Lands it full into the toes, clipped gently to deep backward square and picks up a run to get his side toward the doorstep of victory, fantastic performance from Thunder
Renegades vs Thunder, 33rd Match at Sydney, BBL, Jan 12 2026 - Match Result
Thunder won by 4 wickets (with 4 balls remaining) (DLS method)
Chris Green, Player of the Match: Too long overdue; it was great to contribute to the win. (Reacted to the hard length deliveries) With the rain ball started to slide a little bit, I think if you can hit the middle of the bat, you get rewarded, and the ball was racing in the outfield. Post that surge over, we managed to keep up with the rate and got the win in front of home fans. Very special; these guys turn in day out, every year, through thick and thin, they have been fantastic. We have been great this season; they continue to support us, get behind us. Feels very, very special. Apology for being too little too late but still great to win at home. We want to win our next one against Sixers-- they have got a great side on paper. Hopefully we can win at the SCG. We got a great win there last year in the finals so that will be a good challenge. It's nice to knock out another team tonight
What an enthralling game of cricket! Kept us on the edge of our seats and oscillated like a pendulum in the last few overs! Green came in and conquered, changing the complexion of the game with his pyrotechnics. His 34 off 13 sealed the deal. What an impactful innings, making sure his side didn't hiccup any further and stabilizing the sinking ship as wickets tumbled but he was a resolute man on a mission to cheer up the home crowd. He put Sandhu under pressure, hitting three back-to-back sixes, and the Renegades slipped the game there. In the penultimate over, he thwacked two fours and Maddison also held his end of the bargain, getting a quickfire 30. The crucial partnership tipped the scales in Thunder's favor and this will cheer up the entire squad, as they had a forgettable season so far
Fade: "Sandhu put on the pressure, Sandhu takes it off. What a contest this has been. T20 franchise cricket is the most dramatic it has ever been.
Josh: "Sorry Chris Green, I was unfamiliar with your game"
Matthew: "@Dan: Thunder only have themselves to blame. Rain was coming down, a delay was clearly in the offing, yet they were happy to nurdle the ball around in the last two overs before the break. The catch was fine. Only questionable decision here was why the umps cut four overs off the chase - what happened to the usual 30 or so min grace period before an innings becomes DLS-shortened? "
Around the wicket, good length and fired into the pads, strays in his line and Maddinson puts the lousy ball away, beats the man at fine leg and picks up a four, couple of bounces and crashing onto the advertising hoardings
Over the wicket, darts in a bumper wide of off, gets on top and hops to plonk it down to long-on, fumble in the deep allows them to sneak another run, what a big over, completely turned the tables!
Green is putting the game to bed. Gets a creamy low full-toss on off and he doesn't miss out, accepts the gift and seizes on it with a thrash over mid-off and the victory is just within touching distance
Around the wicket, bowls a pinpoint accurate wide yorker and he tries to slam it past cover, misses it, useful dot
In the slot and whippy pull over midwicket for 4!!! listed it with a free-wheeling swing of the bat, shorter and wide of off, swivel pull and right on top of the bounce, flat six
Pace-off shortish ball and moving across off, forces it to cover-point for a run, pace-off has worked well
Fortuitous but they all count, shortish and angled in on middle, tries to club it leg-side and gets a thick inside edge that skittles away to the rope at deep fine for a four
Lands it short and slants it across off, once again no pace available, waits and then belts it down the floor close to the bowler, no timing on it. Don't go anywhere, we have got a thriller and it's going right down to the wire
Hits a back of a length and angles it across off, another slower one, unable to lay bat on it
Landed on a length and takes the pace off, just inside the guideline on off, wanted to pummel it across the line as well
It's head-spinning batting! unbelievable stuff! manufactures pace for himself and pumps it over midwicket for half a dozen runs
Oh, another one. Carted over the keeper's head for a six, top-edge sails all the way over the keeper, right back in the contest!
Turns up the tempo, imperious, slogged over wide long-on for a massive six! Slower short of a length ball on middle and leg, cleared front leg and used his muscles to send it to stands
Remember it's a 16 overs contest after the rain interruption, 38 off 18 required
Dangles a legbreak outside off, goes back and cuts it hard to deep cover-point
important strike, landed full on off, chomps it downtown into the gap at long-off
Tosses it up on a length and swirls it away outside off, driven to long on
Lands it full and very straight, lumped to long-on
Total carnage out there, the rain break has tipped the scales in favor of Renegades, tries a slog sweep and is unable to clear the ropes at deep midwicket, fuller and outside off, drags it across the line and straight to the man
Over the wicket, propelled fuller outside off, knocked down to long-off
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| Sydney Showground Stadium | |
| Toss | Sydney Thunder, elected to field first |
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| Season | 2025/26 |
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| Match days | 12 January 2026 - night (20-over match) |
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| Points | Sydney Thunder 2, Melbourne Renegades 0 |
Over 16 • ST 140/6
Thunder won by 4 wickets (with 4 balls remaining) (DLS method)
