- BATSMENRB4s6sSR1.5 hasn't been able to pick him at all, he advances down the wicket and gets beaten completely, easy stumping, great bowling 2/115.4 full outside off and he smokes this out to deep cover, hit it well but found the man 145/35.1 length outside off, not quite short enough to pull and he gets a leading edge to cover 33/218.2 full and driven to long on, doesn't quite get enough to clear the rope and Hughes slides in to take the catch 165/419.3 another bumper, can't get on to the cut, Sheridan for some reason not ready for the bye, Smith throws to Lee who runs him out at the bowler's end 171/5Extras9 (b 2, lb 2, w 5)TOTAL178/5 (20 Overs, RR: 8.9)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Daniel Harris, 1.5 ov), 2-33 (Alex Doolan, 5.1 ov), 3-145 (Alex Hales, 15.4 ov), 4-165 (Ben Rohrer, 18.2 ov), 5-171 (William Sheridan, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB B Lee 4 0 19 0 4.75 2 0 SMSM Senanayake 4 1 19 1 4.75 1 0 JR Hazlewood 4 0 44 1 11.00 0 0 LW Feldman 4 0 33 1 8.25 1 0 SNJ O'Keefe 3 0 50 0 16.66 0 0 MC Henriques 1 0 9 1 9.00 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR5.2 length on middle, tries to work around the corner, gets a big top edge and caught at square leg 41/21.4 length on off, tries to pull but gets a bottom edge through to the keeper 12/15.4 too full to pull and he mistimes straight to mid wicket 41/36.4 short outside off and he mistimes the pull shot for another soft dismissal to mid wicket 46/410.4 steps across to the off side and lap sweeps to short fine leg, easy catch 66/516.2 steps way across to the off side and ramp sweeps it through to the keeper 120/617 drives it high down to long on, ends a nice little cameo 124/718.2 full and skidding through, strikes him in front of of off, perhaps hitting outside the line, but can't blame the umpire for giving it 139/820 drives hard down to long on, doesn't get enough to clear the rope 149/1018.3 great yorker goes straight through the big fast bowler, great nut 139/9Extras18 (b 4, lb 1, w 13)TOTAL149 all out (20 Overs, RR: 7.45)Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Nic Maddinson, 1.4 ov), 2-41 (Michael Lumb, 5.2 ov), 3-41 (Daniel Hughes, 5.4 ov), 4-46 (Moises Henriques, 6.4 ov), 5-66 (Dominic Thornely, 10.4 ov), 6-120 (Steve O'Keefe, 16.2 ov), 7-124 (Daniel Smith, 16.6 ov), 8-139 (Sachithra Senanayake, 18.2 ov), 9-139 (Josh Hazlewood, 18.3 ov), 10-149 (Brett Lee, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB WD Sheridan 4 0 28 3 7.00 4 0 NJ Rimmington 4 0 27 3 6.75 0 0 DJ Pattinson 4 0 34 3 8.50 5 0 AW O'Brien 3 0 11 1 3.66 0 0 Fawad Ahmed 4 0 34 0 8.50 0 0 DJ Harris 1 0 10 0 10.00 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Melbourne Renegades , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.15, Interval 20.15-20.30, Second Session 20.30-21.50
Match days
9 January 2013 - night match (20-over match)
Twenty20 debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Melbourne Renegades 2, Sydney Sixers 0
Match Notes
- BJ Rohrer: 50 off 33 balls (5x4, 1x6)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsHales' blitz leads Renegades to win
An astonishing innings from Alex Hales, studded with eight sixes, installed the Melbourne Renegades as firm favourites to claim the BBL crown and ended the Sydney Sixers' defence of their title