There’s no stopping him, Mitch Owen rattles up the equal third-fastest 50 in BBL history. Easily the fastest in a BBL final – Kevin Pietersen held the previous record from 25 balls.
Owen just eating Nathan McAndrew for breakfast. A boundary sliced over a short third man to bring up his half-century, next ball hammered over cover for six.
There was a dropped catch in there too at cover, Gilkes letting Caleb Jewel off the hook. Owen then smacks his seventh six of the night, flat and hard over mid-wicket, George Garton leaping but can’t stop it. Jewell with a gentleman’s seven from seven balls as Tanveer Sangha enters the attack.
Owen duly slog sweeps him for six as well down past fine leg. Poor bowling, and then Jewell joins the fun, hits a boundary through cover. Hobart crowd going bananas – ‘MITCH-ELL OW-EN’ the chant going around the joint now.
Hobart Hurricanes: 0-98 after six overs, need another 85 runs from 84 balls.
