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Perth Scorchers defeat Brisbane Heat by 5 wickets to become BBL champions for the 5th Time

<b>Munro heroics can’t drag Heat over line against Thunder</b>

<I>An incredible innings of 98 from Heat opener Colin Munro, the second-highest score of BBL|12 to date, wasn’t enough to drag his side over the line at Metricon Stadium</I>

A magnificent batting performance from Brisbane opener Colin Munro wasn't quite enough to help the bottom-placed Heat avoid another KFC BBL|12 defeat to Sydney Thunder.

Two days after beating Brisbane by 10 wickets, the Thunder saluted again at Metricon Stadium on Thursday night, winning by 11 runs despite a sensational 98 from Munro.

The visitors made the Heat regret their decision to bowl first as they brought up their biggest score of the season to date (6-182). In response, Brisbane fell just short on 9-171.

However the result came at a cost for the Thunder after strike bowler Gurinder Sandhu sustained a left calf strain bowling the first ball of the Heat innings, putting his availability for the match against Hobart Hurricanes on Saturday in doubt.

Things looked dire for the Heat when they slumped to 2-14 in the second over but Munro was undeterred by his team's predicament, ensuring the Heat kept going at a good rate with spectacular hitting as wickets tumbled around him.

Munro played a lone hand for the Heat, smacking three sixes and nine fours, and going at a strike rate of 185 in his 53-ball innings.

Unfortunately for the New Zealander, though, few of his teammates stuck around to help in the run chase, with James Bazley (29 off 24 balls) the only one who provided meaningful support, combining for a 48-run sixth-wicket partnership.

After Sydney spinners Chris Green (1-20 from four overs) and Usman Qadir (1-30 from four) put the brakes on between the 13th and 16th overs, as the Heat's required run rate exceeded 12.5 as they went 26 balls without a boundary.

And when Qadir had Bazley plumb lbw with 16 balls to go, the Heat's assignment became very difficult.

A controversial ball change in the final over brought about an immediate result as Nathan McAndrew (4-32 from four) had Munro caught at deep mid-wicket – one of three wickets to fall in the space of five balls.

Earlier, late fireworks from Daniel Sams (36 off 15 balls), Alex Ross (25 off 12) and Oliver Davies (16 off 10) helped propel the Thunder to their imposing score.

Sams was especially destructive, hammering four sixes, including back-to-back sixes off Mitchell Swepson, one of which sailed into the second tier.

Earlier in the innings, Rilee Rossouw (39 off 35) and Matthew Gilkes (37 off 35) combined for a 57-run second-wicket partnership to lay down a solid foundation for the Thunder.

James Bazley, who was the only inclusion to the Heat line-up for this match, was the pick of the bowlers, taking 4-22 from his four overs and finding himself on a hat-trick in the final over.

Wicketkeeper Gilkes also took one of the catches of the season when he dove to his left at full stretch and snaffled a spectacular one-handed grab to dismiss Heat captain Jimmy Peirson attempting to hook McAndrew down the leg side.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/mat...hlights-colin-munro-98-sams-gilkes/2022-12-29
 
Perth Scorchers pace ace Jhye Richardson has snared four wickets for the second time this KFC BBL season to lead his side to a six-wicket triumph over the Melbourne Stars at Optus Stadium.

Richardson struck in consecutive balls in the fourth over of Thursday night's match to dismiss Tom Rogers (20) and Beau Webster, and he repeated the dose in the 14th over on the way to figures of 4-25.

The Stars' total of 135 was below par, and Scorchers captain Ashton Turner (53 off 26 balls) and opener Adam Lyth (35 off 30 balls) helped get the home side over the line with 15 balls to spare.

The result, in front of 27,752 fans, lifted the Perth Scorchers (4-1) to the top of the BBL|12 standings, while the Stars (1-4) have now lost three in a row.

The Stars were in all sorts of trouble at 8-86 when Richardson bowled Luke Wood around his legs after having Nathan Coulter-Nile caught on the boundary.

But some handy late blows from Hilton Cartwright (36 off 32 balls) and tail-ender Trent Boult (23no off 16 balls) lifted the Stars to a defendable total.

Lyth entered the match under huge pressure to perform after posting scores of 4, 10, 7 and 4.

The Englishman made a bright start with two early boundaries and his knock proved crucial in helping set up the run chase.

His night was ended in the 12th over when a rising Marcus Stoinis delivery bobbled off his leg, chest, chin and arm before striking the stumps.

Turner, on the back of his match-winning 48no against the Strikers, struck six fours and three sixes against the Stars before holing out with just two more runs needed for victory.

The biggest hero of the night was Richardson, who remarkably had two chances to snare a hat-trick.

Nick Larkin blocked out the first attempt in the fourth over, and Richardson's second effort – a full toss – was easily bunted away by Boult in the 18th over.

