Holes out to deep cover. Slower bouncer and he looked to slap it away inside out. Only manages to edge it and Fraser-McGurk makes no mistake as the innings ends as miserably for Brisbane Heat as it had started
Renegades vs Heat, 3rd Match at Cairns, BBL, Dec 15 2022 - Ball by Ball Commentary
9.32pm That's all from today's game. Do join us for our coverage of the BBL tomorrow, when we have the first double-header of the season. Melbourne Stars are taking on Hobart Hurricanes at the MCG before Sydney Thunder square off against Adelaide Strikers at the Sydney Showground Stadium. This is Abhimanyu signing off on behalf of Shashank Kishore and Chandan Duorah.
Here's what Maddinson had to say about his Player-of-the-Match performance: "Obviously it's an innings I'm proud of. Started slow and picked up the tempo. That's something I have struggled with earlier, trying to hit too hard from early on. For me it's about playing good shots in the gaps. I decided today that I'd keep my shape and hit hard through the gaps. [On if his 100th BBL game could have gone better] A hundred would have been nice. With two overs to go, I thought I left 20 runs out there."
9.27pm Well, there we have it. Melbourne Renegades have pulled off an impressive 22-run victory here in Cairns. Their captain Nic Maddinson, playing his 100th BBL match, powered them to 166 with his brilliant knock of 87, despite wickets tumbling around him. Andre Russell also played his part, hitting 35. Then, Akeal Hosein got two early wickets and Heat never got back into the game since then.
Full and wide, and driven to wide long-off
Jack: "The Heat only have 2 gears, first and hell for leather. Thats the main problem they have"
Length ball, nudged towards deep midwicket
Goes for the yorker, but just misses out on the length, and he drives this hard down the ground. Mackenzie Harvey, the sub fielder, does well to run to his right from long-off and dive to stop the boundary
Unless there are extras, Renegades now have this match in the bag
Full and wide, he moves across and can only drill it to long-off
Every ball needs to go for a boundary now if Heat want to win
Wide yorker, driven out to the right of deep cover. They get two
Tom Rogers to bowl the final over. He needs to defend 30 here
This time, it was a drop! That was hit hard to Maddinson at cover and it bounced up off his hands. He couldn't get it on the rebound either
Dropped? Full ball around off and he looked to clear the ropes again but skied it in front of deep square. Akeal Hosein struggled to get there in the end
Almost gets the wide yorker, but Bazley is able to get down and drive that out to mid-off. They sneak in a very quick single
Low full toss outside off, hammered just back past the bowler. Long-off cuts it off in the deep
Fuller side of good length on middle and leg, Whitely pulls it to deep midwicket
Nails the wide yorker, and Bazley manages to get it out towards long-off
38 needed off the last two. Here's Kane Richardson
He finds the roof! Very full delivery around off and he just stands and flicks it over cow corner and the ball goes high and far. Humongous hit, that.
Almost yorker length around off and he drills it down to long-on
Length ball straying on the pads and he nudges it square and gets a brace
Slower ball on a length around off, he goes for the big swing and misses. The ball goes just over off-stump
Full and wide again, slapped away over extra cover again and Jon Wells does really well to run to his left from deep cover to dive and keep the ball out. Brilliantly fielded
Russell bowls full and wide and he drives it inside-out over extra cover. The fielder in the deep collects
52 needed off the last three now
Another dot ball as a slog sweep from Bazley can only find thin air. Good comeback by Mujeeb after being hit for a six first ball
Fired in quick and full, Bazley again misses. Harper can't collect cleanly and he has his bat down by the time the bails are whipped off
Over 20 • BH 144/6