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Big Bash LeagueMatch 31 · T20

Perth Scorchers beat Melbourne Stars by 50 runs

Junction Oval, Melbourne, . Perth Scorchers won the toss and chose to bat.

Perth Scorchers180/820 ov
Melbourne Stars13018.5 ov
Perth Scorchers won by 50 runs
Perth Scorchers won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Perth Scorchers won the toss and chose to bat. Perth Scorchers made 180 for 8 in 20 overs, Kurtis Patterson 54 from 39 balls and Colin Munro 40 from 20 balls. Qais Ahmad took 2 for 26.

Melbourne Stars were bowled out for 130, Joe Clarke 52 from 32 balls and Tom Rogers 32 from 25 balls. Tymal Mills took 3 for 28.

Perth Scorchers won by 50 runs.

Key performers

Perth Scorchers innings

180/8(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Cameron Bancroft †run out (TL O'Connell)run out (TL O'Connell)570071.43
Kurtis Pattersonc CA Wakim b Haris Raufc CA Wakim b Haris Rauf543942138.46
Colin Munroc HWR Cartwright b TL O'Connellc HWR Cartwright b TL O'Connell402014200.00
Laurie Evanslbw b BL Couchlbw b BL Couch230066.67
Ashton Turnerrun out (BL Couch)run out (BL Couch)271920142.11
Aaron Hardieb Qais Ahmadb Qais Ahmad570071.43
Ashton Agarc TL O'Connell b Qais Ahmadc TL O'Connell b Qais Ahmad191621118.75
Andrew Tyenot outnot out7*610116.67
Jason Behrendorffb Haris Raufb Haris Rauf340075.00
Extras(b 4, lb 2, w 11, nb 1)(b 4, lb 2, w 11, nb 1)18
Total20 Ov (RR 9.00)20 Ov (RR 9.00)180/8
Fall of wickets: 27-1 (CT Bancroft, 2.4 ov), 95-2 (C Munro, 9 ov), 103-3 (LJ Evans, 10 ov), 116-4 (KR Patterson, 12 ov), 129-5 (AM Hardie, 14.1 ov), 164-6 (AJ Turner, 18 ov), 165-7 (AC Agar, 18.3 ov), 180-8 (JP Behrendorff, 20 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Glenn Maxwell403809.5062211
Brody Couch403619.0093120
Haris Rauf4040210.0084200
Xavier Crone201608.0030100
Qais Ahmad402626.5051010
Tom O'Connell201819.0020110
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stCT Bancroft 5(7) & KR Patterson 14(9)2716
2ndKR Patterson 27(19) & C Munro 40(20)6838
3rdLJ Evans 2(3) & KR Patterson 6(3)86
4thKR Patterson 7(8) & AJ Turner 5(4)1312
5thAM Hardie 5(7) & AJ Turner 7(6)1313
6thAC Agar 19(14) & AJ Turner 15(9)3523
7thAJ Tye 1(1) & AC Agar 0(2)13
8thAJ Tye 6(5) & JP Behrendorff 3(4)159