Richardson, who came into the tournament with limited preparation owing to a heel injury, also snared 4-9 in the season opener and now has 12 wickets this campaign to sit behind only Adelaide Strikers paceman Henry Thornton (14 wickets).

Jason Behrendorff (2-22) and AJ Tye (2-24) also played key roles with the ball for the Scorchers.

Marcus Stoinis was out for 10 when he skied Tye to mid-off in the 10th over, continuing a worrying form slump for the powerful batter.

Stoinis has now posted scores of 0, 0, 4 and 10 this BBL season.

His back-to-back ducks to start his campaign came while he was battling Covid.

The 33-year-old was rested from the Boxing Day loss to the Sydney Sixers, and his return against the Scorchers lasted just 10 balls.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/mat...cores-highlights-richardson-turner/2022-12-29

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Kurtis Patterson and James Vince have helped steer the Sydney Sixers to a comfortable six-wicket BBL win over the Melbourne Renegades in Geelong.

After restricting their hosts to a below-par 7-124, the Sixers were never seriously in trouble in their run chase at GMHBA Stadium on Friday night.

Vince (39 off 31 balls) was the early aggressor before Patterson (38 off 35) took the reins, with the pair laying a strong platform.

Dan Christian (21 not out off 15) completed the job, belting four consecutive boundaries off Kane Richardson to guide the Sixers home with 13 balls to spare.

Two quick wickets fell when Vince and captain Moises Henriques (2) were dismissed a few balls either side of the drinks break.

When Patterson was out caught off West Indian left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein (2-24) with the Sixers at 4-99, the Renegades had a glimmer of hope.

But it was merely a speed bump for the Sixers (4-2), who cruised to a fourth consecutive victory this tournament and a seventh straight Big Bash win over the Renegades.

It lifted them level on points with the Perth Scorchers at the top of the table, while the Renegades (3-3) have suffered three straight defeats.

The Renegades won the toss and batted first but their highly credentialed batting line-up faltered for the second time in as many matches against the Sixers.

Shaun Marsh (35 off 29 balls) and Jonathan Wells (28 off 30) were solid contributors but lacked support at the top.

The Sixers' bowlers shared the wickets, with Chris Jordan (2-25), Hayden Kerr (2-25), Ben Dwarshuis (1-18), Jackson Bird (1-23) and Izharulhaq Naveed (1-31) all getting in on the action.

Wicketkeeper Josh Philippe dropped a simple early chance when Martin Guptill (12) edged one behind off Bird but the Sixers' catching was otherwise superb.

Kerr, Jordan and Jordan Silk all claimed difficult diving catches in the outfield.

Renegades captain Nic Maddinson was the first batter out – for a six-ball duck – when he was caught brilliantly by Kerr.

The Renegades managed just 1-14 from the opening Powerplay and their run rate still sat well below six at the halfway point of the innings, when they were struggling at 3-53.

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Not great for Pakistanis in BBL this game

Sydney Thunder vs Hobart Hurricanes, 22nd Match

Usman Qadir 1/32 in 3
Shadab Khan 1 & 0/41 in 4 overs
Asif Ali 7
 
Master blaster Marcus Stoinis bludgeoned his way back to top form before Luke Wood held his nerve with the ball to steer the Melbourne Stars to an eight-run KFC BBL|12 victory over the Adelaide Strikers.

Stoinis crunched 74 off 35 deliveries, including six sixes, to steer the Stars to 7-186 in Saturday's marquee Adelaide Oval fixture in front of 40,373 fans before the Strikers replied with 5-178.

Adam Hose (56no) struck his maiden BBL half-century while Rashid Khan (24no) produced a thrilling late cameo.

With 33 required from the last two overs, Rashid helicoptered Stoinis for six, then squirted a four past third man to leave 17 needed off the 20th over.

The Stars' slow over rate meant they had to have an extra fielder inside the circle for the final six balls but Wood was up to the challenge.

Earlier, Stoinis walked out to the middle hopelessly out of touch with just 14 runs at an average of 3.5 for the tournament before recapturing his best form in brutal fashion.

Stoinis smashed 24 off one Peter Siddle over before going off for 6, 6, 6, 4 and 6 off successive balls from the tournament's leading wicket-taker Henry Thornton, who conceded 29 in the 18th over.

Openers Joe Clarke (42) and Tom Rogers (30) set the platform which allowed Stoinis to tee off.

The Strikers' reply started poorly when New Zealand superstar Trent Boult sent the dangerous Matt Short (6) packing in the first over.

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Sydney Thunder have held their nerve in the face of an onslaught from Matthew Wade as the Hobart Hurricanes briefly threatened to pull off the biggest run chase in KFC BBL history.

