Melbourne Stars won the toss and opted to bowl first. Mitchell Owen and Nikhil Chaudhary opened for Hobart Hurricanes. Maxwell bowled a dramatic over, starting with a wide, then Owen hit a six on the next ball, and Cartwright dropped a catch of Owen. On the 4th ball, Cartwright took the catch of Owen. Rehan Ahmed got out in the next over.

Nikhil Choudhary was struggling a lot, and Stoinis made it easy for Nikhil. Nikhil scored 7 runs in 10 balls. Tim David, who is known for hitting big sixes, only scored 31 runs in 31 balls. Ben McDermott scored 69 runs, which helped Hobart Hurricanes to reach 158 runs. Peter Siddle got 3 wickets. Harish Rauf and Stoinis each got 2-2 wickets. Maxwell and Tom Curran shared 1-1 wickets. 

Melbourne openers also struggled; Joe Clarke scored 20 runs in 20 balls, and Thomas Rogers scored 30 runs in 18 balls. Campbell Kellaway and Stoinis made that run chase easy. Campbell scored 41 runs. Stoinis hit the winning six; he scored 62 runs in just 31 balls. Melbourne won by 8 wickets, and in just 16 overs.