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The Melbourne Renegades were two points away from winning the golden spoon, with 10 games, six losses and two wins. Things went awry for the Melbourne Renegades and now they are out to fix things!
The Renegades struggled with their batters past their past, in Aaron Finch and Shaun Marsh whereas they had Nic Maddinson, a player who never managed to figure out the T20 format.
What went right for the Melbourne Renegades?
Jake Fraser-McGurk was the pick of the season for the Renegades, who saw JFM score 178 runs against pace at a strike rate of 173, while he also managed 79 runs against spin at a strike rate of 134!
Mujeeb Ur Rahman impressed in the games he played, taking 7 wickets, at an economy of just 7.48 and an average of 22.43!
Shaun Marsh was extremely impressive for the Renegades, playing a critical hand in both of their wins, scoring 106 runs against pace going at 132.5 and 75 runs against spin striking at 147!
They played well against pace, with six batters striking at 130+ against pacers, allowing them to score quick runs.
What went wrong for the Renegades?
The Melbourne Renegades failed to take down spin, averaging 28 against it, but only scoring at 6.96 an over against it. With Quinton de Kock, Jonathan Wells, Aaron Finch and Nic Maddinson all striking at less than 100 against spin.
Their batting was uninspiring through an innings, they struck at 120.45 in the powerplay and 125 in the middle, while only going up to 150 during the back end. Ending with well under par totals, as the Renegades gave away 10 more runs per game than they managed to make.
But the greater problem was their bowling through the middle overs in particular, where they ended up giving away 12 more runs than they scored, as their pacers averaged 87 runs per wickets and spinners averaged 44.
Having failed to taken enough wickets through that phase, it cost them at the death with teams setting up to take advantage as they put the pedal to the metal towards the back end.
While the Melbourne Renegades were able to attack the pacers, only three of their six batters averaged over 30 against pace, with their batters there for a good time, not a long one, being dismissed too often.
Their pace bowlers were good without being impressive, but they will hope that Tom Rogers, Will Sutherland and Kane Richardson out in a better shift this season.
How did the Melbourne Renegades fix it?
Their first move was to look interstate, with Gurinder Sandhu recruited from the Sydney Thunder books. An impressive bowler, Sandhu has emerged as strike option having taken 30 wickets in 23 games in the last three seasons for the Thunder!
A specialist with the older ball, he strikes once every 15 balls in the middle overs, and at the back end, he has an economy of 9 at the death taking a wicket once every 11 balls during this phase!
They then signed on Jacob Bethell who strikes at 153.36 against spin bowlers, scoring a boundary once every 5.28 balls against them! And bowls crafty left arm spin!
Tim Seifert has performed admirably against spin, averaging 34 and striking at 126 while against pace, his average drops to 29, with the strike rate shooting up to 145!
The signing of Laurie Evans was a bit of a coup with his strike rate against pace being 214.91 as he averaged 61 against them. And has been brilliant in the BBL for the Perth Scorchers as well!
Players to watch out for!
Kane Richardson: Richardson comes into the BBL having played four T20 games for Gold Coast where he picked 4 wickets at an average of 26.5, with an economy of 7.57!
Mackenzie Harvey: Harvey has played seven games heading into the BBL, scoring 186 at an average of 26.57 and he has struck at 137.8, making him a solid choice in the middle order!
Josh Brown: Josh Brown comes into this tournament on the back of a tough time, having scored 55 runs in six games at the Abu Dhabi 10 and only struck at 120!
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