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Strikers' Spinners Rout Renegades as Adelaide Cruise to Eight-Wicket Win

A blistering spin start from debutant Jerrssis Wadia set up Tabraiz Shamsi's 4-15 to skittle Melbourne for 99.

Overview

  • Adelaide bowled Melbourne out for 99 in 16.5 overs before sealing 2-100 with 49 balls to spare.
  • Debutant left-arm spinner Jerrssis Wadia struck with his first two deliveries, with a simple mid-off drop by Hasan Ali denying a first-over hat-trick.
  • Tabraiz Shamsi returned 4-15 and took the last four wickets, with support from Lloyd Pope at 2-23 and Wadia at 2-11.
  • Mohammad Rizwan survived the hat-trick ball, made 17 off 14, and fell in the fourth over to Henry Thornton with Wadia taking the catch.
  • The result came in a dead rubber, with the Strikers finishing sixth and the Renegades seventh, as Melbourne recorded a seventh sub-100 total in franchise history.