• Hurricanes extend league lead with last-over win

    George Bailey powered the Hobart Hurricanes to a last-over win over the Perth Scorchers that put the Hurricanes firmly on top of the Big Bash League, while leaving the Scorchers tied at the bottom of the log with the Melbourne Stars.

    BIG BASH LEAGUE

    Perth Scorchers 177-9 (SM Whiteman 68, NM Coulter-Nile 31 not out, HWR Cartwright 29, AJ Tye 25; JP Faulkner 3-36, RP Meredith 2-19, DJM Moody 2-43)
    Hobart Hurricanes 178-6 (GJ Bailey 69, CP Jewell 32, JP Faulkner 28 not out; AJ Tye 2-41, AM Hardie 2-25)
    Hobart Hurricanes won by 4 wickets with 3 balls in hand

    Scorecard

    BANGLADESH PREMIER LEAGUE

    Sylhet Sixers 158-8 (DA Warner 63, Liton Das 27, Jaker Ali 25; ACR Birch 3-42, Shakib Al Hasan 2-34)
    Dhaka Dynamites 163-4 (Shakib Al Hasan 61 not out, AD Russell 40 not out, SP Narine 20; Mohammad Irfan 2-38)
    Dynamites won by 6 wickets with 18 balls in hand

    Scorecard

    Khulna Titans 181-7 (Junaid Siddique 70, Al-Amin 32, DJ Malan 29; Wahab Riaz 2-34, Shahid Afridi 3-35)
    Comilla Victorians 186-7 (Tamim Iqbal 73, Anamul Haque 40, Imrul Kayes 28; Junaid Khan 4 0 32 4)
    Victorians won by 3 wickets with 2 balls in hand

    Scorecard

    Photo: Paul Kane/Getty Images

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