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Perth Scorchers beat Melbourne Stars by 8 runs

Melbourne Cricket Ground, . Perth Scorchers won the toss and chose to bat.

Melbourne Stars128/520 ov
Perth Scorchers13620 ov
Perth Scorchers won by 8 runs
Sydney Sixers won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Perth Scorchers won the toss and chose to bat. Perth Scorchers were bowled out for 136, Herschelle Gibbs 69 from 48 balls and Mitchell Marsh 31 from 28 balls. James Faulkner took 3 for 17.

Melbourne Stars made 128 for 5 in 20 overs, Matthew Wade 53 not out from 43 balls and Rob Quiney 39 from 35 balls. Nathan Coulter-Nile took 2 for 20.

Perth Scorchers won by 8 runs.

Key performers

Perth Scorchers innings

136(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Herschelle Gibbsc RJ Quiney b SK Warnec RJ Quiney b SK Warne694880143.75
Marcus Northb JM Birdb JM Bird570071.43
Simon Katichc CL White b DJ Husseyc CL White b DJ Hussey10810125.00
Mitchell Marshc CL White b SK Warnec CL White b SK Warne312802110.71
Luke Ronchi †c CJ McKay b JP Faulknerc CJ McKay b JP Faulkner140025.00
Paul Collingwoodc RJ Quiney b JP Faulknerc RJ Quiney b JP Faulkner12900133.33
Nathan Coulter-Nilerun out (†MS Wade)run out (†MS Wade)5130038.46
Nathan Rimmingtonnot outnot out0*1000.00
Brad Hoggrun out (†MS Wade)run out (†MS Wade)01000.00
Michael Beerb JP Faulknerb JP Faulkner01000.00
Ben Edmondsonrun out (†MS Wade/DJ Hussey)run out (†MS Wade/DJ Hussey)01000.00
Extras(b 1, lb 1, nb 1)(b 1, lb 1, nb 1)3
Total20 Ov (RR 6.80)20 Ov (RR 6.80)136
Fall of wickets: 46-1 (MJ North, 5.1 ov), 60-2 (SM Katich, 7.3 ov), 108-3 (HH Gibbs, 13.2 ov), 111-4 (L Ronchi, 14.3 ov), 120-5 (MR Marsh, 16 ov), 134-6 (PD Collingwood, 19.1 ov), 135-7 (NM Coulter-Nile, 19.3 ov), 135-8 (GB Hogg, 19.4 ov), 135-9 (MA Beer, 19.5 ov), 136-10 (BM Edmondson, 20 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
David Hussey302016.6762000
Jackson Bird403218.0092101
James Faulkner411734.25141000
Clint McKay402807.0082000
Luke Wright10707.0020000
Shane Warne403027.5082100
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stHH Gibbs 41(24) & MJ North 5(7)4631
2ndSM Katich 10(8) & HH Gibbs 4(6)1414
3rdMR Marsh 23(18) & HH Gibbs 24(18)4835
4thL Ronchi 1(4) & MR Marsh 2(3)37
5thMR Marsh 6(7) & PD Collingwood 3(2)99
6thNM Coulter-Nile 5(12) & PD Collingwood 9(7)1419
7thNM Coulter-Nile 0(1) & NJ Rimmington 0(1)12
8thGB Hogg 0(1) & NJ Rimmington 0(0)01
9thMA Beer 0(1) & NJ Rimmington 0(0)01
10thBM Edmondson 0(1) & NJ Rimmington 0(0)11

Melbourne Stars innings

128/5(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Rob Quineyc SM Katich b NM Coulter-Nilec SM Katich b NM Coulter-Nile393532111.43
Cameron Whitec MA Beer b BM Edmondsonc MA Beer b BM Edmondson190011.11
George Baileyc GB Hogg b NM Coulter-Nilec GB Hogg b NM Coulter-Nile150020.00
David Husseyc SM Katich b MR Marshc SM Katich b MR Marsh460066.67
Matthew Wade †not outnot out53*4330123.26
Luke Wrightrun out (NM Coulter-Nile/BM Edmondson)run out (NM Coulter-Nile/BM Edmondson)16192084.21
James Faulknernot outnot out4*300133.33
Extras(lb 4, w 6)(lb 4, w 6)10
Total20 Ov (RR 6.40)20 Ov (RR 6.40) · Target 137 from 20 ov128/5
Fall of wickets: 25-1 (CL White, 4.4 ov), 27-2 (GJ Bailey, 6 ov), 44-3 (DJ Hussey, 8.1 ov), 53-4 (RJ Quiney, 9.5 ov), 115-5 (LJ Wright, 18.4 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Michael Beer201306.5031000
Nathan Rimmington402205.50131110
Ben Edmondson402716.75122020
Nathan Coulter-Nile302026.6791120
Mitchell Marsh402215.5091010
Brad Hogg302006.6772000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stRJ Quiney 21(19) & CL White 1(9)2528
2ndRJ Quiney 1(3) & GJ Bailey 1(5)28
3rdDJ Hussey 4(6) & RJ Quiney 12(7)1713
4thMS Wade 3(4) & RJ Quiney 5(6)910
5thMS Wade 41(34) & LJ Wright 16(19)6253
6thMS Wade 9(5) & JP Faulkner 4(3)13*8

Commentary

End of innings: MS 128/5 (20 ov)
End of over 208 runsMS 128/5211211
JP Faulkner 4(3)MS Wade 53(43)NJ Rimmington 4-0-22-0
19.61
NJ Rimmington to JP Faulkner, 1 run
19.51
NJ Rimmington to MS Wade, 1 run
19.42
NJ Rimmington to MS Wade, 2 runs
19.31
NJ Rimmington to JP Faulkner, 1 run
19.21
NJ Rimmington to MS Wade, 1 run
FIFTY for MS Wade (50 off 41)
19.12
NJ Rimmington to MS Wade, 2 runs
End of over 1910 runs, 1 wktMS 120/5211LbW32
JP Faulkner 2(1)MS Wade 47(39)BM Edmondson 4-0-27-1
18.62
BM Edmondson to JP Faulkner, 2 runs
18.53
BM Edmondson to MS Wade, 3 runs
18.4W
BM Edmondson to MS Wade, OUT
LJ Wright run out (NM Coulter-Nile/BM Edmondson) 16(19) [4s-2 6s-0] · FoW 115/5 (18.4 ov)
18.31Lb
BM Edmondson to LJ Wright, 1 leg bye
18.21
BM Edmondson to MS Wade, 1 run
18.12
BM Edmondson to MS Wade, 2 runs
End of over 187 runsMS 110/4401110
LJ Wright 16(18)MS Wade 40(35)NJ Rimmington 3-0-14-0
17.60
NJ Rimmington to LJ Wright, no run
17.51
NJ Rimmington to MS Wade, 1 run
17.41
NJ Rimmington to LJ Wright, 1 run
17.31
NJ Rimmington to MS Wade, 1 run
17.20
NJ Rimmington to MS Wade, no run
17.14
NJ Rimmington to MS Wade, FOUR
End of over 1710 runsMS 103/422Wd0410
LJ Wright 15(16)MS Wade 34(31)BM Edmondson 3-0-18-1
16.60
BM Edmondson to LJ Wright, no run
16.51
BM Edmondson to MS Wade, 1 run
16.44
BM Edmondson to MS Wade, FOUR
16.30
BM Edmondson to MS Wade, no run
16.3Wd
BM Edmondson to MS Wade, wide
16.22
BM Edmondson to MS Wade, 2 runs
16.12
BM Edmondson to MS Wade, 2 runs