BBL round-up: Will Lynn be back for Strikers and how did Stars lose that?

As the push for finals gathers pace here's a few things that stood out from the last week of action in the BBLSlow start for Test players The much-heralded return of Australia's Test starts didn't quite begin with a bang. Marnus Labuschagne top-scored with 46 in Brisbane Heat's win over Adelaide Strikers where Travis Head and Alex Carey made three runs between them. David Warner couldn't really get going against Perth Scorchers although there wasn't much he could have against the yorker from Riley Meredith that cleaned him up in Hobart. Likewise for Usman Khawaja, he got a good delivery from Harry Conway in the game against Strikers. Steven Smith was in good touch against Scorchers at the SCG but Nathan Lyon didn't have things all his own way as Nick Hobson sent him for a 105-metre six.Lynn departs Chris Lynn won't see out the competition with Strikers after his much-publicised deal which allowed him to leave early to join the ILT20 after there had been a chance of him missing the BBL entirely. But he's certainly brought value and departs as the tournament's second-highest run-scorer (he and team-mate Matt Short are way out in front). Early in the tournament Lynn couldn't quite make the most of his starts, but he turned that around with consecutive scores of 87, 64 and latterly an unbeaten 69 off 37 balls as Strikers piled up 202 against Melbourne Renegades.However, whether he'll be back next year remains uncertain. "You can't say 'no, I don't want to come back' or 'I'm locked in' or whatever it may be," Lynn said. "There's a lot of conversations to be had and I'm sure the right decision will happen."Davies a shining light amid batting woes Sydney Thunder's batting is stuttering badly (although not quite 15 all out badly) which is putting their finals prospects at risk. However, Ollie Davies is building himself a very good season. He has now passed 300 runs - one of just five batters to do it so far - with two more impressive innings. He was head and shoulders above the rest of the Thunder batting against Scorche