Hurricanes vs. Renegades, 5th Match Highlights, BBL 2024, Dec 19, 2024The Big Bash League 2024-25 season rolled on, with the Melbourne Renegades facing the Hobart Hurricanes at the GMHBA Stadium in Geelong on December 19, 2024. The match saw the Hurricanes being restricted to their lowest BBL total as the Renegades won by six wickets.
Struggle of Hurricanes The Hurricanes invited to bat first found a dire beginning, being bowled out for 74 runs in 13 overs. In the process, Renegades bowlers, including Tom Rogers, Fergus O'Neill, and Will Sutherland, became important as they had breached into the lineup of Hurricanes while on duty. If Rogers took three wickets for 25 runs, O'Neill and Sutherland took three for 14 and 16 runs, respectively. The steal of the show for the Hurricanes was its captain, Nathan Ellis—35* runs in 36 and two scalps for 12 runs.
Chasing a nominal target of 75, the Melbourne Renegades began on the back foot, but New Zealander Tim Seifert saw them through with an unbeaten 37 off 37 balls. Seifert's not-out innings saw the Renegades get to the target in nine overs only.
Tom Rogers was the Player of the Match for his outstanding bowling that had played a major role in containing the Hurricanes to such a low score.
That in process just came out to be a game testifying to the very volatile nature of T20 cricket, as the Renegades got back into this season, wielding an opening loss, while the Hurricanes will regroup and come back stronger, or so they would want to do in subsequent matches.