PS vs SS

Big Bash League · Match 1

Recent overs

Ov 11
4
4 runs
Ov 10
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16 runs
Ov 9
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5 runs
Ov 8
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14 runs

Commentary

7:32 PM local time [5:02 PM IST]: So that is all that we have from the first match of this edition of the Big Bash League! Now, you can turn your attention to the T20I between India and South Africa, in Dharamsala, right here, the coverage of which starts in an hour with the first ball to be bowled at 7:00 PM IST. For now, this is the pair of Bala and Bidipto taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda! 
Cooper Connolly [Player of the match]: "You don't know what's gonna happen. You expect to play a fast-paced wicket. Good to come out on top. Especially in a ten-game tournament, it's important to get off to a winning start. I should have been there at the end, that's the only disappointment."
7:26 PM local time [4:56 PM IST]: Perth Scorchers win by 5 wickets with 5 balls to spare! 

Cooper Connolly 59 (31) | Brody Couch - 2/12 (2)
Jack Edwards 46 (21) | Ben Dwarshuis - 2/36 (3)

We felt that Sydney Sixers were at least 7 runs short and Perth Scorchers made sure of that! Cooper Connolly batted excellently for his half-century, with a strike rate of 190.32 and was the player of the innings, navigating through tricky periods and cashing in on the loose balls! 

Finn Allen, Aaron Hardie and Ashton Turner chipped in with runs and of course, a nice little cameo from the returning Laurie Evans has quite pleasing for the home fans too! 

On the whole, the Scorchers were just too good on their home ground with bat in hand. Yes the Sixers managed to get Mitchell Marsh out cheaply, but that did not deter the hosts. 

The Sixers will have to be get back to the drawing board and get better with their batting up front in the next game. 
10.1 Mitchell Perry to Ashton Turner, FOUR! As easy as it gets! Length ball angling down the leg. Glances it fine past the keeper and finds the boundary
Mitchell Perry [1.0-0-15-0] comes back into the attack.
Nick Hobson batting at 7th position
Laurie Evans has been dismissed for 8 runs off 3 balls
10Ov113/5Score
611wdW26W16 runs
Laurie Evans*8 (3)
Ashton Turner12 (8)
Ben Dwarshuis2/36
9.6 Ben Dwarshuis to Laurie Evans, OUT! Off-cutter into the deck. Goes hard with a flat bat but gets the leading edge to covers. Easy grab
The scores are level. 
9.5 Ben Dwarshuis to Laurie Evans, SIX! Scores level! Moves across the stumps and scoops the length ball over fineleg. As easy as it gets
Excellent running between the wickets! 
9.4 Ben Dwarshuis to Laurie Evans, slower ball full on the stumps. Plays it with soft hands behind square leg and scampers through for a couple. Intelligent cricket
Laurie Evans batting at 6th position
So a wicket does come to break this partnership, but, it seems to be a bit too late for the Sixers. 
Cooper Connolly has been dismissed for 59 runs off 31 balls
9.3 Ben Dwarshuis to Cooper Connolly, OUT! Doesn't time this well! Full ball on the off-stump. Tries to go downtown, ends up slicing it towards long-off. Holes out to Edwards at the boundary
9.3 Ben Dwarshuis to Cooper Connolly, gets the line wrong, sprays it down the leg-side. Bonus runs here
9.2 Ben Dwarshuis to Ashton Turner, full ball outside the off-stump. Drives it to sweeper cover for one
Perth Scorchers Scored 100 runs in 9.1 overs