Get Ball by Ball Commentary of Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers, Big Bash League 2022, 24th Match

5.01pm Perth Scorchers begin the new year with a win. After a solid bowling display, they nailed the chase, with Faf du Plessis giving them a good start before Bancroft chipped in with a lovely knock. Inglis came in and ensured that they got over the line. They lost a few wickets along the way, but looked in control throughout and will continue to lead the table, with five wins from six matches. Kane Richardson bowled magnificently for the Renegades, but his efforts went in vain. He took the first two wickets and gave away just 21 runs, but it just wasn't enough in the end. That's the end of the action from this game, but do tune in in a bit for our coverage of the second match of the day, with Brisbane Heat taking on Sydney Sixers. This is Abhimanyu signing off on behalf of Alex Malcolm and Binoy George. And once again, a happy new year to you all!

19.4

Sutherland to Hobson, 1 run, Went for the yorker but it turned into a low full toss and Hobson is able to get his bat down and drive it past the bowler and they take the single that wins it for them

Hobson is in and he will have to finish the job here

19.3

Sutherland to Inglis, OUT, Nails the yorker and the umpire raises his finger. Inglis reviews it immediately. There was no bat on that, ultra edge confirms. And that's three reds and Inglis has to go for 47! He looked to flick it away, but the ball got between his bat and foot and he is denied a half-century.

JP Inglis lbw b Sutherland 47 (53m 34b 5x4 1x6) SR: 138.23

19.2

Sutherland to Hardie, 1 run, Full on middle and he digs it out to mid-on and they level the scores!

19.1

Sutherland to Hardie, no run, Pitches it very full and he made room on the leg side and looked to swing across the line but ball goes between his leg and the stumps

Will Sutherland to bowl the final over, with Scorchers needing two runs. Umpire calls it a dead ball very late into his run-up for the first delivery. He will rebowl now

END OF OVER:
19 | 11 Runs | PS: 154/4 (2 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.10, RRR: 2.00)

Josh Inglis47 (33b)
Aaron Hardie8 (5b)

Kane Richardson4-0-21-2
Tom Rogers4-0-46-1

"Inglis would be a great Bazball player," says Tom

18.6

Richardson to Inglis, no run, Bouncer outside off and he has a swing at it, but misses

18.5

Richardson to Inglis, FOUR, Sumptuous shot! Banged in short around off and Inglis made room and carved it over point for a one bounce four

18.4

Richardson to Hardie, 1 run, Full on off and he looked to go for the big shot but doesn't time it well. The ball lands safely in front of deep midwicket though

18.3

Richardson to Hardie, 2 runs, Very full on middle and off and he digs it out towards deep midwicket

18.2

Richardson to Hardie, 2 runs, Short outside off and he has a swing at it. Gets an inside edge towards deep backward square

18.1

Richardson to Hardie, 2 runs, Low full toss outside off and he crunches it through cover but Wells does well to get a hand to it in the in-field and that slows the ball down. Good fielding to prevent a certain boundary

The first over of the power surge started horribly for Scorchers, but it didn't deter Inglis from taking the bowling on and now they need just 13 off the last two. Richardson, who has been brilliant today, will bowl his final over now.

END OF OVER:
18 | 13 Runs 1 Wkt | PS: 143/4 (13 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.94, RRR: 6.50)

Josh Inglis43 (31b)
Aaron Hardie1 (1b)

Tom Rogers4-0-46-1
Kane Richardson3-0-10-2

17.6

Rogers to Inglis, FOUR, Three in a row for Inglis! Full on middle and he flicks it over midwicket to finish the over with a bang

17.5

Rogers to Inglis, FOUR, Another full toss, this time going down leg and he whips it behind square and beats deep backward square

17.4

Rogers to Inglis, FOUR, Oh, what a shot! Low full toss around off and he is so quick to reverse sweep this over short third

17.3

Rogers to Inglis, no run, Yorker just outside off and he can get his bat down and jam it out to short third

17.2

Rogers to Hardie, 1 run, Length on middle, he nudges it behind square and gets off the mark

Aaron Hardie is the new man in

17.1

Rogers to Turner, OUT, Full on middle and he hits it straight to mid-off! Looked to slap it uppishly but doesn't time it well and Martin Guptill makes no mistake there