Set an imposing 229 for victory in front of an almost capacity 10,171 crowd in the first BBL match for competition points in Albury, the Hurricanes had raced to 2-101 at the halfway mark of their innings.

Skipper Wade, who returned from a one-game suspension, sent six deliveries flying over the rope as he brought up his equal quickest fifty in the Big Bash off 19 balls that included three ramps for six from his first five balls faced.

But his dismissal two balls after the drinks break for 67 from 30 balls signalled the beginning of the end for the visitors as they lost their last six wickets for just 24 runs.

Tim David – elevated to No.4 for the first time this season after head of strategy Ricky Ponting flagged a shift up the order prior to the season – was the only other Hurricanes batter to get going with 25 from 15 balls.

But he was caught short of his ground attempting a desperate second run in the 14th over courtesy of a ripping throw by substitute fielder Joel Davies – the younger brother of Thunder blaster Ollie, who had earlier smoked his career-best T20 score.

Joel scooted in from the mid-wicket boundary, with David slipping slightly as he turned for the second, before nailing the throw over the stumps to wicketkeeper Matt Gilkes who broke the bails with David about two feet short of the crease.

From there the Hurricanes collapsed as the asking rate climbed, all out for 166 in 17 overs to fall short by 62 runs.

Brendan Doggett was the chief destroyer with 4-35, while Ben Cutting finished with 2-16 in his first game of the tournament, which included the big wicket of Wade.

Earlier, Alex Hales (77 off 45) and Ollie Davies (65 off 32) had led the Thunder to at mammoth 6-228 – the fourth highest total in BBL history.

The pair took full advantage of the shorter boundaries at Lavington Sports Ground, depositing nine deliveries between them into the crowd as they put on 105 runs for the third wicket.

The first time the Thunder scored less than 10 runs in an over was in the seventh and only Nathan Ellis (4-37) consistently troubled the batting order.

England opener Hales notched his 15th Big Bash half century to become the first batter to surpass 200 total runs this tournament.

But in his 22nd BBL appearance, Davies stole the show with his maiden BBL half century from only 24 balls.

Matthew Gilkes also proved his lean start to BBL|12 was well and truly in the past with a speedy 33 runs, the highlight of which was three consecutive fours off the bowling of breakout spin star Paddy Dooley.

It's a stark contrast in the batting fortunes for the Thunder at the start of the tournament who just two weeks ago were rolled for a world-record low total of 15 all out but the Adelaide Strikers.

Chris Lynn threatened to replicate Stoinis's fireworks but his stay was brief, holing out to deep square leg for 21 from Stars skipper Adam Zampa's second delivery of the match.

With the required rate escalating, Hose and Henry Hunt (49) raised the tempo with a 74-run, third-wicket union.

The game looked in the Stars' keeping when left-arm seamer Liam Hatcher (2-29) dismissed Colin de Grandhomme (13) and Thomas Kelly (0) off successive deliveries before Rashid created a few late murmurs.

The only negative for the visitors came when Rogers left the field after injuring his left shoulder while sliding to save a boundary.

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MLR 155/6 (20)

PRS 156/5 (19.4)

Perth Scorchers won by 5 wkts

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Andrew Tye

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Nic Maddinson's suspected serious knee injury has compounded the Melbourne Renegades' woes after they suffered a fourth consecutive KFC BBL|12 defeat.

The Renegades copped a five-wicket loss to the red-hot Perth Scorchers at Marvel Stadium on Sunday, continuing their slide after a positive 3-0 start to the season.

Aaron Finch's 65 off 48 had given the home side a sniff, steering them to 6-155 from their 20 overs, but Josh Inglis (47 off 34) and Cam Bancroft (46 off 32)got Perth over the line.

The Scorchers reached 5-156 with two balls to spare, despite the efforts of Renegades' quick Kane Richardson (2-21).

It was Perth's fourth straight win, firming up their spot at the top of the table.

Maddinson's batting form slump continued when he was out for a first-ball duck, giving him a total of just three runs in his last five innings.

His day got worse when he was hurt while fielding during the second over of the Scorchers' run chase, twisting his left leg as he turned to throw the ball.

The 31-year-old immediately slumped to the turf and was assessed for several minutes before being driven off the field.

The Renegades are yet to determine the full extent of the injury, with Maddinson set to be sent for scans on his left knee.

Wicketkeeper Peter Handscomb also failed to see out the match, substituted off after 16 overs as he struggled with the effects of the soaring temperature.

South African import Faf du Plessis (39 off 29) and Bancroft gave the Scorchers a solid platform in their chase.

Richardson was on a hat-trick when he removed Adam Lyth with the last ball of one over and du Plessis with the first of another.

Bancroft was brilliantly run out by Will Sutherland, but Inglis took the reins and put his side on the brink of victory.

