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THE Melbourne Stars sealed top spot on the Big Bash ladder on Tuesday night with a seventh consecutive win, but not without a couple of key body blows.
After losing Lasith Malinga to a whim of Sri Lanka Cricket, the Stars will sweat on another star's possible absence with Rob Quiney suffering a shoulder injury while fielding.
But nothing, it seems, can stop the Stars, who ran down Hobart's mediocre 9-131 with five balls to spare.
And while Luke Wright (52 off 36) was the hero of the chase, the continuing bowling excellence of John Hastings set the tone for the win.
Hastings, who's been a pillar of consistency with the ball, now has nine wickets for just 158 runs for the tournament.
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More importantly, almost half of all his deliveries have been dot balls - a phenomenal 16 of his 24 went without a score conceded on Tuesday night.
On the other side of the coin, the Hurricanes - already playing without one import having dropped Owais Shah - got an absolute shocker out of Shoaib Malik.
The Pakistan all-rounder was desperately unlucky to be run-out for a diamond duck - without facing a ball - off a deflection while backing up at the bowler's end.
But his third over of off-spin summed up his night, conceding three wides, a six and an horrendous dropped catch off a skied attempted slog by Brad Hodge.
Malik later dropped David Hussey at deep fine-leg to cap his horrid evening before the veteran Victorian batsman piloted the hosts home with an unbeaten 19.
Earlier, Hussey opened the bowling for the Stars and picked up Hobart skipper Tim Paine first ball.
And just when the Hurricanes had rebuilt and looked like posting a testing target, Marcus Stoinis picked up dangermen Travis Birt (31 off 23) and Ben Dunk (30 off 30) in consecutive deliveries.
Dunk had looked particularly promising, but fell to a spectacular Wright catch at point from a full-blooded cut shot.
The Englishman managed to parry the ball up as he was knocked to his feet by the ball's velocity, then it landed on his stomach and rolled up his chest before he clutched it.
But Quiney's scare will have potentially longer-lasting ramifications, depending on how he pulls up this morning.
The former Test batsman made great ground from deep square leg to attempt a diving catch off a skied pull shot from Jon Wells in the game's fourth over.
But Quiney, who had shoulder surgery after a fielding accident for Essex in May, landed heavily and immediately favoured his right shoulder.
He was taken from the ground for treatment but returned to the bench later in Hobart's innings and batted briefly at first drop but was clearly in pain when he attempted any lusty swings.
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