Marcus Stoinis and Johan Botha exchange verbal volleys on pitch during a BBL game

Marcus Stoinis might have missed out on a well-deserved century on Monday but he did ensure that he did t back out from exchanging verbal volleys during Big Bash League (BBL) match between Melbourne Stars and Hobart Hurricanes at Blundstone Arena on  Monday. 

'Didn't really see coming!'

incident happened during 11th over of first innings. When Stoinis was changing ends to get back to strikers' end, he and veteran South African all-rounder Johan Botha, who h just completed his second over were spotted something to each or and while it is unkwn what conversation really was, both of m were looking serious while exchanging words and even when Botha was walking back to his fielding position, Stoinis kept on saying something to him after which he also smiled probably looking at wicket-keeper behind him. 

video of same was posted by Big Bash League on ir official Twitter handle and it was captioned as 'Marcus Stoinis VS Johan Botha is rivalry we didn't really see coming!'

Luckily, thing untoward happened as match progressed smoothly.

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Melbourne Stars register a much-needed win

Hobart Hurricanes skipper Peter Handscomb won toss and decided to chase. His move seemed to have paid off after Stars were reduced to 49/3. However, opener Marcus Stoinis h or ideas as he carried out rescue act by playing an anchor's role to perfection. Perth cricketer scored an unbeaten 97 off 55 deliveries at a strike rate of 176.36 including seven boundaries and same number of maximums as Melbourne franchise finished ir innings at 183/6 in ir 20 overs.

In reply, wicket-keeper batsman Ben McDermott held on to one end when wickets tumbled from or during Hobart's challenging run chase, and just when it appeared that opener would end up scoring a match-winning century, his innings was cut short for a quickfire 58-ball 91 when Andre Fletcher took a blinder to send him back to dugout.

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Ben's wicket arguably was turning point and it opened up floodgates for MLS. middle and lower-order could t do anything special for Hurricanes as Glenn Maxwell & Co. registered a narrow win by 10 runs.

By virtue of this win, runners-up of previous edition have w moved up to fourth spot in points table with three wins from seven matches and 15 points in ir tally. 

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