Renegades vs Stars, 23rd Match at Melbourne, BBL, Jan 04 2025 - Ball by Ball Commentary

Cartwright finishes things off in style! The Stars win two in a row, and winning is slowly feeling like a habit now! Dug in shorter outside off. Cartwright picks the length early, opens up his front hip and pounds it past deep mid wicket. Runs over to Maxwell and they share a bearhug soon after. They were under the pump after the dismissals of Stoinis and Duckett, but they found the strength, the nous and the nerve to get the Stars across the finish line, at the expense of their cross-town rivals!

Cartwright with a humongous strike and perhaps the decisive strike of this game! Rogers looks for the yorker outside off but misses by a shade. In the slot and Cartwright monsters it. He sat deep in his crease and clattered it into the second tier over long on. A 121m six, thank you very much!

another brilliant yorker. Right under the bat on leg stump and Maxwell can only squeeze it out to deep mid wicket

into the blockhole on leg stump. Cartwright drills it out towards long on for a single

cutter on a back of a length on leg stump. Maxwell nurdles it with just the right amount of pace and picks up a brace to deep mid wicket. Smart, smart batting!

slower short ball on leg stump. Cartwright swings at it and drags it towards fine leg

follows Cartwright outside leg with a bumper. Cartwright swings and misses, and the umpire then calls it a wide. Slightly harsh call, given how far Cartwright had gone and the Renegades are not very happy. Replays confirm it was not over the head either

slower bumper on middle and leg. Maxwell waits for it and clouts it towards deep mid wicket

Maxwell goes again. Of course he does, and he finds the crowd! This is audacious, outrageous and all such adjectives. On a length on middle and off. Maxwell gets into position earlier this time and wallops it way back over the deep third fence!

well well! Back of a length just outside leg. Maxwell shapes for the reverse-swat and gives it everything he has. Only swats away a few flies

fullish on middle and leg. Cartwright nudges it towards deep mid wicket and is intent on the second. Maxwell, though, says no, rather audibly

dropped - oh dear! Slanted in on a length, and it follows Maxwell outside leg. He gets tucked up and his attempted slice only travels as far as backward point. Rogers turns himself inside out and gets into an awkward position. Has two bites at it, but still cannot snaffle the chance. Is that the game-changing moment?

back of a length outside off. Cartwright hangs back and jabs it towards sweeper cover

fuller on middle and leg. The inward angle beats Cartwright again and he misses his flick, with the ball pinging him on the back leg

hard length on the stumps. No real room to work with and Maxwell knocks it down the ground

missed chance! Cutter on a back of a length outside off. Spins back into Maxwell and goes past his pull. Rolls off his back thigh into the off side, which prompts his partner to come haring down. Maxwell says no after taking a couple of steps and had Sutherland hit the stumps at the bowler's end, Cartwright would have been well short

Glenn Maxwell is here, folks! Right in the slot on leg stump. Maxwell cannot believe his luck and clears his front leg and smear it over wide long on!

Cartwright goes massive! A fraction short on off and that is all Cartwright needs. He picks the length early, gets inside the line and then somehow shovels it over the fine leg fence!

back of a length on middle and leg. Cartwright gets caught on the crease and gets a scratch on it before the ball smashes into his pads. The ball was trickling towards the stumps too, until Cartwright got his bat in the way

strays onto the pads. Cartwright uses the pace and the angle to glance it past short fine leg for another double