Melbourne Renegades v Brisbane Heat – Big Bash League, 2012/13 – Live Score and Match Update – Renegades maintain winning streak with 6-wicket victory
Maintaining their successful run in the ongoing Big Bash League 2012/13, the Melbourne Renegades secured their fourth consecutive win in the tournament by defeating Brisbane Heat in their match at the Docklands Stadium in Melbourne, today on December 22.
The match kicked off with Brisbane Heat winning the toss and choosing to bat first. However, incisive spells from the Renegades’ http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Darren-Pattinson-c1321 (4-0-32-2) kept the visitors in check, and restricted them to a final total of 133.
Heat put up a poor batting performance, with just five batsmen managing to progress beyond single-digit scores. Owing to an indifferent outing by skipper and opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/William-Sheridan-c2797 in the third over.
Pomersbach followed soon after, and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-Forrest-c2176 (9) were both dismissed by Muralitharan.
Some final efforts from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chris-Hartley-c1243 (11*) at the crease, Brisbane Heat posted a final total of 133 at the expense of 7 wickets.
The 134-run chase, however, did not pose any difficulties for the Renegades, and despite the efforts of Heat’s Cutting (4-0-12-2), the hosts managed to reach 137 at the expense of just 4 wickets.
Top-order batsmen http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aaron-Finch-c881 top-scored for the team with 33. After the entire top-order had been taken care of, the Renegades were at 63 for 3.
However, the team did not appear to be in danger at any point, and the efforts of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ben-Rohrer-c1139 (30*), and Sheridan (11*) got them safely over the finish line, enabling them to reach 137 with 6 wickets and 5 balls remaining.
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