and over the leg side field. Slow full toss on middle and leg, right in the arc of Agar. Swings and cleaaars the boundary over deep midwicket. Agony for Renegades. What happened there? A crazy five minutes, but the Scorchers get the win in the end. Eventually.
Renegades vs Scorchers, 9th Match at Melbourne, Dec 29 2016 - Match Result
Scorchers won by 4 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)
10.35pm Perth Scorchers get their sixth consecutive win against Melbourne Renegades. It all looked easy towards the end, but everything changed with the wicket of Klinger. It came down to 3 off 1, and Ashton Agar launched a six over midwicket to get the win. Aaron Finch got one ball wrong, and his team lost the game. That's all it comes down to. Great fight from Renegades, they may have lost Bravo for at least a few games too. A typical T20 game tonight, went one way, stuck with it, swung late the other way. Then swung again. The BBL chariot rolls on tomorrow. We'll be back then too. Ciao.
Aditi: "So cliched. A six off the last ball"
3 off 1 to win. 2 gets Renegades a super over. White has a chat with Finch. Four in the deep in the leg side
fired in full on leg, clipped to deep midwicket. White allows the second run
Finch pulls away.
Agar backs away, Finch follows him and Agar lofts the ball towards deep midwicket for a couple.
and one more. Finch is on fire. The Scorchers being doused. Flat and full on off, Voges wanted to turn that ball into the leg side, preferably for two. A leading edge goes to the left of Finch. he runs across, picks up, turns around and effects a direct hit. Whaaaaat?
Agar comes out. 7 off 4 now. Voges on strike. Agar is left-handed, by the way.
and gone! A low, slow full toss outside off. The line couldn't have been better. Marsh chooses to drag the swat from well outside off and picks out long-on. Cooper takes the catch on the boundary. A little bit more on that and it would have been six. Fine margins. A huge wicket
7 off 5.
slowed up on middle, Marsh shimmies down and skews the ball badly to deep midwicket. Marsh scampers back for two.
Nine off the last. Bravo would normally bowl this., but he isn't on the field. Who'd have thunk that of all the Renegades' bowlers, it'd be Finch bowling. They have five inside the circle Finch realises it and sends point back.
full and wide outside off, pushed out to long-off for one
10 off 7. Cover is in short, looking to save one
full on middle, worked away to deep midwicket. Voges wants two, it isn't there
Voges. Finch and Rimmington chat. Still a 6-3 field. No, back to 5-4 now. Square leg in place
no need to play! A wide turns into a wicket. What is happening. A slower ball that almost did not land on the strip. turner walked across and so, thought that the ball was closer to him than it actually was. He pushes at the ball and it carries to deep cover. Gone.
full and wide, Turner finds cover
Long-off is straight, a deep cover in place. A 6-3 field.
paul: "Horse and bolted springs to mind regards Narine's belated introductions. In fact the horse has had time to win the national and be put out to stud!"
full and wide outside off, nailed to deep cover. Just the one
full and wide outside off, Marsh watches the ball onto his bat and hammers the ball dead straight. No chance if Marsh finds the gap with good timing
short and wide outside off, slapped to deep cover for one. Narine keeps Renegades in it for another over
A wicket changes things
much better batting. Gets across and paddles one to deep square leg
pushed towards cover. Another dot. The crowd gets louder.
A slip
short outside off, pushed to cover
Narine gets the big one. Short delivery outside off, the ball moves away and Klinger chips his wicket away. Wanted one to deep midwicket. Threw his back in disgust almost as he made contact with the ball. A simple return catch off the leading edge
short and wide, slapped to deep point
The last throw of the dice
short delivery outside off, 127 kph. Klinger misses a pull
uh oh. That's the game too. Low full toss on middle, Klinger gets inside the line and expertly shovels the ball behind square for six. Easy as ...
Soumith Potturi: "These big bash matches show how unnecessary strategic time outs are in IPL. Just go on with the game!"
Docklands Stadium, Melbourne | |
Toss | Perth Scorchers, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2016/17 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 19.10 start, First Session 19.10-20.25, Interval 20.25-20.40, Second Session 20.40-21.55 |
Match days | 29 December 2016 - night (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Perth Scorchers 2, Melbourne Renegades 0 |
Over 20 • PS 152/6