MR vs BH

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Tim Seifert is the Player of the Match for his 102 off 56: "(on the wicket) I thought that the wicket had a little bit in it, more up and down. We batted well throughout the innings, had wickets in hand which helps on these types of wickets. (on his knock) It was a big one, had been out for 6 months with a broken finger so a knock like that gives a lot of confidence and sets it up for the rest of the season. Had a good knock after return from injury, still wasn't full flow. Hassan's run out at the start was crucial. They took it down to the last over, it was game on and well done to the boys. It only takes a couple of hits in the T20 game. (on his injury concern) No concerns, just a slight niggle and they wanted to take it easy with a long season ahead. (on Oliver Peake) Saw a bit of him last year, unfortunately he won't be here for the entire season but it a great talent for the future, spectacular player."

Melbourne Renegades - 212/5 from 20 overs
Brisbane Heat - 198/8 from 20 overs

Tim Seifert 102 (56)

Melbourne Renegades win by 14 runs

Colin Munro persisted even as Jack Wildermuth and Nathan McSweeney departed early for the Brisbane Heat.  Matt Renshaw and Max Bryant both got starts but failed to keep going. Hugh Weibgen scored 38 off 20 but failed to find adequate support after Colin Munro departed after a swashbuckling 55 off 32.  

Jimmy Peirson, though, threatened to pull off a miracle with a flurry of lusty hits but was unable to help his team through after getting to a priceless half-century.

The Renegades were spearheaded to 212 by a magnificent century put together by Tim Seifert, while Oliver Peake scored a handy 57.

Xavier Bartlett (4 0 24 1) did his bit for his side in the face of an onslaught from Tim Seifert and Oliver Peak.

A well-deserved win for the Melbourne Renegades against Brisbane Heat in the second BBL match of the season, even as much sought-after international stars Shaheen Afridi (who was taken off after having been pulled up for dangerous bowling) and Mohammad Rizwan (who scored 4 off 10) failed to impress for the most part.

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19.6 Gurinder Sandhu to Liam Haskett, Melbourne Renegades win by 14 runs and start their season off with a win! Very full, almost a low full toss outside leg, dragged wide of long-on and they jog back for two to conlude the contest.

19.5 Gurinder Sandhu to Shaheen Afridi, CASTLED, full and straight and that goes through Afridi. His dismal night ends on a sour note. In the blockhole, Afridi cannot make any contact and sees his stumps rattled.

19.4 Gurinder Sandhu to Hugh Weibgen, full and wide again, Weibgen can only carve it out to deep point for a single. 18 off 2 needed, Renegades' are on the way to their first points.

19.3 Gurinder Sandhu to Hugh Weibgen, NO RUN, full and straight, very well executed by Sandhu and Weibgen drills it straight to the man which is at a very straight mid-on

19.1 Gurinder Sandhu to Shaheen Afridi, slow and wide outside off, pretty close to the tramline and Afridi swings and misses. They go through for the leg-bye as Rizwan misses, 25 of 5 now!

18.6 Will Sutherland to Shaheen Afridi, BIG APPEAL, was that pitching outside leg? Brilliant yorker, right in the blockhole. Might have been just outside leg and it hit Afridi on ther back leg, that looked pretty close though. They sneak in a leg-bye and Afridi will be on strike for the final over.