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The Hobart Hurricanes and the Melbourne Renegades are set to commence their Big Bash campaigns on Thursday night at Blundstone Arena. Join The Roar…
It will be a surprise at the toss tomorrow if the Australian XI is unchanged. Following photo shoots with his brother and high praise…
In the build-up to the highly anticipated, inaugural mens day-night Ashes test, it seems odd to be discussing T20 cricket. However, the recently concluded…
It’s hard to see Smith batting at 3 again outside of Asia. Eager to keep him away from the new ball as it presents the best opportunity to get him out. He’s been near impossible to get out against an old ball! Khawaja to stay at 3 and if Bancroft is dropped, it’ll be a straight swap for another opener.
Usman Khawaja should open the batting in South Africa
MELBOURNE RENEGADES WIN BY 7 WICKETS
The first away team to win in BBL07. Bravo the shining light with the ball (5/28). White 79 not out and Harris 50 guided the chase home for the Renegades.
The Hurricanes unable to get any of their top order to go on and get a 50+ score, pushing their total to 180+ cost them the game. Jofra Archer extremely impressive in his BBL debut with 2/17.
In the end, the experience of the Renegades got them over the line.
Next up for the Renegades is the Brisbane Heat at Etihad Stadium on Saturday night (23 December). While, the Hurricanes take on the Sydney Thunder at Blundstone Arena (30 December).
Thank you for joining The Roar for this live coverage of the BBL: Hobart Hurricanes v Melbourne Renegades.
Be sure to join The Roar tomorrow for our live coverage of the BBL: Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Thunder from 7:40pm AEDT.
Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades Highlights: BBL Big Bash scores, blog
OVERS 18.3
MELBOURNE RENEGADES 3/165
TARGET 165
Boyce on for his second over
ONE
White whacks it to deep cover
SIX
Hodge launches it onto the hill! The fan has hurt his hand and spilled his beer in an attempt to catch it!
ONE – GAME OVER
Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades Highlights: BBL Big Bash scores, blog
OVERS 18
MELBOURNE RENEGADES 3/157
TARGET 165
Archer to bowl his final over
DOT
Play and miss from White
ONE
Quick single from White, could have been interesting if Archer picked up cleanly!
DOT
Swing and a miss from Hodge this time
ONE
Hodge guides the ball to fine leg with a one handed pull shot
ONE
White pulls to fine leg
DOT
Good yorker from Archer to finish!
Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades Highlights: BBL Big Bash scores, blog
OVERS 17
MELBOURNE RENEGADES 3/154
TARGET 165
Mills to bowl his final over
FOUR
Hodge blasts it through the covers for a boundary
DOT
A good bouncer beats Hodge!
ONE
Inside edge and White calls Hodge through for a quick single
FOUR
White hammers one over cover! Serious power from the Bear!
ONE
White just drops a slower ball for an easy single
DOT
Under edge from Hodge rolls through to Wade
Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades Highlights: BBL Big Bash scores, blog
OVERS 16
MELBOURNE RENEGADES 3/144
TARGET 165
White 71(53)
Hodge 9 (5)
Christian back on to bowl
FOUR
White goes over cover to the short boundary and it just falls short of the rope!
FOUR
White whacks it to the point boundary
ONE
White works it to the leg side
WIDE
Too short from Christian as it sails over Hodge’s head
ONE
Hodge smashes it to deep point
ONE
White whacks it to wide long off
ONE
Hodge tries to go fine but Wade manages to collect it
Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades Highlights: BBL Big Bash scores, blog
OVERS 15
MELBOURNE RENEGADES 3/131
TARGET 165
Summer continues
FOUR
White lifts a short ball over short fine leg and gets a boundary
ONE
Pull shot to mid on by White
DOT
Brad Hodge evades a short ball to commence his innings
SIX
Biggest 6 of the night! Hodge gets off the mark with a big maximum onto the hill!
WIDE
Short slower ball just outside the wide lines
ONE
Inside edge rolls into the leg side from Hodge
ONE
White doesn’t get a pull shot but it lands safe short of fine leg running around
Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades Highlights: BBL Big Bash scores, blog
OVERS 14
MELBOURNE RENEGADES 3/117
TARGET 165
DOUBLE WICKET MAIDEN
Archer back on
DOT
Harris get none of a pull shot to mid on
WICKET
Harris slogs but picks out the man in the deep. The partnership is finally broken!
