Jordan four-for, Chaudhary blitz help Hurricanes cruise to victory against Renegades
Renegades were restricted to 145, before Chaudhary bashed 79 off just 38 balls to wrap the chase
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21-Dec-2025 • 5 hrs ago
Chris Jordan got 4 for 19, his best BBL figures • Cricket Australia via Getty Images
Hobart Hurricanes 149 for 3 (Chaudhary 79, McDermott 49*, Behrendorff 2-35) beat Melbourne Renegades 145 for 9 (Seifert 34, Rizwan 32, Jordan 4-19) by seven wickets
Nikhil Chaudhary and Chris Jordan had their best BBL games, and Ben McDermott also fired, in Hobart Hurricanes' seven-wicket mauling of Melbourne Renegades. Hurricanes' win in Geelong on Sunday night with 37 balls left took the defending champions to the top of the ladder.
It was the perfect response to last week's loss to Melbourne Stars at the MCG. Hurricanes will end their tricky three-game road trip on Boxing Day against Perth Scorchers.
Chaudhary plundered 79 from 38 balls, featuring seven fours and four sixes - one of which went over the GMHBA stadium grandstand in the damp conditions.
Jordan starred with 4 for 19 from four overs, his best figures from 56 BBL games, while McDermott ended the game with a six, and scored 49 from 33 balls. McDermott's knock had two fours and four sixes. He and Chaudhary put on 93 for the third wicket, and Hurricanes scored 149 for 3 to easily overhaul Renegades' 145 for 9.
It was a sobering loss after Renegades had started the season with a solid win over Brisbane Heat.
After Hurricanes captain Nathan Ellis won the toss, Jordan opened the match with the first maiden over of this BBL season, and his first nine deliveries were dot balls. Josh Brown fell to Riley Meredith for an eight-ball duck, and Renegades were in all sorts of strife at 2 for 1 after two overs.
Following his century against Heat, fellow opener Tim Seifert combined with Mohammad Rizwan for a 62-run stand that steadied the home team. Jordan returned to the attack in the seventh over with immediate effect, bowling Seifert for a top score of 34 from 21 balls. Rehan Ahmed bowled Rizwan for 32 from 26 deliveries in the next over, and Renegades were on the back foot for the rest of their innings.
With the ball, they made the ideal start when Jason Behrendorff had big-hitting opener Mitch Owen caught behind with the first ball of Hurricanes' innings. Captain Will Sutherland also took an outstanding running catch, dismissing fellow opener Tim Ward for 8, and giving Behrendorff his second wicket.
That left Hurricanes at 38 for 2 in the fourth over. But Chaudhary had followed Owen's dismissal with three straight boundaries, and that set the scene for his half-century.