scooped to fine leg! And Renshaw has won it in incredible style. What a stroke for victory. Calmly goes across his stumps, gets the length he wanted, and gets just enough to reach the rope
Stars vs Heat, 44th Match at Melbourne, BBL, Jan 16 2023 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Heat won by 3 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)
Phew, what a finish that was. Brisbane Heat win by three wickets and their season is still alive. Melbourne Stars stay bottom of the table. A terrific innings from Matt Renshaw, it nearly went wrong at the end but that's as well as I've seen him play in T20. Heat shouldn't really have let it get so close, although all that matters is the win. They remain seventh, but are close to the group of sides on 10 points
Afeef: "Takes a lot of guts to attempt to scoop when it's 4 needed from the last ball, and takes a lot of skill to execute it. Brilliant shot to cap off a great innings by Renshaw."
I'll wrap things up there for tonight. We'll be back tomorrow for more BBL with Sydney Sixers against Adelaide Strikers in the race for finals. Until then, from Peter and Gnasher, it's goodbye
Four needed off the last. Phew
full, carved high into the night sky and it lands safely...gets back for the second
Webster pulls out as Kuhnemann backs up too far! More drama
6 off 2
good length, heaved into midwicket without much timing and he's able to scurry back for the second
8 off 3
swats this off his pads to short fine and it's another dot ball!
swing and miss! Back of a length outside off, Renshaw only connects with fresh air as he aims to leg
goes across the crease, gets into a tangle and it pops off the top edge, lands safely behind him. They don't run!
oh no! It's a wide down the leg side
So it's 9 off 6 balls. Who will bowl? Beau Webster. Qazi: "None of the teams want to win. What should one do in such a situation?" Five inside the circle
round the wicket, swing and miss! A valuable dot ball, although Renshaw has the strike
short and wide outside off, sweetly square drives to deep point
Stars may be out of time for their overs! Will need an extra fielder in for the last
very full outside off, driven to deep point
full outside leg stump and it's clipped to deep midwicket, may have got away with that one
Matt Kuhnemann at No. 9
Mark: "Two teams who can't win? Bring on the super over!"
direct hit from mid-on! Must be out. Neser drilled a low full toss straight to mid-on and Webster produced the powerful throw. Neser well short
a straight full toss, worked down to long leg
Liam Hatcher. Can he make a game of it?
round the wicket, short outside off and it's cut to backward point
fuller at off stump, tucked into midwicket
a top edge to a short ball from round the wicket but lands safely towards fine leg
short again and pulled to deep midwicket
works a short delivery along the ground in front of square and that's excellent running
short outside leg stump, pulled into the stands over long leg. Is that the shot that decides it?
Luke Wood
So who wants to take the basement battle? Should still be Heat's game...but, if Renshaw goes
full and straight, defends Zampa's last ball
Over 20 • BH 160/7
Heat won by 3 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)