that will be it, short outside off and Wade whacks a short delivery over midwicket for four to get Renegades' season off to a sparkling start.
Heat vs Renegades, 3rd Match at Brisbane, Dec 19 2015 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Renegades won by 7 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
9.20pm An excellent chase from Melbourne Renegades to get their season off to a great start. Chasing 181 was never going to be easy, but they paced it to perfection and played out the best bowlers and yet left themselves enough time to chase this down with three balls to spare. Finch led excellently and was ably supported by Cameron White, who made an excellent fifty of his own. In the end, Dwayne Bravo applied the finishing touches to an excellent game. And with that it is a warp from us, till next time, see you.
Aaron Finch is the Man of the Match: "It was a really good chase, Chris took the pressure off the rest of us. We were targeting the short boundary but didn't execute well enough. My drop catch was a bit embarrassing and cost us about 10 runs in the end. We have been training hard and training well."
short and wide, Wade smashes it to mid-on. No run, draws a big cheer from the crowd
full and wide, Wade gets four. Squeezed past point and the sweeper cover cannot get across to it.
Just 5 off the final over, James Hopes given the ball
yorker outside off, Bravo goes for the slog but makes no connection, instead his bat travels all the way to square leg. Sweaty palms and pressure all around
well down leg and another wide
four more for Bravo. Short and wide, Bravo creams a cut over point for a hugely critical boundary.
full and wide, outside the tramline but Bravo was standing on off stump, he missed his flick and the umpire calls it a wide. Massive call that
lots of luck. Short on off, Wade goes for the slog but gets a thick top edge which flies to third man. Bravo scampers back for the second but is sent back just in time, he makes his ground easily but the bat bounces up as he makes it back. Lots of doubt to be given would be my presumption. Huge moment tin the game, and not out is the verdict.
fullish and wide, Bravo stays in his crease and uppishly caresses a drive to deep cover. They think of two but won't get it
six more. That could be the game. Full outside off and Bravo leans into the slog and swipes it over long-on for six
What a shot to release the pressure
what a shot to start. Full on leg, right in Bravo's hitting arc who absolutely clobbers this way over midwicket for a massive six
Mark Steketee to bowl the the big penultimate over
shortish on middle, Bravo cuts to point for one. Excellent over and a splendid spell from Badree comes to an end
tossed up outside off, Wade goes down and plays a fine lap sweep to short fine leg, another single
flat on leg, Bravo skips down and clips this to deep midwicket, just the one again
tossed up outside off, drilled to long-off
Wade with a short-ish boundary to his leg side
tossed up on middle, worked to deep midwicket, just the one
short on middle, sits up for Bravo who whacks this in the air but in the gap at deep midwicket, plonks in the surface after pitching
Two men who have not faced a ball are tasked with achieving 32 off 18. Dwayne Bravo now.
White goes now. Massive turnaround in just two balls. Short again on middle, White swivels and pulls but doesn't get all of it, gets the upper half of the bat and straight down the throat of deep square leg
Matthew Wade enters the arena, under substantial pressure
taken! Massive wicket. Short on off, Finch goes for the pull and gets a thick top-edge which flies to fine leg, Lalor takes an excellent pressure catch
back of a length on middle, White can only find midwicket with his pull, skidded off the pitch there
Over 20 • MR 184/3
Renegades won by 7 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)