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Adelaide Strikers beat Perth Scorchers by 50 runs

Perth Stadium, . Perth Scorchers won the toss and chose to bowl.

Adelaide Strikers155/720 ov
Perth Scorchers10516.2 ov
Adelaide Strikers won by 50 runs
Brisbane Heat won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Perth Scorchers won the toss and chose to bowl. Adelaide Strikers made 155 for 7 in 20 overs, Jake Weatherald 56 from 32 balls and Henry Thornton 28 not out from 21 balls. Cooper Connolly took 2 for 17.

Perth Scorchers were bowled out for 105, Sam Fanning 31 from 20 balls and Cooper Connolly 31 from 22 balls. Lloyd Pope took 4 for 24.

Adelaide Strikers won by 50 runs.

Key performers

Adelaide Strikers innings

155/7(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Matthew Shortb AJ Tyeb AJ Tye131310100.00
D'Arcy Shortc & b JP Behrendorffc & b JP Behrendorff6410150.00
Jake Weatheraldb AM Hardieb AM Hardie563282175.00
Thomas Kellyc MS Harris b C Connollyc MS Harris b C Connolly6160037.50
Harry Nielsen †run out (AM Hardie)run out (AM Hardie)130033.33
Ben Manentist †JP Inglis b C Connollyst †JP Inglis b C Connolly232020115.00
James Bazleyc †JP Inglis b AM Hardiec †JP Inglis b AM Hardie4310133.33
Henry Thorntonnot outnot out28*2121133.33
David Paynenot outnot out14*801175.00
Extras(lb 1, w 3)(lb 1, w 3)4
Total20 Ov (RR 7.75)20 Ov (RR 7.75)155/7
Fall of wickets: 8-1 (DJM Short, 1.2 ov), 26-2 (MW Short, 4.1 ov), 47-3 (T Kelly, 8.4 ov), 48-4 (HJ Nielsen, 9.1 ov), 91-5 (J Weatherald, 12.3 ov), 95-6 (JJ Bazley, 13 ov), 129-7 (BAD Manenti, 17.1 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Aaron Hardie302428.00105000
Jason Behrendorff402716.7581100
Lance Morris403308.2595020
Andrew Tye402516.2592000
Ashton Agar2028014.0022210
Cooper Connolly301725.6780100
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stMW Short 2(4) & DJM Short 6(4)88
2ndJ Weatherald 7(8) & MW Short 11(9)1817
3rdT Kelly 6(16) & J Weatherald 14(11)2127
4thHJ Nielsen 1(3) & J Weatherald 0(0)13
5thJ Weatherald 35(13) & BAD Manenti 5(7)4320
6thJJ Bazley 4(3) & BAD Manenti 0(0)43
7thBAD Manenti 18(13) & HTRY Thornton 16(12)3425
8thDA Payne 14(8) & HTRY Thornton 12(9)26*17

