Dwayne Bravo humiliated in bizarre Big Bash dismissal

Dwayne Bravo has suffered one of the most embarrassing dismissals in BBL history.

Wearing shoes that say ‘hottest man alive’, Bravo was out for a diamond duck in the Melbourne Stars’ clash with Sydney Sixers on Sunday.

Batting with Glenn Maxwell, Bravo fell over as he was coming back for a second run, dropping his bat before trying to dive into his crease gloves-first.

Nathan Lyon whipped off the bails to leave Bravo short of his crease and with egg on his face.

Maxwell sends Stars to unlikely finals berth

Glenn Maxwell delivered a stunning batting performance to propel the Stars into the BBL finals and deny the Sixers a home semi-final.

Maxwell’s stunning knock of 82 off 43 balls in Sunday afternoon’s do-or-die regular season finale at the MCG paved the way for a dominant 94-run win.

Set a target of 169, the hapless Sixers were skittled for just 74 as Nepalese legspinner Sandeep Lamicchane snared 3-11.

The win lifts the Stars above Brisbane Heat to a fourth-placed finish and a semi-final against minor premiers Hobart Hurricanes.

It also takes Melbourne Renegades above the Sixers to second on the ladder, meaning they will host the second semi-final against the Sixers.

The Sixers had needed to score at least 107 to keep their net run rate above that of the Renegades but weren’t up to the task.

Maxwell was contained early but, remarkably, scored his final 65 runs off just 23 balls, including three sixes in the final over from Ben Dwarshuis.

His spectacular knock came to an end off the final ball of the innings when he was caught at mid off, again attempting to clear the boundary rope.

Incredibly, the Stars were 4-101 at the 16-over mark before Maxwell turned the match on its head.

Sent in to bat by Sixers captain Moises Henriques, the hosts would have been in serious trouble early if not for a pair of inexplicable fielding blunders by Tom Curran in the first over.

The England international had two opportunities to catch Marcus Stoinis at mid on but, both times, misread the flight of the ball and failed to launch.

Stoinis (34) and Peter Handscomb (35) both dug in but were unable to score freely against the quality of returning Test spinner Nathan Lyon and veteran Steve O’Keefe.

Just three Sixers batsmen managed to reach double figures with Daniel Hughes’ 12 the top score.

BBL FINALS SCHEDULE

* THURSDAY FEBRUARY 14

First semi-final, Hobart Hurricanes v Melbourne Stars at Blundstone Arena, 1900

* FRIDAY FEBRUARY 15

Second semi-final, Melbourne Renegades v Sydney Sixers at Marvel Stadium, 1930

* SUNDAY FEBRUARY 17

Final, Hurricanes orStars v Renegades or Sixers at venue TBC, 1445

with AAP