another full-toss, angling into leg stump, Hodge opens up and whips it away for another six over deep square leg
Strikers vs Renegades, 35th Match at Melbourne, Jan 22 2018 - Ball by Ball Commentary
11.00pm Apologies for the confusion with the scoring towards the end. A lot was happening, and the sequence of balls got a little muddled up. In any case, a big win for the Strikers, which means the Renegades remain on eight points, the same as the Sydney Thunder and the Brisbane Heat. It looks like the Renegades-Heat game could become a virtual quarter-final. Do join us tomorrow for Sixers versus Stars. Until then, goodbye!
Robert Brown: "I took a catch like that 52 years ago, playing school boy cricket, it was a super catch has lived in my memory for years, but that one came close to mine"
10.50pm The Adelaide Strikers move back above the Perth Scorchers to reclaim first place, which means they've earned themselves a home semi-final. A brilliant performance today; they never looked like they wouldn't defend 173, after a brief spurt of early aggression from the Renegades. A vital partnership in the first innings too, between Travis Head and Colin Ingram. But the moment of the day had to be that catch - undoubtedly the catch of the tournament and an early contender for catch of the year: made by Ben Laughlin, taken by Jake Weatherald.
full outside off, and Hodge lifts it over extra-cover and picks up another four
wide yorker, Hodge can't connect with the open-faced stab
full-toss on leg stump, and Hodge has smashed this into the third tier beyond deep backward square leg. Was this over waist height too?
yorker angling down leg. The batsman was looking to make room, and it squeezes between his legs as he misses a flick and rolls down to the keeper
wide yorker, jabbed to the left of extra-cover
the bails start flashing as he does Hodge in with a slower, outswinging yorker. Plays all around it, but it's a free-hit, and the ball hits off stump and runs away to the third man boundary. Maybe a thin edge on it too - the umpire doesn't signal byes
Free-hit
high full-toss on off stump, immediately signalled no-ball. Opens up and looks to hoick it away. Hits him on the glove (?) and rolls into the point region
in the blockhole, just outside off, squeezed to the left of extra-cover
that late outswing again. A full-toss outside off and he slaps it to the right of sweeper cover
inswinging yorker, goes late and into the pads. No appeal because it was going down leg. Misses the flick and the ball ricochets off pad into the off side
slower full ball wide of off stump, Hodge slashes and misses
Kev: "I feel we haven't talked about that catch enough yet" -- Go on, give us your opinions!
slower short ball, and Wildermuth has swatted that down the throat of deep square leg coming in off the boundary
This match is just winding down to its end. For those still interested in the equation, Reegades need 53 off 12. Here's Laughlin
very full again, heaved to deep midwicket
yorker outside off, slapped straight to extra-cover
slower ball, full, looks to slog it away and only ends up hitting it back to the bowler in his follow-through. The ball either bounced on the ground, very close to his bat, or straight up off his left foot. They're checking with the third umpire and it's bounced on the ground, so it isn't a c&b. Siddle also missed the stumps at the keeper's end with the batsman quite a way out of his ground
full outside off, looks for a big heave and gets a thick edge that loops up and bounces out of reach of the short third man fielder turning around and running back towards the boundary
full outside off, flat-batted to long-off
in the blockhole on off stump, jabbed back to the bowler
fullish outswinger wide of off, sliced in the air but it bounces short of the man coming in off the cover point boundary
Over 20 • MR 147/7
Strikers won by 26 runs