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Usama Mir joins Melbourne Stars as sole Pakistan pick in BBL Draft

Melbourne Stars picked leg-spinner Usama Mir during the annual draft for Australia’s Big Bash League (BBL) 2024, making him the only player from Pakistan to be selected for the upcoming season.

A total of 69 male cricketers and 11 female cricketers were put forward as nominees in the drafts for the Big Bash League (BBL) and the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL).

Despite the high number of nominees, except Usama, none of the Pakistan players were considered for selection.

Haris Rauf, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Zaman Khan, Naseem Shah, Fakhar Zaman, Shan Masood, Saim Ayub, Usman Qadir, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Umar Akmal, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Haider Ali and Mohammad Hasnain were among the Pakistani nominees for BBL draft.

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Meanwhile, Pakistan’s women players Fatima Sana, Nida Dar, Diana Baig, Aliya Riaz, and Nashrah Sandhu as well as rising stars Tuba Hasan and Arooba Shah participated in the WBBL draft.

Notably, Usama Mir has previously represented Melbourne Stars in last season, where he claimed five wickets in as many games.

The Big Bash League (BBL) is scheduled to kick off on December 15, with Perth Scorchers clashing against Melbourne Stars in the tournament opener in Perth. The tournament will culminate with the final on January 27, 2025.

Meanwhile, the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) will run from October 27 to December 1, with the opening game seeing Adelaide Strikers take on Brisbane Heat at the Adelaide Oval.

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Tayyab Tahir’s heroics in vain as Melbourne Stars edge past Pakistan Shaheens

DARWIN: Tayyab Tahir’s unbeaten half-century went in vain as Melbourne Stars edged past Pakistan Shaheens by 47 runs in the Top End T20 series 2024 on Sunday at the DXC Arena.

While batting first, Melbourne Stars posted an imposing total of 175-4, on the back of Liam Blackford’s half-century and Ashley Chandrasinghe’s 47.

After opting to bat first, Blackford and Chandrasinghe constructed a 91-run opening partnership in 12.2 overs.

Arif Yaqoob provided the first breakthrough to Pakistan Shaheens as he removed Blackford, who top-scored for Melbourne with a 43-ball 55 with seven boundaries.

Skipper Dylan Brasher scored 10 before falling prey to Jahandad Khan.

Chandrasinghe played a calculated 47-run knock from 42 balls with the help of four boundaries and two sixes but he also fell to Jahandad.

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Arjun Nair played a quick cameo of 36 runs from 15 balls, which included three sixes and three boundaries to push the team’s total to 175-4 in 20 overs.

In response, Pakistan Shaheens had an unwanted start as they lost opening batters Sahibzada Farhan (26) and Haseebullah Khan (11) with 44 runs on the board.

Reiley Mark removed Usman Khan in the seventh over, followed by two more wickets in his next over, while a run-out also occurred in the same over, leaving the Shaheens reeling at 58-6.

Tayyab Tahir held on to one end and scored an unbeaten knock of 57 runs from 43 balls but could not get support from the other end. Pakistan Shaheens only managed 128-9 in 20 overs, while chasing 176.

Reiley Mark topped the wicket-takers chart with four wickets, while Arjun Nair picked two.

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WATCH: Haris Rauf comes out to bat without pads in BBL

ALBURY: Pakistan’s right-arm speedster Haris Rauf on Saturday, left cricket fans in splits when he rushed out to bat unequipped in the Big Bash League (BBL) fixture between Melbourne Stars and Sydney Thunder.

Haris Rauf, representing Melbourne Stars in the ongoing BBL 2023, found himself the centre of attention in his side’s five-wicket defeat against the Thunder when he came out to bat at No.11.

Rauf came out to bat after his teammate Mark Steketee got run out at the non-strikers’ end on the penultimate delivery. He rushed to the field in fear of getting timed out.

When Haris Rauf entered the field he did not have any safety equipment on but put on gloves and helmets on his way, barring the pads, which he left out.

Since he was not supposed to face the final delivery of the innings, the absence of the pads did not cause any trouble.

For the unversed, Haris Rauf presumably was not expecting himself to bat as Melbourne Stars were 170/6 before the commencement of the final over.

