Perth Scorchers captain Ashton Turner conceded that the umpires made the correct decision on Wednesday night when it was deemed he had not completed a catch that would have dismissed eventual Melbourne Renegades match-winner Oliver Peake.

But he clearly doesn’t like the rule.

When the Renegades were 5-91, still needing 37 runs to win, Peake hit David Payne to Turner at mid-on, who appeared to have taken the tough jumping catch.

However, the third umpire deemed the ball had been grassed as Turner fell to ground trying to soften his fall.

Peake was unbeaten on 15 runs at the time, and finished 42 not out, from 30 balls, hitting a match-winning six on the last ball of the game.

Turner was clearly frustrated.

“I mean, in the incident, I didn’t know that I put the ball on the ground,” he said.

“And it’s really frustrating, because I think that everyone who’s a cricket person, or watches cricket or played cricket in the backyard, knows that’s a catch.

“That’s out.

“If it happens in the backyard, you’re walking off and you’re giving your brother a send-off and sending them on their way.

“But that’s the letter of the law. That’s what the playing conditions state.

“I feel like the right decision was made.

“The rules and regulations are written by people sitting in offices, not people out throwing themselves around the outfield. So, like, sometimes I get it, it can be hard to have every scenario captured within the playing conditions. It’s frustrating because we were on the wrong end of it tonight.

Controversial BBL catch call

“But that’s not the thing that we’re going to sit back and talk about in our team meeting.”

“That was one of the ones tonight that we didn’t get right and probably cost us in the end.

“I’m not going to sit here and point my finger to that incident. We batted pretty average, and we bowled pretty average, and we were pretty average in the field as well.”

“It was pretty surreal, to do it here in front of all the Scorchers fans is pretty special, what you grow up dreaming of doing,” Peake said post-game.

“That was pretty incredible crowd, coming from the ‘G to here. Pretty crazy crowds and very cool to play in front of.

“It’s not something for me to adjudicate. We saw with Starcy a few years ago something similar happen in the Ashes. That’s the rules of the game at the end of the day.

“I was just lucky tonight.

“I had a moment with Sutho after he hit his six I was like how cool’s this? The crowd was going mental, and it seemed every time I hit a run they were into me.”

MATCH WRAP

Gurinder Sandhu is keeping the Melbourne Renegades in this BBL season.

Sindhu took 4-28 from his four overs in the Renegades crucial four-wicket win over the Perth Scorchers at Optus Stadium, on Wednesday.

He took three wickets in four balls in the Scorchers 19th overs. They were bowled out in the 20th for just 127 runs.

Australia Under-19 captain Oliver Peake then then hit Aaron Hardie for a big six on the last ball of the game, to give the Renegades the win. He needed at least a boundary.

Sindhu has taken at least one wicket in every game this campaign. He has claimed 10 wickets in his past three outings, including four also against the Melbourne Stars in the Renegades recent four-wicket win.

The Renegades now have three wins, with four games to play, looking for at least five victories, which teams have needed to reach the playoffs in the past few seasons.

A CATCH ISN’T A CATCH

Peake displayed the cool head that has him leaving the BBL now to captain Australia at the World Cup.

But the Perth crowd might need some time to recover from his performance on Wednesday night.

It’s not really his fault though.

When the Renegades were 5-91, still needing 37 runs to win, Peake hit David Payne to Scorchers skipper Ash Turner at mid-on, who seemed to take the catch, jumping off the ground like an AFL player would.

However, the third umpire checked the replay and deemed the ball had been grassed as Turner fell to ground and tried to gain his feet.

Peake was on 15 runs at the time, off 16 balls, and finished unbeaten on 42 runs, from 30 balls.

DIFFICULT PITCH

The Optus Stadium wicket is not currently easy to bat on. The recent Ashes Test, that lasted just two days, told us that.

Generally, how Mitch Marsh bats at the top of the Scorchers order is usually a good indication of what the wicket is like.

And Marsh has not handled the Optus Stadium wicket well in his past two innings there.

Against the Adelaide Strikers on Sunday, he scored 37 runs, but it took him 33 balls to get there. It was well short of the strike rate of 175 he got his 102 runs from 58 balls against Hobart Hurricanes.

Marsh’s 27 runs against the Renegades was again hard work, taking 25 balls and including two sixes, with no boundaries.

Aaron Hardie top-scored for Perth with 44 runs, but that too seemed hard work, coming from 40 balls.

That innings was well short of the scintillating unbeaten 94 he muscled against the Hurricanes from just 43 balls.

SKIPPERS WICKETS

Turner had not bowled a ball for the Scorchers in this tournament a week ago.

Since then, he’s bowled just two overs, and returned figures of 3-2.

He bowled the 13th over when the Renegades were 4-72, needing only 59 runs for victory.

He got rid of Hassan Khan, caught behind and only gave up one run from his one over.

In Perth’s incredible win over the Adelaide Strikers on Sunday, he claimed the wickets of Matt Short and Jason Sangha in the space of three balls.

He may have a star-studded bowling line-up to call on, but maybe he should consider giving himself more than just one over per game.