Melbourne Renegades 170 for 6 (Faltum 66*, Wareham 34) beaten Melbourne Stars 161 for 8 (McKenna 34) for nine runs
Faltum scored an unbeaten 42-ball 66 to lift the Renegades to 170 for 6 in the second game of Friday’s double-header at the MCG.
The wicketkeeper then stumped Stars opener Yastika Bhatia off left-arm spinner Charis Bekker as the Renegades restricted their opponents to 161 for 8, although it came close in the closing stages.
The result gave Renegades a positive record of 5-3 in second place in the standings, while Stars are in danger of missing the final at 2-4.
Those efforts helped Renegades to another impressive victory just four days after hitting a target of 186 against Adelaide Strikers.
“There is a belief in the group that we can win from anywhere,” Faltum said. “We didn’t win our first two games, but we still believed we were right. Once you win, there comes faith, but I think we had it before. We really hope we can go all the way.” “.
