Watch: Bizarre Scenes as Beau Webster hits the stadium roof and Umpire signals six during a BBL game
Beau Webster (Source: Twitter)
The Big Bash League 2022-23 has been an exhilarating affair so far as fans got to see some marvellous cricket matches during the season. Match no 41 was no different as Melbourne Stars and Melbourne Renegades locked horns with each other. Stars won the toss and put Renegades in to bat first who scored 162/7 in the first innings. During the second innings of the match, the crowd was left stunned as a shot from Beau Webster hit the stadium’s roof.
The incident took place on the first ball of the 16th over bowled by Rogers, who bowled a full delivery as Webster tried to smack it over the boundary. However, the ball went straight up in the air and ended up hitting the roof of the Docklands Stadium in Melbourne. The umpire immediately signalled it a six as Rogers looked in disbelief.
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It was not the first time that the ball hit the roof during the match. Earlier in the innings, a similar incident happened on the last ball of the third over bowled by Will Sutherland. Sutherland bowled a good length delivery which Joe Clarke tried to pull on the on side. However, he failed to time the ball as it went high up in the air and hit the roof. The Stars were once again awarded six runs which otherwise would’ve been another catching opportunity.
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IT'S HIT THE ROOF!!!
Lucky or not, it's 6️⃣ in the book! #BBL12 | @BKTtires | #GoldenMoment pic.twitter.com/Y7AJJDxmNf
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 14, 2023
Coming back to the match, Renegades scored 162/7 in the first innings on the back of a half-century from Simon Harper who scored 51 off 36 balls, Jonathan Wells also played a brilliant knock of 44 off 24 balls. Liam Hatcher and Brody Couch took two wickets each for the Stars.
In reply, Stars got off to a blazing start to the chase as Joe Clarke and Thomas Rogers added 88 runs for the first wicket in 8.5 overs. Clarke scored a magnificent innings of 59 off 37 balls. Despite getting 12 extra runs due to the ball hitting the roof, Stars fell six runs short of their target. Tom Rogers and Kane Richardson picked up two wickets each for Renegades. Richardson was awarded ‘Player of the Match’ for his spell of 2/17 in four overs.
