Some late-innings big hitting from Tom Cooper and Ben Rohrer has seen the Melbourne Renegades to a six-wicket Big Bash win over the Brisbane Heat with five balls to spare at Docklands.
The Renegades were favourites to win after the Heat struggled to set a winning target, scoring 7 for 133 off the full 20 overs.
The momentum changed after Brisbane managed to tie down Melbourne openers Aaron Finch and Dan Harris in the powerplay.
Harris was out early for 10, and when Finch and Marlon Samuels continued to find it hard to hit the gaps, Brisbane started to believe an upset was on the cards.
The Renegades were 1 for 49 at halfway, and when the dangerman Finch was out for 33 in the 12th over, Melbourne were struggling.
The turning point came through Cooper (29 off 15 balls), whose two boundaries and two big sixes upped the scoring rate at the right time.
Rohrer chipped in with 27 off 25 deliveries to steer the home side to victory.
For the Heat, Ben Cutting did his very best to lift his side over the line, scoring an unbeaten 33 and taking 2 for 12 off four tight overs.
But Muttiah Muralidaran's 2 for 22 and Darren Pattinson's 2 for 32 helped restrict Brisbane enough to keep Melbourne in the hunt.
Tags: sport, cricket, twenty20, vic, melbourne-3000, brisbane-4000, australia First posted December 23, 2012 00:46:12
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