Match Details
Earlier today the Renegades won the toss and put Hurricanes in. The Hurricanes lost early wickets with Wade going for a third ball duck to Reece Topley. Following him was D’Arcy Short and Harry Brook. They were 52/3 at one stage but then it was all Ben McDermott. He along with Peter Handscomb steadied the ship to start with and as the innings progressed McDermott was hitting it all around the Marvel Stadium. Handscomb anchored the partnership of 115 runs for the fourth wicket as he scored 24(20). McDermott smashed his second century for this season and made a record for himself as he becomes the first player in the BBL history to score back to back centuries. He sacrificed his wicket in the last ball of the 20th over as he tried to sneak a bye. His innings consisted of nine sixes and nine fours. He scored 127 off 65 balls before he got out. In the last few overs it was Tim David who teed off with four sixes and fired in an unbeaten cameo of 30 runs in just 9 balls. Due to which they easily crossed the 200 run mark and set a mammoth target of 207 runs for the grappling Renegades.
Talking about bowling other than Reece Topley no one was justifying their captain’s decision to bowl first. His figures read 4-0-17-2. Kane Richardson was too expensive as ended up conceding 63 runs in his four overs. Zahir Khan and Prestwidge were gone for 12 an over in their three overs each.