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Calls for cricket law change after $420,000 star forced to 'retire' under rarely-seen rule in BBL
Former Australia batsman Brad Hodge has suggested a name change to cricket's retirement law to lessen the stigma attached to slow batters being forced off the field in T20s. Fans have been debating whether it should be legal to forcibly 'retire out' a batter after it happened to Mohammad Rizwan of the Melbourne Renegades on Monday night.
Rizwan had reached 26 off 23 balls in the Renegades' batting innings against the Sydney Thunder in the BBL, but the coaching staff felt he wasn't scoring quickly enough. Captain Will Sutherland signalled from the bench for Rizwan to leave the field, with Sutherland walking on to replace him in the hope of scoring more freely.
Disaster strikes Will Sutherland after retiring Mohammad Rizwan in BBL loss to Thunder
The Melbourne Renegades’ finals hopes are hanging by a thread after a dramatic loss to Big Bash battlers Sydney Thunder at Engie Stadium on Monday night.
A late Chris Green assault powered the Thunder to a thrilling four-wicket upset win, the No.8 coming in at 6-95 after his side lost 3-15 in eight balls in pursuit of a rain-adjusted target of 140.
With all the pressure on his shoulders, Green bludgeoned three sixes in as many balls from Gurinder Sandhu (4-42), the Renegades’ best bowler to that point.
It swung the game dramatically back in favour of the Thunder, who would have been consigned to the wooden spoon with a loss to the Renegades.
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Green, Maddinson power Thunder to victory after Renegades retire Rizwan out
Sydney Thunder 140 for 6 (Green 34*, Billings 33, Maddinson 30*, Sandhu 4-42) beat Melbourne Renegades 170 for 8 (Hassan 46, Brown 35, Agar 2-23) by four wickets (DLS)
Mohammad Rizwan's tough BBL debut season continued after being retired out in his 300th T20 match, having batted sluggishly in Melbourne Renegades' costly loss to Sydney Thunder.
The tactical gamble – a decision made by the coaching staff – did not really have the desired effect. Renegades only made a further 16 runs after Rizwan – who had hit 26 off 23 balls – walked off the field at the end of the 18th over.
Averaging 20.14 and striking at exactly 100 in his seven previous innings this season, Rizwan again struggled for fluency on a seaming Engie Stadium surface. He is only the third batter in BBL history to be retired out without an injury, following on the heels of Nic Maddinson in Thunder's recent match against Hobart Hurricanes in a tactic that is starting to become more prevalent in T20 cricket.
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