THU vs REN Ball by Ball Commentary

Fuller on the pads, Tom Rogers swings again and the ball was sailing over the fence but Daniel Sams at deep mid-wicket, times his jump well and throws the ball inside the playing area just in time. Single taken and Sydney Thunder wins this by 8 runs.

SIX! They needed a bit more it earlier. Darted in the slot, around leg, Tom Rogers slogs this up and over the deep mid-wicket fence for a huge six.

Short of a length on the pads, Tom Rogers swings but misses and that ends the hopes of Melbourne Renegades at least mathematically with the remaining deliveries being legal.

Tossed up on the pads, Tom Rogers slogs but gets it off the inside towards deep square and they scamper back for two. The throw from the deep was good but Sam misses the stumps.

FOUR! Tossed up wide of off, Tom Rogers clears his front leg and swings well. Lofts this up and over cover for a boundary.

Too full on the pads, Tom Rogers tucks this towards short fine and denies the single. Rogers is looking to take on Tom Andrews here.

Good length on the pads, Tom Rogers flicks this on the bounce to deep backward square for a single.

Slower bumper, around leg, Adam Zampa fends this towards deep square for one.

Too full, on off, Tom Rogers edges this to the third man region for another single.

Short and wide around off, Adam Zampa rocks back and slashes this towards deep third for one.

Slower one around off, Tom Rogers pushes this to towards silly mid off and runs one.

Full and wide around off, Tom Rogers swings and misses.

OUT! EDGED AND GONE AS AGAR STRIKES AGAIN! Too full, wide of off, Laurie Evans moves across and looks to hit this square on off but gets only an outside edge straight back to Sam Billings behind the stumps. This may be the end of the road for Melbourne Renegades in this contest.

SIX! This will hurt the Thunder though. Slower one, picked up well by Laurie. The batter plants his foot inside the crease and he slogs this up and over the fence towards the deep mid-wicket region for a huge six.

Another couple but this ain't going to hurt Thunder. Full and wide of off, Laurie Evans slices this to deep third for a couple.

WIDE! Slower one, way too wide of off. Laurie Evans leaves it. Wided.

Slower one, full and wide of off, Laurie Evans lofts this towards the right of Sherfane Rutherford at sweeper cover for a couple more.

Too full on the pads, Laurie Evans slogs this, couple of bounces towards Sams at deep mid-wicket for two.

Slower one back of a length around leg, Tom Rogers tucks this towards short fine leg for one.

Darted on the pads, Tom Rogers clears his front leg and slogs this towards deep mid-wicket for one.

Straight one, just over off, Tom Rogers goes for a wild swing of his bat but misses.

Tossed up full and wide outside off, Tom Rogers lofts this over cover for a couple.

Tossed up on the pads, Laurie Evans sweeps this towards deep backward square for one.

SIX! Evans goes big. Attempted carrom ball, lands short and Laurie Evans hops back as he pulls this up an over the fence towards deep mid-wicket for a huge six.

Tossed up on off, Tom Rogers goes deep and punches this to sweeper cover for one.

Nails the wide yorker, Laurie Evans looks to get some bat on it but fails to do so.

Another slower one, around leg, Tom Rogers flicks this through square leg for one.

Back of the hand slower one on off, Laurie Evans smashes this to long on off the toe end of his bat for a single.

Slower one, angling away from the batter and just inside the tram line. Laurie swings but misses.

WIDE! Attempted slower one, way too wide of off. Laurie Evans shoulders arms it. Wided.

Too full, around leg, Tom Rogers drills this through mid on for one. Brings back Evans on strike.

OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Short-pitched, effort delivery from Sams, down the leg, Fergus O'Neill goes for the hook. Gets a bit of glove onto it as it sails into the gloves of Sam Billings behind the stumps.

Short of a length on the pads, Fergus O'Neill hops back and slaps this through square leg for one.

Floated quicker on the pads, Laurie Evans flicks this towards deep mid-wicket for one.

Fuller outside off, Laurie Evans gets beaten.

Almost chopped on but the ball flies past leg for a single towards fine leg.

Quicker on the pads, Laurie Evans tucks this to long on for one.

LEG BYE! Tossed up on the pads, Fergus O'Neill misses the flick and it clips off his pads towards short fine leg for one.

Pitched full, at the stumps. Clipped through backward square leg for a single.

OUT! LBW! Wes Agar gets two in two and the Thunder are thrilled. Bowls it fuller than a good length, on the middle and leg stump line. Will Sutherland plays across the line and is pinned in front. Appeal from the bowler and up goes the finger. Will Sutherland has gone for the review. Nothing on the ultra-edge and the ball tracking shows Three Reds. Will Sutherland departs for a golden duck. Melbourne Renegades are crumbling.