Melbourne Stars innings

130(18.5 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Joe Clarke †c LJ Evans b AJ Tyec LJ Evans b AJ Tye523291162.50
Tom Rogersc C Munro b P Hatzoglouc C Munro b P Hatzoglou322541128.00
Glenn Maxwellb P Hatzogloub P Hatzoglou470057.14
Charlie Wakimc TS Mills b JP Behrendorffc TS Mills b JP Behrendorff20241183.33
Hilton Cartwrightc LJ Evans b TS Millsc LJ Evans b TS Mills121011120.00
Tom O'Connellc AM Hardie b AJ Tyec AM Hardie b AJ Tye02000.00
Justin Avendanoc LJ Evans b AC Agarc LJ Evans b AC Agar6510120.00
Xavier Cronerun out (†CT Bancroft/TS Mills)run out (†CT Bancroft/TS Mills)140025.00
Qais Ahmadc AM Hardie b TS Millsc AM Hardie b TS Mills120050.00
Brody Couchlbw b TS Millslbw b TS Mills02000.00
Haris Raufnot outnot out0*000-
Extras(w 2)(w 2)2
Total18.5 Ov (RR 6.90)18.5 Ov (RR 6.90) · Target 181 from 20 ov130
Fall of wickets: 78-1 (JM Clarke, 8.3 ov), 86-2 (TF Rogers, 9.5 ov), 95-3 (GJ Maxwell, 11.5 ov), 111-4 (HWR Cartwright, 14.5 ov), 115-5 (TL O'Connell, 15.2 ov), 122-6 (CA Wakim, 16.5 ov), 129-7 (J Avendano, 17.4 ov), 130-8 (XA Crone, 18.2 ov), 130-9 (Qais Ahmad, 18.3 ov), 130-10 (BL Couch, 18.5 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Tymal Mills3.502837.30146000
Jason Behrendorff403318.25135100
Andrew Tye301123.67111000
Ashton Agar403117.75112210
Peter Hatzoglou402726.75112110
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stJM Clarke 52(32) & TF Rogers 26(19)7851
2ndTF Rogers 6(6) & GJ Maxwell 1(2)88
3rdCA Wakim 6(7) & GJ Maxwell 3(5)912
4thHWR Cartwright 12(10) & CA Wakim 3(8)1618
5thCA Wakim 4(1) & TL O'Connell 0(2)43
6thCA Wakim 7(8) & J Avendano 0(1)79
7thJ Avendano 6(4) & XA Crone 1(1)75
8thXA Crone 0(3) & Qais Ahmad 1(1)14
9thQais Ahmad 0(1) & BL Couch 0(0)01
10thBL Couch 0(2) & Haris Rauf 0(0)02

Commentary

End of innings: MS 130 (18.5 ov)
18.5W
TS Mills to BL Couch, OUT
BL Couch lbw b TS Mills 0(2) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 130/10 (18.5 ov)
18.40
TS Mills to BL Couch, no run
18.3W
TS Mills to Qais Ahmad, OUT
Qais Ahmad c AM Hardie b TS Mills 1(2) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 130/9 (18.3 ov)
18.2W
TS Mills to XA Crone, OUT
XA Crone run out (†CT Bancroft/TS Mills) 1(4) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 130/8 (18.2 ov)
18.11
TS Mills to Qais Ahmad, 1 run
End of over 185 runs, 1 wktMS 129/7104W00
XA Crone 1(3)Qais Ahmad 0(0)AC Agar 4-0-31-1
17.60
AC Agar to XA Crone, no run
17.50
AC Agar to XA Crone, no run
17.4W
AC Agar to J Avendano, OUT
J Avendano c LJ Evans b AC Agar 6(5) [4s-1 6s-0] · FoW 129/7 (17.4 ov)
17.34
AC Agar to J Avendano, FOUR
17.20
AC Agar to J Avendano, no run
17.11
AC Agar to XA Crone, 1 run
End of over 178 runs, 1 wktMS 124/60600W2
J Avendano 2(2)XA Crone 0(0)JP Behrendorff 4-0-33-1
16.62
JP Behrendorff to J Avendano, 2 runs
16.5W
JP Behrendorff to CA Wakim, OUT
CA Wakim c TS Mills b JP Behrendorff 20(24) [4s-1 6s-1] · FoW 122/6 (16.5 ov)
16.40
JP Behrendorff to CA Wakim, no run
16.30
JP Behrendorff to CA Wakim, no run
16.26
JP Behrendorff to CA Wakim, SIX
16.10
JP Behrendorff to CA Wakim, no run
End of over 161 run, 1 wktMS 116/50W0010
J Avendano 0(1)CA Wakim 14(19)AJ Tye 3-0-11-2
15.60
AJ Tye to J Avendano, no run
15.51
AJ Tye to CA Wakim, 1 run
15.40
AJ Tye to CA Wakim, no run
15.30
AJ Tye to CA Wakim, no run
15.2W
AJ Tye to TL O'Connell, OUT
TL O'Connell c AM Hardie b AJ Tye 0(2) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 115/5 (15.2 ov)
15.10
AJ Tye to TL O'Connell, no run
End of over 158 runs, 1 wktMS 115/40040W4
CA Wakim 13(16)TL O'Connell 0(0)TS Mills 3-0-27-1
14.64
TS Mills to CA Wakim, FOUR
14.5W
TS Mills to HWR Cartwright, OUT
HWR Cartwright c LJ Evans b TS Mills 12(10) [4s-1 6s-1] · FoW 111/4 (14.5 ov)