There was late drama when Inglis unsuccessfully challenged an lbw decision and was given out before Nick Hobson hit the winning run off Sutherland (1-32).

Finch became the second player to reach 3000 career runs in the BBL, joining all-time leading scorer Chris Lynn.

Andrew Tye (3-32) was the pick of the Scorchers' bowlers.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/mat...res-highlights-finch-tye-maddinson/2023-01-01
 
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BRH 224/5 (20)

SYS 209 (20)

Brisbane Heat won by 15 runs

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Josh Brown
 
Clearly out, whether it should be or not is a different matter for people to debate.
 
Josh Brown makes his own bats and he can wield them too after lighting up the Gabba to inspire the Brisbane Heat's 15-run win over the Sydney Sixers with a whirlwind half-century.

The match had a sensational finish when Heat allrounder Michael Neser caught Sixers batter Jordan Silk (41 off 23 balls) in the 19th over just inside the boundary rope, threw it in the air, went outside the field of play and then tossed it up again while airborne.

He then completed the catch inside the boundary rope – all within the rules – as the Sixers got close to achieving a KFC BBL record run chase.

The 29-year-old Brown earlier produced his whirlwind innings to score 62 off just 23 balls in the Heat's 5-224 – the club's highest ever Big Bash total.

The Sixers made a gallant response in their pursuit on a night of pure batting entertainment but fell short to be all out from the final delivery for 209.

The Heat needed something special to get their season moving and Brown provided it in front of 23,689 fans while using a Cooper Cricket bat.

He brought up his fifty in just 19 deliveries, the equal fifth fastest in Heat history in just his second BBL game.

Brown cleared the boundary six times with an assortment of scintillating strokes, including one lofted cover drive off Jackson Bird that had class written all over it.

The Heat opener works with Cooper Cricket founder Rod Grey. He has crafted hundreds of Cooper bats himself, and repaired thousands.

"That is my full-time job outside of cricket. I make my own bats. It is pretty fun," Brown told Fox Cricket after his knock.

"I do most of the repairs for the (Heat) boys."

Brown has been in scintillating form for his Brisbane club side Norths this season but said he didn't know he was any good at cricket until he was 24.

"I just found my new favourite player," Adam Gilchrist said in commentary.

Allrounder Nathan McSweeney (84 off 51 balls) kept Brown's momentum going with a superbly paced maiden BBL half century to lift the Heat to the fifth highest total in BBL history.

Sixers openers Josh Philippe (27) and James Vince (41) took a franchise record 54 runs off the four-over Powerplay in pursuit.

Silk and allrounder Hayden Kerr (27) added 54 in 26 balls for the sixth wicket but the brilliant stumping of Kerr by Jimmy Peirson off spinner Matt Kuhnemann (2-31) proved crucial.

Neser's catch to dismiss Silk was the decisive moment in the run chase after he took 3-41 with the ball.

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Shadab Khan is injured and not playing in today's Hobart Hurricanes vs Adelaide Strikers game

Faheem Ashraf has 0/20 in 3 overs in the same game
 
The Hobart Hurricanes have overcome a brutal knock from resurgent KFC BBL blaster Chris Lynn to notch a crucial win over the Adelaide Strikers.

Lynn hit a 58-ball 87 on Monday night at Blundstone Arena, his highest score of the summer, as the Strikers posted 6-177.

It proved not enough, with the Hurricanes top order giving Lynn, now the tournament's top-scorer, a taste of his own medicine.

Openers Caleb Jewell (54 from 28 balls) and Ben McDermott (53 from 33) got the chase off to a flying start with an 86-run partnership off 49 balls.

Jewell, named player of the match, opened ahead of Matthew Wade and D'Arcy Short and clobbered four sixes, including one off gun spinner Rashid Khan (1-43 from four overs) who was unusually expensive.

Short and Tim David both finished unbeaten on 27, guiding the Hurricanes to 3-178 with 16 balls to spare.

The win, the Hurricanes' third from six matches, lifts them off the bottom of the table and into sixth position.

The Strikers, meanwhile, have lost four straight after a promising 3-0 start to the tournament.

Lynn, who was let go by the Brisbane Heat in the off-season, earlier whacked nine boundaries and three sixes after the Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.

He fell in the final over to a sharp outfield catch from Jewell off the bowling of young seamer Mitch Owen.

Lynn shared a 72-run partnership with Matthew Short (38 from 26 balls) after the loss of opener Henry Hunt early.

He upped the ante late alongside New Zealand import Colin de Grandhomme (30 from 18), who provided a cameo.

Lynn took a particular liking to Short in the 14th over, hitting two fours and a six in an over that went for 16 runs.

Spinner Patrick Dooley was the most economical Hurricanes bowler, going for 25 runs from his four overs and also picking up the wicket of Adam Hose.

