caught at backward point! Jason Sangha takes the catch! Boyce is distraught! Thunder win by one run! Full and wide, it wasn't a great delivery, he just sliced a drive off a thick outside edge straight to Jason Sangha and he pouches it safely
Thunder vs Renegades, 55th Match at Melbourne, BBL, Jan 19 2022 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Thunder finish third on the BBL table and will host the Knockout at the MCG on Sunday. They will play the winner of the Hurricanes Strikers Eliminator on Friday night. The Hurricanes face the Stars in the last game of the home and away season at the MCG as the last game of today's triple header. Thanks for company in this one. What a finish.
7.30pm The Renegades lose another one. Thunder get out of jail and take some winning momentum to the finals. Two nights in a row Renegades throw away the game from winning positions. Finch made 82 from 64 balls but couldn't close it out. Thunder fielded poorly all night until the last over where they were flawless. Gurinder Sandhu holds his nerve with 3 for 33. Gurinder Sandhu "I was just trying to keep it pretty simple and pretty clear."Koshur: "Hello Alex!!I had full faith(that they will mess it up)"
Cameron Boyce on strike! He took 4 wickets in 4 balls and 5 for 21 with the ball. It's been his day. He needs 2 off 1. There's a Thunder team meeting with four men involved. Sandhu to Boyce
full and wide, might have been a wide, he reaches out and toes it to backward point for one!
3 from 2
Sutherland goes bang! The chief! A length slower ball sits up and he clears the leg and heaves it into the seats at wide long on!
Ahmad Khalid: "Gades going on with Gade thingies"
Sams takes a blinder! Finch holes out! Full in the slot, Finch heaves towards deep midwicket, Sams charges in and dives forward full length and plucks it just above the turf! Wow
Sensational from Jason Sangha! Extraordinary run out! Harper drags it towards long on but Jason Sangha dives full length at a close midwicket to stop it cleanly and flick it to Gurinder who takes the bails off and Harper is out by miles. No run and a wicket
beaten! A swing and a miss to a on pace back of a length ball and they don't try for a bye
Gurinder Sandhu on. 9 to win
full and driven hard to long on, they want two but Green whips the throw in quickly. One it is. Harper stays on strike
slower ball, grips, he defends back to the bowler
Alex: "Well this seems like a familiar position for the Renegades..."
played on! Merlo got down to scoop and just knocked it onto the top of off! The shot was on, fine leg was up, he got a good length but maybe got a little too low and didn't get enough bat under it!
short slower ball beats Finch trying to pull, it bounces short of Gilkes and he can't glove it cleanly, they pinch a bye
slower ball, he drives to cover and another misfield allows one
slower ball, he drives firmly to mid off on the circle
Koshur: "C'mon Gades, let's mess it up in our own typical way" Have faith Koshur
full and fired down leg, it brushes the pad, Gilkes dives to knock it down but they pinch a leg bye
Scott: "Why no Maddinson and Richardson lately? Injured? COVID?" Maddinson has a hamstring issue. Richardson went back to Adelaide for family reasons.
shorter length, he pulls into the gap at deep midwicket and they run well again
back of the hand slower ball, he pulls to deep square
good length outside off, he defends to cover and pinches one
pulled fine! Short slower ball angled down leg and he just pulled it with ease fine of short fine
short down leg, he tries to pull but it's a wide
back of a length on middle, he works this behind square into the gap for two
25 from 18
darted into off, he's back and working to midwicket
Over 20 • MR 169/7