Harris caught Boyce bowled Archer 50(34)
Tom Cooper the new man in
DOT
Good start to the new man from Archer
DOT
Archer beats the bat outside off
DOT
Cooper misses and gets hit on the thigh pad
WICKET
Cooper edges a pull shot and a good catch by Wade sees him gone!
Cooper caught Wade bowled Archer 0(4)
Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades Highlights: BBL Big Bash scores, blog
OVERS 13
MELBOURNE RENEGADES 1/117
TARGET 165
TWO
White drives to long off
ONE
White rotating strike
ONE
Harris rotating strike also
SIX – FIFTY
White launches over mid wicket to bring up his half century
ONE
White works a single
ONE – FIFTY
Harris brings up his half century with a single
Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades Highlights: BBL Big Bash scores, blog
OVERS 12
MELBOURNE RENEGADES 1/105
TARGET 165
Summers on for his second over
ONE
White works the short ball into the leg side
WIDE
Short and sprayed outside off
ONE
Harris runs the ball to third man
ONE
White controls a pull shot to deep square leg
DOT
Swing and a miss from Harris
ONE – HUNDRED PARTNERSHIP
Harris controls a pull shot to square leg and the hundred partnership comes up!
ONE
White drops the short ball into the off side for a quick single
Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades Highlights: BBL Big Bash scores, blog
OVERS 11
MELBOURNE RENEGADES 1/99
TARGET 165
Mills back into the attack, searching for a wicket
DOT
Slower ball outside off beats Harris
ONE
Good bouncer! The top edge from Harris lands safe though
ONE
White hits to mid off
ONE
Harris gets another single
TWO
White goes aerial down the ground but doesn’t get all of it
ONE
White drops and runs
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OVERS 10
MELBOURNE RENEGADES 1/93
TARGET 165
Short into the attack
FOUR
White places the short ball nicely through the off side from the back foot
FOUR
A repeat of the ball above from both batter and bowler
ONE
White punches into the covers
ONE
Harris carves through the off side for a single
DOT
White punches to cover
DOT
White blocks
Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades Highlights: BBL Big Bash scores, blog
OVERS 9
MELBOURNE RENEGADES 1/83
TARGET 165
White 29(31)
Harris 43(23)
Christian into the attack
DOT
White bunts back to Christian
ONE – LEG BYE
Off the pad White and Harris call him through for a good single
FOUR
Harris edges and just beats a big dive from Wade, lucky!
ONE
Harris pulls to deep backward square
ONE
White flicks to the leg side
FOUR
Harris gets the low full toss past point to the short boundary
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OVERS 8
MELBOURNE RENEGADES 1/72
TARGET 165
Boyce into the attack
DOT
Good start from the leggie
ONE
White works to the leg side
SIX
Short from Boyce and Harris dispatches it over the short boundary!
ONE
Harris cuts for one
ONE
White comes down the wicket and works into the leg side for a single
DOT
Harris plays and misses at the wrong un, good take by Wade
Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades Highlights: BBL Big Bash scores, blog
OVERS 7
MELBOURNE RENEGADES 1/63
TARGET 165
White 26(24)
Harris 27(17)
Summers into the attack!
DOT
White pushes to cover
DOT
Short and wide but White misses the pull shot
WIDE
Short slower ball slides down the leg side
DOT
White blocks to mid wicket and there’s a MISSED RUN OUT at the bowler’s end
NO BALL
ONE
White top edges the short ball and it lands safely after Summers made contact with the stumps in his delivery stride
FREE HIT – ONE
Harris mis-hits over cover
SIX
White makes the most of the short boundary. Whacks it over mid wicket! The first maximum of the Renegades innings
ONE
White runs it down to third man
Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades Highlights: BBL Big Bash scores, blog
OVERS 6
MELBOURNE RENEGADES 1/52
TARGET 165
Archer’s second over to conclude the powerplay
DOT
Beats the bat of White and it flies through to Wade
ONE
White runs it off the face of the bat from a good length to third man
ONE
Harris gets it to square leg for a comfortable single
WIDE
Archer pushes the ball down the leg side
ONE
White flicks to short fine leg
ONE
Harris works a slower ball into the leg side
ONE
White gets none of the pull shot but they scamper through for a single
Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades Highlights: BBL Big Bash scores, blog
OVERS 5
MELBOURNE RENEGADES 1/46
TARGET 165
White 15(15)
Harris 24(14)
Rose back into the attack
TWO
White uses his feet and drives to wide mid off
FOUR
White uses his feet again and beats mid on
ONE
The full toss just gets pushed into the leg side for a single
DOT
Harris blocks into midwicket
FOUR
Harris whacks it through the offside, good shot!
