‘Park cricket’: Aussie great rips ‘awful’ Renegades after horror BBL collapse — LIVE

The Adelaide Strikers are 1-37 from 4 overs in reply to the Melbourne Renegades’ 10-99 all out in their clash at the Adelaide Oval.

Adelaide Strikers will chase a small target for victory against Melbourne Renegades after bowling out the visitors for just 99 at Adelaide Oval on Saturday.

South African spinner Tabraiz Shamsi took four wickets, and Jerrssis Wadia took two wickets with the first two balls of the innings to rip through the Renegades’ line-up and end their innings after 16.5 overs.

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Strikers skipper Matt Short won the bat flip and elected to bowl in the clash that didn’t have finals implications, with both managing just three wins from nine games.

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Wadia was responsible for one of the most memorable starts to a Big Bash innings when he had Tim Seifert caught behind off the first ball bowled then dismissed Jake Fraser-McGurk with the second.

The visitors were reeling when Seifert was expertly caught by Alex Carey, and Fraser-McGurk spooned an easy return catch to Wadia, but the damage could have been even worse.

Muhammad Rizwan mistimed the last ball of Wadia’s over and spooned a simple catch to mid-off, but Hassan Ali put it down.

Hassan redeemed himself with the key wicket of opener Josh Brown, the Renegades’ top scorer for the season, in the sixth over, and also took an excellent catch running in from deep mid-on to send Brendan Doggett on his way.

Hassan bowled the first over of the Power Surge and Jamie Overton dropped top scorer Will Sutherland on 19.

The England all-rounder’s disappointment was made even more acute when he bowled the next over and Sutherland belted two sixes and a four as the Renegades took the Power Surge for 25 runs.

Sutherland didn’t last much longer, however, with the Renegades skipper holing out to Wadia in the deep in the 16th over, bowled by Shamsi.

“That is terrible batting, this is ‘park’ cricket from the Renegades,” Australian Test great Mark Waugh said on Fox Cricket after the visitors slumped to 6-58 when Lloyd Pope bowled Caleb Jewell.

“I know they’re trying, but at the end of the day they are professional batsmen and it’s just not good enough at the moment.”

MATCH PREVIEW

Matt Short and the Adelaide Strikers host Will Sutherland and the Melbourne Renegades in their final clash of the season at the Adelaide Oval.

The Strikers won the bat flip and will bowl first.

The sixth placed Strikers and the seventh placed Renegades have both won just three games all season and are out of finals contention, but will want to finish their campaign on a high.

The Strikers will have Australian Test star Alex Carey on deck, while the Brendan Doggett will boost the Renegades, with Adam Zampa rested due to national duties.

Short and Chris Lynn will lead the charge with the bat for the Strikers, while Jamie Overton and Lloyd Pope will be danger men with ball in hand.

For the Renegades, Tim Seifert and Muhammad Rizwan have been amongst the runs this season, while Doggett and Jason Behrendorff will be key with the ball along with skipper Sutherland.

It sets the scene for a freewheeling clash with both sides having nothing to lose as they aim to finish the season with a bang.

TEAMS

Adelaide Strikers: Matt Short (c), Alex Carey (wk), Chris Lynn, Liam Scott, Jason Sangha, Jamie Overton, Jerrssis Wadia, Hassan Ali, Henry Thornton, Lloyd Pope, Tabraiz Shamsi

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