Finch's 43-ball 70 guides Renegades to thrilling win
Sydney Thunder had earlier made 174 for 6 on the back of a half-century from Rilee Rossouw
18/12Result
7th Match (N), Big Bash League at Melbourne, Dec 18 2022
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![Sydney Thunder]( "Sydney Thunder")
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![Melbourne Renegades]( "Melbourne Renegades")
175/6 (19.5/20 ov)
Player of the Match
18/12Result
7th Match (N), Big Bash League at Melbourne, Dec 18 2022
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![Sydney Thunder]( "Sydney Thunder")
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![Melbourne Renegades]( "Melbourne Renegades")
175/6 (19.5/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
AJ Finch
70(43) 7x4 - 2x6
Control %81%
- Productive Shot
- straight drive
- 16 runs
- 0x4 - 2x6
RR Rossouw
53(38) 3x4 - 4x6
Control %76%
- Productive Shot
- flick
- 16 runs
- 1x4 - 2x6
Match Details
Series
Toss
Sydney Thunder , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
18 December 2022 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Melbourne Renegades 2, Sydney Thunder 0
Scorecard Summary
SYDNEY THUNDER 174/6 (20 OVERS)
- Rilee Rossouw53 (38)
- Alex Ross39 (23)
- Akeal Hosein1/22 (3)
- Tom Rogers2/41 (4)
MELBOURNE RENEGADES 175/6 (19.5 OVERS)
- Aaron Finch*70 (43)
- Nic Maddinson39 (28)
- Gurinder Sandhu2/51 (3.5)
- Daniel Sams3/33 (4)
Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: @PeterDellaPenna
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.
19.5
2
Sandhu to Finch, 2 runs, full on middle, shovels this flat over Sandhu and splits mid-on and mid-off for two runs to clinch the match.
Jazz: "Nice to see Finchy get a couple out of the screws. It's been awhile! "
19.4
2
Sandhu to Finch, 2 runs, yorker on off, jams this out softly well short of long-off and they scamper two runs.
19.3
6
Sandhu to Finch, SIX, 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.
19.2
1
Sandhu to Sutherland, 1 run, 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.
19.1
W
Sandhu to Hosein, OUT, full and wide, skies a drive that floats safely to Davies on the ring at extra cover backpedaling from the ring.
AJ Hosein c Davies b Sandhu 13 (21m 9b 1x4 0x6) SR: 144.44
END OF OVER:19 | 10 Runs | MR: 164/5 (11 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.63, RRR: 11.00)
- Aaron Finch60 (40b)
- Akeal Hosein13 (8b)
- Fazalhaq Farooqi4-0-32-0
- Brendan Doggett4-0-29-1
11 needed off the final over. Gurinder Sandhu will bowl it.
18.6
4
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Finch, FOUR, 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.
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All Match NewsFinch's 43-ball 70 guides Renegades to thrilling win
Sydney Thunder had earlier made 174 for 6 on the back of a half-century from Rilee Rossouw
