Published 16:07 IST, December 27th 2019
Big Bash: Dale Steyn takes wicket on final ball of eventful BBL debut over; watch video
Steyn makes his BBL debut for Melbourne Stars in a game against Adelaide Strikers. In his first over, he picked up a wicket after getting smacked for 20 runs
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South Africa speedster Dale Steyn finally made his Big Bash League (BBL) debut for Melbourne Stars in a game against Adelaide Strikers on Friday. After Stars captain Glenn Maxwell won toss and opted to field first, Dale Steyn steamed in to bowl second over of Strikers innings. In his debut BBL over itself, crowd at Carrara Oval witnessed an exciting over of cricketing action. After getting smacked for 20 runs from 5 balls by Jake Wearald, Dale Steyn sent him back to pavilion off final delivery.
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Big Bash League 2019-20: Dale Steyn takes a wicket in an entertaining first over
Dale Steyn took new ball to bowl second over of Strikers innings. After a dot ball to open over, Jake Wearald belted Steyn over his head for two back-to-back sixes. two colossal strikes went over mid-off and long-off respectively to handover Dale Steyn a start to forget. Wearald n backed up his massive sixes with two consecutive boundaries, both past mid-off. right-arm pacer finally got his man when Wearald mistimed a lofted shot straight to Glenn Maxwell at mid-on on final ball of over.
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At time of this report, Adelaide Strikers were 125-3 in 13 overs. After an early blitzkrieg by Strikers openers, a flurry of wickets slowed down ir run rate. Alex Carey and Jonathan Wells are at crease unbeaten at 43 and 37 respectively. Steyn bowled a better 2nd over, conceding just 3 runs.
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16:07 IST, December 27th 2019