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Scorchers vs Renegades, 52nd Match at Perth, BBL, Jan 22 2023 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
52nd Match (N), Perth, January 22, 2023, Big Bash League
(20 ov, T:213) 202/5

Scorchers won by 10 runs

Player Of The Match
95* (50)
cameron-bancroft
Cricinfo's MVP
104.13 ptsImpact List
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end of over 2018 runs
MR: 202/5CRR: 10.10 
Aaron Finch76 (35b 7x4 5x6)
Jack Prestwidge10 (5b 1x4 1x6)
David Payne 4-0-31-1
Aaron Hardie 1-0-7-1

That concludes our coverage from Optus Stadium. Perth Scorchers have banked a home qualifier against Sydney Sixers next Saturday night. The winner will host the BBL final. Thanks for your company tonight.

Cameron Bancroft is Player of the Match: "I don't know how to describe what was going on there in the last 10 overs. It was all happening. We made it exciting. At the end of the day the main goal was to win and get a home final and we've done that so it's fantastic. I tried to pace my innings as well as I could, hit boundaries when I needed to and there was a few times we wanted to take the surge and we lost a wicket at the back end of the over so I had to regroup again. I felt like I hit the ball well tonight."

7.36pm Scorchers win by 10 runs in a bizarre game of cricket. Renegades needed on 101 from 36 balls and made 90 off the last six overs. Finch was 16 off 16 and finished with 76 not out off 35 balls. Scorchers lost the plot with the ball and in the field. But they win the game and secure the home qualifier against Sydney Sixers. But Finch and the Renegades will take some heart from that chase as they push to try and make the playoffs.

Matthew: "'Gades NRR not gonna take much of a hit here, what a show from Finch."

Mustafa Moudi: "The last 2 overs belonged to Aarons - 18th to Finch for getting 31 Runs and 19th to Hardie for conceding just 9 and picking a wicket !!"

Mitesh Taweria: "Scorchers players have fielded the ball with their faces today more than they did it with hands."

19.6
4
Payne to Finch, FOUR runs

hammered over wide mid off! Short and wide and he cracks it over wide mid off on the back foot

19.5
6
Payne to Finch, SIX runs

cut up and over third! Short ball outside off, he sits back leg side and just lifts it up and over third and it clears the rope

19.4
1lb
Payne to Prestwidge, 1 leg bye

pinned on the helmet! It flies to short third and they get a leg bye. He tries to pull a quick bouncer but is hit flush on the side of the head

19.3
Payne to Prestwidge, no run

on speed bouncer beats him! Quicker pace and he was set for the slower one and it climbs through outside off

19.2
6
Payne to Prestwidge, SIX runs

launched over deep midwicket! 118kph, slower ball sits in the pitch, he muscles this with power over the long boundary at deep midwicket. What a strike!

19.1
1
Payne to Finch, 1 run

length slower ball way wide of off, Finch set himself for it but he drags it off the toe of the bat to long on for one

Payne to bowl the last. Finch needs 29. Payne coming over the wicket

end of over 198 runs • 1 wicket
MR: 184/5CRR: 9.68 RRR: 29.00 • Need 29 runs from 6b
Jack Prestwidge4 (2b 1x4)
Aaron Finch65 (32b 6x4 4x6)
Aaron Hardie 1-0-7-1
Andrew Tye 4-0-63-1
18.6
Hardie to Prestwidge, no run

good length slower ball, 109kph, he heaves it off the toe of the bat to midwicket and Finch calls no

Shaf: "Safe to say we can call Perth the Bloody Furnace from now on!!"

18.5
4
Hardie to Prestwidge, FOUR runs

thick inside edge past leg! Another good slower ball outside off, he swings hard and gets a thick inside edge that runs fine!

18.4
W
Hardie to Sutherland, OUT

Eskinazi hangs onto a skier finally! A length slower ball deceives him again, he gets under it and hits it miles in the air to deep midwicket, Eskinazi waits an age underneath it and takes the catch. Finally for the Scorchers one is pouched

Will Sutherland c Eskinazi b Hardie 30 (18b 2x4 1x6 34m) SR: 166.66
18.3
1lb
Hardie to Finch, 1 leg bye

117kph, length slower ball, he tries to heave over square leg and is deceived, it hits the back hip and drops down for a leg bye

18.2
2
Hardie to Finch, 2 runs

Behrendorff drops another at wide long on! A length ball, Finch skies a towering ball to wide long on, Behrendorff runs a long way and can't hang on!

Tye is bleeding and has to go off!

18.1
1
Hardie to Sutherland, 1 run

Tye drops him running in from long on! A slower ball, he tries to loft down the ground and gets under it, Tye runs in off the rope and slides on his knees to take it with hands up infront of his eyes and it bursts through and splits his nose open!

Aaron Hardie for his first bowl since January 1

end of over 1831 runs
MR: 176/4CRR: 9.77 RRR: 18.50 • Need 37 runs from 12b
Aaron Finch63 (30b 6x4 4x6)
Will Sutherland29 (16b 2x4 1x6)
Andrew Tye 4-0-63-1
Peter Hatzoglou 1.5-0-20-0

Tye concedes 63 from his 4 and the Renegades have a chance!

17.6
6
Tye to Finch, SIX runs

the biggest of the lot! Monstered over deep midwicket! Into the second tier. Length ball in the slot, a slower ball, he picked it and this is probably the first ball he has properly middled and it disappears!

17.5
6
Tye to Finch, SIX runs

launched over long on! Full in the slot, he swings through the line and clubs it over long on!

Free hit coming

17.5
7nb
Tye to Finch, (no ball) SIX runs

high full toss upper cut for six! Finch reacted well to a chest high full toss and upper cut it over the fence at deep third. No ball as well!

17.4
2
Tye to Finch, 2 runs

full on leg, he whips with the bottom hand to wide fine leg and deep backward square comes around to cut it off

17.3
4
Tye to Finch, FOUR runs

carved over wide mid off! Fielder up in the ring, Finch gets one full in the slot and he drills it flat out of the screws

17.2
4
Tye to Finch, FOUR runs

top edge flies over short third! Length slower ball, he tries to heave over midwicket and gets a thick top edge that flies over short third and runs away

17.1
2
Tye to Finch, 2 runs

132kph, full on leg, he muscles this off the inside half of the bat wide of long on, it lands short of the rope and they get two

end of over 1711 runs
MR: 145/4CRR: 8.52 RRR: 22.66 • Need 68 runs from 18b
Will Sutherland29 (16b 2x4 1x6)
Aaron Finch33 (23b 4x4 1x6)
Peter Hatzoglou 1.5-0-20-0
Jason Behrendorff 4-0-30-0
16.6
6
Hatzoglou to Sutherland, SIX runs

launched straight at sightscreen! He held his shape this time, didn't back away too far, got a full ball in the slot and swings through the line to nail it straight.

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