Riley Meredith floors Marcus Stoinis with deadly bouncer: Big Bash League 2019-20 season is going excited day by day as currently in its apex stage. Teams are trying hard to win the matches in order to get into the top 5 positions in the points table. On Monday, Melbourne Stars and Hobart Hurricanes have played the 16th match of the ongoing season. The match was played at Aurora Stadium in Launceston.
During the 16th match of the ongoing BBL (Big Bash League) season, Melbourne Stars batsman Marcus Stoinis gets a nasty hit on the helmet. It all happened in the fourth over of the second innings when Hobart Hurricanes bowler Riley Meredith floors Marcus Stoinis with a deadly bouncer.
The official account of Big Bash League has posted the video of the incident on their twitter handle. In the caption, they wrote, “Marcus Stoinis hit HARD by this Riley Meredith delivery He says he’s okay and will bat on #BBL09.” Here we are attaching the video of the same incident.
Here is the video ( Riley Meredith floors Marcus Stoinis with deadly bouncer)
Marcus Stoinis hit HARD by this Riley Meredith delivery ? He says he's okay, and will bat on #BBL09 pic.twitter.com/GI3putARCC
— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) December 30, 2019
Short Summary of the Match
Earlier the due to rain the game was reduced to 11 overs each side. In the 16th match of the ongoing season, Melbourne Stars after winning the toss decided to bowl first. Meanwhile, batting first Hobart Hurricanes 69-5 at the end of the 11 overs. From Hurricanes Caleb Jewell was the top scorer, who scored 26 runs off 28 balls.
In the reply, Melbourne Stars manage to score 55-3 before the game again stopped due to rain. Thereafter the match was called off and Melbourne Stars won the match by 4 runs with Duckworth Lewis Method (DLS). From Melbourne Stars, arcus Stoinis was the top scorer who scored 25 off 19 balls and remains unbeaten. Nathan Coulter-Nile awarded with ‘Man of the Match’ for his two wickets in 2 overs.