Adelaide Strikers star Adam Hose says Melbourne Stars’ Marcus Stoinis should’ve timed out in BBL

An irate Adelaide Strikers star Adam Hose criticized the referees for not timing the Stars’ match winner Marcus Stoinis after his epic strike ensured the Melbourne team sneaked home to an eight win races on New Year’s Eve.

English batsman Hose, who is off to a good start in his first BBL tournament, said Stoinis failed to tackle his first delivery within the 75-second time limit and as such should have been punished.

Stoinis made 74 of 35 deliveries at the Adelaide Oval in the wake of criticism throughout the game for missing the crucial Stars game against the Sixers on Boxing Day despite poor form from both himself and his team.

A dejected Adam Hose leaves the field after the Strikers lost by eight runs to the Stars in front of a healthy crowd at the Adelaide Oval.

But according to Hose, Stoinis could have been sent to bag the first ball if the umpires had upheld the Strikers’ appeal.

BBL rule states that on the fall of a wicket, the incoming batsman must be ready to tackle within 75 seconds.

If the batter does not arrive on time, he must stand to one side of the field for the first delivery of his innings and allow the pitcher, in this case Wes Agar, a free ball on the stumps.

If the ball hits the wicket, the batsman is out.

Hose said after the match that he had no doubt that fate should have applied to Stoinis.

“To be honest, he was covering his first ball and I’m pretty sure time ran out: 75 seconds, he wasn’t ready,” he said.

‘I just hope that if it’s the rule, then we can stick to it. That’s my only experience of timing out.

‘We asked the question, we appealed, but nothing happened. I’m pretty sure his time is up,” Hose said.

Adam Hose had an unbeaten 56 off 41 balls against the Stars, but it wasn’t enough for his team to win.

It’s an obscure rule that’s rarely applied, but one that the 30-year-old Englishman knows all too well.

Just 11 days earlier against the Thunder, incoming hitter Hose was still scratching his guard preparing for his first pitch when batting partner Matt Short yelled “Hosie, face up” as the 75-second countdown nearly expired.

Hose admitted that he was frustrated because he felt there were double standards at play.

“The refs have been very hot with me in the last two games to get to the crease,” he said.

“I was warned about this multiple times and had to change my first ball routine. I guess that’s why my frustration arose, because they’ve been so hot with me.

“I just hope that, going into the rest of the tournament, if it’s going to be a rule then it has to be enforced,” Hose said.

Marcus Stoinis breaks up a covering drive during his brilliant half-century against the Strikers

Stoinis was aware of the clock, but rejected Hose’s claim, insisting that the Adelaide field was not set on time and therefore should not have been removed.

“I checked the center, then I stopped because I could see the movement of the field,” he said.

“Actually, I didn’t know I had to stand there anyway,” he said of the rule.

Stoinis criticized the Strikers for trying the same thing with teammate Hilton Cartwright in the 14th, suggesting it wasn’t something they should try again.

“The same thing happened with Hilts,” he said.

Marcus Stoinis was named Man of the Match for his impressive 74 of 35 deliveries against the Strikers at Adelaide Oval on NYE

“They (the Strikers) appealed that, but the field was moving, so it ended up being a dead ball.”

‘I wouldn’t appeal (for that). The rule is in effect if someone is trying to take advantage and slow down the game,” a disappointed Stoinis said of the Strikers.

The Stars will be looking to continue their return to form and climb from the bottom end of the ladder when they take on arch-rivals the Renegades in a Melbourne derby at the MCG on January 3.

Adelaide will be back straight into action tomorrow when they take on the Hurricanes in Hobart.