hammered over wide mid off! Short and wide and he cracks it over wide mid off on the back foot
Scorchers vs Renegades, 52nd Match at Perth, BBL, Jan 22 2023 - Match Result
That concludes our coverage from Optus Stadium. Perth Scorchers have banked a home qualifier against Sydney Sixers next Saturday night. The winner will host the BBL final. Thanks for your company tonight.
Cameron Bancroft is Player of the Match: "I don't know how to describe what was going on there in the last 10 overs. It was all happening. We made it exciting. At the end of the day the main goal was to win and get a home final and we've done that so it's fantastic. I tried to pace my innings as well as I could, hit boundaries when I needed to and there was a few times we wanted to take the surge and we lost a wicket at the back end of the over so I had to regroup again. I felt like I hit the ball well tonight."
7.36pm Scorchers win by 10 runs in a bizarre game of cricket. Renegades needed on 101 from 36 balls and made 90 off the last six overs. Finch was 16 off 16 and finished with 76 not out off 35 balls. Scorchers lost the plot with the ball and in the field. But they win the game and secure the home qualifier against Sydney Sixers. But Finch and the Renegades will take some heart from that chase as they push to try and make the playoffs.
Matthew: "'Gades NRR not gonna take much of a hit here, what a show from Finch."
Mustafa Moudi: "The last 2 overs belonged to Aarons - 18th to Finch for getting 31 Runs and 19th to Hardie for conceding just 9 and picking a wicket !!"
Mitesh Taweria: "Scorchers players have fielded the ball with their faces today more than they did it with hands."
cut up and over third! Short ball outside off, he sits back leg side and just lifts it up and over third and it clears the rope
pinned on the helmet! It flies to short third and they get a leg bye. He tries to pull a quick bouncer but is hit flush on the side of the head
on speed bouncer beats him! Quicker pace and he was set for the slower one and it climbs through outside off
launched over deep midwicket! 118kph, slower ball sits in the pitch, he muscles this with power over the long boundary at deep midwicket. What a strike!
length slower ball way wide of off, Finch set himself for it but he drags it off the toe of the bat to long on for one
Payne to bowl the last. Finch needs 29. Payne coming over the wicket
good length slower ball, 109kph, he heaves it off the toe of the bat to midwicket and Finch calls no
Shaf: "Safe to say we can call Perth the Bloody Furnace from now on!!"
thick inside edge past leg! Another good slower ball outside off, he swings hard and gets a thick inside edge that runs fine!
Eskinazi hangs onto a skier finally! A length slower ball deceives him again, he gets under it and hits it miles in the air to deep midwicket, Eskinazi waits an age underneath it and takes the catch. Finally for the Scorchers one is pouched
117kph, length slower ball, he tries to heave over square leg and is deceived, it hits the back hip and drops down for a leg bye
Behrendorff drops another at wide long on! A length ball, Finch skies a towering ball to wide long on, Behrendorff runs a long way and can't hang on!
Tye is bleeding and has to go off!
Tye drops him running in from long on! A slower ball, he tries to loft down the ground and gets under it, Tye runs in off the rope and slides on his knees to take it with hands up infront of his eyes and it bursts through and splits his nose open!
Aaron Hardie for his first bowl since January 1
Tye concedes 63 from his 4 and the Renegades have a chance!
the biggest of the lot! Monstered over deep midwicket! Into the second tier. Length ball in the slot, a slower ball, he picked it and this is probably the first ball he has properly middled and it disappears!
launched over long on! Full in the slot, he swings through the line and clubs it over long on!
Free hit coming
high full toss upper cut for six! Finch reacted well to a chest high full toss and upper cut it over the fence at deep third. No ball as well!
full on leg, he whips with the bottom hand to wide fine leg and deep backward square comes around to cut it off
carved over wide mid off! Fielder up in the ring, Finch gets one full in the slot and he drills it flat out of the screws
top edge flies over short third! Length slower ball, he tries to heave over midwicket and gets a thick top edge that flies over short third and runs away
132kph, full on leg, he muscles this off the inside half of the bat wide of long on, it lands short of the rope and they get two
launched straight at sightscreen! He held his shape this time, didn't back away too far, got a full ball in the slot and swings through the line to nail it straight.
1W | 1W | |||
1W | 1W | |||
Perth Stadium | |
Toss | Melbourne Renegades, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2022/23 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match days | 22 January 2023 - night (20-over match) |
PS Player Replacement | Substitute: in, out (2nd innings, 14.2 ov) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Perth Scorchers 2, Melbourne Renegades 0 |
Over 20 • MR 202/5
Scorchers won by 10 runs