Hobart Hurricanes 133 for 8 (Jewell 70, Crawley 30, Hatcher 3-25, Coulter-Nile 2-22) beat Melbourne Stars 131 for 7 (Cartwright 57, Webster 27, Ellis 2-12, Meredith 2-25) by two wickets
They found themselves in a comfortable position before losing 7-35, but the win keeps their hopes of making the final alive.
On-form Caleb Jewell’s career-high T20 score of 70 helps Hobart his Hurricanes survive a late meltdown and Melbourne beat his Stars by two wickets to keep hopes of a BBL Final berth alive is ready. Trailing 132 at 94-1, the Hurricanes lost 7-35 and huffed and puffed with 14 balls to go across the finish line.
The win brought him closer to fifth-placed Adelaide on points with the Strikers, while the bottom-placed Stars won just two of his nine games.
Hilton Cartwright played alone for a star who lacked firepower with Marcus Stoinis injured and Trent Boult leaving the team.
With scores of 54, 54 and 28, Jewell maintained rich form and surpassed his previous best T20 performance of 61 Not Out. He hit eight 4s and two 6s, and his left-handed aggression was always well ahead of his required run rate.
Opener Ben McDermott was thrown for 2 by Liam Hatcher, but Jewell and Zach Crowley added 84 of 60 balls for the second wicket to close the side.
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The Hurricane stumbled to his line in the finish as Jewell failed to reach an impressive Hatcher.
Prior to this, Cartwright hit eight of the team’s twelve boundaries first, with another star batter unable to find the ropes until the 14th over. Hurricanes’ assistant skipper Nathan Ellis (12-2) gave nothing and Cartwright and James Seymour were the only hitters to challenge the Hurricanes’ disciplined offense.
His 60 third wicket stand between Cartwright and Bo his Webster stabilized the innings after both openers fell early. Heavy-hitting import Joe Clarke was knocked out after an upset, and Tom Rodgers grabbed a square leg in the 5th over.At one point, Cartwright said he had nine balls and he had six with spaces and he had four. but the limit was almost exhausted at 8 overs.
Webster struggled with timing to find the gap, breaking through the drought with a fine leg from the scoop, but quickly fell off the leading edge. The Stars scored just nine runs from two power surge overs.
Ellis fielded his seven bowlers in his ten overs in the first, outperforming Riley Meredith (2-25) and Faheem his Ashraf (2-29).