Agar’s last-ball six seals thriller for Scorchers

Perth Scorchers 152 for 6 (Klinger 72, Mitchell Marsh 34, Narine 2-20) beat Melbourne Renegades 148 for 8 (White 37, Willey 2-15, Turner 2-25) by four wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details

Perth Scorchers have played Melbourne Renegades six times, and won the lot. Last year, in this very fixture, they recorded the BBL’s first ever 10-wicket win. This time, they won, but it was not that simple.

It required a swatted six from Ashton Agar with the game’s final ball, a full toss bowled by Aaron Finch (yes, you read that right). Scorchers required nine from the final over, and Finch dismissed the set man Mitchell Marsh, caught at long-on off another full toss, and Adam Voges, run out by a direct hit trying to pinch a single. Agar, who had faced just two balls, required three off the last, and smote high and handsome over cow corner for six. It was a remarkable conclusion.

Klinging in the rain One of the great joys of the BBL is that it has made household names of the likes of Michael Klinger, who – rightly or wrongly – has …

continue reading in source www.espncricinfo.com