The Melbourne Stars kept alive their KFC T20 Big Bash League finals hopes, with an 11-run Duckworth-Lewis method victory over the Renegades in their first derby.
The 'hosts' at the MCG won the toss and elected to bat, putting on 5-167 before rain interrupted the Renegades chase on multiple occasions as they stumbled to 3-58 before play was called off.
It was a disappointing end to the contest, which drew a crowd of 40,227, but the Stars were deserved winners as they looked aggressive from the outset.
Stars won the toss and elected to bat, and they sprung a surprise sending Englishman Luke Wright in to open the batting with Rob Quiney with immediate results.
Three boundaries from the first eight balls of the innings from Wright set the Stars alight, but his innings was cut short on 25 when Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi took a sharp catch off the bowling of Shane Harwood.
Stars skipper Cam White was given out for just one in controversial circumstances, when he looked to glance a ball down the leg side off a Shaun Tait delivery.
Tait and the Renegades' appeal was initially turned down, but umpire Simon Fry referred the decision to third umpire John Ward, who overturned the on-field decision.
The dismissal meant White has scored just eight runs in five Big Bash League matches, in a worrying stretch of form for the Australian T20 captain.
Quiney top-edged a Dirk Nannes delivery the next over, which meant it was three wickets in as many overs, as Nannes completed a rare wicket-maiden for the T20 format.
What was even more impressive about Nannes' runless over was that it came during the batting powerplay, which the Stars came out of at 3-44.
Dave Hussey (51) and George Bailey (24) then built the foundation of the Stars innings, putting on 80 for the fourth wicket in a match-winning stand.
Bailey was embarrassingly dismissed in the 16th over, given out lbw off the bowling of Afridi (2-20), but could also have been out stumped as wicketkeeper Graham Manou whipped off the bails with the Tasmanian out of his crease.
Afridi made it a double-wicket over when he had Hussey caught by skipper Andrew McDonald to leave the Stars at 5-125.
A late cameo from wicketkeeper Matthew Wade (32) boosted the Stars to a competitive total.
The Renegades chase was halted after just two overs with the men in red on 1-8 after the early dismissal of Aaron Finch - nabbed lbw by Jackson Bird.
Brad Hodge failed to take a hold of the innings, and was stumped by Wade off the bowling of Hussey.
Glenn Maxwell did his best to lift the Renegades, cracking 28 off 24, but it was in vain and he fell to the face of the League, Shane Warne.
Only one more ball was bowled in the match, as rain literally halted the Renegades chase.
