slower delivery down the leg side, a wide will do it, Renegades win by six wickets! Melbourne Red are through to the knockout stages, while Adelaide Strikers' season is done
10.35pm: A captain's knock from Aaron Finch, unbeaten on 63 from 54, guides his side home in what could have been a tricky chase - even more so when Renegades were 3 for 16 in the third over. The Strikers innings looked underpowered and so it proved. They now stand no chance of making it into the top five and will have to regroup after a disappointing 2022-23 campaign. Finch is Player of the Match: "To get the guys over the line, in a tight game, do or die, it's nice. It's always a rollercoaster, we had a chance a couple of games ago to cement our spot, so nice to have finally done it. I tried to bat as far out of my crease as I was allowed, to take out the lb." Anyway, that's a wrap for tonight, we've still got a couple more games to come to conclude the BBL group stage. Thanks for commenting, from myself and PDP, it's cheerio for now. Bye!
in the slot, crunched! Full and straight but he makes room and bludgeons another boundary past mid-on
smoked wide of mid-on, Wells advances to smash Siddle off his length and away for four more
Just nine to win for Renegades
wallop! That's just about cooked Strikers. Full on the pads and Finch blasts it high over the leg side, 77m six to get the crowd on their feet
"4-0 to India, really Alan...? India is having real problems with their batters where as Australia has for the first time 4 excellent players of spin. i would say it will depend on toss a bit more." I was being slightly facetious, sixty. But India haven't lost a Test series at home in a decade, and have plenty of batters (Kohli, Gill, Pujara, Iyer) who can score hundreds in their own conditions
pumped over mid-on and away, one-bounce to the rope! Tried to cramp him up but Finch backs away and muscles four more
full on the stumps, 136kph and bunted back to the bowler
sliced over short third, Finch gets to fifty! Another timely boundary from the skipper, using all his experience to grind this chase down
short into the body, swung away to the leg-side sweeper
back of a length, 137kph and pulled firmly straight to midwicket
Power Surge time, with Renegades closing in. Strikers need to take some poles. Agar is back on to bowl
Keeps the RRR to a manageable eight an over for the Gades
pitched up, uses the feet, creamed down the ground! Finch picks up a nerve-settling four, stroking a lovely drive on the move past mid-off
fired in straighter and worked straight to midwicket
length ball wide of the stumps, angled down to deep third once again
good length, still doing a bit off the deck, Wells is beaten coming across
fuller, 134kph and spanked into the covers. Brilliantly stopped by Head and then he collects and fires off a throw at the non-striker's. Finch was struggling there!
length outside off, dabbed down to deep third
Four overs to go, Renegades need 31. P-Siddy is back
touch short, mistimed into the covers. "Aww, what are you doing?" Finch can be heard chiding himself over the stump mic
length ball spinning away on off, stabbed into the covers
lobbed up full and he shuffles around to shovel the ball through backward square leg
good comeback, spinning sharply as Wells goes back and is beaten
Tom Smith: "Who do you think will win the upcoming test series between India and Australia, Alan." I think, all things considered, India will win, Tom. Quite possibly 4-0
munched through midwicket on the sweep! Wells is a dinky fella and he stays low to slap this to the fence
Over 19 • MR 143/4
Renegades won by 6 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)