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Burns hurt as Stars set Thunder 123 to win

Sydney Thunder's Fazalhaq Farooqi (l) and Gurinder Sandhu (r) took four scalps in the Stars' 8-122. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A hamstring injury to Joe Burns and a first-ball duck to Marcus Stoinis have underscored a nightmare first innings of the summer for the Melbourne Stars, who set the Sydney Thunder a target of only 123 in the BBL season opener.

Burns and Stoinis both tested positive to COVID-19 on game day but were able to play at Manuka Oval in accordance with relaxed COVID rules introduced this summer.

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