- BATSMENRB4s6sSR8.5 Murali tosses it up and he tries to work it through mid wicket but misses and he is struck dead in front 41/211.1 Cosgrove initially looks to use his feets but Murali hurries him up and he plays a late cute straight off the edge onto his stumps. The Thunder are in all sorts of trouble here 51/510.1 Rogers uses his feet from O'Brien's first ball, he yorks himself, misses the ball and Nevill is sharp as a knife behind the stumps 47/310.5 Mahmood feels the pressure of the slow run rate and tries to slog sweep over the leg side but the ball beats him all ends up 49/412.2 quicker and short and Abbot clears his hip and cross bats it down the ground in the air and Rohrer moves to his left at long on and takes a very good catch low down 57/613.3 Borgas tries to work a delivery from off stump through the leg side but plays too early and it takes the outside edge and drops into the hands of O'Brien at point. Quite hard to believe what's happening here. This is meant to be the Big Bash 60/7Extras5 (b 1, lb 3, w 1)TOTAL116/7 (20 Overs, RR: 5.8)Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Chris Gayle, 4.2 ov), 2-41 (Usman Khawaja, 8.5 ov), 3-47 (Chris Rogers, 10.1 ov), 4-49 (Azhar Mahmood, 10.5 ov), 5-51 (Mark Cosgrove, 11.1 ov), 6-57 (Sean Abbott, 12.2 ov), 7-60 (Cameron Borgas, 13.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB WD Sheridan 2 0 14 0 7 0 0 DJ Pattinson 3 0 15 0 5 1 0 NJ Rimmington 3 0 17 0 5.66 0 0 MN Samuels 4 0 28 1 7 0 0 M Muralidaran 4 0 16 2 4 0 0 AW O'Brien 3 0 15 3 5 0 0 AJ Finch 1 0 7 0 7 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR3.4 Mahmood gets the seam bolt upright and it shapes away from Harris who drives hard and it takes the outside edge and Carters does the rest 20/111.2 Abbott bends his back, hits a good length, offers a fraction of width which entices Finch to square drive but all he can do is edge it into the gloves of Carters 67/36 Mahmood does him with a wonderful slower ball. Out the back of the hand, Samuels doesn't track it properly, lifts his head, and the balls cannons into middle stump about a third of the way up 34/212.3 oh no he hasn't. Yes he has. Cooper, one of the more elegant batsmen in the Australian domestic scene has gloved Nannes down the leg side. Fair play to the former ski instructor. Super bowling this evening 80/4Extras15 (lb 6, w 9)TOTAL117/5 (18.2 Overs, RR: 6.38)Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Daniel Harris, 3.4 ov), 2-34 (Marlon Samuels, 5.6 ov), 3-67 (Aaron Finch, 11.2 ov), 4-80 (Tom Cooper, 12.3 ov), 5-98 (Ben Rohrer, 14.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB DP Nannes 4 0 20 1 5 3 0 CP Tremain 4 0 24 0 6 3 0 Azhar Mahmood 4 0 18 2 4.5 0 0 LA Doran 2 0 12 0 6 0 0 SA Abbott 3.2 0 28 1 8.4 1 0 CH Gayle 1 0 9 0 9 1 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Melbourne Renegades , elected to field 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
14 December 2012 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Melbourne Renegades 2, Sydney Thunder 0
Match Coverage
All Match NewsRenegades ease to five-wicket win
The appearance of Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels created a great buzz and expectation around the cavernous ANZ Stadium but the match was as lacklustre as the crowd, as the Renegades relegated the Thunder to their second loss

