when it’s harder.

So trying to take opportunity when there’s a bit of swing on offer. And luckily tonight I did that. I feel like we’ve got a lot of bases covered. You know, still want to think when you’ve got off the road, you’ve only got two overs tonight.

But, you know, quality of Haris Rauf at the end there. Peter Siddle bowling unbelievably. And Swepson and the Stoiny doing their thing in the middle, so yeah. (on Siddle) I couldn’t have enough good words to say about Peter Siddle.

He’s, you know, as an example for any young cricketer, doesn’t get any better. He looks after himself. He’s an ultimate professional. And I guess, you know, that’s just speaking for the work he does behind the scenes.

A great man. An unbelievable performer. So hopefully he can continue being the massive weapon that he is for us tonight.

(on winning their first two this year compared to last year) Definitely feels a lot better. I think we had a bit easier preparation as well this year, which was nice. So last year we sort of landed foot to Perth and played two days later after that, before we know it, we had five games gone.

So to have sort of three games of preparation once the tournament has started and other people have games. Yeah, get a win, obviously that helps. And then to come and back it up here is a nice start to our road trip for the next couple of weeks.