BBL: The Melbourne Renegades faced off against the Perth Scorchers in a BBL match on December 23 at the Marvel Stadium in Docklands. The stadium is special as it has a roof and it was closed during this match. On the fifth ball of the 10th over, Scorchers’ batter Connolly tried to go big against Kane Richardson. The ball went high up in the air and struck the closed roof. The ball then fell down and hit Richardson on his finger.
The incident caught the attention of the fans on social media. The on-field umpire signaled it as a dead ball and asked Richardson to bowl it yet again. Earlier, there was an existent rule in the BBL that was made by Cricket Australia that when the ball goes up and hits the roof of the stadium, then it will be signaled as a six. However, that rule has been changed now.
This incident was going to be rare. However, in a 2023 BBL match, the ball hit the roof twice in a single game. Hence, CA changed the rule, and now it states that when the ball hits the roof, then it will be called a dead ball.
Perth Scorchers have scored 143 runs for the loss of eight wickets in their 20 overs
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Meanwhile, coming to the match, the Perth Scorchers have scored 143 runs for the loss of eight wickets in their 20 overs at the time of writing. It was after the Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field first. Connolly was the highest scorer of the innings, with 66 runs off 50 balls with one boundary and six sixes. Matthew Spoors was the other batter who could get into double digits. He scored 29 runs off 26 balls.
Tom Rogers was the best bowler of the innings, with three wickets in his four overs. Kane Richardson scalped one wicket but gave away 39 runs in his spell of four overs.
