chops a shortish delivery to point for the winning runs
Hurricanes vs Renegades, 3rd Match at Hobart, Dec 21 2017 - Match Result
Renegades won by 7 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)
Tom Cooper has broken the record for most ducks (3) in T20s for MR, going past Jos Buttler's 2
Cameron White and Marcus Harris's 113-run partnership is MR's highest for the 2nd wicket in T20s, breaking the record of 111 between Cameron White and Aaron Finch
10.50 pm Melbourne Renegades have often been Aaron Finch or nothing. But here, after losing their best batsman, and captain, off the second ball of the chase, Cameron White dropped anchor and saw the team through. "Nice to get a couple of runs, nice to kick the season off with a win as well," he says. Hobart Hurricans threw a lot of pace on him, Tymal Mills, Jofra Archer and Aaron Summers all clocking near or above 145 kph. But perhaps they got carried away a bit, banging the ball too short too often. White was good with the horizontal bat shots, going past 5000 runs in his career and producing a controlled, match-winning fifty. Thanks for your company. Good night.
Dwayne Bravo is the Man of the Match for his five-for, which also took him to 400 T20 wickets
Dale Steyn tweets: "Been keeping a keen eye on Jofra Archer whilst playing for Sussex (tipped by Will Davis) Playing BBL now, this kid is gana be special!"
The 22-year old Took two wickets in one over and created some excitement in a chase that for the longest time seemed like a foregone conclusion. Finishes with figures of 4-1-17-2
slog sweep.... and it's massive again, over midwicket! He's been desperate to clear the ground, already had one go and only just missed. And here too, by a few yards
short and outside off, slaps it to sweeper cover
142kph yorker zips through Hodge's defences. Tails into him as he keeps trying to make room outside leg and then burrows through the gap between the inside edge and the boots
walks across outside off and pulls the short ball to long leg
slower ball, wanders down leg, Hodge pulls, one-handed, because he is into the shot too early, to long leg
145kph, backs away and tries to smite the back of a length delivery on leg stump over cover. The ball lobs right over the stumps
yorker, following White as he moves outside leg. The batsman digs it out and gets a risky single. It might have been a fatal one if Archer had got rid of the ball well enough
140 kph, beats White's cut shot, and the ball wanders right on top of off stump too. Good line, consistent pace.
Sakush KC: "@Aashish Calla. CSK signed David Hussey from the commentator's box few season back. Don't know if the rules allow, but would be interesting if Kings XI sign Hodge as a player mid season =D "
finishes off with a slower ball, which Hodge bottom edges to the keeper
back of a hand slower ball again - at only 109 kph - and White is badly squared up. He shapes for the swat over mid-on. Then ends up dabbing the ball behind the wicket
another slower ball, but it's a half-volley outside off and White hammers it to the extra cover boundary
there's the back of the hand slower ball, perfectly in line with middle and off stump. Hodge is again looking for that belt through extra cover. He realises he doesn't have the room, and then has to adjust to the lack of pace too. Lucky he isn't lbw
bouncer at 141 kph, homing in on Hodge's head and neck even as he makes room. He tries the hook, but the ball clears the top edge
starts around the wicket for a length ball that is smashed to the left of the sweeper cover. Simple clears the front leg to have the room to flay the ball away
Here's Mills, with Renegades needing 21 off 24.
slower ball on leg stump - with fine leg up inside the circle. Hodge knows it only too well, tries the leg glance, but doesn't get enough on it to beat the wicketkeeper
Aashish Calla: "This man Hodge, who still plays actively in one of the most competitive T20 leagues in the world, the BBL, was a coach and not a player in the last IPL, and has been signed up by the Kings XI as the coach for the next 3 seasons, which means his playing days in the IPL are over for sure! @Baffling "
makes room to clatter a short, slower ball from around the wicket to long-off's left
Kapil: "Hurricanes always find a way to mess up. Never successful in Big Bash. At 110/2, they had the platform but couldn't get to 190+. Lost the game there itself"
cracks a short ball out to deep point
Crowd tonight: 11,010
goes short but it goes way over the batsman's head
clips a full delivery outside leg to deep square leg
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Bellerive Oval, Hobart | |
Toss | Melbourne Renegades, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2017/18 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match days | 21 December 2017 - night (20-over match) |
T20 debut | |
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Points | Melbourne Renegades 2, Hobart Hurricanes 0 |
Over 19 • MR 165/3
Renegades won by 7 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)