The Melbourne Renegades are out to seek revenge after their loss to the Hobart Hurricanes just eight days ago, in a Monday night clash set to host Beau Webster’s long-awaited homecoming.
Webster, who hails from Snug in Tasmania, has been temporarily released from Australia’s Ashes Test squad to take part in the Hobart fixture to play his first game for the Hurricanes since BBL|06.
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The 32-year-old headlines three inclusions to his side’s squad for the match, with Matthew Wade and Hugo Burdon also in to replace the injured Tim David who has been ruled out for the remainder of the tournament with a grade two hamstring strain. Jackson Bird and Will Prestwidge have also been omitted from the 14-man squad.
As for the Renegades, Caleb Jewell returned to the squad at the expense of Fergus O’Neill, though wasn’t selected in the final XI.
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The Hurricanes won the bat flip and elected to bowl, with the first ball bowled at 7.15pm AEDT.
Hobart Hurricanes XI: Mitchell Owen, Tim Ward, Beau Webster, Ben McDermott, Nikhil Chaudhary, Matthew Wade (wk), Rehan Ahmed, Chris Jordan, Nathan Ellis (c), Rishad Hossain, Riley Meredith
Melbourne Renegades XI: Josh Brown, Tim Seifert, Muhammad Rizwan (wk), Jake Fraser-McGurk, Oliver Peake, Hassan Khan, Will Sutherland (c), Andrew Tye, Gurinder Sandhu, Adam Zampa, Jason Behrendorff
‘VINTAGE’ BROWN WINDS BACK CLOCK IN 13-BALL STAY
Eight days is a long time in cricket, just ask Melbourne Renegades opener Josh Brown.
The 32-year-old’s last hit in the middle ironically came against the Hurricanes in Geelong over a week ago, where he struggled through eight balls before departing for a duck.
Come Monday night though, those memories were long gone. The right-hander smashed 16 runs from the opening over of the match to put the hosts’ bowling attack on notice straight away, before racing to 26 off jsut 12 balls.
A Nathan Ellis slower ball was ultimately his downfall, but the promising signs were well and truly back for the opener who first starred in the Big Bash for the Brisbane Heat in BBL|13.
“Big Josh looked like he was back into vintage form, of the days when he was back in Heat colours … it all looked like it was heading towards a Josh Brown special.” Australian wicketkeeping great Adam Gilchrist said on Fox Cricket.
Fellow star Michael Hussey added: “He looked really good today, good signs for him and the Renegades moving forward.”