Big Bash League 2024: Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Renegades Match Preview, Big Bash League 2024

10th T20 • Docklands Stadium • Melbourne

Perth Scorchers

143/8 (20)

Melbourne Renegades

144/8 (19)

MR won by 2 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Table

Date & Time

23 Dec, 01:45 PM IST

Venue

Docklands Stadium, Melbourne

TV/Streaming

Disney+Hotstar

Match

10th T20,

Umpires

Greg Davidson (Australia), Shawn Craig (Australia), Troy Penman (Australia, TV)

Referee

Kent Hannam (Australia)

Toss

Melbourne Renegades elected to bowl

Pitch Report

PitchFlat Track Pitch

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

160Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

133.56Avg SR

2nd Innings

144Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

132.17Avg SR

Playing XILineups Out

Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

2- 8

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Melbourne Renegades

Perth Scorchers

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Tim Seifert

MR . WK

92 Runs

2 Matches

Cooper Connolly

PS . ALL

64 Runs

1 Match

Ashton Turner

PS . BAT

37 Runs

1 Match

Top Bowlers

Will Sutherland

MR . ALL

5 Wkts

2 Matches

Tom Stewart Rogers

MR . BOWL

4 Wkts

2 Matches

Fergus O'Neill

MR . ALL

3 Wkts

2 Matches

Playing XILineups Out

Fantasy Top Picks

Expert Team 1

Will Sutherland

C Connolly

Expert Team 2

F O'Neill

C Connolly

Venue Details

Docklands Stadium, Melbourne

PitchFlat Track Pitch

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

160Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

133.56Avg SR

2nd Innings

144Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

132.17Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

37%Bat First Bowl First63%

Team Batting First

43%Wins Losses57%

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Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Melbourne Renegades

Perth Scorchers

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

2- 8

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

146

Average Score

160

183/5

Highest Score

211/4

78/4

Lowest Score

105/10

Player of the Match Tom Stewart Rogers

3/22

Info

Perth Scorchers

143/8 (20)

Batters

Finn Allen

0.00

c TS Rogers b F O'Neill

Keaton Jennings

75.00

runout (MW Harvey)

Cooper Connolly

132.00

c MW Harvey b A Zampa

Josh Inglis

66.67

c J Fraser McGurk b W Sutherland

Ashton Turner

(C)

100.00

b TS Rogers

Matthew Spoors

111.54

c MW Harvey b KW Richardson

Nick Hobson

114.29

c W Sutherland b TS Rogers

Ashton Agar

75.00

c LJ Evans b TS Rogers

Matthew Kelly

200.00

Not out

Andrew Tye

133.33

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 8, NB: 0, W: 2)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.15)

143/8

Did not Bat

Jason Behrendorff

Bowlers

EXT

4.50

5.50

9.75

6.75

7.25

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Finn Allen

c TS Rogers b F O'Neill

1-0

0.3

Keaton Jennings

runout (MW Harvey)

2-15

4.5

Josh Inglis

c J Fraser McGurk b W Sutherland

3-27

6.4

Ashton Turner

b TS Rogers

4-35

8.1

Matthew Spoors

c MW Harvey b KW Richardson

5-84

15.1

Nick Hobson

c W Sutherland b TS Rogers

6-126

18.1

Ashton Agar

c LJ Evans b TS Rogers

7-130

18.6

Cooper Connolly

c MW Harvey b A Zampa

8-136

19.2

Melbourne Renegades

144/8 (19)

Batters

Josh Brown

200.00

c AJ Turner b A Tye

Jake Fraser McGurk

50.00

c A Tye b JP Behrendorff

Tim Seifert

200.00

c J Inglis b M Kelly

Jacob Bethell

136.36

b A Agar

Laurie Evans

133.33

c JP Behrendorff b C Connolly

Mackenzie Harvey

90.00

b AJ Turner

Will Sutherland *

(C)

75.00

Not out

Tom Stewart Rogers

71.43

runout (M Kelly)

Fergus O'Neill

75.00

c AJ Turner b JP Behrendorff

Adam Zampa

50.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 1, W: 7)

TOTAL

(19 Ov, RR: 7.58)

144/8

Did not Bat

Kane Richardson

Bowlers

EXT

8.25

11.00

7.33

15.00

5.00

5.67

3.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Jake Fraser McGurk

c A Tye b JP Behrendorff

1-9

0.6

Tim Seifert

c J Inglis b M Kelly

2-42

3.4

Josh Brown

c AJ Turner b A Tye

3-42

4.2

Jacob Bethell

b A Agar

4-96

9.4

Laurie Evans

c JP Behrendorff b C Connolly

5-103

10.6

Mackenzie Harvey

b AJ Turner

6-113

13.3

Tom Stewart Rogers

runout (M Kelly)

7-128

15.6

Fergus O'Neill

c AJ Turner b JP Behrendorff

8-140

18.3

Match Info

Date & Time

23 Dec, 01:45 PM IST

Venue

Docklands Stadium, Melbourne

TV/Streaming

Disney+Hotstar

Match

10th T20,

Umpires

Greg Davidson (Australia), Shawn Craig (Australia), Troy Penman (Australia, TV)

Referee

Kent Hannam (Australia)

Toss

Melbourne Renegades elected to bowl

3wd 1 0 0 1 1 1W

Over 16

Runs: 7

0 0 0 1 1 1

Over 17

Runs: 3

0 4 1 1 0 1

Over 18

Runs: 7

1 1 W 0 1 3

Over 19

Runs: 6

All Overs

Player of the Match Tom Stewart Rogers

3/22

Commentary

That brings us to the end our coverage for this BBL clash. Till the next time, this is myself (Arya Sekhar Chakraborty) signing off also on behalf of my fellow commentator and good mate Pradeep.

