Watch: Andre Rusell lights up BBL with one of the biggest sixes in the tournament’s history during Match 10
Melbourne Renegades won the match by 4 wickets with 4 balls to spare.
SHARE
Dec 21, 2022 6:39 pm
Andre Russell (Source: Twitter)
The breathtaking action in the Big Bash League continued on Wednesday as Melbourne Renegades and Brisbane Heat faced off in the 10th match of the season at Simonds Stadium, Geelong. Brisbane captain Jimmy Peirson won the toss and elected to bat first. They posted 137/8 in their allotted 20 overs as Pierson played a captain’s knock. During Renegades’ chase, Andre Russel lit up the stadium with his monstrous six.
The incident took place on the last ball of the third over bowled by Michael Neser. Neser had already picked two crucial wickets in the first two balls of the over as he dismissed Nic Maddinson and Jonathan Wells. Russel who had just arrived at the crease and was facing the fourth ball of his innings smashed the last ball for a gigantic six over deep mid-wicket sending the ball over the roof.
Coming back to the match, after opting to bat first, Heat lost both their openers Max Bryant and Colin Munro on the score of 14. After the early wickets, Matt Renshaw and Sam Billings added 61 runs for the third wicket to stabilize the innings. Renshaw failed to get going and was dismissed after scoring a run-a-ball 29 while Billings scored 25 off 19.
Heat were 75/3 after 10.1 overs when they suffered a dramatic collapse to be 108/8 in 18.1 overs. Seeing his team in trouble, captain Jimmy Pierson took it upon himself to take his team out of trouble with his knock of 45 off just 30 balls smashing six fours in his innings. Courtesy of Pierson’s knock, Heat reached the total of 137/8 after the end of their innings.
Tom Rogers was the pick of the bowlers for Renegades who picked up 4/23 in 4 overs while Akeal Hosein picked up 3/26 in his 4 overs.
Andre Russell stars in Renegades’ chase with a half-century
In reply to Brisbane’s score, the Renegades were in all sorts of trouble at 9/4 after 2.2 overs Michael Neser wreaked havoc with the ball picking up all four wickets. The innings was rescued by Aaron Finch and Andre Russel who added 81 runs for the fourth wicket. Russell departed after scoring a brilliant 57 off 42 balls with the help of two fours and six sixes.
Finch struggled with the bat scoring 31 off 43 balls smashing two fours and a six. Akeal Hosein played a brilliant cameo of 30 off 19 balls as the Renegades reached the target with four balls to spare. Andre Russell was awarded ‘Player of the Match’ for his magnificent innings.
