Glenn Maxwell blow softened as Aussie hero scores $550,000 payday from Ricky Ponting
And Aussie cricket legend Ponting has turned to Hobart Hurricanes star Owen as Maxwell's replacement after handing this year's BBL final hero a massive new pay day. Owen - who stunned the cricket world with a 39-ball century in Hobart's BBL final victory over Sydney Thunder in January - has been handed a $550,000 IPL deal with the Punjab Kings, ahead of the upcoming playoff series.
The Kings strengthened their hold on second spot on the IPL table with a dominant 37-run win over Justin Langer's Lucknow Super Giants. And they're almost certain to feature in the playoffs series that begins on May 20, with Owen now in line to play a key role.
The 23-year-old Tasmanian has been in decent form for the Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League (PSL), with 101 runs in his six innings so far. He has a tournament strike rate of almost 200 and has blasted 11 sixes.
Mitch Owen has just made the fastest fifty in a BBL Final!It's also the fastest Hurricanes fifty, and the third-fastest in BBL history. #BBL14 pic.twitter.com/2vuSvM7GVz
— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) January 27, 2025
Owen's Peshawar side sits fifth with three games to play this season and they're one spot outside playoff contention. But he's jumped at the chance to get an opportunity with Ponting's side in the IPL, as Maxwell's replacement for Punjab.
The Hobart star will be the sixth Australian player on Ponting's Kings roster this season, following Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Xavier Bartlett, Aaron Hardie and Marcus Stoinis. And Ponting believes Owen could be a huge asset once he's finished his current stint in the PSL with Peshawar.
Ponting's men cemented second spot on the IPL table, with Inglis hitting four sixes in a 14-ball 30 that proved his best innings of the season so far. It helped Punjab post 5-236 in Dharamshala, with Langer's Lucknow Giants only managing 7-199 in their 20 overs.
Inglis was promoted to first-drop and ignited Punjab's innings with with a big-hitting display that featured four sixes, including three in successive balls off Mayank Yadav. Punjab's Indian superstar Prabhsimran Singh once again ran the show with a glorious 91 off 48 balls that included seven sixes. And Stoinis kept the momentum going at the death with 15 not out off five balls to help the Kings set an imposing total.
Lucknow needed one of Mitch Marsh's special innings after his impressive form earlier in the season but he fell for a five-ball duck after being dismissed by Arshdeep Singh. It was exactly the same fate the Aussie veteran suffered the last time the two sides met.
And much like that last match, Punjab proved dominant again as Ayush Badoni's 74 off 40 and Abdul Samad's 45 off 24 failed to get Lucknow anywhere near Punjab's impressive total. The Super Giants are now seventh and running out of time to secure a top-four place and spot in the playoffs.
The days's other match left most of India eagerly awaiting the latest display from Rajasthan's 14-year-old sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who became the IPL's youngest-ever centurion against the Gujarat Titans last week. The young gun followed that historic knock with a duck and there was more bad news for the 14-year-old against the Kolkata Knight Riders as he was dismissed for just four.
Andre Russell's impressive 57 not out off 25 balls powered KKR to their total of 4-206 and despite Royals skipper Riyan Parag making a fist of it, they ultimately fell short. Parag belted a superb 95 off 45 balls, which included five sixes in one over off Moeen Ali. But the already eliminated Royals came up one run short on 8-205 as reigning champs Kolkata moved up to sixth on the ladder.
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