10:40 PM local time (05:10 PM IST):

Melbourne Renegades won by 2 wickets (with an over to spare)

Jacob Bethell 30(22) | Tom Stewart Rogers 3/22(4)
Cooper Connolly 66(50) | Jason Behrendorff 2/33(4)

The Melbourne Renegades had to huff and puff during the run chase but managed to overhaul the target in the end, winning by 3 wickets. Josh Brown came out with a positive intent and smashed a boundary to get underway off the very first ball. Jake Fraser-McGurk also tried to take the charge but was dismissed on the final delivery of the first over. Tim Seifert came out hard and took the game by the scruff of the neck.

He smashed 5 fours and a six during his blistering cameo of 28 off just 14 deliveries. Just when Seifert looked like finishing it off early, he was dismissed in the 4th over but he has provided the momentum. Brown was also dismissed soon after and suddenly, the Renegades were reduced to 42/3. Jacob Bethell and Laurie Evans then steadied the ship well.

The young southpaw from England pumped two big sixes off the bowling of Matthew Spoors while Evans also looked in good touch, finding the gaps on a consistent basis. The duo shared a 54 run stand it looked like a cakewalk for them. However it was the wicket of Bethell which cracked the game open. Ashton Agar castled him with a flatter trajectory delivery while Evans gave his wicket away to Cooper Connolly.

Wickets kept falling pretty regularly as the Renegades started losing track of what looked like a comfortable run chase. The match went down to the wire but it was the skipper Will Sutherland who stayed there till the end, seeing his side through with an over left. Jason Behrendorff was the pick of the bowlers for the Scorchers bagging a couple

Tom Rogers is the Player of the Match! Here's what he has to say: I thought, Connelly on the losing played a hell of a knock, turned out to be a tight game in the end. Last two games, I've been able to do well. The outfield has been similar for the last two seasons, it's a top class facility, groundstaff have done an amazing job. The wicket was 140 or 150, both the teams did pretty good in the end. Little bit of excitement leading into the game, fortunately after a disappointing outing in the first game, we've improved a lot.

The Melbourne Renegades have won a nail biting thriller here. Not many would have thought the game to ho this deep when Jacob Bethell and Laurie Evans were going great guns. The Perth Scorchers fought hard but in the end, the target of 144 didn't prove to be enough. However the Renegades made hard work of this target but will be satisfied with the victory.

overs

143 /8 score

runs

Will Sutherland *

14 (20)

Adam Zampa

1 (2)

Jason Behrendorff

2 /32

18.6 Jason Behrendorff to Will Sutherland, SUTHERLAND TAKES RENEGADES HOME! What a thrilling win this in the end for the Renegades and the captain hits the winning runs for them. Length delivery outside the off-stump, Sutherland lofted it well over mid-off, falls safely and they finish three to seal the game.

18.5 Jason Behrendorff to Adam Zampa, OH DEAR! Absolute chaos, Sutherland was half-way down the track and Zampa declines, but eventually takes off as the fielder doesn't stop it neatly. Pace off, full outside the off-stump, Zampa drives it to covers. There was a single on clearly but not sure why Zampa was declining for it.

18.4 Jason Behrendorff to Adam Zampa, round the wicket to the new batter. Short outside the off-stump, Zampa cuts it away, but a good diving stop at backward point by Agar.

Adam Zampa, RHB comes out to the crease.

The Perth Scorchers still hanging on here with the Renegades still needing 4 runs with just two wickets in hand. This has been a pulsating game folks.

18.3 Jason Behrendorff to Fergus O'Neill, OUT! UP IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! Is there still hope for Scorchers? Short into the batter, but a slower one. O'Neill looks to get it over the top of mid-off but goes up in the air. Turner runs in and slides to cling on to an important catch.

18.2 Jason Behrendorff to Will Sutherland, goes back over the wicket, length delivery on the pad. Sutherland clipped it straight to short mid-wicket and took off. Fielder doesn't collect neatly and they get the tight single.

18.1 Jason Behrendorff to Fergus O'Neill, short of a length, angled into middle and leg. O'Neill clipped it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Fergus O'Neill will have the strike for the penultimate over and the power surge will be taken. Just two more overs left they had to take it.

overs

138 /7 score

runs

Fergus O'Neill *

8 (10)

Will Sutherland

11 (18)

Andrew Tye

1 /22

17.6 Andrew Tye to Fergus O'Neill, short in the channel, O'Neill pulled it firmly to deep mid-wicket but gets only a single.

17.5 Andrew Tye to Fergus O'Neill, back of a length on the off-stump, O'Neill on his toes to turn it into the on-side but misses, pings on the thigh pad.

17.4 Andrew Tye to Will Sutherland, good length outside the off-stump, Sutherland reaches and eases it to extra-cover for another single. Just 7 needed now!

17.3 Andrew Tye to Fergus O'Neill, back of a length on middle and off, O'Neill swipes it behind square on the on-side for a single.

17.2 Andrew Tye to Fergus O'Neill, FOUR! Length delivery outside the off-stump, O'Neill reaches and lofted it just over the man at mid-off, runs away and picks up a crucial boundary for the Renegades.