brings up the win in style along with his fifty. Cooper repeats the Hodge act. Picks the short ball early before it climbs into his body and swipes to send it sailing over long leg
Heat vs Renegades, 6th Match at Melbourne, Dec 23 2017 - Match Result
Renegades won by 7 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)
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10:21pm A smart chase from the Renegades after doing well to restrict Heat to just 132. It was by no means a pitch for strokemaking and the experience of Cameron White and Tom Cooper has guided this chase well. They lost early wickets, but Shadab Khan was the man they needed to see off. After that, it was autopilot, nudging it around and picking up doubles on a big ground. Cooper didn't look comfortable, trying to muscle them early on before figuring the surface out and relying on deft strokes. an 89-run stand between him and White to clinch two more points and climb to the top of the table.
short and in the corridor, under-edges the cut to point's left
buh-bye! Short ball at the hips, picks it so early, gets in position and swats it far over the long leg boundary
slower short ball at off stump, dragged down to fine leg with a pull
short and into the body, pulled to deep backward square off a thick inside edge
back of a length in the corridor, punched straight to point
short ball outside off, too close for the cut. Gets a thick outside edge to third man
full outside off, carved aerially to sweeper cover
full at leg stump, poked through the mid-on region on the up
Hodge ready to take strike and do what he's done for...80 years?
back of a length slower ball, punched back at the bowler who fumbles in his follow through
length ball at off stump, opens his body up to try and launch this over midwicket on the rise, but he ends up slicing it high - almost kissing the roof - and straight out to long-off who has a comfortable catch. A well-paced innings from White comes to a close, with the victory in sight
back of a length at off stump, gets the ball high on the bat as he looks to punch this. Lobs it towards long-off who is quick this time and keeps them to one
back of a length outside off, punched on the up to long-off's right. He slips as he gets down on this and it's two more
shuffles across and lines himself up to punch this full ball past the bowler. Picks up two to long-off's right. That's the way to do it on this ground
clubs through the line and picks this length ball from outside off. Flat, hard and into the practice pitches to the left of wide long-on
back of a length, wide outside off. He lets it go, no way he can get bat on it
back of a length, dug in outside off. Looks to swing across the line, but ends up slicing it over extra cover
Oh, well. Here is Cutting. It was all strategic then. 27 to defend in 4 overs. Too late?
back of a length in the corridor, run to short third man's left with the turn
googly strikes him on the pads as he looks to sweep, but it was going down leg
superbly played. It's full and down leg, and he brings the bat under it quickly to chip it over short fine with what was supposed to originally be a paddle sweep
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Docklands Stadium, Melbourne | |
Toss | Melbourne Renegades, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2017/18 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match days | 23 December 2017 - night (20-over match) |
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Match Referee | |
Points | Melbourne Renegades 2, Brisbane Heat 0 |
Over 19 • MR 137/3
Renegades won by 7 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)