Beau Webster led the revival with the baton before the Hurricanes’ big name battery order failed in a fire
Melbourne Renegades 5 for 150 (Webster 54 *, Harvey 40, Meredith 3-22) beat Hurricanes Hobart 9 for 139 (Malan 34, Evans 5-33) with 11 runs
It was far too late to win their season, but the impressive Melbourne Renegades, led by five-wicket pull Zak Evans, took the Hobart Hurricanes out of the competition and kept the Melbourne Stars and the Adelaide Strikers live for a while. no longer.
Among a number of scenarios, the Hurricanes could have ended all debates with a win that would have reached their last place in the finals but they gave up enough of the chase to end a contest. which had promised many with such strong batting facilities.
The Renegades came out of nowhere to take this game after falling to 4 for 49 before Mackenzie Harvey and Beau Webster halted a rebound in the second half of the innings. In the arena they were highlighted by a 20-year-old Evans sled, including top scalps Matthew Wade and D’Arcy Short, who finished all five in the final when competition came out. another embarrassment of Renegades ending with a smile.
Struggling to last at a high level
The first ten goals of the Renegades certainly looked like a team whose competition had long since come to an end. Aaron Finch’s forgetfulness came to an end when he selected midfield and Shaun Marsh, who went past 300 runs for the season but left in the final stages, got into the stumps against Riley Meredith who put on an expensive show or two. behind it with good figures. When Jake Fraser-McGurk found a center-forward and Sam Harper got the win on D’Arcy Short’s left-handed Renegades 4 for 49 was ninth.
The revival
From 4 to 58 after 10 overs, the Renegades were able to score 92 in the last 10 pitches and 55 off the last five. Harvey was brought to life at 20 when Peter Handscomb let go of a simple midfielder – admitting on the TV broadcast that this was one of the easiest catches he’s ever put down – but he couldn’t the Renegades only managed 18 off the two Power Surge and with five still left there were less than 100 on board. Harvey Sandeep Lamichhane put over a long run for six twice in 17th place and although he then fell to Meredith, Webster and Imad Wasim ran hard between the wickets and the latter was taken for 16 with Webster reaching fifty 33-ball.
Big names under suspicion
However, run 151 should have been well within the reach of the Hurricanes. Wade got out of the blocks quickly but then found a short leg and from there life became harder on a slow range. Peter Hatzoglou went straight through Ben McDermott, and his elegant contest ended with three one-digit scores, but at 2 for 69 after 10 overs things were still under control. The Hurricanes took over the Surge as soon as it became available at the start of the 11th over and the second Short member was promised by Evans while making room for himself. Dawid Malan was very important, but after ticking at running ball he was caught at the deep square of two balls after being let down by Hatzoglou off his own bowling. When Marsh grabbed an incredibly deep grip to take Will Jacks away he was falling apart.
Prestwidge saved, David denied
The Hurricanes have called for Tim David to be included as their X-Factor after Nick Winter bowled and found no swing. David was then held as one of their last hopes and the target was still within a great distance with 38 missing off the last three goals. Going against Will Sutherland, David launched the ball into an offseason where Jack Prestwidge jumped into the air, held the catch and then got thrown back before hitting over. the border. Six became two and then the other ball David let down his short leg. On things like that, competitions take a break.
Andrew McGlashan is deputy editor at ESPNcricinfo