WATCH: Balls hits the closed roof of the indoor stadium in a BBL game, umpire signals a six on two occasions

Beau Webster (source: Twitter)

On Saturday, a bizarre incident during a Big Bash League match between city rivals Melbourne Stars and Melbourne Renegades at the Docklands Stadium divided social media. Wicketkeeper-batter Joe Clarke mishit a delivery from Renegades pacer Will Sutherland to the arena's retractable roof in the third over of the Stars' innings. When the ball landed inside the thirty-yard circle, the on-field umpire immediately signalled a six.

13 overs later, all-rounder, Beau Webster clobbered Tom Rodgers to the ceiling in an identical incident. The ball landed close to the pitch this time, but six runs were still awarded. Many people, including Renegades captain Aaron Finch, were outraged by the decision.

“That would have been two simple catches tonight. They were both straight up. That would have been out,” a mic’d up Finch had told the commentary team during the game.

Here is the video of the bizarre incident from the Big Bash League

Beau Webster sends ANOTHER one into the Marvel Stadium roof - and that'll be another SIX runs!! 🤯#BBL12 pic.twitter.com/3YdMNv0cLv

— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) January 14, 2023

It's worth noting that after the Renegades' current captain hit the roof in the second season of the BBL, it was decided that in situations like these, the batter would be awarded a six rather than the delivery being declared a dead ball.

Finch later stated that this was a catching opportunity, to which Mark Howard responded that the rule was instituted because of the former Australia ODI captain. “This is your rule skipper (to Finch), you’ve caused this problem,” he said.

The Renegades eventually won the match, albeit in dramatic fashion. They had batted first and scored 162/7, and the Stars were cruising at one point, needing 54 to win off 51 balls and eight wickets in hand. The Renegades, on the other hand, put on an incredible choke in the death overs to win the match by six runs.