Perth Scorchers
Match Complete
Sydney Sixers
| 92 all out Perth Scorchers win by 79 runs |
| 2/20 (3.2) | *Richardson | O: 16.2 | ||
| 3/15 (3.0) | Tye | RR:4.93 | Lenton | 10 (9) |
| lbw. Richardson |  | 16.2 10/92 |  | O'Keefe 2(5) |
| b. Richardson | | 14.3 9/82 | | Lyon 3(3) |
| c. Inglis b. Tye | | 13.3 8/77 | | Dwarshuis 0(2) |
| c. Patterson b. Tye | | 13.2 7/77 | | Abbott 1(9) |
| run out (Marsh) | | 12.5 6/77 | | Hughes 42(33) |
| b. Hatzoglou | | 11.2 5/71 | | Avendano 1(4) |
| c. Patterson b. Tye | | 9.4 4/62 | | Christian 3(7) |
| lbw. Agar | | 6.6 3/46 | | Henriques 7(7) |
| c. Behrendorff b. Turner | | 4.6 2/32 | | Bertus 15(15) |
| c. Hatzoglou b. Behrendorff | | 1.3 1/5 | | Kerr 2(4) |
| First Innings: Perth Scorchers | 6/171 | RR: 7.33 | O: 20.0 |
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| First Innings: Perth Scorchers | 6/171 | RR: 7.33 | O: 20.0 |
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| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
K.R. Patterson c. Lenton b. Bird | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
J.P. Inglis+ st. Lenton b. O'Keefe | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 |
M.R. Marsh c. Christian b. Lyon | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 45.45 |
C. Munro c. Bird b. Lyon | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
A.J. Turner* c. Hughes b. O'Keefe | 54 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 154.29 |
L.J. Evans not out | 76 | 41 | 4 | 4 | 185.37 |
A.C. Agar lbw. Kerr | 15 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 166.67 |
J.A. Richardson not out | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
A.J. Tye | |||||
J.P. Behrendorff | |||||
P. Hatzoglou | |||||
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 4, nb 0) | 5 | ||||
| Total | 171 | ||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Ec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.A. Abbott | 4.0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 6.75 |
| J.M. Bird | 1.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6.00 |
| H. Kerr | 3.0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 6.67 |
| S.N.J. O'Keefe | 4.0 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 10.75 |
| N.M. Lyon | 3.0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 8.00 |
| B.J. Dwarshuis | 2.0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 11.00 |
| D.T. Christian | 3.0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 9.33 |
| First Innings: Sydney Sixers | 92 all out | RR: 4.93 | O: 16.2 |
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| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H. Kerr c. Hatzoglou b. Behrendorff | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
N.L. Bertus c. Behrendorff b. Turner | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
D.P. Hughes run out (Marsh) | 42 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 127.27 |
M.C. Henriques* lbw. Agar | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
D.T. Christian c. Patterson b. Tye | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.86 |
J.J. Avendano b. Hatzoglou | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
S.A. Abbott c. Patterson b. Tye | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 |
B.J. Dwarshuis c. Inglis b. Tye | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
J.S. Lenton+ not out | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 111.11 |
N.M. Lyon b. Richardson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
S.N.J. O'Keefe lbw. Richardson | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 |
J.M. Bird | |||||
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 5, nb 0) | 6 | ||||
| Total | 92 | ||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Ec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.A. Richardson | 3.2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 6.00 |
| J.P. Behrendorff | 2.0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 6.00 |
| A.J. Turner | 1.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6.00 |
| P. Hatzoglou | 3.0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4.33 |
| A.C. Agar | 4.0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 6.25 |
| A.J. Tye | 3.0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 5.00 |
It all comes down to this. In a repeat of last season’s final, the Perth Scorchers and Sydney Sixers are playing for the silverware again, this time at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 7.40pm (AEDT).
The Scorchers and Sixers have long been the powerhouses of the BBL competition, having won three titles each. One of these teams will go into the overall lead tonight.
The Scorchers beat the Sixers by 48 runs in the qualifier less than a week ago, and the scoreline probably flattered Sydney.
Josh Inglis and Kurtis Patterson took the game away early from Sydney, with Ashton Turner and Colin Munro hardly required. The Scorchers have a long batting line-up, and the Sixers will need to strike early.