OUT! CAUGHT! Wes Agar gets his second! Persists on the slower-length ball at the stumps. Mackenzie Harvey makes room and hacks it off the toe end, goes straight into the hands of Cameron Bancroft at the wide long-on region, who makes no mistake and the Renegades have now lost half of their side.

Pace-off delivery on a length, just outside off. Mackenzie Harvey swings and misses.

WIDE! Slower and fuller, just outside the tramline. Left alone. Wide signaled.

Slower back of a length ball outside off. Mackenzie Harvey knocks it back to the bowler.

Pace-off on a length, on the middle and leg. Mackenzie Harvey turns it off the inner half toward the vacant mid-wicket region. Wes Agar goes to collect the ball and the batters scamper for the second.

LEG BYE! Low full toss on the leg. Mackenzie Harvey swipes and misses on the pad. The ball rolls to short fine leg and a leg bye is taken.

Keeps it full, around off. Laurie Evans tries to go for the scoop again but ends up squirting it to point for one.

Slower and fuller around off. Laurie Evans plays and misses. Deceived by the lack of pace.

Full-length delivery outside off. Laurie Evans looks to play the scoop initially but changes his mind and looks to reverse ramp. Eventually fails to connect.

TWO WIDES! Slower length ball, down the leg. Mackenzie Harvey swings and misses. Billings fumbles and concedes an extra run.

FOUR! Excellent placement! Full and on the leg. Mackenzie Harvey backs away and flicks it to fine leg region. One bounce and over the ropes for a boundary.

Full and at the stumps. Mackenzie Harvey hacks it toward deep square leg for a couple.

Slower length ball, around off. Mackenzie Harvey forces it toward wide mid-off for one.

Short of a good length, pace-off again, outside off. Laurie Evans chops into covers for one.

Slower and fuller, angling away. Laurie Evans swings and misses.

SIX! SMOKED! Pace-off on a length on the middle and leg. Laurie Evans clears the front leg and hammers it flat over the deep mid-wicket, deep into the crowd, for half a dozen.

Slower back of a length outside off. Evans moves across and mistimes the slap to wide mid-off for none.

SIX! WHIPPED! Just the start that the Renegades needed! Good length delivery on the pad. Laurie Evans picks the length and helps it over the fine leg fence for a maximum.

Full and just outside off. Pushed into covers for none.

OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Chris Green gets the set batter. Bowls it full and slower through the air on the middle and leg. Jake Fraser-McGurk comes forward and looks to play through the on-side. Ends up chipping in back to Green who makes no mistake. Jake Fraser-McGurk departs after getting to a decent start. Melbourne Renegades are in trouble now.

Floated on the leg. Evans makes room and eases it to long-off for one.

Flat and on the middle and leg. Knocked down to long-on for a single.

Drifted on the pad. Evans nudges it through backward square leg for one.

WIDE! Flat and turns down the leg. Evans plays and misses. Wided.

Tosses it full on the leg. Evans flicks across the line and gets a leading edge in front of Green.

Pitched full, at the stumps. Jake Fraser-McGurk presents a full-face and times it to the long-on region for a couple.

Slower length ball at the stumps. Evans guides this through short third and collects a run.

Short of a good-length delivery on top of the stumps. Fraser-McGurk flicks the ball towards deep backward square leg for one.

Back of a length angling away. Jake Fraser-McGurk pulls and misses.

Full delivery angling across at the stumps. Evans strokes the ball to extra cover and scampers through for a tight single.

OUT! BOWLED'EM! Jacob Bethell is in shock and Daniel Sams gets the big fish! Bowls a slower dipping ball, on the off-stump line. Jacob Bethell is early into the short as the ball dips late and hits the top of the off-stump. A welcome wicket for the Thunder. Bethell walks off early. The Renegades are three down.

Pitched full, at the stumps. Eased to long-on for a single.

HIGH IN THE AIR AND DROPPED! Tossed up delivery on the full at the stumps. Fraser-McGurk tries to go big but ends up slicing the ball towards mid-on. Green gives it a chase himself and gets a hand to it but cannot hold on.

Flat, around off. Bethell pushes this past point for one.

High full toss at the stumps. Knocked to deep mid-on for one.

Low full toss at the stumps, bunted back to the bowler.

Tossed up on the middle. Jake Fraser-McGurk defends it back to the bowler.

Short of a length, around off. Jacob Bethell sways out of the line and lets it go.

OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Wes Agar strikes! Bowls it short of a good length, on the middle and leg stump line. Tim Seifert tries to hack it across the line but gets a top-edge to the short third region. Sam Billings runs back, keeps his eye on the ball and takes a good running catch. Melbourne Renegades are two down.

FOUR! Streaky! Fuller delivery angling in at the stumps. Tim Seifert gets in line and tries to flick it across the line but gets an inside edge that goes through his legs past the short fine leg fielder for four runs.

