VIDEO | Riley Meredith three no-balls and five wides to concede 17 runs on ONE legal delivery

When Meredith joined Hobart Hurricanes, he was not even sure about a starting role in the team, but after his heroics against Perth Scorchers, he had many former Test players tweeting praise about him. His sheer pace has been a delight to watch and helped him become a hot property for the Hobart team.

Only in a utopian world, life is so good sans the bricks. Meredith learned that in a hard way when he conceded as many as 17 runs, literally on one ball. It all began when the pacer bowled a huge no-ball in the fourth delivery of the first over to start a procession of extra runs for the Melbourne Renegades on Thursday.

The 22-year-old followed that up with a wide ball and that was so distant from wicketkeeper Matthew Wade that it went to the boundary, giving Renegades five wides. He had already conceded six runs without bowling a legal delivery and hoped to end the nightmare on the next ball. However, the free-hit was still on and the next ball flew to the boundary off Aaron Finch's inside-edge. 11 runs were conceded by then, but the umpire was not convinced about the legality of the ball and after a brief discussion, the on-field umpire gave it a no-ball for height.

Just when Meredith thought his disaster had finally come to an end, Meredith overstepped once again, finishing three consecutive no-balls. Finch too didn't miss out this time as he hit it cleanly to the wide of mid-off boundary for a four, to end Meredith’s misery. By that time, though, he had already conceded 17 runs on that one ball.

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