The Melbourne Renegades pulled off a dramatic four-wicket win over the Hobart Hurricanes in the WBBL after a rare no-ball on the final delivery overturned what had appeared to be a Super Over finish.
With scores level, Deandra Dottin failed to connect with a good-length delivery from Nicola Carey on the last ball of the innings. Wicketkeeper Lizelle Lee collected the ball behind the stumps for what seemed like a dot ball, sending the game into a Super Over.
However, the on-field umpires decided to refer a possible stumping to the TV umpire, even as Carey’s teammates came over to congratulate her on a superb final delivery.
“The scores are level, and we are going to a Super Over,” the commentator confidently declared. “They’re checking for a stumping, but it would still be the same result, wouldn’t it? A wicket is a dot.” However, a plot twist followed.
“Cricket is cruel.” We thought we had a Super Over, but it’s the @RenegadesBBL who claim victory over the @HurricanesBBL in extraordinary fashion! #WBBL12 https://t.co/fIrkS0rIQw
— Weber Women's Big Bash League (@WBBL) November 4, 2026
A bizarre ending to the WBBL clash
During the review, it was revealed that Lee had collected the ball with her gloves in front of the stumps. This resulted in a no-ball under MCC Law 27.3, which governs the position of the wicketkeeper: “The wicket-keeper shall remain wholly behind the wicket at the striker’s end from the instant of the bowler’s delivery until a ball delivered by the bowler touches the bat or person of the striker or passes the wicket at the striker’s end or the striker attempts a run. In the event of the wicket-keeper contravening this Law, the striker’s end umpire shall call and signal No ball as soon as applicable after the delivery of the ball.”
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As Lee was not wholly behind the wicket when the ball passed the striker’s end, the delivery was called a no-ball.
The decision handed the Renegades victory, with an extra run being added to their total by the no ball, leaving Carey and the Hurricanes stunned.
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