The Strikers, who opted to rest the tournament's leading wicket-taker Henry Thornton, could have an injury concern with Peter Siddle appearing to bowl in pain.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/mat...scores-highlights-blundstone-arena/2023-01-02

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MLR 141/7 (20)

MLS 108/9 (20)

Melbourne Renegades won by 33 runs
 
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MLR 141/7 (20)

MLS 108/9 (20)

Melbourne Renegades won by 33 runs
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Tom Rogers has destroyed the Melbourne Stars' batting line-up in a devastating response to cricket's latest 'Mankad' controversy, leading the Melbourne Renegades to a 33-run win in a heated KFC BBL derby.

Stars captain Adam Zampa lit the fuse at the MCG on Tuesday night when he attempted to run out Rogers as the non-striker crept out of his crease.

A video review led to Rogers being given not out because Zampa's bowling arm had gone past its highest point before the leg-spinner reached back to knock the bails off.

The flashpoint, which occurred during the final over of the first innings, didn't go down well with the crowd as jeers rained down from the stands, while Rogers said post-match the incident had "fired us up".

It came less than a week after a tense Boxing Day Test exchange between Mitch Starc and Theunis de Bruyn, when the Australian quick threatened to 'Mankad' his South African opponent.

The Renegades appeared on shaky ground when they posted 7-141 after being sent in.

But a fired-up Rogers turned the match on its head when he took the new ball, claiming 3-11 in his first two overs.

The Stars were reduced to 4-18 in the fifth over of their chase when Will Sutherland (1-35) had danger man Marcus Stoinis (six) caught behind.

Hilton Cartwright (20) and Nick Larkin (48 not out) attempted to launch a fightback before Rogers struck again, removing Cartwright.

The home side never recovered, limping to 9-108 from their 20 overs.

Rogers finished with career-best figures of 5-16, claiming a new Renegades record in the process.

Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman (2-7) also strangled the Stars, bowling 17 dot balls in his four overs.

The result ended the Renegades' four-match losing skid and balanced their season record at 4-4, but came at a cost when Shaun Marsh injured a hamstring while batting.

Marsh (32 off 35) matched Martin Guptill (32 off 27) and Mackenzie Harvey (32no off 23) as the Renegades' top scorers.

But Marsh, who missed the start of the season with a calf injury, was unable to field and is waiting on further assessment of his latest soft-tissue setback.

Kiwi quick Trent Boult (2-23) and English import Luke Wood (2-29) were the Stars' best bowlers, while Zampa (1-18) also delivered a tight four overs.
 
Sydney Sixers vs Brisbane Heat, 28th Match

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A well-crafted half-century by Oliver Davies has steered the Sydney Thunder to an impressive six-wicket win against the Perth Scorchers at Optus Stadium.

The Thunder restricted the home side to 9-142 from their 20 overs, then chased down the target (4-143) with three overs to spare in their Wednesday night KFC BBL|12 clash.

Davies made 58 from 47 balls, including four fours and two sixes, leaving his side to get 29 from 31 balls when he holed out to mid-off.

Alex Ross finished the job, blasting an unbeaten 41 off 18 balls, including three fours and three sixes.

To make matters worse for the home side, star seamer Jhye Richardson (2-36 from 3.4 overs) was unable to finish his spell, leaving the ground injured with two balls remaining in his fourth over.

The result drew the Thunder level with the ladder-leading Scorchers with five wins, and snapped Perth's run of eight wins at Optus Stadium.

The Thunder were in trouble at 2-10 after two overs, with Richardson on a hat-trick after he dismissed international stars Alex Hales and Rilee Rossouw for no score.

But Davies joined Matthew Gilkes (32) at the crease, with the pair putting on a crucial 67-run partnership from 53 balls.

The Scorchers were 4-47 after 10 overs, but the visitors threw off their early struggles to move to 2-75 at the same point of their innings, needing 68 runs from the remaining 60 deliveries.

Earlier, Ashton Turner was the only Perth batter to trouble the Thunder bowlers, with the skipper belting 61 from 37 balls.

The Scorchers were in trouble early after winning the bat flip, the home side reeling at 2-10 after the first four power play overs, with their first boundary coming off the fourth ball of the fifth over.

In his final appearance of the tournament, South African star Faf du Plessis (1) went cheaply, caught at third man after he top-edged a ramp shot.

It continued a lean run at Optus Stadium for the former Test skipper, who made scores of 14, 6, 3 and 1 in front of home fans to finish with a total of 163 runs, including a high score of 68, from his seven innings.

Oliver Davies' younger brother Joel also made his BBL debut and was never far from the action, catching Cameron Bancroft (2) and Nick Hobson (16) and firing searing balls in from the deep that saw Adam Lyth (11) and Matt Kelly (17) run out.

