full on middle, shovels this flat over Sandhu and splits mid-on and mid-off for two runs to clinch the match.
Thunder vs Renegades, 7th Match at Melbourne, BBL, Dec 18 2022 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Renegades won by 4 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
10.38 pm Aaron Finch keeps a cool head after the loss of Andre Russell and the former Renegades captain sees the team home by four wickets. Renegades make it two wins from two matches to start the season. Thunder bring back a bit of respectability after their 15 all out debacle but still go down to defeat.
Aaron Finch is Player of the Match: "It got a little bit stressful towards the end there. I think you've always got confidence in your ability to get the team home in a situation like that but you still need a six in that last over or a couple of boundaries and I was lucky enough to get one and then get my old legs back and forth a couple of times to get home. Close games are what it's all about in T20 cricket. The margins are so small over a 14 game season. There might be 1 or 2 percent between every team in the competition but the teams that win those close games tend to make the finals."
That's it for today's coverage. Come back tomorrow for more live BBL action. Until then, I'm Peter Della Penna. Take care.
Jazz: "Nice to see Finchy get a couple out of the screws. It's been awhile! "
yorker on off, jams this out softly well short of long-off and they scamper two runs.
goes for yorker and misses the length badly. Finch muscles this knee high full toss from fifth stump and clubs it flat over long-on clearing the LCD ad boards landing just short of the front row of seats.
Finch back on strike now with 10 off four needed to win.
thigh high full toss on sixth stump, swats this to long-on for one.
Finch will be off strike for at least the first two balls of the final over as Sutherland arrives on strike after the wicket.
full and wide, skies a drive that floats safely to Davies on the ring at extra cover backpedaling from the ring.
11 needed off the final over. Gurinder Sandhu will bowl it.
full on middle, heaves this flat through the gap between wide long-on and deep midwicket and just beats the boundary rider to the rope.
low full toss on an attempted yorker following him backing away outside leg stump, sliced away to backward point for one.
yorker on middle, driven firmly to long-on for one.
slower bouncer on fifth stump, pulled flat to deep midwicket for one.
length ball on fourth stump slapped to long-off for one.
goes for yorker, waist high full toss slapped over wide long-off for two.
Concussion check passed by Hosein. After a brief delay, Farooqi will bowl the 19th. 21 off 12 needed for the Renegades.
bouncer on the body clangs Hosein in the helmet. He's stunned a bit after being late on a pull and the ball dribbles away for none. Plenty of paint has come flying off the helmet.
length ball on middle, slaps this over the bowler for another two.
Sangha is down on the ground receiving some injury treatment. Not just for his face but he landed very hard on his left shoulder as well. The shoulder actually looks to have taken much worst punishment. He's finally up on his feet and has walked off injured.
full on sixth stump, driven to mid-off, Sangha runs across and dives to try to stop this, the ball bobbles up and hits him in the face and ricochets to long-on for two.
full on the legs, flicked to deep fine leg for two.
dropped! Length ball on the stumps heaved toward deep midwicket. Green took a peculiar route to the ball coming in off the rope a bit before curling slightly and then diving late but it bursts through his hands to the rope.
full on leg stump following him backing away, still punches this away for one.
slower ball lands full on middle and off, tapped toward extra cover for one.
length ball on off, shuffles across and paddle pulls this through square leg to the boundary. 34-ball half-century for Finch.
short on fourth stump, leans back and uppercuts this wide of short third man to the rope again.
Over 20 • MR 175/6