Perth Scorchers innings

105(16.2 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Sam Fanningc J Weatherald b HTRY Thorntonc J Weatherald b HTRY Thornton312032155.00
Marcus Harrisc HTRY Thornton b L Popec HTRY Thornton b L Pope8111072.73
Aaron Hardieb L Popeb L Pope680075.00
Sam Whitemanc J Weatherald b CJ Boycec J Weatherald b CJ Boyce270028.57
Josh Inglis †b CJ Boyceb CJ Boyce121110109.09
Cooper Connollyc JJ Bazley b CJ Boycec JJ Bazley b CJ Boyce312212140.91
Nick Hobsonc & b MW Shortc & b MW Short460066.67
Ashton Agarc BAD Manenti b DA Paynec BAD Manenti b DA Payne03000.00
Andrew Tyeb L Popeb L Pope8820100.00
Jason Behrendorffb L Popeb L Pope02000.00
Lance Morrisnot outnot out0*000-
Extras(w 3)(w 3)3
Total16.2 Ov (RR 6.43)16.2 Ov (RR 6.43) · Target 156 from 20 ov105
Fall of wickets: 38-1 (S Fanning, 4.5 ov), 42-2 (MS Harris, 5.4 ov), 46-3 (SM Whiteman, 7 ov), 48-4 (AM Hardie, 7.4 ov), 70-5 (JP Inglis, 11.1 ov), 77-6 (NR Hobson, 12.5 ov), 78-7 (AC Agar, 13.3 ov), 98-8 (AJ Tye, 15.4 ov), 98-9 (JP Behrendorff, 16 ov), 105-10 (C Connolly, 16.2 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Matthew Short403117.7595000
David Payne301916.33131200
Henry Thornton10616.0031000
Lloyd Pope402446.00111110
Cameron Boyce3.202036.0090120
Ben Manenti10505.0020000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stS Fanning 31(20) & MS Harris 7(9)3829
2ndAM Hardie 3(3) & MS Harris 1(2)45
3rdSM Whiteman 2(7) & AM Hardie 1(1)48
4thAM Hardie 2(4) & JP Inglis 0(0)24
5thC Connolly 9(10) & JP Inglis 12(11)2221
6thNR Hobson 4(6) & C Connolly 3(4)710
7thAC Agar 0(3) & C Connolly 1(1)14
8thAJ Tye 8(8) & C Connolly 12(5)2013
9thJP Behrendorff 0(2) & C Connolly 0(0)02
10thC Connolly 6(2) & LR Morris 0(0)72

Commentary

End of innings: PS 105 (16.2 ov)
16.2W
CJ Boyce to C Connolly, OUT
C Connolly c JJ Bazley b CJ Boyce 31(22) [4s-1 6s-2] · FoW 105/10 (16.2 ov)
16.16
CJ Boyce to C Connolly, SIX
16.1Wd
CJ Boyce to C Connolly, wide
End of over 167 runs, 2 wktsPS 98/9601W0W
C Connolly 25(20)L Pope 4-0-24-4
15.6W
L Pope to JP Behrendorff, OUT
JP Behrendorff b L Pope 0(2) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 98/9 (16 ov)
15.50
L Pope to JP Behrendorff, no run
15.4W
L Pope to AJ Tye, OUT
AJ Tye b L Pope 8(8) [4s-2 6s-0] · FoW 98/8 (15.4 ov)
15.31
L Pope to C Connolly, 1 run
15.20
L Pope to C Connolly, no run
15.16
L Pope to C Connolly, SIX
End of over 1513 runsPS 91/7414040
AJ Tye 8(7)C Connolly 18(17)MW Short 4-0-31-1
14.60
MW Short to AJ Tye, no run
14.54
MW Short to AJ Tye, FOUR
14.40
MW Short to AJ Tye, no run
14.34
MW Short to AJ Tye, FOUR
14.21
MW Short to C Connolly, 1 run
14.14
MW Short to C Connolly, FOUR
End of over 141 run, 1 wktPS 78/710W000
AJ Tye 0(3)C Connolly 13(15)DA Payne 3-0-19-1
13.60
DA Payne to AJ Tye, no run
13.50
DA Payne to AJ Tye, no run
13.40
DA Payne to AJ Tye, no run
13.3W
DA Payne to AC Agar, OUT
AC Agar c BAD Manenti b DA Payne 0(3) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 78/7 (13.3 ov)
13.20
DA Payne to AC Agar, no run
13.11
DA Payne to C Connolly, 1 run
End of over 133 runs, 1 wktPS 77/60111W0
AC Agar 0(1)C Connolly 12(14)MW Short 3-0-18-1
12.60
MW Short to AC Agar, no run
12.5W
MW Short to NR Hobson, OUT
NR Hobson c & b MW Short 4(6) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 77/6 (12.5 ov)
12.41
MW Short to C Connolly, 1 run
12.31
MW Short to NR Hobson, 1 run