Today the 26th match of the Big Bash League 2023-23 is being played between Melbourne Renegades and Hobart Hurricanes. Hobart won the toss and invited Renegades to bat first. In this way, Melbourne Renegades, batting first, set a target of 148 runs for Hobart.

Chasing the target, Hobart’s openers Caleb Jewell and Ben McDermott got off to a fast start. However, Caleb returned to the pavilion after scoring just 13 runs. He was bowled by Fergus O’Neil. After this Ben McDermott and Wright took over the innings. During this, a six by McDermott won everyone’s hearts.

In fact, in the second over, McDermott hit a skyscraper six against Rogers, which surprised everyone. Even the on-field umpires were stunned. The height of the six was so high that the ball was not visible on the field and it fell on the roof of the stadium. Its video went viral very fast on social media.

See that skyscraper six here

This is wild🤯

Ben McDermott just hit a six that got lost – IN THE ROOF?!#BBL13 pic.twitter.com/58F4zWScnz

— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) January 4, 2024

Talking about the match, Melbourne Renegades, who came to bat first, scored 147 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs. After losing the early wicket of Shaun Marsh (0), Jordan Cox and Jonathan Wells played brilliant innings for their team. Jordan scored 47 runs in 36 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 3 fours. While Wells scored unbeaten 38 runs in 25 balls, which included two fours and three sixes.

For Hobart Hurricanes, Tim David, Riley Meredith, Nathan Ellis and Nikhil Chaudhary got 1 wicket each. Chasing the target of 148 runs, Hobart has scored 78 runs after losing 3 wickets in 12 overs till the time of writing the news and McDermott is out after playing an inning of 25 runs in 23 balls.

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