Melbourne Renegades vs Hobart Hurricanes, 8th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Gurinder Sandhu to Nikhil Chaudhary, out Caught by Fraser-McGurk!! Gurinder Sandhu gets him, finally. Bowls it on a length outside off and gets a bit of extra shoulder on this. Nikhil Chaudhary went deep inside the crease to play the pull and didn't quite have the timing to clear the ropes. JFM, running to his left at deep mid-wicket, collects the ball with both hands. Nikhil Chaudhary c Fraser-McGurk b Gurinder Sandhu 79(38) [4s-7 6s-4]

Gurinder Sandhu to Nikhil Chaudhary, FOUR, low full toss and Chaudhary used the width on offer to bash it over cover off the strong bottom hand. The fielder at deep backward point fence had no chance whatsoever...

Gurinder Sandhu to Nikhil Chaudhary, SIX, and again! This time a hit-me full toss at the pads from Gurinder Sandhu, Chaudhary marmalizes it out of the ground over mid-wicket. Looks like it has gone over the roof for a 103-metre maximum. New balls please?

Gurinder Sandhu to Nikhil Chaudhary, SIX, Chaudhary saw that coming from a mile! Was expecting the slower ball and had his front leg cleared early. The length was too full and Chaudhary thumps it over mid-wicket for a 91-metre maximum

Gurinder Sandhu to Nikhil Chaudhary, no run, full and wide of off stump, Chaudhary looks to slice it square on the off-side and gets beaten on the outside edge

Gurinder Sandhu to Nikhil Chaudhary, 2 runs, juicy full toss outside off, Chaudhary looks to loft and mistimes it off the bottom half of the bat. The ball teases mid-on and drops well over his leaping right hand...

Behrendorff to Nikhil Chaudhary, 3 runs, chases after the slower length delivery and gets a thick top-edge that drops in the gap between keeper and short third

Behrendorff to Nikhil Chaudhary, no ball, SIX, oh dear! This delivery ruins it for the Renegades. It was proving to be a decent over from Behrendorff, but not to be. He tries to bowl one of his variations and ends up slipping a high full toss on the stumps. Well above the waist and it has been parked in the mid-wicket orbit with a clean swing of the bat...

Behrendorff to Nikhil Chaudhary, 1 run, slower ball full toss outside off, dips late and takes the toe end on the slog to mid-wicket

Behrendorff to Nikhil Chaudhary, 2 runs, skips out of his crease and pulls the short of length delivery to the right of deep square. Fifty up for Nikhil Chaudhary. He raises the bat to acknowledge the applause from the crowd...

Behrendorff to Nikhil Chaudhary, FOUR, not off the middle, but Chaudhary won't mind that. Slower length delivery slipping down leg, Chaudhary looks to pull and ends up dragging it off the thick inside edge past the fielder at short fine to his right

Fergus O Neill to Nikhil Chaudhary, 1 run, slower back of a length delivery outside off, Chaudhary toe-ends the slap in the gap wide of extra cover

Fergus O Neill to Nikhil Chaudhary, no run, no misfield this time around. Touch fuller outside off, Chaudhary drives straight to cover

Sutherland to Nikhil Chaudhary, 1 run, fuller and just outside off, Chaudhary looks to slice the drive and mistimes it to backward point

Hassan Khan to Nikhil Chaudhary, 1 run, flatter on off, eased down to long-off

Zampa to Nikhil Chaudhary, 2 runs, full on off, Chaudhary clips it into the gap between deep mid-wicket and long-on. Easy two...

Zampa to Nikhil Chaudhary, 1 run, full on leg stump, Chaudhary flicks and gets an inside edge onto pad that rolls into the mid-wicket pocket

Zampa to Nikhil Chaudhary, no run, legbreak outside off, Chaudhary cuts and finds backward point

Fergus O Neill to Nikhil Chaudhary, 1 run, full delivery outside off, Chaudhary flicks it off the toe end to the right of deep mid-wicket

Fergus O Neill to Nikhil Chaudhary, no run, goes down on one knee looking for a lap sweep and hits it straight to the fielder at short fine

Fergus O Neill to Nikhil Chaudhary, SIX, incredible timing on that from Nikhil Chaudhary! He danced down the wicket and unleashed his hands on the short and wide delivery, carving it up and over extra cover for a maximum

Fergus O Neill to Nikhil Chaudhary, no run, fuller and wider of off at 126ks, Chaudhary mistimes the drive to the diving fielder at cover

Zampa to Nikhil Chaudhary, 1 run, short on off stump, Chaudhary gets hurried on the cut square on the off-side

Zampa to Nikhil Chaudhary, 1 run, floated up outside off, Chaudhary looks to drive and gets it off the thick inside edge to square leg

Zampa to Nikhil Chaudhary, no run, loopy full delivery on off, Chaudhary drives it off the cue end back to the bowler

Zampa to Nikhil Chaudhary, wide, spinning down the leg-side, Chaudhary clips and misses

Zampa to Nikhil Chaudhary, no run, quicker outside off, Chaudhary cuts and finds backward point

Behrendorff to Nikhil Chaudhary, 1 run, skiddy length delivery on leg stump, Chaudhary works it into the mid-wicket pocket and rushes across for a quick single

Sutherland to Nikhil Chaudhary, 2 runs, full on the stumps at 131ks, Chaudhary drives past the non-striker and calls for two straightaway. He saw that long-on was deep and did well to complete the double without any fuss

Sutherland to Nikhil Chaudhary, 1 run, stays on the back foot and cuts the 127ks length delivery to the left of backward point

Sutherland to Nikhil Chaudhary, FOUR, a big swing across the line. It was bowled on a length in the channel just outside off, Chaudhary gets a thick top-edge that flies over short third to his left

Sutherland to Nikhil Chaudhary, 1 run, skates down the pitch and drags the 121ks back of a length delivery to the left of mid-wicket

Gurinder Sandhu to Nikhil Chaudhary, 1 run, slower full delivery outside off, Chaudhary taps the drive wide of cover for a quick single

Gurinder Sandhu to Nikhil Chaudhary, 3 runs, tough chance! Chaudhary got down on one knee and looked to play the lap sweep. The ball ballooned off the top-edge to the right of deep square, the fielder put in a slide and managed to get fingertips on that. Superb effort!

Gurinder Sandhu to Nikhil Chaudhary, FOUR, Chaudhary continues to deal in boundaries. He comes racing down the wicket, meets the ball on a fuller length and smacks it over mid-on with plenty of bottom hand power

Behrendorff to Nikhil Chaudhary, 1 run, squares him up with a length delivery that bounced extra on off, Chaudhary wanted to work leg-side and got a thick leading edge rolling towards backward point

Behrendorff to Nikhil Chaudhary, FOUR, a hat-trick of boundaries for Nikhil Chaudhary. Behrendorff overcompensates by bowling a 122ks short delivery on leg stump, Chaudhary swivels and helps it away past short fine with a well-timed hook shot

Behrendorff to Nikhil Chaudhary, FOUR, excellent timing on this. 124ks pushed full and wide of off stump, Chaudhary slices the drive and puts it in the gap between backward point and cover

Behrendorff to Nikhil Chaudhary, FOUR, Behrendorff goes full once again, bowled at 119ks and Nikhil Chaudhary got under it, thumping it powerfully over extra cover for a boundary