Aussie Test star snags Big Bash hat trick

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The Melbourne Renegades person survived a Michael Neser chapeau instrumentality to unafraid a last-over triumph against the Brisbane Heat successful a tense, low-scoring affair.

Neser took 5 wickets successful the 2nd Test against the West Indies arsenic helium filled successful for the injured Pat Cummins, but was the unusual antheral retired erstwhile the skipper returned astatine the Gabba.

But the Test broadside nonaccomplishment was the Heat's gain, arsenic the 32-year-old tore done the apical of the Renegades' batting line-up during a BBL gathering connected Tuesday successful Geelong.

He captured the scalp of Sam Harper connected the opening shot of the innings arsenic the location broadside chased a humble full of 8-138, earlier taking the archetypal of his 3 consecutive wickets 5 balls later, getting Jake Fraser-McGurk to borderline 1 to the keeper.

On the archetypal transportation of his adjacent over, Neser got Nic Maddinson to resistance 1 onto his ain stumps, earlier Jono Wells came to the crease to look the chapeau instrumentality ball.

Wells inexplicably opted retired of playing a changeable arsenic helium expected a consecutive transportation to plaything distant - instead, it smashed into his stumps.

"He's fto it go, Jono Wells! Doesn't get immoderate easier than that," Brendon Julian said connected commentary.

Andre Russell precise astir became the 4th unfortunate a shot aboriginal arsenic different rocket narrowly missed the stumps and raced distant for 4 byes.

Russell would extremity the implicit with 1 of the biggest sixes ever seen successful the Big Bash, reminding the Heat that contempt their superb start, determination was inactive plentifulness of cricket to beryllium played.

The West Indian superstar belted different 5 maximums en-route to his first-ever fractional period successful the Big Bash, earlier edging 1 from Mark Steketee with a spot much than 5 overs to go.

Russell departed for 57 disconnected 42 balls, with the Renegades inactive needing 48 from 33.

As Aaron Finch held down 1 extremity with a precise diligent 31 disconnected 43, Akeal Hosein proved the quality maker, arsenic helium came to the crease to regenerate Russell and blasted 30 from 19 balls.

By the clip Hosein holed retired successful the heavy disconnected Steketee successful the penultimate over, the Renegades needed conscionable 9 from 7 balls - and Will Sutherland enactment immoderate doubts astir the effect to furniture by tonking his archetypal shot for an adjacent bigger six than Russell's earlier moonshot.

Finch recovered the bound connected the 2nd shot of the last over, to unafraid an improbable triumph - the Renegades reaching 6-139 with 4 balls to spare.

"It's not often you spot idiosyncratic get a chapeau trick, and a four-fa successful their archetypal 2 overs, and spell connected to suffer the match," Brett Lee said connected commentary.

"It was done and dusted. 4-9 aft 2.2, participate Dr Dre, Dre Russ - and smoked a speedy fifty. What a game."

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