Strikers vs Renegades, 54th Match at Melbourne, BBL, Jan 24 2023 - Ball by Ball Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

munched through midwicket on the sweep! Wells is a dinky fella and he stays low to slap this to the fence