The Monash University T20 cricket team registered a dominant five-wicket win against arch-rivals Melbourne University earlier this week.

Monash maintained their winning streak from last year, defeating Melbourne in their backyard.

The visitors put the Melbourne team to bat first on a sticky and slow wicket, starting the match with a boundary.

The hosts lost their first wicket to a brilliant run-out from mid-on in the first over, setting the tone for a Monash domination.

Monash bowler K Sharma ripped through Melbourne’s middle order soon after, leaving them with 6-60 in 10 overs.

Throughout the first innings, Monash bowlers intimidated the hosts, shutting them down for a score of 121 at a loss of nine wickets.

Monash captain Ary Bhardwaj said the bowlers and fielders did a fantastic job restricting the opposition for an easy score. 

"I think we fielded very well, dived everywhere, saved runs," Bhardwaj said.

"The bowling was great from our side, and we did not bowl wides," he said.

"We capped them to 122, which is always an easy chase, a small ground, easy to hit on the square, run hard."

Bhardwaj missed a half-century after hitting a quick-fire 40 off 26 with three 4s and two 6s.

There were few bumps for the Monash team after losing the captain and two wickets cheaply for 80 runs.

Monash batter Sean Van Wyk carried the team home with a winning knock of run-a-ball 46 while chasing a score of 122.

Team Monash senior program leader Matthew Sheldon-Collins praised the players' winning effort in the season's first game.

"The boys put in a very good effort. It's always a tough event for us early in the season to get everybody up and running," Sheldon-Collins said.

"The fielding in the first innings really helped us, and we did really well," he said.

"It's a big competition for us, with another 24-25 matches this year and Uni Nationals coming up," he said.

"The batting performance was quite measured, did not have to chase a big score; the batters went about it quite methodically and then won it easily in the 19th over."

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