Melbourne Renegades vs Brisbane Heat Match Highlights
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Brisbane Heat held their nerves on the important knockout match of the 2022-23 Big Bash League and defeated the Melbourne Renegades side to advance to the challenger game of the competition.
Having reached the this stage with a win over Sydney Thunder in the Eliminator match, Heat’s both department played as per their reputation and secured a comprehensive win.
Earlier, Shaun Marsh shot an unbeaten 82 in 53 deliveries to help his side post 162 in the knockout BBL 12 game.
Melbourne Renegades vs Brisbane Heat Match Highlights
Invited to bat, Melbourne Renegades faced a dull start as they lost their opener Martin Guptill in the second over.
The opening batter Shaun Marsh and Sam Harper then steadied the ship for the Renegades by adding 58-run for the second wicket before Harper left the crease with a 21-ball 22.
Renegades skipper and teams’ highest run-scorer in the competition failed to deliver on big occasion and dismissed for 10.
Chritchely and Sutherland also walked back with low scored. The Southpaw Shaun Marsh, however stayed tall in the run process and played an unbeaten knock of 82 off 53. He struck nine half-centuries and two centuries during his knock.
Wells, who came at the crease with just 4 balls left, collected 12 off the final four, as a result Renegades managed to put 162 on board in 20 overs.
Xavier Bartlett was the pick of the bowler for Brisbane, who gave just 18 runs in his 4 overs and picked 3 wickets.
Melbourne Renegades vs Brisbane Heat Match Highlights: Brisbane Heat to chase 163 in 20 overs
Chasing the target of 163, Heat made a dream start as both their openers started the run-chase in aggressive mode.
The side in no time cross the 50-run mark and were looking very comfortable in the chase.
Things were looking sorted for the Heat, but the short ball by Moody dismissed the well-set Josh Brown for 39.
Skipper Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne then added 47 for the second wicket before the former left the crease with a brilliant and the highest among both teams’ players 59 off 47.
Labuschagne (23) too left the middle soon after the departure of Usman Khawaja.
The Heat still required 33 to win in 4 overs, but Matt Renshaw was in hurry to secure a victory for his side, and he smashed an outstanding 27 off 13 during the death overs to help the Brisbane Heat claim a comfortable victory over Melbourne Renegades.
Tom Rogers got 2 wickets for his side, but won’t manage to control the Heat batters, while the other bowlers too failed to grip the batters, one of the main reasons behind their defeat in the crucial knockout game that resulted in Renegades elimination from the tournament.
