‌BBL | Twitter reacts to Mad Maxwell and Stekette fifer dent hosts to leapfrog at fourth spot

Eyeing to capitalize on the infamous Melbourne derby and raise the ranks, the Melbourne Renegades elected to field first during the toss. Tom Rogers and Fergus O'Neill were brilliant with the ball after the 31-run powerplay, leaving the Stars reeling at 55/5 in eight overs. This is when Glenn Maxwell arrived at the scene and personified his ‘Big Show’ title with insane power-hitting. The all-rounder unloaded a baggage of tricks with the bat, ripping apart the Gades bowlers with orthodox and unorthodox strokes including a 122-metre majestic six to Kane Richardson. He formed an 81-run eight-wicket stand with Usama Mir with the latter contributing none in five balls that he faced. The 36-year-old’s 52-ball 90 blitz steered the Stars to 165, albeit the tail contributed only ten runs. 

Similar to their rivals, the Renegades got off to a poor start as Mark Stekette ripped apart the top order with Joel Paris, utilising the new ball brilliantly. Following 17 runs in the powerplay, Jake Fraser-McGurk’s sluggish 19 off 17 balls concluded as Stekette picked up his third scalp. With 44/4, Tim Seifert and Will Sutherland anchored 32 runs together before the pair departed in the power surge. The Gades lost three between the floating powerplay with the score 81/7 in 14 overs. The tail failed to do wonders as the Renegades lagged with time. Eventually, Stekette claimed a fifer while Paris picked up a three-fer to leave the hosts 42 runs short of the target and seal the Melbourne Derby.

Got lucky!

On debut, Harry Dixon was bowled by Peter Siddle.



But it was a free hit, and the ball went to the rope.



So... the Renegades got four runs!#BBL14 pic.twitter.com/r1blDdJ6cr

— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) January 12, 2025

Gone

Melbourne Renegades 104-9 in 17 overs.

#BBL14

— Abdul Haseeb (@Haseeb527) January 12, 2025

Great knock

Glenn Maxwell played one of the Great knocks in BBL against the Melbourne Renegades.!!#BBL14 #BBL pic.twitter.com/kGKgpHAj5m

— Khalid Pahor (@Sports_vds) January 12, 2025

Combined garbage

Seriously Melbourne doesn't need 2 teams stars and renegades combined are still garbage time to merge them and get rid of one so uncompetitive #BBL14

— big damo (@eagleofberwick) January 12, 2025

Terrible

Just terrible from the Renegades…

— Coldogs. (@Coldogs) January 12, 2025

Can't believe it

Can't believe Renegades have bottled this game. Maxwell has done a Afghanistan to them.

— Kashif (@MKSidddd) January 12, 2025

True

This was the Renegades to lose. #BBL14

— Kieran Simpson (@kierans777) January 12, 2025

Remember

Remember at the beginning of the season when the Renegades were going to win the whole thing? 🤣 Classic Red Melbourne #BBL14

— Lisa Potts (@leaseM_87) January 12, 2025

Masterclass

It has been a master class innings by @Gmaxi_32 at the marvel stadium. Renegades have been outplayed and their top 4 have not been among runs including fraser mcgurk . They havent assesed the conditions well at marvel today.@RickyPonting@AaronFinch5 #BBL14@cricket_x_Ashi pic.twitter.com/zMujZPHC3m

— Akul Diddi (@akul_diddi) January 12, 2025

Shame

@BBL shame on this fake Cricket league .. batting wkt for Maxwell and fcking bowling wkt for all renegades team hell of a cheat this mega fraud event ,.

— TheBoss (@the_boss7070) January 12, 2025