full length on fifth stump, backs away from leg stump to access the off side and drives this flat over extra cover, beats the sweeper to the rope to finish the match. Renegades get across the line by four wickets with four balls to spare.
Heat vs Renegades, 10th Match at Geelong, BBL, Dec 21 2022 - Match Result
Renegades won by 4 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
10.30 pm So Michael Neser's hat-trick is in vain. His bowling is dimmed by Andre Russell's six onslaught followed by a superb finishing kick from his fellow West Indian Akeal Hosein as Melbourne Renegades complete the season sweep of Brisbane Heat to move to 3-0. Heat meanwhile have two losses from two games. On the bright side, they won't have to face the Renegades again this season, barring a rematch in the playoffs.
Andre Russell has been named Player of the Match: "Going down with a brand new ball under pressure, just one way: I back myself. And it happened tonight so I'm happy. [Asked about his six over the roof] I'm not accustomed to batting [against] the new ball. So my way of getting away from the pressure and put the pressure back on the bowler is actually just backing myself. It's good that you hit a bowler that just got successful wickets behind each other. Hitting him on the roof, it kind of allow him to ease back a bit off me so it was a good night for us tonight. [On his approach entering at 4 wickets down for 9 runs] Being in these situations a few times in my career, going out there just free-minded and don't think about it too much because sometimes you go out there as a batter and you try to be defensive, then something slides through the gate and you get out. I just told Finchy, 'Hey, I'm gonna see the first few deliveries what's going on and then I'm gonna just do my thing.' He was like, 'Do your thing big man.' So I got the guilt-free pass and I just go ahead. This is what it's all about. Being here for just four games, I want to leave these guys with four wins. It's more special when you contribute as well. The situation that the team was in and I basically get them back in the game and contribute big to get them over the line, it's a special night. So well done to the team. I think it was a total team effort as well."
That's it for tonight's live coverage. Come back tomorrow for more BBL action. Until then, I'm Peter Della Penna. Take care.
Aaron: "60 of Renegades runs have come in 6s, i wonder where that ranks in terms of highest percentage of a teams total." By comparison, there were only three sixes in the Heat innings compared to 10 by the Renegades. That's the difference tonight.
back of a length on middle, Finch charges and is beaten trying to drive.
Three runs needed off the final over now.
Sutherland outdoes Russell with a massive six over the roof clearing the third tier at wide midwicket! It was full on off stump, Sutherland winds up easy as you like on his first ball at the crease and annihilates this much bigger and deeper over the roof on the same side of the ground that Russell sent one earlier in the chase.
So Hosein falls just short of the finish line. Can Finch shepherd the tail over the line? Renegades are still showing 90.73% on the ESPNcricinfo win probability.
fullish length ball follows Hosein backing away from leg stump, he flicks this flat in the air toward deep midwicket and a sharp catch is taken by Billings diving forward 10 yards in from the rope taking this at knee height.
slower ball back of a length on leg stump, Hosein is way out in front heaving to the leg side.
Equation down to a run a ball now.
full outside leg stump, Hosein backs away to create room and skies a drive that plops on the ring at mid-on well short of the fielder charging in from the rope. They're able to scamper two as a result of the field being so far back.
back of a length on sixth stump, Hosein punches this on the up over extra cover and picks the gap to the rope.
bouncer on off stump, goes to uppercut this and misses.
Renegades win probability now at 93% after that six by Hosein.
good length ball on fifth stump, Finch opens the face to run this past the keeper to short third man but Hosein turns down the single.
short on the legs, pulls this behind square for one.
floated full on off stump, tosses it up to encourage a booming shot hoping he'll miss and it'll hit the stumps, but Hosein makes sweet contact with a slog sweep and a superb catch is taken by a man in the crowd leaning in front of some empty seats in the fourth row.
short on off stump, pulled flat to deep midwicket for one.
That six has flipped the ESPNcricinfo win probability from 60% for the Heat to 66% for the Renegades.
good length ball on fifth stump, goes back and punches to long-off for one.
good length ball drifted outside the wide guideline outside off, left alone and wide called.
lands this too short on fourth stump, Finch rocks back picking the length early and slaughters this high over midwicket into the third row.
Swepson back for his last over.
tries to go full and wide but it doesn't pitch and Hosein clubs a shin high full toss high over long-on to the rope.
full on middle, smokes a drive off of Kuhnemann's hands back into the non-striker's stumps. Finch may have had his bat in the air when the ball hit the stumps but for some reason this was not referred to the third umpire.
good length ball slanted just inside the guideline outside off, left alone and Hosein doesn't get a wide call, nor should there have been.
flights this full and very very wide outside off, Finch backs away from leg stump, then has to wait awhile before slicing this through cover for one.
Matthew: "@Suyash: I think Finch was working on the presumption that Dre Russ would be around till very near the end. His low SR now that Russell is gone has made a game out of this."
full on middle, driven in the air well short of long-off for one.
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GMHBA Stadium, South Geelong, Victoria | |
Toss | Brisbane Heat, elected to bat first |
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Season | 2022/23 |
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Match days | 21 December 2022 - night (20-over match) |
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Points | Melbourne Renegades 2, Brisbane Heat 0 |
Over 20 • MR 139/6
Renegades won by 4 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)