Adelaide Strikers import Adam Hose believes Marcus Stoinis was too slow to face the first delivery of his matchwinning knock and the 75-second timed out rule should have been enforced.
Stoinis blasted his way back to form on New Year’s Eve, crunching 74 off 35 deliveries in the Melbourne Stars’ eight-run win at Adelaide Oval.
According to Hose, Stoinis could have been sent packing first ball had the umpires upheld the Strikers’ appeal. The rule states that at the fall of a wicket, the incoming batter must be ready to face within 75 seconds.
If the batter fails to arrive in time, they must stand to the side of the pitch for the first delivery of their innings and allow the bowler – in this case Wes Agar – a free ball at the stumps. If the ball strikes the wicket, the batter is out bowled.
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“To be honest, I was at cover for his first ball and I’m pretty certain he timed out – 75 seconds, he wasn’t ready,” Hose said. “I just hope that if it is the rule then we can play by it.
Marcus Stoinis. (Photo by James Worsfold/Getty Images)
“That’s my only experience of the clock being run out. We asked the question, we appealed, but nothing happened. I’m pretty certain his time was up.”
Eleven days earlier, against Sydney Thunder, Englishman Hose, the incoming batter, was still scratching his guard and gardening when batting partner Matt Short yelled “Hosie, face up” as the 75-second countdown almost expired.
Stoinis was aware of the ticking clock but rejected Hose’s claim, insisting Adelaide’s field was not set in time.
“I checked centre (guard), then I was standing off because I could see the field moving,” he said. “I actually didn’t know that I had to stand there regardless.”
Stoinis was also critical of the Strikers’ appeal for a timed out call against Hilton Cartwright in the 14th over.
“The same thing happened with Hilts,” Stoinis said. “They (Strikers) appealed for that but the field was moving so it ended up being a dead ball. I wouldn’t appeal (for that). The rule is in place if someone is trying to take advantage and slow the game down.”
Stoinis hit six sixes, to steer the Stars to 7-186 in Saturday’s marquee Adelaide Oval New Year’s Eve fixture in front of 40,373 fans before the Strikers replied with 5-178.
Hose (56no) struck his maiden BBL half-century while Rashid Khan (24no) produced a thrilling late cameo.
With 33 required from the last two overs, Rashid helicoptered Stoinis for six, then squirted a four past third man to leave 17 needed off the 20th over.
The Stars’ slow over rate meant they had to have an extra fielder inside the circle for the final six balls but Wood was up to the challenge.
Earlier, Stoinis walked out to the middle hopelessly out of form, with just 14 runs at an average of 3.5 for the tournament, but he recaptured his best form in brutal fashion.
Stoinis smashed 24 off one Peter Siddle over before going off for 6, 6, 6, 4 and 6 off successive balls from Golden Arm leader Henry Thornton, who conceded 29 in the 18th over.
Openers Joe Clarke (42) and Tom Rogers (30) set the platform which allowed Stoinis to tee off.
“I was not happy with the way I’ve started (the tournament), trying to do too much, too soon,” Stoinis reflected. “Sometimes you need to have a good hard look at yourself and go back to the processes that you know work.
“I thought the wicket was really good and was going to get even better under lights and we bowled really well.”
The Strikers’ reply started poorly when New Zealand superstar Trent Boult sent the dangerous Matt Short (six) packing in the first over.
Chris Lynn threatened to replicate Stoinis’s fireworks but his stay was brief, holing out to deep square leg for 21 from Stars skipper Adam Zampa’s second delivery.
With the asking rate escalating, Hose and Henry Hunt (49) raised the tempo with a 74-run, third-wicket union.
The game looked in the Stars’ keeping when left-arm seamer Liam Hatcher (2-29) dismissed Colin de Grandhomme (13) and Thomas Kelly (0) off successive deliveries before Rashid created a few late murmurs.
The only negative for the visitors came when Rogers left the field after injuring his left shoulder while sliding to save a boundary.
Stellar knocks from Oliver Davies and Alex Hales have helped the Sydney Thunder post the fourth-largest total in Big Bash League history and storm to a 62-run defeat of the Hobart Hurricanes.
The Thunder finished 6-228 before Matthew Wade’s own rapid-fire effort (67 runs from 30 balls) had the Hurricanes in the contest up to their necks and ready to break the record for largest-ever BBL chase.
But after forgotten allrounder Ben Cutting took Wade’s wicket and Brendan Doggett (4-35) ripped through the tail, the Thunder closed in on their third consecutive win and put their disappointing start to the summer firmly in the past.
“Three in a row is pretty important,” Davies told AAP. “Especially coming off those two losses to the Strikers and one in particular (when the Thunder were rolled for 15). It’s the right time to be hitting a bit of a momentum boost.”
On an extremely batter-friendly wicket at Albury’s Lavington Sports Ground, Davies slogged away to the first half-century of his young BBL career, while English opener Hales was the steady hand after the Thunder were sent in.
Only Nathan Ellis (4-37) was able to consistently trouble the batting order as Davies (65) proved especially keen to exploit the short boundaries down the ground.
Six of his 10 boundaries went over either long on or long off before he was caught by Paddy Dooley at backward point from Ellis’ bowling.
Hales (77) became the first man to pass 200 runs for the summer and appeared set to finish the innings unbeaten until he was caught on the boundary rope by Tim David on the first ball of the final over.
Davies caught the destructive D’Arcy Short (two) at point from Brendan Doggett’s bowling to get the Hurricanes’ chase off to a meek start but Wade wasted no time making amends.
The skipper hit three sixes from ramp shots in the same over Short was dismissed and equalled his own record for fastest 50 by a Hurricane. Wade hit six sixes as he reached his half-century from only 19 deliveries.
Called in to replace the injured Gurinder Sandhu, Cutting enticed Wade into toeing the ball to Rilee Rossouw at backward point on only his second delivery of the BBL summer.
Wade reviewed the decision, hoping it was a bump ball, but the wicket stood after multiple replays and the Hurricanes fell to 3-105.
Promoted up the batting order, Tim David (25) found himself run out after a pin-point throw from substitute Joel Davies, who was fielding in the BBL for the first time.
Davies, younger brother of Oliver, threw straight to wicketkeeper Matthew Gilkes from midwicket to spring David as he triedto sneak back for a second run.
“He wasn’t really expecting to come on, he was second (substitute) fielder on,” the elder Davies said.
“It gave him an opportunity to do something special in the field and he took that chance.”
The Hurricanes were in trouble when their last two recognised batters, Asif Ali and Shadab Khan, were caught in the space of seven deliveries.
“We were on track to get them with 10 (runs) an over and two or three (wickets) down but the last 10 overs with the bat was a capitulation,” Wade said.
“It’s disappointing, we haven’t fired with the bat at all yet (this summer) and our bowling’s just ticking. The positive is there’s a long time left in this tournament.”
The Hurricanes were all out for 166 after 17 overs.
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