Sammy's Hurricanes lose again

MELBOURNE, Australia: (cmc):

West Indies Twenty20 skipper Darren Sammy was powerless to stop his Hobart Hurricanes from sliding to a second straight defeat - an eight-wicket loss to Melbourne Stars yesterday.

Sent in at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Hurricanes were limited to 124 all out off their 20 overs, with George Bailey top-scoring with 55 from 40 deliveries.

Sammy gathered 17 from 14 balls to be one of just four batsmen in double figures as leg-spinner Adam Zampa (2-18) and seamer Scott Boland (2-26) stifled the innings.

In reply, Glenn Maxwell smashed an unbeaten 56 from 32 balls, while in-form Englishman Luke Wright gathered 51 not out from 41 deliveries, as Stars cantered to their target with five overs left to spare.

They were in a spot of bother at 27 for two in the fifth over, but Maxwell and Wright added 99 in an unbroken third-wicket partnership to revive the innings.