Sixers vs Renegades, 2nd Match at Sydney, BBL 2023, Dec 08 2023 - Ball by Ball Commentary

Sticks to his guns and hits it into the deck on a hard length, he yanks his front foot out of the way and tonks it towards deep midwicket as Sixers win by eight runs

Nails the slower short ball to perfection and keeps it away from the firing range, he goes for the full-blooded pull across the line and is nowhere near the line of the ball

Oh my word! How can you do that? That is exceptional fielding at deep midwicket, one-handed stunning diving save prevent the ball from going over the rope; fraction short on off and he absolutely butchered it

Good length spearing it across off, rocks back and smokes it away into the vacant spaces at deep midwicket and collects a double

Pounded hard over deep backward square for a huuuuuuuuuuge six! All the way for six to cause delirium in the stands, missed the target fractionally and gets punished

Banged into the surface and gets it to shape away outside off, well it goes whooshing away past the tramline on off and given a wide, marginal call

Sounds the death rattle! Goes too far across his stumps and tries to drag it across the line to fine leg but ends up chopping it back on the stumps and zingers are alight. Rogers has to go back in the hut

Shuffles across his stumps to attempt an audacious shot and guides it across the line to short fine, executes the sweep shot well but can't go for the aerial route

Skips down and is through the pull shot early, gets a top edge

Pinpoint accurate yorker on middle and he pummels it back to Abbott who inadvertently stops it with his shoe

Guides away behind square on off side and they pinch a run

Full and straight, bowling gas, prodded down to long-on and the pair hares for a couple

Goes fuller on middle and leg, he gives him a charge and gets an inside-edge, ball dies down quickly as keeper charges in and shatters the stumps with a sharp throw but he just made his ground. It's a no-ball!

It's an uphill task but not impossible. Short of a length slanting across off, no real pace to work with, he swings for the grandstands but misses it completely

Gets this one up fuller on fifth stump line, pushes it back to O'Keefe

Slow and too wide outside off, in his hitting zone and he doesn't miss out, brings out the long levers and thumps it many a mile over long-off - 94 meters smack

Tossed up outside off, plants his front leg and carves it away into the covers for a run

Short and hugging the wide guideline on off

Zips it quicker on middle and leg, inside edge skews away to deep fine and they jog back third

Not much oomph behind the shot, lofted over the bowler's head, long-on puts in a dive and saves a certain boundary, good length ball outside off