In the 13th match of ‘Big Bash League 2021-22’ (BBL), Sydney Sixers defeated Melbourne Stars by 7 wickets. In this match, Glenn Maxwell, the deadly batsman of Melbourne Stars, played a brilliant innings of 103 runs. At the same time, Josh Philippe’s bat also rained heavily on behalf of the Sydney Sixers. While batting brilliantly of 99 runs, Philip gave his team victory and remained not out. The batsmen of both the teams showed excellent cricket at the ‘Melbourne Cricket Ground’.
Glenn Maxwell, who came out to bat first, made a ruckus from the Melbourne Stars team and scored a brilliant century in the latest season of BBL. Maxwell scored 103 runs in just 57 balls with the help of 12 fours and 3 sixes. It is worth noting that there was a moment in this match when 2 players were returned to the pavilion for 6 runs by Melbourne Stars. But, after this Glenn Maxwell’s bat showed a stormy color and thrashed the bowlers of Sydney Sixers.
Thanks to the explosive innings of Glenn Maxwell, ‘Melbourne Stars’ scored 177 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. Significantly, this was the fourth century of Glenn Maxwell’s T20 career.
Maxwell created a new record of sixes
In this latest match of BBL, explosive batsman Glenn Maxwell hit 3 sixes in his scorching innings of 103 runs and recorded a special record in his name. History of BBL tells that Maxwell became the second batsman to hit 100 sixes in BBL. Before him, Chris Lynne has made this record in his name. Chris Lynn has hit 172 sixes in this league so far.
Sydney Sixers landed in the field to chase the target given by Melbourne Stars. Josh Philip’s bat warmed up. However, he fell short of scoring a century by one run and remained not out after scoring 99 runs. But, he played the biggest role in helping his team win by 7 wickets. Josh Philip scored 99 runs in 61 balls with the help of 11 fours and 2 sixes. Thanks to Phillip’s blazing batting, Sydney Sixers won the match with 2 balls to spare.
– Vinay Kumar