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Big Bash LeagueMatch 27 · T20

Melbourne Renegades beat Sydney Thunder by 5 wickets

Sydney Showground Stadium, . Sydney Thunder won the toss and chose to bat.

Sydney Thunder173/520 ov
Melbourne Renegades176/519.2 ov
Melbourne Renegades won by 5 wickets
Sydney Thunder won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Sydney Thunder won the toss and chose to bat. Sydney Thunder made 173 for 5 in 20 overs, Usman Khawaja 62 from 42 balls and Shane Watson 62 from 43 balls. Dwayne Bravo took 2 for 26.

Melbourne Renegades reached 176 for 5 in 19.2 overs, Cameron White 61 from 46 balls and Dwayne Bravo 47 from 24 balls. Andre Russell took 2 for 42.

Melbourne Renegades won by 5 wickets.

Key performers

Sydney Thunder innings

173/5(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Usman Khawajac †BR McDermott b CJ Gannonc †BR McDermott b CJ Gannon624291147.62
Jacques Kallisc PM Nevill b TLW Cooperc PM Nevill b TLW Cooper13151186.67
Shane Watsonc CP Tremain b DJ Bravoc CP Tremain b DJ Bravo624334144.19
Andre Russellhit wicket b NJ Rimmingtonhit wicket b NJ Rimmington16911177.78
Michael Husseylbw b DJ Bravolbw b DJ Bravo131210108.33
Ben Rohrernot outnot out0*000-
Extras(lb 5, w 1, nb 1)(lb 5, w 1, nb 1)7
Total20 Ov (RR 8.65)20 Ov (RR 8.65)173/5
Fall of wickets: 61-1 (JH Kallis, 6.5 ov), 118-2 (UT Khawaja, 13.1 ov), 147-3 (AD Russell, 16.2 ov), 173-4 (SR Watson, 19.5 ov), 173-5 (MEK Hussey, 20 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Tom Cooper201316.5062000
Xavier Doherty2031015.5032300
Chris Tremain403809.5054101
Nathan Rimmington403117.7593110
Cameron Gannon402917.2591200
Dwayne Bravo402626.5093000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stUT Khawaja 48(26) & JH Kallis 13(15)6141
2ndSR Watson 40(22) & UT Khawaja 14(16)5738
3rdSR Watson 12(11) & AD Russell 16(9)2919
4thMEK Hussey 13(11) & SR Watson 10(10)2621
5thMEK Hussey 0(1) & BJ Rohrer 0(0)01

Melbourne Renegades innings

176/5(19.2 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Chris Gaylec Fawad Ahmed b CJ McKayc Fawad Ahmed b CJ McKay282050140.00
Tom Cooperb Fawad Ahmedb Fawad Ahmed251740147.06
Cameron Whitec BJ Rohrer b AD Russellc BJ Rohrer b AD Russell614634132.61
Dwayne Bravoc & b AD Russellc & b AD Russell472433195.83
Tom Beatonrun out (†CD Hartley)run out (†CD Hartley)6610100.00
Peter Nevillnot outnot out4*210200.00
Ben McDermott †not outnot out2*200100.00
Extras(lb 1, w 1, nb 1)(lb 1, w 1, nb 1)3
Total19.2 Ov (RR 9.10)19.2 Ov (RR 9.10) · Target 174 from 20 ov176/5
Fall of wickets: 46-1 (CH Gayle, 4.5 ov), 71-2 (TLW Cooper, 8.5 ov), 162-3 (DJ Bravo, 17.4 ov), 164-4 (CL White, 18 ov), 170-5 (TM Beaton, 18.5 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Andre Russell4042210.5074201
Shane Watson3.2036010.8063200
Gurinder Sandhu3038012.6734200
Clint McKay402917.25125010
Jacques Kallis301103.6770000
Fawad Ahmed201919.5021100
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stCH Gayle 28(20) & TLW Cooper 17(9)4629
2ndCL White 17(16) & TLW Cooper 8(8)2524
3rdDJ Bravo 47(24) & CL White 44(29)9153
4thTM Beaton 1(2) & CL White 0(1)22
5thTM Beaton 5(4) & PM Nevill 0(1)65
6thBR McDermott 2(2) & PM Nevill 4(1)6*3

Commentary

End of innings: MR 176/5 (19.2 ov)
19.24
SR Watson to PM Nevill, FOUR
19.11
SR Watson to BR McDermott, 1 run
End of over 197 runs, 1 wktMR 171/540Wd01W1
BR McDermott 1(1)PM Nevill 0(1)CJ McKay 4-0-29-1
18.61
CJ McKay to BR McDermott, 1 run
18.5W
CJ McKay to PM Nevill, OUT
TM Beaton run out (†CD Hartley) 6(6) [4s-1 6s-0] · FoW 170/5 (18.5 ov)
18.41
CJ McKay to TM Beaton, 1 run
18.30
CJ McKay to TM Beaton, no run
18.3Wd
CJ McKay to TM Beaton, wide
18.20
CJ McKay to TM Beaton, no run
18.14
CJ McKay to TM Beaton, FOUR
End of over 1815 runs, 2 wktsMR 164/4166WNb1W
TM Beaton 1(2)AD Russell 4-0-42-2
17.6W
AD Russell to CL White, OUT
CL White c BJ Rohrer b AD Russell 61(46) [4s-3 6s-4] · FoW 164/4 (18 ov)
17.51
AD Russell to TM Beaton, 1 runFree hit
17.5Nb
AD Russell to TM Beaton, no ball
17.4W
AD Russell to DJ Bravo, OUT
DJ Bravo c & b AD Russell 47(24) [4s-3 6s-3] · FoW 162/3 (17.4 ov)
17.36
AD Russell to DJ Bravo, SIX
17.26
AD Russell to DJ Bravo, SIX
17.11
AD Russell to CL White, 1 run
End of over 179 runsMR 149/2401040
DJ Bravo 35(21)CL White 60(44)CJ McKay 3-0-22-1
16.60
CJ McKay to DJ Bravo, no run
16.54
CJ McKay to DJ Bravo, FOUR
16.40
CJ McKay to DJ Bravo, no run
16.31
CJ McKay to CL White, 1 run
16.20
CJ McKay to CL White, no run
16.14
CJ McKay to CL White, FOUR
End of over 1615 runsMR 140/2614112
DJ Bravo 31(18)CL White 55(41)GS Sandhu 3-0-38-0
15.62
GS Sandhu to DJ Bravo, 2 runs
15.51
GS Sandhu to CL White, 1 run
15.41
GS Sandhu to DJ Bravo, 1 run