Chris Green (1-15 from four overs) was economical, while Nathan McAndrew (3-29 from four) removed danger man Turner as he accelerated toward the back end of the innings.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/mat...ague-scores-highlights-davies-ross/2023-01-05

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Matt Short has celebrated his captaincy debut with a heroic, maiden T20 ton to help the Adelaide Strikers pull off the greatest run chase in BBL history.

After the Hurricanes posted an imposing 4-229 on Thursday night, Short crunched Pakistan paceman Faheem Ashraf for back-to-back boundaries in the 20th over to raise his century and victory by seven wickets with three balls to spare.

With regular skipper Peter Siddle sidelined (back injury), Short celebrated his temporary elevation to the captaincy role by crunching 100no off 59 balls.

Scratchy early, Short received two lives off Riley Meredith's bowling - dropped by Mitch Owen first ball and a sitter by Nathan Ellis on 22 – and he made the 'Canes pay.

After the early departure of Ryan Gibson (five), Short and Chris Lynn (64) added 124 off 58 balls for the second wicket to turn Adelaide's dream into a reality.

Lynn smashed four sixes in his whirlwind 29-ball knock before falling to impressive spinner Paddy Dooley (2-25) during the power surge.

On 20, English import Adam Hose holed out to Tim David at mid-on but was reprieved when third umpire Eloise Sheridean deemed Faheem's full-toss above waist-height.

Hose duly belted the free hit for six, one of three maximums he whacked in Faheem's over, which reaped 22.

Hose eventually fell for 38 before an even higher high full toss from the struggling Faheem in the 20th over conceded another free hit, allowing Short to pounce.

Dooley suffered a nasty injury to his left shoulder while diving to save a boundary in the 19th over, compounding the pain for the Hurricanes who looked in an impregnable position at the halfway mark.

Half-centuries to Ben McDermott (57), Caleb Jewell (54) and Zak Crawley (54no) underpinned the Hurricanes' franchise record score.

The visitors smoked 14 sixes in their innings and appeared on track to make it two wins over the Strikers in five days, while consigning Adelaide to a fourth successive defeat, before Short stole the show.

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Watched the highlights of Hobart vs Adelaide. Faheem Ashraf was playing for Hobart and I don't think I have seen a worse bowling performance in T20. Conceded over 60 runs in under 4 overs. Bowled a number of waist high no balls and was thrashed around the park. This chap is stealing a living. Absolutely useless.
 
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Watched the highlights of Hobart vs Adelaide. Faheem Ashraf was playing for Hobart and I don't think I have seen a worse bowling performance in T20. Conceded over 60 runs in under 4 overs. Bowled a number of waist high no balls and was thrashed around the park. This chap is stealing a living. Absolutely useless.
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English import James Vince has fallen short of a century but delivered at the top of the order to steer the Sydney Sixers to a thrilling six-wicket win over the struggling Melbourne Stars.

Marcus Stoinis had blasted 52 off 28 balls to lift the Stars to a competitive 5-173 at the MCG on Friday night, but the Sixers reached their target with just one ball to spare on the back of Vince's unbeaten 91 from 59 deliveries and some late hitting from Jordan Silk.

Silk belted a six from the third ball of Luke Wood's dramatic final over and was controversially given out caught behind before Dan Christian hit the winning runs.

The result was the Sixers' ninth consecutive win over the Stars – a record KFC BBL period of dominance by one club over another.

It leaves the Stars (2-6) languishing in last place, while the Sixers (5-3) are level on wins at the top with the Scorchers and Thunder.

The Sixers required 36 off the final three overs when Vince belted back-to-back sixes off Trent Boult (1-39).

A further 11 runs were required off the last over and Vince should have been run out looking for two off the first ball, but fellow Englishman Joe Clarke missed his first swipe at the stumps with the batter short his ground.

The massive six from Silk (15 off 10) tilted the match the Sixers' way but he was judged to have nicked Wood's next ball behind and was given his marching orders.

Christian then hit his only ball faced off Wood for four, steering the Sixers to victory with a ball to spare.

Vince's season-high innings included nine fours and two sixes as he fell narrowly short of becoming the first player in Sixers history to score a century.

Earlier, Stoinis showcased his value as one of the BBL's great entertainers.

The Stars' premier power hitter was travelling at run-a-ball for his first 12 deliveries faced and exploded with 38 off the next 12, bringing the home crowd to life.

Stoinis blasted seven fours and two sixes, playing the lead role as the Stars took 34 runs off Chris Jordan and Hayden Kerr during the power surge.

Stars opener Tom Rogers, signed as a replacement for injured skipper Glenn Maxwell, rode his luck at times and cashed in with a career-best knock of 48 from 33 deliveries.

