The Melbourne Renegades win a tense BBL derby, despite two Melbourne Stars players being awarded six runs for shots that hit the Docklands Stadium roof.
abc.net.au/news/bbl-stars-question-docklands-six-rule-melbourne-renegades-stars/101856392Joe Clarke and Beau Webster were controversially awarded sixes for shots that hit the Docklands stadium roof as the Melbourne Stars' BBL finals hopes ended in a tense derby clash defeat.
English opener Clarke top-scored with 59 from 37 deliveries but the Stars threw away victory in a six-run defeat to the Melbourne Renegades on Saturday night. The result left the Stars languishing on the bottom of the ladder and strengthened the Renegades' grip on a finals spot . The biggest talking point came from skied shots into the retractable part of the Docklands venue's roof by Clarke and Webster.
Both would have resulted in catching chances for the Renegades, but the Stars were awarded six runs under BBL playing conditions.Under previous regulations, which retired great Mark Waugh said should be reinstated, they would have been ruled dead balls."The thing is it's cost them [the Renegades] 12 runs which is just wrong," Waugh said on the Fox Sports broadcast."Twelve runs is a big difference in this game, let alone the fact that they would've been out.
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