Full toss is clothed to mid-on, Scorchers remain undefeated. Boyce made room and got a fully that must've slipped out. He tried to flat-bat it while on the move but top edged it. Ballooned straight to Tye
Scorchers vs Strikers, 25th Match at Perth, BBL 2023, Jan 03 2024 - Match Result
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Dan: "5/24 off 4 in a T20 is surely equivalent to a batsmen scoring 100 off 50. Evans deserves the nod but Morris hard done by" That's what Evans said too but that innings turning the game in the Surge can't be too far off either.
Laurie Evans, POTM I'm surprised I'm stood here after Lance's five-for. Was incredible to do it in front of 42000. Lance is an amazing talent, no surprise why an amazing franchise is producing talent like that. We expect to win here, we are going for three which'll be lovely but are taking it day by day.
9:34pm 13 for 4 in the last three overs but that wicket of Short with 58 needed off 25 was when the game was sealed. It was always gonna be a tough chase but Short, with brief support from Lynn and Kelly, kept Strikers in the game. But the equation was always in Scorchers' favour for scoreboard-pressure application. Morris came in to fire, ice and perform all the classic operations to dismantle the chase. Lots of top edged pulls and scoops and outfield catches to finish things off. Gotta say, it was a great T20 wicket.
Scooped to Behrendorff at deep fine leg. Nielsen went across and got a length ball, tried to lift it but couldn't middle it. Among the easier low catches for Jason. Richardson among the wickets now.
Helped over backward square. Was a shortish ball that Payne pulled and finally, connected
Dr John Hunt: "Only need 10 6's to win it!" Yeah, tight
Dropped at long leg by Morris. He got there, was falling forward and the ball popped out of his palms. Was a shortish ball that was
Length ball over leg, Payne tries to whip it off the wrong line. Gets beaten
Thornton skies a pull and Inglis takes a good running catch. He ran with the gloves on to square leg and dove full length to take it just above ground. Was a shortish ball at the body
Khalid: "How much is Kapil paying you to keep publishing so many of his comments?" As much as you have. But actually, think it's all the wickets falling that's giving more time.
Tries to carve a length ball over off, gets beaten for pace
Works it off the body to midwicket
4 for 2 off the last over, 52 needed off two overs now. All but over
Dr John Hunt: "Great figures for Morris. I've never seen him bowl, how quick is he?" He can cross 140ks at will
Dan: "64 off 30 is incredibly hard. Against this Perth attack it's something else altogether. If Dorf doesn't strangle a wicket, Richardson, Tye or the wild thing will. "
Makes room and slaps the full toss following him, through cover. They steal the second on the throw but all that matters is Morris ripping apart Strikers' batting. Crowd cheer him on as he runs to his fielding position
Alby: "If Marcus Harris gets the nod for opener due to him being with the squad for the past few seasons, surely Morris gets Starc or Hazlewood's spot, right?"
Yorker follows Thornton as he makes room, all he can do is jam it to point
Kapil Baldawa: "Sadly, Short got out as I had typed that comment. Wish he had finished it off just like he did a few days earlier chasing another big target"
Nine-pin stuff, Morris has five! 136ks on a short length, didn't rise much. Connolly leant back and looked high into the sky. Settled right under and gobbled it to the delight of Morris.
Karl: "Oh dear Kapil just found out there are worse things than your comment not being published :)" Nah, it's nice to care.
Fast fully just outside off, inside edges a straight drive onto pad. Rolls to the off side
Kapil Baldawa: "64 off 30 was absolutely on. Problem is Strikers completely lost the momentum from that point. Another win for Perth at Perth loading"
Top edge... and it's a low catch for deep third, Morris has four! Length ball on top of middle. Overton cleared the front leg and tried slugging across the line. It ballooned off the edge and Richardson came in to take a good catch in front
Slower one outside off, edges a slash to the deep on the off side
Kapil Baldawa: "You can hardly come back after giving away 106 runs in last overs. If it was 190, it would have been chased easily. Sad that Strikers just allowed Perth to bat first. Should have batted first and put runs on the board" That's a change of mind for Kapil after commenting, "Overton and Bazley both can hit big. I feel Strikers will win this with a ball to spare" three minutes earlier
Cloths a flat-bat pull, it spoons up on the way to mid-off. Was a shortish ball around off, so no room to work with
Bazley charges down and gets followed by a bouncer. He's stopped in his tracks and has to duck under.
57 needed from just 20 now. Over 17 an over...
Agar gets it into the breadbasket, Tye has 150 BBL wickets, both set batters gone! Tye went into the pitch and at the body, didn't give Kelly much pace. The pull didn't come with out-and-out power and went straight to deep-backward square.
Another one goes to deep third on the bounce. Slower wide one on a fullish length, Overton tried to carve it over cover.
Bounce and pace beats the bat swing. Length ball went well over off, Overton tried to heave it across the line
Edge off the slashing blade... falls a few feet in front of deep third. Was a wide length ball that Kelly tried to bosh over cover
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2W | 1W |
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Toss | Adelaide Strikers, elected to field first |
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Season | 2023/24 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match days | 03 January 2024 - night (20-over match) |
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Points | Perth Scorchers 2, Adelaide Strikers 0 |
Over 20 • AS 169/10