But he was denied a maiden half-century at BBL level when he fell to a brilliant diving catch by Jordan in the outfield.

Sean Abbott (3-31) was the game's only multiple wicket-taker.

The Stars lost Campbell Kellaway to a cut hand after he was hurt taking a catch to dismiss Daniel Hughes (28).

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/mat...bbl12-scores-highlights-vince-silk/2023-01-06
 
HBH 162/8 (20)

MLR 164/4 (18.1)

Melbourne Renegades won by 6 wkts

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Sam Harper

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Better performance by Faheem Asraf albeit in a losing cause

0/24 in 3 overs & 26(17)
 
Odd decision!

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Sydney Sixers registered a six-wicket win over Melbourne Stars in their Big Bash League (BBL) game on Friday. However, there was a controversial moment in the match when an umpiring error cost Sixers' Jordan Silk his wicket in the final over of the match. With Sixers needing two runs to win off three deliveries, Silk missed a cut shot that went through to the keeper, but James Vince called him for a single. However, the bowler and the wicketkeeper combined to hit the stumps at the non-striker's end.

While Silk seemed to have fallen short at the non-striker's end, Stars' captain Adam Zampa took a review for a caught behind.

Silk was ultimately given out caught behind, despite the replays showing a clear gap between the bat and ball when a spike on 'snicko' appeared.

A disappointed Silk protested and asked for a review himself, but he eventually had to walk back to the dugout after he was denied the review.

"I definitely heard a noise as it went past my bat and I saw up there that there was a spike on snicko as it was going past (my bat). But then the front-on camera showed I was about that far away from it, so I'm not sure how they've come up with that," Silk was quoted as saying by Fox Sports Australia after the match.

"That's what I saw on the screen, so that what was I was going off (when I tried to review). But I reckon I was run out at the other end anyway. It's following me at the moment, controversy. I don' know, it was a bizarre moment. I went from thinking I was out on the snicko and then I saw a gap on the other camera. It could've blown up, no doubt," he added.
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Sam Harper has made a stunning return to form with a career-best innings to lead the Melbourne Renegades to a six-wicket win over the Hobart Hurricanes at Marvel Stadium.

Harper had struggled in five previous digs this KFC BBL season, averaging 5.4 with three ducks to his name.

His latest effort got off to an inauspicious start when his indecision led to returning Test squad member Marcus Harris being run out.

But the diminutive wicketkeeper quickly refocused and settled into a groove at Marvel Stadium on Saturday, blasting 89 off 48 deliveries.

The brilliant innings included seven sixes before Harper was eventually out caught by Tim David off Nathan Ellis (1-13).

Jon Wells (22no) and Will Sutherland (4no) guided the Renegades home as they reached 4-164 in reply to the Hurricanes' 8-162 with 11 balls to spare.

The result lifted the Renegades (5-4) into the top half of the ladder as they chase a finals berth after three consecutive wooden spoons, while the Hurricanes (3-5) are slipping further away.

Harper was given a lifeline on 59 through Riley Meredith's dropped catch – the Hurricanes' 15th in eight matches.

The visitors were made to pay as the Renegades took the power surge ahead the next over, in which Harper whacked 26 off Joel Paris.

Earlier, there was drama in the second over of the match when the Renegades thought they had Hurricanes opener Caleb Jewell trapped lbw by Mujeeb Ur Rahman (0-37).

They went upstairs for a review when the batter was given not out and snicko confirmed there was no bat involved.

But the third umpire said ball tracking was not available, meaning the on-field call stood.

Jewell, who was on one at the time, survived and Renegades stand-in captain Aaron Finch was left bewildered.

"It just doesn't make any sense, does it? I don't know how to explain that," Finch said during the Fox Cricket broadcast.

Two balls later, Jewell rubbed salt in the Renegades' wound when he smacked Mujeeb for six.

Jewell (28 off 17) eventually fell to Tom Rogers (2-40), top-scoring with fellow opener Ben McDermott (28 off 23).

Rogers was also damaging in the field, running out danger men Matthew Wade and Tim David with direct hits, while Kane Richardson (2-20) bowled superbly.

The Hurricanes suffered a pre-match blow when they lost left-arm spinner Patrick Dooley to a finger injury while practicing catches during the warm-up.

Dooley – the Hurricanes' leading wicket-taker and most economical bowler this season – was sent for an X-ray which fortunately revealed no break to the pinky finger of his bowling hand.

Paris was called in as his replacement.
 
Cameron Bancroft and Aaron Hardie have cracked quick-fire half centuries to power the Perth Scorchers to a seven-wicket win over the Brisbane Heat at Optus Stadium.

In reply to the Heat's 9-171 on Saturday night, the Scorchers reached the victory target with 21 balls to spare in front of a home crowd of 28,029, courtesy of big knocks from Bancroft (76no off 48 balls) and Hardie (57 off 33 balls).

