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Big Bash LeagueMatch 47 · T20

Adelaide Strikers beat Perth Scorchers by 6 wickets

Adelaide Oval, . Adelaide Strikers won the toss and chose to bowl.

Perth Scorchers127/920 ov
Adelaide Strikers130/417 ov
Adelaide Strikers won by 6 wickets
Perth Scorchers won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Adelaide Strikers won the toss and chose to bowl. Perth Scorchers made 127 for 9 in 20 overs, Laurie Evans 39 from 31 balls and Ashton Turner 28 from 15 balls. Fawad Ahmed took 3 for 30.

Adelaide Strikers reached 130 for 4 in 17 overs, Ian Cockbain 35 not out from 24 balls and Matthew Short 34 from 28 balls. Aaron Hardie took 3 for 31.

Adelaide Strikers won by 6 wickets.

Key performers

Perth Scorchers innings

127/9(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Kurtis Pattersonc PM Siddle b Fawad Ahmedc PM Siddle b Fawad Ahmed251921131.58
Nick Hobsonc & b PM Siddlec & b PM Siddle490044.44
Laurie Evans †c †HJ Nielsen b Fawad Ahmedc †HJ Nielsen b Fawad Ahmed393141125.81
Ashton Turnerc MW Short b HTRY Thorntonc MW Short b HTRY Thornton281522186.67
Aaron Hardiec HTRY Thornton b PM Siddlec HTRY Thornton b PM Siddle03000.00
Chris Sabburgrun out (T Kelly/PM Siddle)run out (T Kelly/PM Siddle)370042.86
Andrew Tyeb HTRY Thorntonb HTRY Thornton240050.00
Jason Behrendorffb Fawad Ahmedb Fawad Ahmed02000.00
Peter Hatzoglounot outnot out12*130092.31
David Moodyb MW Shortb MW Short8150053.33
Lance Morrisnot outnot out0*2000.00
Extras(lb 3, w 3)(lb 3, w 3)6
Total20 Ov (RR 6.35)20 Ov (RR 6.35)127/9
Fall of wickets: 10-1 (NR Hobson, 3.1 ov), 32-2 (KR Patterson, 5.5 ov), 80-3 (AJ Turner, 10 ov), 80-4 (AM Hardie, 10.3 ov), 90-5 (CJM Sabburg, 12.4 ov), 105-6 (LJ Evans, 14.2 ov), 105-7 (JP Behrendorff, 14.4 ov), 107-8 (AJ Tye, 15.4 ov), 127-9 (DJM Moody, 19.4 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Matthew Short401513.7590000
Harry Conway402907.2572030
Henry Thornton403027.5093100
Peter Siddle402025.00133000
Fawad Ahmed403037.50110300
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stKR Patterson 6(10) & NR Hobson 4(9)1019
2ndKR Patterson 19(9) & LJ Evans 3(7)2216
3rdAJ Turner 28(15) & LJ Evans 20(10)4825
4thAM Hardie 0(3) & LJ Evans 0(0)03
5thLJ Evans 7(6) & CJM Sabburg 3(7)1013
6thLJ Evans 9(8) & AJ Tye 2(2)1510
7thJP Behrendorff 0(2) & AJ Tye 0(0)02
8thP Hatzoglou 2(4) & AJ Tye 0(2)26
9thDJM Moody 8(15) & P Hatzoglou 10(9)2024
10thLR Morris 0(2) & P Hatzoglou 0(0)0*2

Adelaide Strikers innings

130/4(17 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Matthew Shortc KR Patterson b P Hatzoglouc KR Patterson b P Hatzoglou342841121.43
Henry Huntc AJ Tye b AM Hardiec AJ Tye b AM Hardie272321117.39
Ian Cockbainnot outnot out35*2450145.83
Jonathan Wellsb AM Hardieb AM Hardie6121050.00
Jake Weatheraldc AJ Turner b AM Hardiec AJ Turner b AM Hardie8610133.33
Thomas Kellynot outnot out14*911155.56
Extras(lb 1, w 5)(lb 1, w 5)6
Total17 Ov (RR 7.65)17 Ov (RR 7.65) · Target 128 from 20 ov130/4
Fall of wickets: 52-1 (MW Short, 7.1 ov), 78-2 (HJ Hunt, 10.1 ov), 91-3 (JW Wells, 12.5 ov), 107-4 (J Weatherald, 14.5 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Jason Behrendorff2023011.5063120
David Moody10909.0032000
Peter Hatzoglou402416.00100120
Andrew Tye201206.0041000
Lance Morris302107.0083000
Aaron Hardie403137.75104100
Ashton Turner10909.0011000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stMW Short 34(28) & HJ Hunt 14(15)5243
2ndHJ Hunt 13(8) & IA Cockbain 11(10)2618
3rdIA Cockbain 7(4) & JW Wells 6(12)1316
4thJ Weatherald 8(6) & IA Cockbain 8(6)1612
5thT Kelly 14(9) & IA Cockbain 9(4)23*13

Commentary

End of innings: AS 130/4 (17 ov)
End of over 1716 runsAS 130/4160414
IA Cockbain 35(24)T Kelly 14(9)AM Hardie 4-0-31-3
16.64
AM Hardie to IA Cockbain, FOUR
16.51
AM Hardie to T Kelly, 1 run
16.44
AM Hardie to T Kelly, FOUR
16.30
AM Hardie to T Kelly, no run
16.26
AM Hardie to T Kelly, SIX
16.11
AM Hardie to IA Cockbain, 1 run
End of over 166 runsAS 114/4001113
IA Cockbain 30(22)T Kelly 3(5)LR Morris 3-0-21-0
15.63
LR Morris to IA Cockbain, 3 runs
15.51
LR Morris to T Kelly, 1 run
15.41
LR Morris to IA Cockbain, 1 run
15.31
LR Morris to T Kelly, 1 run
15.20
LR Morris to T Kelly, no run
15.10
LR Morris to T Kelly, no run
End of over 157 runs, 1 wktAS 108/41014W1
T Kelly 1(1)IA Cockbain 26(20)AM Hardie 3-0-15-3
14.61
AM Hardie to T Kelly, 1 run
14.5W
AM Hardie to J Weatherald, OUT
J Weatherald c AJ Turner b AM Hardie 8(6) [4s-1 6s-0] · FoW 107/4 (14.5 ov)
14.44
AM Hardie to J Weatherald, FOUR
14.31
AM Hardie to IA Cockbain, 1 run
14.20
AM Hardie to IA Cockbain, no run
14.11
AM Hardie to J Weatherald, 1 run
End of over 149 runsAS 101/3142110
IA Cockbain 25(18)J Weatherald 3(3)AJ Turner 1-0-9-0
13.60
AJ Turner to IA Cockbain, no run
13.51
AJ Turner to J Weatherald, 1 run
13.41
AJ Turner to IA Cockbain, 1 run
13.32
AJ Turner to IA Cockbain, 2 runs
13.24
AJ Turner to IA Cockbain, FOUR
13.11
AJ Turner to J Weatherald, 1 run
End of over 132 runs, 1 wktAS 92/31000W1
J Weatherald 1(1)IA Cockbain 18(14)AM Hardie 2-0-8-2