In the second match of the day, Melbourne Stars registered a comfortable 7-wicket victory over Perth Scorchers to move to the top of the table.
Chasing 135, Rob Quiney gave the Stars a good start before his opening partner Luke Wright was dismissed by Jhye Richardson when the score was 31. 25 runs later, Quiney departed too after scoring 35 but Kevin Pietersen (44) and Marcus Stoinis (40) helped the Melbourne-based outfit to chase down the total with utmost ease.
Earlier, Scorchers skipper Michael Klinger’s decision to bat first after winning the toss was proved wrong straightaway as the Stars pacer rocked their top order to leave them reeling at 13 for 4 in the 4 over. Andrew Tye (42), Ashton Agar (29*) and Tim Bresnan (20*) then added valuable runs towards the end to help their team post a decent total.
Here is how Twitter reacted to the match:
BREAKING: @KP24 helps win #BBL06 match with 44*.
His scores so far in tournament:
15, 60, 73, 32, 44*
He remains available for England.— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) January 14, 2017
Watching @MitchJohnson398 roar in & bounce @KP24 at 145kph. Fast & nasty, just like '13/14.
Great theatre. #BBL06 @btsportcricket @btsport— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) January 14, 2017
Top of the table!!!!! Great game boys….let's keep it coming!!! @StarsBBL @BBL #MelbourneStars #BBL06 ?????
— Jodi Vuleta ??? (@Jezodi) January 14, 2017
Not a great night out for our WA teams @PerthWildcats and @ScorchersBBL… Oh well, we will bounce back! ??? #RedArmy #MADETOUGH @tweetperth pic.twitter.com/prfBDUhHpy
— Emma Payne (@emmainperth_) January 14, 2017
https://twitter.com/fwildecricket/status/820266312530329600
https://twitter.com/jonnymiles50/status/820260651251572736
Both Stoinis and Beer changed the game for Melbourne Stars.
Both of them also played for Perth Scorchers in the past. ?#BBL06— Sakun (@Sakun_SD) January 14, 2017