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That brings us to the end of our coverage for this BBL encounter. Like always it was a pleasure bringing all the live coverage from this encounter. Till the next time, this is myself (Arya Sekhar Chakraborty) signing off also on behalf of my fellow commentator and good mate Soumarya Dutta. Cheers!
10:50 PM local time (05:20 PM IST): Sydney Thunder won by 8 runs
David Warner 86(57) | Wes Agar 4/32(4) Laurie Evans 40(26) | Kane Richardson 1/24(4)
It turned out to be a pretty dominating performance with the ball from the Sydney Thunder as they went onto win a hard fought contest against the Melbourne Renegades by runs to register their 3rd win of the competition. The opening duo of Josh Brown and Jake Fraser-McGurk came out to open the innings. Brown was positive from the outset and smashed some lusty blows to get the Renegades off to a very good start. 31 runs came off the powerplay but Fraser-McGurk found it difficult to get going.
He took his time initially and tried to play a Warner-type innings but couldn't quite carry on. Tim Seifert came out at the fall of Brown’s wicket and couldn't quite get used to the pace of the pitch. He was dismissed by Wes Agar before Jacob Bethell was deceived by a dipping full toss from Daniel Sams only to see his stumps getting castled.
Laurie Evans then tried to stitch a partnership with JFM but the latter ended up chipping a Chris Green delivery back to the bowler and the Renegades kept losing their way. Wickets kept falling at regular intervals. When Mackenzie Harvey and Will Sutherland was dismissed off consecutive deliveries of Wes Agar, the writing was almost on the wall.
However, until and unless they got the wicket of Laurie Evans, the Renegades still had a chance. He scored 14 runs from the 18th over but was dismissed off the final delivery which was the final nail in the coffin for them. Tom Rogers struck some lusty blows towards the end but it was all for a lost cause. Wes Agar was the pick of the bowlers, bagging 4 wickets while Daniel Sams chipped in with a couple to stall their progress.
David Warner (Sydney Thunder Captain) - "It's great to see the fans and we can't thank them enough as they keep turning up. This victory gives us great momentum as we travel for two back to back away games. I have been hitting it well in the nets and have got some starts. It's about execution on this wicket and I'm glad to have been able to do that. Credit to the boys for being brave and bowling the dot balls under pressure. Agar is unbelievable and he is clear with his plans. It was hard to keep him on the bench and he will be a big part of the campaign for us this year. "
20
overs
148/8score
0
4
2
0
6
1
runs
Tom Stewart Rogers*
23(17)
Adam Zampa
2(2)
Tom Andrews
1/34
19.6 Tom Andrews to Tom Rogers, JUST A RUN!! THE SYDNEY THUNDER WIN BY 8 runs. It was short again and at the stumps. Rogers smashed across the line on the up and connected well. However Sams flew at the boundary line and pulled it back inside to save five runs. Not that it would have mattered but the Thunder have clinched a good victory in some style.
19.5 Tom Andrews to Tom Rogers, SIXXX!! A BIT TOO LATE! It was short and around middle stump again. Rogers whacked it many a mile over deep square leg to pick up a MAXIMUM.
19.4 Tom Andrews to Tom Rogers, shorter and quicker into the wicket. Rogers swings and misses and that dot ball seals the game.
19.3 Tom Andrews to Tom Rogers, fuller and on the pads. Rogers heaves it away over square leg and picks up a couple.
19.2 Tom Andrews to Tom Rogers, FOURRR!! SHOTT! It was a full toss and outside off. Whacked away over extra for a boundary.
19.1 Tom Andrews to Tom Rogers, fuller and around the middle stump line. Rogers heaves it away over square leg.
Thomas Andrews [3-0-21-1] is back into the attack.
End of the penultimate over of the match and the Renegades require 22 runs to win this. Looks highly unlikely with two tail enders out in the middle but strange things have happened in this game.
19
overs
135/8score
0
1
1
1
1
1
runs
Tom Stewart Rogers*
10(11)
Adam Zampa
2(2)
Lockie Ferguson
0/29
18.6 Lockie Ferguson to Tom Rogers, pitched up and around middle stump line. Rogers heaves it away and gets it to fine leg for a single.
18.5 Lockie Ferguson to Adam Zampa, short and around middle stump line. Zampa pulls it and towards deep square for a run.
18.4 Lockie Ferguson to Tom Rogers, low full toss and outside the line of off stump. Rogers gets a thick outside edge to third man for a single.
18.3 Lockie Ferguson to Adam Zampa, short and wide outside off stump. Zampa slashes it away over backward point for a single.
18.2 Lockie Ferguson to Tom Rogers, too full and around the line of off stump. Rogers pushes it towards mid off for a quick single.
18.1 Lockie Ferguson to Tom Rogers, pitched up and around off stump. Rogers tries to go big over deep mid wicket but he misses that one. No run.