a full toss, hammered through the covers! Richardson hits the winning boundary. What a chase from the Renegades
Sixers vs Renegades, 2nd Semi-Final at Melbourne, BBL, Feb 15 2019 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Renegades won by 3 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
Melbourne Renegades win by three wickets with one ball to spare and that means it's Renegades v Stars for a Melbourne Derby BBL final. That was a terrific game of T20 cricket. Finished off the by one of the grand old me of the T20 game, Dan Christan. "The boys set it up really well," says Christian, "didn't leave it too far out of reach. If they miss their yorker hopefully I can get it over the fence. Best wicket we've had here all year."
JImmy: "#vicsdoitbetter. If only the Derby final was at the MCG though."
There's a lot to unpack from that match. The Sixers raced out of the blocks before the Renegades fought back with the ball. The Renegades did well to always be around the rate needed, handy innings from Sam Harper, Cameron White and Tom Cooper before the grandstand finish (we'll skim over Finch's switch hit!). And then there was the umpiring!
John: "Excellent match, excellent coverage. Gnasher, I hope you'll do the finals too!" I'll be back John, no fear!
We'll wrap things up there for now. I'm off for a lie down but will be back for the big one on Sunday (remember, it's an afternoon game). Until then, it's goodbye from Gnasher and thanks for joining us.
Everyone inside the circle? Someone standing by the stumps for the return throw?
good yorker, dug out to the covers and the hard yards make the single...scores are level
2 off 3 balls
gone with a direct hit, but the throw misses! Jabs a full ball to cover and they just run
KANE RICHARDSON!! Never mind giving Christian the strike, he wants to do it himself...drives a delivery with some width high over backward point. What a stroke.
Dot ball and Christian hasn't got the strike...Arun VS: "Somebody said that this is a one sided game.I think that this is one of the best semi finals in BBL history" Aged well, didn't it!
hit wicket, this game has had it all! Angled into the pads from round the wicket, he swings to leg, is so far back in the crease that he's stepped on his stumps
Seven needed off the last over. Can Dwarshuis pull off a miracle?
oh boy, what's he done!! Carved high and might over the off side Christian has made a career out of this and he's doing it again. A length ball outside off, he lofted it miles over deep cover
Massive ball this. MASSIVE
moves around the crease, ends up very deep, drives a low full toss to cover
Dave: "Seems like Jimit has conveniently forgotten the wide that should have been a wicket and the runs off the extra delivery." 14 off 8
goes for the yorker, it's a low full toss that's heaved out to deep midwicket
full outside leg stump, chipped through midwicket, out to Jack Edwards in his new position...good hustle for the second
Silk now at long-on
dropped at long-on by Jack Edwards! What drama! He does well to prevent the four. Christian went hard down the ground, didn't get the full elevation he wanted. Edwards committed to the chat, it was a fingertip effort
finds the gap wide of long-on! And it's gone all the way A length ball, at the stumps, Christian swings over midwicket, Jack Edwards tries his best with a chase and dive but can't get there
Shane: "Dwarshuis, it's up to him now, isn't it? How has he done at the death generally?" Generally been Curran's role (along with Abbott, who bowls now)...ball slips out of Abbott's hand and is called dead ball
a short ball, hits Christian, deflects to short third man
that's pressure! Full, down the leg side, a wide - extra ball and extra run
over the off side, what a stroke! He's nailed this, full outside off, that's struck over cover as sweetly as anything
Jimit: "If Sixers win by less than 5 runs, the wicketkeeper movement no ball will turn into a full-fledged controversy!"
back of a length from round the wicket, drilled back down the pitch with a pull and it cannons off the stumps into midwicket. Might have saved/cost two runs
full outside off, clubbed strongly down to long-on but singles are fine for the Sixers
a wide yorker, driven to cover on the edge of the circle
round the wicket, short of a length outside off, carved to deep cover
38 off three overs is gettable, but only four wickets in hand a problem. Dwarshuis returns
shailesh: "Very sorry. Newbie here. but who is Gnasher !! :)" It's me (Andrew McGlashan)
length outside off, that's crunched but straight to deep cover
yorker outside off, plays over the top of it
Over 20 • MR 184/7