Hobart Hurricanes 163 for 6 (Wade 43*, Zampa 3-25) beat Melbourne Renegades 162 for 9 (Peake 29, Ellis 3-30, Rishad 2-34) by four wickets

A fuss-free Matthew Wade bucked the trend on a night of wasted starts as the Hobart Hurricanes beat the Melbourne Renegades for the second time in eight days.

The Hurricanes veteran was unbeaten on 43 off 20 balls, hitting a six and four off consecutive deliveries to end the innings and get the hosts past the 164-run target with one over and four wickets remaining.

No other batter scored more than 30 on Monday night, but Wade held his nerve as Adam Zampa (3-25), Hassan Khan (1-11) and Andrew Tye (1-29) contributed to put the visitors in the box seat.

Zampa had Tim Ward and Ben McDermott dismissed in the same over - the ninth, which left Hurricanes 59 for 3 - but a 38-run stand between Wade and Rehan Ahmed (23) shot the home side back into the frame.

Wade was nerveless after Rehan departed, with three sixes and a four from the last eight balls of the innings.

Victory followed a Hurricanes win a week ago and pushed them to a 4-1 record this BBL season, while the Renegades (1-2) remain rooted to the bottom of the ladder.

Things had looked different when the Renegades exploded into their innings, Josh Brown (26 off 13) taking 16 off the first over and Tim Seifert (26 off 14) matching him in an ominous one-two punch.

Brown was out-foxed by a back-of-the-hand slower ball from Nathan Ellis (3-30), but Mohammad Rizwan (16 off 12) deposited his first delivery to the midwicket fence to keep up the pace.

Jake Fraser-McGurk (14 off 8) and Oliver Peake (29 off 22) also looked dangerous, but like the top three, neither could kick on. Bangladesh legspinner Rishad Hossain picked up 2 for 34

It meant the Renegades couldn't truly launch, instead grinding to 162 for 9 from their 20 overs.