TWO
Top edge from Harris just lobs over backward square leg
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OVERS 4
MELBOURNE RENEGADES 1/33
TARGET 165
Mills continues
DOT
White defends on the stumps
DOT
White flicks one off the pads but picks out short fine leg
3rd UMPIRE DECISION – NOT OUT
ONE
Direct hit from Summers at mid on but White gets home
DOT
Mills beats Harris for pace outside off
FOUR
Harris lofts over mid on to the short boundary. Good batting
TWO
Harris beats cover and they double up
Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades Highlights: BBL Big Bash scores, blog
OVERS 3
MELBOURNE RENEGADES 1/26
TARGET 165
White 7(9)
Harris 12 (8)
Jofra Archer to commence his BBL career!
DOT
Hits high on the bat of Harris and drops into the off side
FOUR
Lucky! Inside edge just misses the stumps and runs away to the boundary
FOUR
Harris drives to mid on and poor fielding from Christian sees it go the fence
DOT
Harris pulls to mid on
DOT
Harris can’t beat the offside field
DOT
Archer closes out the over well
Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades Highlights: BBL Big Bash scores, blog
OVERS 2
MELBOURNE RENEGADES 1/18
TARGET 165
Tymal Mills to open his BBL account
WIDE
Short and down leg side
FOUR
White pulls over square leg with good control
WIDE
Again, Mills pushes the ball down the leg side
DOT
Mills comes around the wicket and it hits White high on the bat
ONE
Drops at White’s feet and Harris scampers through, eager to finally face a delivery
THREE
Nice start from Harris, elegant push through the covers and good running
NO BALL
Bouncer beats White for pace but it’s the second above shoulder for the over
FREE HIT
ONE
White slices to third man for a single
ONE
Harris awkwardly runs a slower ball to third man
Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades Highlights: BBL Big Bash scores, blog
OVERS 1
MELBOURNE RENEGADES 1/5
TARGET 165
HUGE STARTS FROM THE HURRICANES!
FOUR
Finch whacks a full toss through the off side! What a start!
WICKET
Huge scalp! Finch skies a slog sweep and Wade holds onto the catch! Well done Clive Rose
Finch caught Wade bowled Rose 4(2)
Cameron White comes to the crease
DOT
White bunts one back to Rose
DOT
De ja vu, White again bunts back to Rose
DOT
White squirts into the off side
ONE
White punches to long off
Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades Highlights: BBL Big Bash scores, blog
Finch and Harris to open the batting!
Clive Rose to open the bowling!
Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades Highlights: BBL Big Bash scores, blog
Verdict from the Channel ten commentary team is that 8/164 is under par. The Hurricanes won the powerplay thanks to Doolan and Short. However, the Renegades bowled very well after that (except for one Brad Hogg over that went for 22). Dwayne Bravo’s 5/28 from 4 overs was sensational!
Finch will be the key wicket early! Will the Renegades experience and power see them home?
Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades Highlights: BBL Big Bash scores, blog
Small grounds two of the three games so far. Crowds always pick up after Christmas however, once kids have finished school.
Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades Highlights: BBL Big Bash scores, blog
Exactly right! Performance should be the only criteria for selection but unfortunately dressing room politics becomes too much of a consideration.
Would love to see Maxwell in the middle order (didn’t agree with him being dropped in the first place), but it’s hard to see him getting back. Shaun Marsh has been consistent at 5 and 6, and has struggled previously against the new ball, so can’t see him being moved to open. Also, can’t see Khawaja opening and Smith moving up to 3 because the new ball presents the best opportunity to get him out. Against the older ball he has been so prolific. The sub-continent will probably be the only place Smith will be at 3 again.
Australia well set for South Africa Test tour