length ball on fifth stump, shuffles across his stumps and flicks this wide of the keeper through fine leg to the rope, clinching victory.
Renegades vs Thunder, 47th Match at Canberra, BBL, Jan 19 2023 - Match Result
Thunder won by 8 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)
10.20 pm What might have been had Fawad not dropped Gilkes on 29. Instead, he goes on to build a match-clinching half-century stand with Ross to finish 74 not out. Sydney Thunder now join the Renegades level on 12 points, tied for third on the table. Neither has clinched a playoff spot just yet though because the Hurricanes and Strikers are both close behind on 10 points.
Player of the Match Matthew Gilkes: "It's always nice to have a bit of luck in there and definitely needed it so a bit of a sigh of relief for me [being dropped on 29]. Just to watch [David Warner] on TV for so long to now be able to go out and do it with him, he's great talking you through your innings. It was tough to score when it was top of the stumps but we talked about taking it as deep as possible, not taking any unnecessary risks and it paid off in the end. We knew it was a must win, hopefully we can take that momentum into the next two games and the finals. I love getting down to Manuka and playing. I grew up playing grade cricket here. It's a special ground."
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slower length ball at 121 kph on sixth stump, through the shot a touch early and drags this off the toe floating just short of Richardson diving left in his follow-through.
length ball on fourth stump, defended.
Just four runs to get now.
good length ball on middle, reverse sweeps this through backward point and gets another boundary.
charges a full ball on middle, heaves this through the gap at deep midwicket to the rope.
full on off, another attempted paddle sweep comes off the toe into extra cover for one.
full on sixth stump, driven firmly to extra cover.
full on fifth stump, reverse paddle sweep tickled past the keeper, slapped back at the rope but they manage to complete an all-run four anyway.
googly lands short on leg stump and follows him backing away from leg, punched out through cover for one.
Exactly a run a ball needed the rest of the way. Even with that 26-run final over by Sutherland to end the Renegades innings, this total was still well below par. It didn't help that Gilkes was dropped on 29.
length ball on fourth stump, pulled into the ground short of mid-on for none.
length ball on fifth stump, pulled into the ground back to the bowler.
slower length ball on fourth stump, slapped off a bottom edge into extra cover for one.
short on fifth stump, pulled flat to deep midwicket for one.
slower length ball slapped away to point, throw at the striker's end is wide. Touch and go if it had connected.
length ball on middle, leans back from the stumps to create room to carve a cut behind point to the rope.
This has not been Fawad's finest hour in the field by any stretch of the imagination.
length ball on the legs, flicked past Fawad Ahmed at short fine leg and goes to the rope.
full on middle, flicked high over midwicket for one.
length ball on sixth stump, tapped through cover for one.
slower length ball on fifth stump, waits on it and powers a pull high and deep over wide midwicket and just clears the rope.
low full toss on middle, flicked to deep midwicket for one.
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Manuka Oval, Canberra | |
Toss | Melbourne Renegades, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2022/23 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match days | 19 January 2023 - night (20-over match) |
T20 debut | |
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TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Sydney Thunder 2, Melbourne Renegades 0 |
Over 19 • ST 144/2
Thunder won by 8 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)