BBL: Renshaw’s boundary seals last-ball thriller to keep Heat season alive
Last ball of the game, final delivery of your season. What do you do? You hit the bigger shot than anything you’ve ever done in your life. That is what Joe Burns did last night at Etihad Stadium, bringing up a four from mid-off to seal a thrilling last-ball victory for Brisbane Heat against Melbourne Stars.
MELBOURNE BBL
The Big Bash League (BBL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. It was founded in 2011 and is run by Cricket Australia. The BBL replaced the previous competition, the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash.
The league consists of eight city-based franchises that compete against each other during the regular season for a spot in the finals series, which culminates with the final match at Manuka Oval in Canberra where both teams play for glory. The winning team from this match takes home A$1 million while runners-up receive A$500,000 each!
Heat v Stars
Melbourne Stars are leading the table and they have a great bowling attack.
Melbourne Heat are in last place, but have a good batting line up.
19.3.18
The Heat have kept their Big Bash League season alive with a thrilling last-ball victory over the Melbourne Stars at the Gabba.
Josh Renshaw hit two consecutive boundaries to seal victory in the penultimate over of Wednesday’s clash, which was decided by one run after Glenn Maxwell missed his final delivery.
The 19-year-old Renshaw’s unbeaten 63 from 43 balls helped Brisbane post 7-178 after they were sent in by Maxwell (71 off 43).
Mitch Swepson took 2-26 for the Heat but it was his fellow left-arm seamer Mitchell Santner who did most damage with 3-16 from four overs as he ripped through Melbourne’s middle order late on.
Heat win, Keep season alive
The Heat have kept their season alive, with a thrilling one-run win over the Stars at the MCG on Tuesday night Renshaw last ball hit.
Renshaw hit the last ball for a boundary to seal victory for Brisbane in front of 28,902 fans. The Heat won by 1 run and are 2-2 this season while Melbourne has lost three straight games and sits at 1-3.
Heat skipper Brendon McCullum said he was happy with how his team played in their must-win game against Melbourne Stars at the MCG on Tuesday night despite losing narrowly by one run when Glenn Maxwell hit him out of the ground with a six over long off boundary line off Billy Stanlake’s delivery in last over which resulted into victory for visitors while chasing target of 151 runs set by hosts during first innings total score 9/150 (20 overs).
Conclusion
The game was very close and there were some big moments that swung it in the Heat’s favour. I thought we played pretty well tonight, especially with the ball. We had a few things go against us but that’s cricket. It was a great contest between two good teams, so I’m really happy with how we played. The game was very close and there were some big moments that swung it in the Heat’s favour. I thought we played pretty well tonight, especially with the ball. We had a few things go against us but that’s cricket. It was a great contest between two good teams, so I’m really happy with how we played.