Slower length ball outside off. Tim Seifert shuffles towards the off-side and tries to scoop it but misses.

Back of a length on off. Tim Seifert hangs back and blocks into the off-side.

Slower ball on a length, angled into the pad. Jake Fraser-McGurk tucks it through backward square leg for one.

Tossed up delivery on the length just outside off. Seifert creates room and tries to cut this but misses.

Ohh! Length ball turning away just outside off. Fraser-McGurk tries to leave it but hands his bat out and gets a leading edge that pops over point but lands safely and he collects one.

Flatter length ball just outside off. Fraser-McGurk creates room and carves this along the ground to point.

SIX! MONSTER HIT! Tossed up on the middle and leg. Jake Fraser-McGurk shimmies down and pumps it over the long-on boundary for a biggie into the stands.

Flatter length ball just outside off. Fraser-McGurk hits this to extra cover.

Tossed up on off. Tim Seifert chips it over the bowler for a single.

Back of a length on the leg pole. Tim Seifert tucks this to deep square leg for a single.

Slower and fuller on off. Driven gently to deep mid-off for a single.

Full and at the stumps. Tim Seifert flicks this to deep mid-wicket for one.

Pace-off on a length angled across. Tim Seifert comes forward and steers it to backward point.

LEG BYE! Full on the leg. Clipped off the pad into the on-side for a leg bye.

Back of a length delivery on off. Jake Fraser-McGurk gets behind the line and defends.

Touch short, around off. Jake Fraser-McGurk knocks this to sweeper cover for a single.

Flat and outside off. Tim Seifert cuts this to wide of long-off for a single.

Full and quick on off. Punchy drive to long-off for one.

Flat and wide outside off. Tim Seifert cuts it past the short cover fielder for a single to get off the mark.

OUT! CAUGHT! Tom Andrews strikes and Josh Brown are thrown it away! Tad short on top of the stumps. Brown flat-bats the ball straight back over the bowler's head. He gets the height but not the distance as Green at long-on moves to his left and takes a good running catch. The Renegades lose their first.

Flat, around off. Punched through covers for one.

Back of a length, pace-off, on the hip. Tucked into the short leg region for one.

WIDE! Slower length ball angling in down leg, wide called.

ALMOST! Length ball just outside off. Brown slashes this over point. The fielder there runs back and dives to get a hand to it but cannot hold onto the ball.

Slower length ball angling in at the pad. Brown tries to whip it away but misses. The ball hits his pad and rolls away towards the off-side.

Back of a length on off. Jake Fraser-McGurk tucks into the leg side for one.

Back of a length seaming in around off. Jake Fraser-McGurk has a poke at it and gets beaten.

FOUR! STREAKY! Slower length ball on off. Jake Fraser-McGurk stays back and gets the outside edge that rolls through short third and into the boundary.

SIX! ALL THE WAY! Tossed up on the middle and leg. Josh Brown comes forward and lifts it over the long-on fence for a biggie. This looked effortless from the southpaw.

Flat and turns away outside off. Jake Fraser-McGurk hangs back and knocks it off the edge through covers for one.

Flat and a hint of spin outside off. Jake Fraser-McGurk cuts and misses.

Full and quick at the stumps. Brown bunts it to long-off for one.

Flatter, and quicker arm ball, on the middle and leg. Brown hacks across the line and misses onto the pad. A loud appeal but the umpire is unmoved. The Thunder go for the review. The impact and the wickets is the umpire's call as this was just clipping the leg pole. Brown survives.

Full and quick outside off. Brown swings and misses.

Short of a length angled into the batter. Brown pulls it to the left of deep square leg for one.

Full delivery at the stumps. Brown hoicks it through mid-wicket for a couple.

FOUR! Over the top! Length ball a touch wide outside off. Brown slices the ball behind point and it trickles away to the fences.

Short of a good-length delivery on top of the stumps. Brown swivel-pulls the ball towards deep backward square leg. Sams in the deep stops the ball inside the ropes and saves two runs.

DROPPED! Length ball shaping in at the pads. Brown flicks this off the inside half of his bat straight towards Ferguson at short fine leg who grasses the ball.

Attacks the stumps off a length. Brown prods and defends.

Slower length ball angled into the middle and leg. Fraser-McGurk plays with soft hands and nudges through square leg for a brace.

Full-length delivery outside off. Brown drives it to deep mid-off for one.

Back of a length around off. Brown forces the pull to mid-on. No timing on it.

Skiddy length ball on off and goes over the stumps, cuts Brown in half and beats him on the inside edge.

FOUR! STAND AND DELIVER! Pitched full, around off. Brown throws his hands to it and lifts it to the wide long-off region. One bounce and over the ropes.

On a hard-length, around off. Brown knocks into covers.

WIDE! Lockie Ferguson lands it back of a length and angles it down the leg. Josh Brown lets it go. Wide to start the innings.