Watch: Marcus Stoinis gets out twice on just one delivery!

It was the Melbourne Stars who emerged as the winner and booked themselves a place in the finals after beating Sydney Thunder in the play-off.
Batting first, the Melbourne Stars posted an intimidating first innings score of 194 for the fall of just two wickets in 20 overs of play.

In spite of losing the early wicket of Nic Maddison, Marcus Stoinis and Nick Larkin kept dominating with the bat and added a comprehensive 107 run stand for the second wicket. Nick Larkin played an unbeaten knock of 83 from just 49 deliveries with nine fours and three sixes. Whereas, star all-rounder, Marcus Stoinis a 54 ball 83 with seven fours, three sixes and a strike rate of 153.70.

Though Stoinis looked all set to bag yet another hundred in the Big Bash League this season, he ended up getting dismissed in the weirdest way possible. The 30-year-old tried to scoop a good length delivery over the fine leg region for a boundary. However, that didn’t seem to be the case as he did connect to ball but eventually crashed onto the stumps, and then went onto in the wicket-keeper Jay Lenton’s gloves.  It seemed like Chris Morris had got a wicket through a hybrid event of getting him bowled/caught behind.

Here’s how it looked

Out twice in one ball!

Stoin's brutal innings is over #BBL09 pic.twitter.com/cEVVPfYmLx

— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) February 6, 2020

Marcus Stoinis is having a ball of a season and is currently the leading run-scorer in the league with a mammoth 695 runs under his belt. Meanwhile, Sydney Thunder, while chasing the target of 195 were restricted to 166 for 8 as they fell short of 28 runs and crashed out of the campaign. Haris Rauf was impressive with the ball after a spell of 3 for 17 from four overs. Adam Zampa and Nathan Coulter Nile also chipped in with two wickets apiece.

The Finals

As a result of the Melbourne Stars big win over Sydney Thunder, all eyes will now be on the finals as they look to lock horns with a quality Sydney Sixers team. The mega-event will take place on Saturday, February 8, 1:45 PM (IST).

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