The Renegades had a mantra in their title-winning season, the team that panics last wins. Webster panicked in the 10th over and was bowled heaving across the line. But Nabi and Finch didn't panic again. Nabi played a gem to take the pressure off his skipper. He rotated the strike early against Mujeeb and didn't panic when facing three dots against Swepson. He waited for the last ball of the over and got one in the slot to launch over long-on. They reduced the equation to 29 off 18 balls without many risks and forced Lynn to gamble.
After a long conference with three senior players, Lynn gave the ball to Labuschagne. It could have gone one of two ways. Finch cleared the rope once but was fortunate to survive next ball when a miscue slipped through Prestwidge's fingers at deep midwicket next ball. Prestwidge compounded the mistake in the following over with another misfield on the rope to turn a single into a boundary and help Finch bring up his 50. The Renegades only need 10 from eight balls and Finch delivered one massive blow at the start of the last over to end the Heat's season.
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