AJ Turner c Guptill b Rogers 9 (15m 8b 1x4 0x6) SR: 112.50

Just five runs off that over and now it's Rogers who will bowl the 18th. And the Scorchers take the power surge

END OF OVER:
17 | 5 Runs | PS: 130/3 (26 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.64, RRR: 8.66)

Ashton Turner9 (7b)
Josh Inglis31 (27b)

Kane Richardson3-0-10-2
Mujeeb Ur Rahman4-0-29-0

16.6

Richardson to Turner, 1 run, Off-cutter on a length outside off and he nudges it towards midwicket for a single

16.5

Richardson to Turner, no run, Full on off and he whips it to mid-on

16.4

Richardson to Inglis, 1 run, Full on leg and he whips it away to deep midwicket

16.3

Richardson to Inglis, 2 runs, Full on off again and this time it's chipped back over the bowler's head to the fielder in the deep

Azeez: "I want CLT20 to resume just for the sake of Mumbai Indians vs Perth Scorchers matchup!!!"

16.2

Richardson to Inglis, no run, Slower ball, full on off, and he digs it out to cover

"Am I the only one who disagrees with the sub keeper rule? That way you could just pick an extra batsman as the keeper but then sub him off during the fielding innings to get the best gloveman on. Same with not finishing your over, I remember one time in 2020 Ben Stokes stopped bowling mid over and just walked to first slip. Should have to go off. Otherwise you could just take off a bowler getting belted mid-over and send them to fine leg," says Matt

Scorchers INNINGS		R	B
F du Plessis	caught wk	39	29
A Lyth	caught	2	7
CT Bancroft	run out	46	32
JP Inglis	lbw	47	34
AJ Turner	caught	9	8
AM Hardie	not out	9	7
NR Hobson	not out	1	1
JA Richardson
AJ Tye
JP Behrendorff
P Hatzoglou
EXTRAS	(w 3)
TOTAL	156 (5 wkts; 19.4 ovs)

Renegades BOWLING	O	R	W	Econ
AJ Hosein	4.0	28	0	7.00
TS Rogers	4.0	46	1	11.50
KW Richardson	4.0	21	2	5.25
W Sutherland	3.4	32	1	8.72	(1w)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman	4.0	29	0	7.25	(2w)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	17	F du Plessis	A Lyth
2nd	57	F du Plessis	CT Bancroft
3rd	42	CT Bancroft	JP Inglis
4th	14	AJ Turner	JP Inglis
5th	25	JP Inglis	AM Hardie
6th	1	NR Hobson	AM Hardie

END OF OVER:
19 | 11 Runs | PS: 154/4 (2 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.10, RRR: 2.00)

END OF OVER:
18 | 13 Runs 1 Wkt | PS: 143/4 (13 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.94, RRR: 6.50)

END OF OVER:
17 | 5 Runs | PS: 130/3 (26 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.64, RRR: 8.66)

Match Coverage

Nic Maddinson suffers serious knee injury as Melbourne Renegades lose four in a row

Scorchers 2nd innings Partnerships

Big Bash League

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
PS	14	11	3	22	1.205
SS	14	10	3	21	0.846
MR	14	7	7	14	-0.027
ST	14	7	7	14	-0.716
BH	14	6	7	13	-0.483
HH	14	6	8	12	-0.34
AS	14	5	9	10	-0.151
MS	14	3	11	6	-0.287

END OF OVER:19 | 11 Runs | PS: 154/4 (2 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.10, RRR: 2.00)

END OF OVER:18 | 13 Runs 1 Wkt | PS: 143/4 (13 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.94, RRR: 6.50)

END OF OVER:17 | 5 Runs | PS: 130/3 (26 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.64, RRR: 8.66)

Nic Maddinson suffers serious knee injury as Melbourne Renegades lose four in a row

END OF OVER:
19 | 11 Runs | PS: 154/4 (2 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.10, RRR: 2.00)

END OF OVER:
18 | 13 Runs 1 Wkt | PS: 143/4 (13 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.94, RRR: 6.50)

END OF OVER:
17 | 5 Runs | PS: 130/3 (26 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.64, RRR: 8.66)