The Scorchers bowling attack is the best in the BBL, and they had the Sixers on the rack in the qualifier, having them 6-41 at one stage.
With all their injury concerns before and during the game plus their COVID omissions, the Sixers would have been forgiven for just going through the motions on Australia Day.
It would take a miracle, and Hayden Kerr’s unbeaten 98 was just that. Sean Abbott was key with both the ball and bat and will be primed to do it all again.
The make-up of the Sixers team will be a bit of a mystery until the toss. However, Daniel Hughes is likely to return. Steve Smith has again been discussed and may yet suit up for the Sixers.
Prediction
It’s hard to bet against the Scorchers here. On paper they are the stronger team by a distance. They are also playing on their adopted home ground in Marvel Stadium.
The Sixers culture is first class, and that was underlined again in the win over the Strikers. They will be setting themselves up to cause a boilover in the final.
Unfortunately for Sydney fans, I just can’t see it happening.
Scorchers by 40 runs or five wickets.
Game information
First ball: 7.40pm (AEDT)
Venue: Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
TV: Fox Sports, Channel Seven
Live stream: Kayo, Foxtel
Odds: Scorchers: $1.40; Sixers: $3.00
Squads
Perth Scorchers
Ashton Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Jason Behrendorff, Cooper Connolly, Laurie Evans, Aaron Hardie, Peter Hatzoglou, Nick Hobson, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kelly, Mitch Marsh, David Moody, Tymal Mills, Lance Morris, Colin Munro, Kurtis Patterson, Jhye Richardson, Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye, David Moody.
Sydney Sixers
Sean Abbott, Justin Avendano, Jackson Bird, Dan Christian, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Mickey Edwards, Moises Henriques, Daniel Hughes, Hayden Kerr, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Lawrence Neil-Smith, Steve O’Keefe, Josh Philippe, Lloyd Pope
donnietaco
And Perth kept winning with their players out for the Australia test. A no excuses team! Such a great season, nothing less than winning the title was an option.
Don Freo
Roar Rookie
And had their 3 best players mixing drinks for the Test side, one called back to England and had 7 players miss games with covid.
Shed Bloke
Roar Rookie
Yet another great "blow by blow" call by David. Not sure how you worked out which sports I follow. But I'm bloody glad you did. Your coverage of them all is excellent.
David Holden
Roar Guru
Thanks for following the blog tonight and congrats to Scorchers supporters. For everyone else, the footy season is not far away. I've got a busy weekend on the Roar and will be back tomorrow night for Ash Barty and the all Aussie men's doubles final
David Holden
Roar Guru
The Sixers couldn't conjure the miracle tonight. You wonder what would have happened if Edwards, Philippe and Silk had taken the field tonight. However you can't take anything away from the Scorchers who have spent just about the entire season away from home
The Late News
Roar Rookie
Ha!
Lukestar
Roar Rookie
Well played scorchers. Thank you David for your work and roarers for tonight. Cheers Lukestar.
David Holden
Roar Guru
They were the strongest team on paper and the Perth Scorchers delivered in the final tonight. Laurie Evans and Ashton Turner changed the momentum in the Scorchers innings and from there Perth never looked back
Rusty Brooks
Roar Rookie
Ah, we’ll. Too good Scorchers. We’ll done.
Shed Bloke
Roar Rookie
Not that it would change the result, but I thought that was missing down leg.
Jeff
Roar Rookie
Absolutely well done Scorchers. Have played the entire season away from home. :thumbup:
David Holden
Roar Guru
PERTH SCORCHERS WIN BY 79 RUNS
David Holden
Roar Guru
WICKET. Yorker and O'Keefe is LBW
David Holden
Roar Guru
Lenton chips to mid on and they take 1
David Holden
Roar Guru
Richardson to bowl his last
David Holden
Roar Guru
O'Keefe swings long and hard again Sixers 9/91 (16 overs) Scorchers 171
David Holden
Roar Guru
Swing and a miss from O'Keefe
David Holden
Roar Guru
Lenton mistimes the pull for 1
David Holden
Roar Guru
FOUR. Lenton lifts over mid on and finds a boundary