Scorchers vs Renegades, 15th Match at Perth, BBL 2023, Dec 26 2023 - Ball by Ball Commentary

the Scorchers win by 13 runs! Banged in again on leg stump. Zampa gives himself room and swings for the hills. Shanks it and the ball drops into the vacant backward square leg region. The Scorchers have defended a total again, and the Renegades will look at this as a massive missed opportunity!

short and sharp on middle and off. Zampa backs away and flays at it but can only connect with fresh air

bashes it into the pitch on middle and leg. Whistles through and Zampa is awfully late on the slog. Goes past the bat, and the Renegades now need a miracle (or some extras)

straight up, and that is two in two for Tye! Hard length, angling into leg stump. Richardson tries to back away and smoke it over extra cover. Gets cramped for room, though, and splices it up. Tye calls early and does the rest!

straight down deep backward square leg's throat! Half-tracker on leg stump, and this ought to have travelled. Wells gets a good chunk of it too but picks out the sweeper to absolute perfection. A vital, vital wicket, and that could be that, as far as this run-chase is concerned!

length on middle and off. Wells advances and thumps it to mid on. Hardie, of all people, misfields and ends up conceding the second. Wells back on strike

oh my days! Full and speared into the stumps. Rogers walks across his stumps nonchalantly and laps it. Fine leg gets a hand to it but cannot prevent the boundary!

Sutherland has been run out, oh my! Another exceptional yorker on middle and off. Sutherland clinks it towards deep cover point and is hell-bent on coming back for the second. Could be touch-and-go again as the fielder fires it in at the batters end. Inglis does the rest and on this occasion, Sutherland is just inches short of his ground!

very full, almost a yorker on middle and leg. Wells squeezes it out to long on and he has to settle for a single

shot! Another attempted yorker on middle and off. Wells advances, converts it into a full toss and crashes it between extra cover and mid off!

right in the blockhole at the stumps. All Wells can do is dig it out to the bowler

low full toss just outside off. Sutherland backs away and carves it towards deep cover point

back of a length outside off. Sutherland winds up and hacks it down the ground to long on

It is all happening now! Banged into the track outside off. Sutherland gets on top of the bounce and pulls it powerfully towards deep mid wicket. Decides, rather ambitiously, to come back for the second. The throw is accurate and Inglis takes off the bails. The question, though, is whether the bat was on the line when the bails came off. Looks awfully close. Proper touch-and-go stuff. If Sutherland has managed to get back, the fielder at deep mid wicket will be questioned because he was lackadaisical in releasing his throw. The third umpire is happy that there is just enough of the bat beyond the crease, and Sutherland stays!

taken on the fence this time! Slow and into the track again, not giving the batter any pace to work with. Maddinson winds up and gets it somewhere close to the middle of the bat. The problem, though, is that the deep sqare leg boundary is quite big and Evans, running to his right, gobbles it up!

another off-pace delivery, this time, honing into leg stump. Maddinson swipes wildly and misses, getting pinged on the body in the process

was that another chance?! Back of a length on leg stump. Wells swings at it and gets an inside edge that hits him on the midriff. The ball trickles towards the bowler. Maddinson decides to sneak in a single and gets there. Behrendorff tried to hit the stumps with a wave of his left boot but could not quite channel his inner Lionel Messi

dropped, you have got to be kidding me! Back of a length on leg stump, and this rears up on Maddinson. He swishes across the line and the ball loops up tamely off the top edge. Morris settles himself at fine leg but then puts down an absolute sitter

short delivery on middle and leg. Maddinson gets into an awkward position and dabs it towards backward point for a single

short, fast and wide outside off. Wells throws his hands at it and the ball flies off the outside edge towards third man