Brisbane Heat beats Melbourne Renegades by 7 wickets in Knockout match of the Big Bash League 2022-23.
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The Knockout match of the Big Bash League 2022-23 was played today between Melbourne Renegades vs Brisbane Heat at Docklands Stadium, Melbourne. In which Brisbane Heat beats Melbourne Renegades by 7 wickets.
Brisbane Heat won the toss and invited Melbourne Renegades to bat first, Melbourne Renegades batted first, started the inning very well, althought the first wicket has gone very quikly, Shaun Marsh and Martin Guptill came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone just for 8 runs in 1.4 over, Martin Guptill dismissed just for 1 run, next batsman Sam Harper came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 58 runs with Shaun Marsh, the second wicket has gone for 66 runs in 8.2 over, Sam Harper dismissed after scoring 22 runs in 21 balls, next batsman Aaron Finch came to bat, and he dismissed for 10 runs in 12 balls as third wicket in 11.2 over, the team score was 81 runs, followed by Matthew Critchley came to bat and handled the inning with Shaun Marsh, the fourth wicket has gone for 121 runs in 15.3 over, Matthew Critchley dismissed after scoring 23 runs in 18 balls, next batsman Will Sutherland came to bat and he good strike rotate with Shaun Marsh for a while, the fifth wicket has gone for 150 runs in second ball of the final over, Will Sutherland dismissed for 7 runs in 10 balls, next batsman Jonathan Wells came to bat and he played a quick inning of 12 runs in just 4 balls with Shaun Marsh, and Shaun Marsh played a very brilliant unbeaten half-century and victory inning of 82 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 9 boundaries in just 53 balls. In this way, Melbourne Renegades scored 162 runs after losing 5 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a target of 163 runs in front of Brisbane Heat.
Brisbane Heat bowler Xavier Bartlett performed very brilliant bowling took 3 wickets just for 18 runs, and Michael Neser 2 wickets for 33 runs.
Brisbane Heat chasing 163 runs in the second inning archived the target very easily by losing just 3 wickets in the fifth ball of the 19th over. Brisbane Heat started the inning very strongly, Usman Khawaja and Josh Brown came to start the inning and gave a very strong start with a half-century partnership of 75 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has for 75 runs in 8.5 over, Josh Brown dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 39 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 1 boundary in just 27 balls, next batsman Marnus Labuschagne came to bat and handled the inning with Usman Khawaja, the second wicket has gone for 122 runs in 15.3 over, Usman Khawaja dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 59 runs with the help of 1 six and 8 boundaries in just 47 balls, followed by Matt Renshaw came to bat, after a while the third wicket has also gone for 129 runs in last ball of the 16th over, Marnus Labuschagne dismissed after scoring 23 runs in 21 balls, next batsman Sam Hain came to bat and he remains unbeaten for 8 runs with Matt Renshaw, and Matt Renshaw played a very brilliant unbeaten quick victory inning of 27 runs with the help of 1 six and 2 boundaires in just 13 balls. In this way, Brisbane Heat chased the target very easily by losing just 3 wickets in 18.5 overs and won the match by 7 wickets.
Melbourne Renegades bowlers Tom Rogers took 2 wickets for 33 runs, and David Moody got 1 wicket.
Brisbane Heat bowler Xavier Bartlett was selected as the best player of the match, he performed very brilliant bowling and took 3 wickets just for 18 runs in his spell.
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