Watch: Marcus Stoinis Goes Down After Being Struck By A Short-Ball From Riley Meredith

The short-pitched delivery in cricket is undeniably one of the gun deliveries, unleashed to intimidate any batsman or get their wicket. However, of late, few vicious short balls have ended up hitting the batsmen on fragile parts of their body, even resulting in a concussion. In the ongoing extravaganza named the Big Bash League in Australia, Melbourne Stars’ Marcus Stoinis became the prey to a well-directed short delivery by Hobart Hurricanes’ bowler Riley Meredith.

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In the 16th match of the ninth season of the showpiece event, Hobart Hurricanes and Melbourne Stars battled against each other at the Invermay Park in Launceston. The incident occurred in the fourth over when Riley Meredith banged the ball in short that struck Marcus Stoinis’ helmet. As soon as he was hit, players from both sides came to check up on him. Fortunately, the all-rounder avoided any serious injury and got up to continue batting. The umpires also had a chat with him and thankfully he was allowed to continue.

Here is the video of the same:

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

Melbourne Stars prevail in a rain-curtailed encounter:

Amid taking the blow, the 30-year old top-scored with 25 off 19 balls for the Melbourne Stars in a rain-affected game as Melbourne Stars stood victorious by four runs. Glenn Maxwell won the toss and put Hobart Hurricanes to bat as the game was limited to 11 overs. Caleb Jewell top-scored with 26 as they made 69 from their allotted overs.

Dale Steyn and Nathan Coulter-Nile picked up two wickets apiece while Daniel Worrall chipped in with one. Marcus Stoinis opened the innings along with Nic Maddinson and scored 25 before Riley Meredith claimed his wicket. Peter Handscomb remained unbeaten on 22 with Stars at 55-3 from 7.3 overs when the showers returned. Glenn Maxwell’s men stood four runs ahead of the par score and thus were declared winners.

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