'Unbelievable' chaos after 'spooky' malfunction

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Melbourne Renegades person got their Big Bash run underway with a win, but not earlier a immense method malfunction astir outgo them the dearly.

Cricket tin ever find ways to astonishment you, and seeing a subordinate fixed retired for 'hit wicket' erstwhile they were a bully fractional a metre distant from the stumps was surely a shock.

The Renegades were batting archetypal and erstwhile Sixer Nic Maddinson was cruising connected 42 from 25 balls.

He hooked 1 down to good limb for a single, lone for the stumps to airy up arsenic helium swung around, suggesting that he'd stepped connected his ain wicket.

The commentary squad were lamenting Maddinson's dismissal successful specified brushed manner - until the replay.

"Oh what's happened there? What's it travel off? The bails person conscionable travel off," erstwhile New Zealand planetary Ian Smith said.

It didn't instrumentality agelong for a reappraisal to beryllium launched, and Maddinson was rapidly recalled to the crease.

"All I tin deliberation is erstwhile his backmost ft swivelled circular and made interaction with the ground, it shook the ground," Smith said.

"Maybe it wasn't that stable, due to the fact that it looked erstwhile helium enactment that backmost ft down closest to the stumps, the bail fell off.

"Who knows? Spooky."

The subordinate himself didn't fto the unusual incidental impact him, and continued connected with his good innings.

Maddinson went connected to clobber 87 from 49 balls, arsenic the Renegades defended their full of 7-166, restricting the Heat to 6-144.

"I've ne'er seen that before, particularly the timing of it erstwhile he'd conscionable deed the ball," Brendon Julian added.

"That is unbelievable. I've ne'er seen that astatine all."

Renegades manager David Saker was afloat of praise for his opener, who has besides skippered the squad since past year.

"He's been fantastic astir the group, he's led by illustration since we've been successful camp," Saker said.

"He has been starved of runs successful this signifier of the crippled and it's large to spot him spell retired determination and bash what he's done - erstwhile you get your skipper starring from the front, it's truly bully for the full team."

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