Oliver Peake's last-ball six takes Renegades home in thriller
Renegades almost made a meal of the modest chase before Peake came to their rescue
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07-Jan-2026
Oliver Peake remained unbeaten on 42 off 30 balls • Getty Images
Melbourne Renegades 130 for 6 (Peake 42*, Turner 1-1, Paris 1-7) beat Perth Scorchers 127 (Hardie 44, Sandhu 4-28, Hassan 2-26) by four wickets
Teenage prodigy Oliver Peake displayed nerves of steel to ignore a chorus of boos and crunch a last-ball six, launching Melbourne Renegades to a nail-biting four-wicket win over Perth Scorchers.
After knocking Scorchers over for 127 from 19.2 overs at Perth Stadium on Wednesday night, Renegades almost made a meal of the modest chase before Peake came to their rescue.
With four to win off the last ball, Peake, who headed straight from the ground to the airport bound for Africa - where he will captain Australia at the Under-19 World Cup - shimmied across in pre-meditated fashion and paddled Aaron Hardie's full delivery over fine leg deep into the stands.
Renegades' pursuit had looked forlorn in the 17th over when Peake was given out for 15 with a soft signal, after Scorchers captain Ashton Turner snared a difficult tumbling catch. But Peake was reprieved - and subsequently hounded by the parochial Perth crowd - after replays showed the ball touched the ground while in Turner's hand as he somersaulted backwards.
"It's pretty surreal," Peake said. "To do it here in front of all the Scorchers fans is pretty special and what you grow up dreaming of doing. I had a bit of luck and [I am] just happy that it all paid off tonight."
After Josh Brown (22) teed off early, Renegades were cruising at 51 for 1 from six overs before being restricted to 23 for 4 from the next eight.
At one stage, 50 balls passed without a boundary, before Peake dominated a 42-run sixth-wicket stand with skipper Will Sutherland (15) and rode his good fortune to finish his BBL campaign on a stunning high.
Earlier, Gurinder Sandhu snared 4 for 28 to take his season tally to 14 wickets at 14.71, moving into top position on the Golden Arm leaderboard. After Finn Allen (8) and Cooper Connolly (3) fell cheaply, Mitch Marsh, who had looked in solid touch, feathered Hassan Khan's arm-ball to Mohammad Rizwan.
The only batter who ever got going for them was Aaron Hardie (44). He was scratchy but top-scored for Scorchers, who wobbled early and crashed hard late, losing their last five wickets for just 16 from 17 deliveries: a collapse that proved fatal in the end.