Daniel Sams, who was picked in the Platinum category by Karachi Kings in the recently-held Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2024 Players Draft, ran through the Stars’ batting tail.

The all-rounder picked up three wickets in the over while Steketee got run out as the Stars slipped from 170/6 to 172 all out.

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Sams led the bowling attack for the Thunder with 4/33 in his four overs, followed by Pakistan international Zaman Khan, who returned brilliant figures of 3/24.

Beau Webster top-scored for the Stars with an anchoring half-century. His 59-run knock, which came in 44 balls, featured two boundaries and as many sixes.

In response, the Thunder comfortably chased down the 173-run target for the loss of five wickets and 10 balls to spare.

Openers Alex Hales (40) and Cameron Bancroft (30) not only provided a decent platform for the pursuit but also remained the notable run-getters for the Thunder.

Beau Webster backed his gritty half-century with a four-fer but his all-round exploits went in vain.

Haris Rauf, however, went wicketless and leaked 20 runs in three overs.

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Melbourne Stars routed for record-low 29 in WBBL

Melbourne Stars side boasting Australia skipper Meg Lanning and several England internationals was bundled out for just 29 runs against Adelaide Strikers in the fourth match of WBBL 2023, recording the lowest score in the women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) history.

The previous low in the Twenty20 competition’s eight seasons was the 66 posted by both Brisbane Heat and Hobart Hurricanes in 2017.

Chasing Adelaide Strikers’ 177, Melbourne Stars’ innings lasted just 57 legal deliveries. No batter from the Stars managed to reach double figures against rampant defending WBBL champions, who won by a crushing 148 runs.

“Everyone kept saying ‘this is ridiculous, what’s happening’,” said Strikers skipper Tahlia McGrath after the game on Saturday evening at Karen Rolton Oval in Adelaide.

“It’s still a little bit hard to process.”

Along with Lanning, the Stars’ top order featured fellow Australian Annabel Sutherland, plus England-capped trio Sophia Dunkley, Alice Capsey and Maia Bouchier.

Megan Schutt and Amanda-Jade Wellington both grabbed three wickets each with Zimbabwe leg-spinner Anesu Mushangwe taking two.

Melbourne Stars’ skipper Meg Lanning invited the Strikers to bat first, but the decision backfired as Katie Mack and Laura Wolvaardt raised 135 runs for the first wicket.

Both openers were then dismissed in the same over by Sophie Day.

Wolvaardt departed after scoring 47 off 36, while Katie Mack, who scored 86 off 50, got out stumped two balls later.

Sophie Day claimed another wicket to finish with figures of 3-24 in her four overs.

However, Adelaide Strikers managed to post 177 on board despite Day’s performance.

The two teams will square off again in the eighth match of WBBL on October 24 in Melbourne.

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‘Let Babar know he’d look good in green’ Melbourne Stars

MELBOURNE: Australia’s Big Bash League (BBL) franchise Melbourne Stars requested the Pakistan pacer, Haris Rauf, to let the top-ranked white-ball batter Babar Azam know he would look good in green.

Stars, a BBL franchise, took the opportunity to express their preference by tweeting a request to Pakistan pacer Haris, who is already a member of the squad.

Following Pakistan’s series win over Australia, the official handle of the BBL posted a question along with the picture of Pakistan skipper Babar and his Australian counterpart Aaron Finch.

“Which Pakistani would you love to see in the Big Bash?” tweeted BBL.

 

The tweet went almost went viral immediately, with followers flocking to offer their opinions.

BBL Franchise Stars, on the other hand, also took the opportunity and requested the right-arm speedster Haris to let his captain Babar know that he would look good in green.

“Hey [Haris], can you let [Babar know] he’d look good in Green?!,” the franchise wrote.

 

It is pertinent to mention here that Australia’s white-ball captain Finch also commented on the participation of Pakistan players in the BBL, recently in an interview and ‘said any opportunity they can fit into our competition is fantastic,’.

“Any opportunity they can fit into our competition is fantastic, and they’d always be welcome in the Big Bash League,” Finch said.

“If Babar is available then every Big Bash team will be ready to pick him,” he concluded.

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