Mohammad Nabi sealed a six-wicket win for the Melbourne Renegades by cracking a six in the final over off James Faulkner to cap a perfectly timed run chase in the Big Bash League on Monday evening.
Sam Harper took the Player of the Match honours after taking two catches and scoring a vital 32 from 18 balls at the top of the Renegades order to get their run chase off to the perfect start. His teammate Kane Richardson took 3-38 as they restricted the Hurricanes to 145-5, with George Bailey scoring a superb 70 off 53 balls (6×4, 2×6).
The key partnership has FINALLY been broken!
McDermott goes, thanks to this handy Kane Richardson catch #BBL08 pic.twitter.com/6dV8ZhugTV
— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) January 7, 2019
Hobart Hurricanes 145-5 (GJ Bailey 70 not out, BR McDermott 50; KW Richardson 3-38, Usman Shinwari 1-24, JD Wildermuth 1-27)
Melbourne Renegades 150-4 (AJ Finch 42, SB Harper 32, Mohammad Nabi 26 not out, DT Christian 25 not out; CA Rose 1-15, J Botha 1-28, RP Meredith 1-39)
Melbourne Renegades won by 6 wickets with 4 balls in hand
Finch belts Archer for consecutive boundaries.
An #Ashes19 preview? #toosoon? #BBL08 pic.twitter.com/JnRti2wojj
— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) January 7, 2019
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