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Adelaide, off the back of quickfire fifties from Chris Lynn and D'Arcy Short, have set the Renegades 178 to win their Big Bash clash in Melbourne.

Renowned power-hitter Chris Lynn has become the first Big Bash player to strike 200 sixes during a typically aggressive half-century for Adelaide against the Melbourne Renegades.

Starting the match at Marvel Stadium on 196 maximums, the 33-year-old brought up 200 and also reached his fifty with a massive straight six off Renegades captain for the night, Will Sutherland.

Lynn, who also became the first BBL player to reach 3500 runs, belted 56 off 34 balls before skying a delivery from spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman (3-20 off four overs) to deep extra cover in the first of the power surge overs.

The Strikers finished 6-177 after captain Matt Short won the toss and elected to bat.

All of Lynn's sixes on Friday night came off the quicks, with spinners Mujeeb and Adam Zampa (0-25 off four) proving harder to hit than their quicker colleagues.

Lynn has moved an incredible 82 sixes ahead of the next most prolific maximum hitter Aaron Finch, who is back on 118.

Opener D'Arcy Short (54 off 47) picked up the pace after struggling in the first half of the innings, though he benefited from two dropped return catches from Zampa and Sutherland, when on 12 and 40.

Short emulated Lynn by bringing up his 50 with a six, but was caught at deep midwicket the next ball.

Englishman Jamie Overton (29 not out off 15) and wicketkeeper Harry Nielsen (17no off five) added more substance with brisk cameos in an unbroken seventh-wicket stand in the closing overs.

The Renegades made a big selection decision pre-game with regular captain and out-of-form batter Nic Maddinson left out of the side.

They went into the game bottom of the table and winless, with just one point from five games.