Bancroft was playing just his third match of KFC BBL|12 after being squeezed out of the side by imports Faf du Plessis and Adam Lyth for much of the campaign.

But with du Plessis now having joined the South African T20 league and Lyth dropped for what would have been the last of his eight-game stint with the club following a horror run of form, Bancroft looms as a key player in the Scorchers' bid to win back-to-back titles.

Bancroft cracked seven fours and two sixes, combining with Hardie for a 111-run stand that set up the win.

Hardie was also brutal with five fours and three sixes before being run out in the 12th over.

The result lifted the Scorchers (6-2) back to the top, with the Heat seventh after posting just two wins from their first eight games.

The Heat made a dream start to the match thanks to their departing import Colin Munro.

Munro, who will link up with the new UAE International League T20 tournament next week alongside their other import Sam Billings, blasted three fours and three sixes on the way to 45 off 26 balls.

The New Zealand blaster combined with Josh Brown (34 off 21 balls) to lift the Heat to 0-81 by midway through the eighth over.

But the Scorchers' attack hit back strongly, with AJ Tye (3-37), Matt Kelly (2-28), and Lance Morris (2-4) sparking a collapse of 9-90.

The Heat only scored 25 from their final four overs, losing three wickets in the last over as their search for quick runs at the death fell flat.

Morris was pummelled for 16 off his first over, but the speed demon bounced back with the scalps of Munro and Jimmy Peirson (23 off 19 balls).

The return of Morris from Test squad duties helped offset the loss of Jhye Richardson, who is set to miss two or three weeks with a hamstring injury.
 
SYT 133/8 (20)

SYS 134/3 (16.2)

Sydney Sixers won by 7 wkts

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Sean Abbott

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Usman Qadir 0/22 in 3 overs
 
Ordinary performances so far from the Pakistani players in the BBL.

Never quite get why the BBL is played when the Australian national team is playing and which deprives the tournament of some of the best local players.
 
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SYT 133/8 (20)

SYS 134/3 (16.2)

Sydney Sixers won by 7 wkts

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Sean Abbott

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Sydney Sixers stalwarts Sean Abbott, Moises Henriques and Jordan Silk starred as their side moved to the top of the KFC BBL|12 standings with a seven-wicket win over crosstown rivals Sydney Thunder.

Paceman Abbott spearheaded a strong Sixers bowling effort as they restricted Thunder to 8-133 in their Sydney Smash derby at Sydney Showground Stadium.

The Sixers slumped to 3-25 after four overs, but middle-order linchpins Silk and Henriques took control of the game with an unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 109 off 75 balls.

Silk (59 off 42) and Henriques (53 off 38) displayed their experience, working the ball into gaps for singles and hitting the occasional boundary when the Thunder bowlers erred.

It was Silk's first half century of the season and Henriques' highest score in this season's campaign.

The win, which was achieved with 22 balls remaining, lifted the Sixers above the Scorchers to first, though Perth have two games in hand.

The Thunder, who lost their first match in five fixtures, dropped to fourth below Melbourne Renegades on net-run-rate.

Both innings started in similar fashion in front of almost 21,000 spectators.

The Thunder crashed to 3-12 inside the first three overs, with all three dismissed batters trapped lbw.

A fourth-wicket stand of 64 between Alex Ross (34 off 34) and Sam Whiteman (42 off 34) in his first game of BBL|12, revived the Thunder innings.

The Sixers regained the initiative by taking 3-17 but some lusty late innings hitting from Ben Cutting (26no from 15 balls) boosted the Thunder's total.

Abbott (3-9 off four overs)bowled 17 dot balls and boosted his haul for the season to 16, the joint second-highest wicket-taker along with the Scorchers quick AJ Tyeand the Strikers Henry Thornton.

The Thunder needed quick wickets and like the Sixers struck three times In the Powerplay.

Captain and spinner Chris Green (2-29 off four) had Josh Philippe caught at slip in the second over and Cutting took a fine leaping catch at third off Brendan Doggett (1-23 off four) to remove James Vince.

Green then had the recalled Kurtis Patterson caught in the deep.

English internationals Hales, Vince and Sixers paceman Chris Jordan were all playing their final game of the season before departing to the UAE's ILT20 tournament.

The Sixers will regain Test stars Steve Smith and Nathan Lyon following the Sydney Test, while Thunder welcome back David Warner.

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A career-best T20 score from in-form Caleb Jewell has helped the Hobart Hurricanes overcome a late-innings meltdown to beat the Melbourne Stars and keep their KFC BBL|12 finals hopes alive.

Jewell (70 off 44 balls) starred as the Hurricanes passed the Stars meagre score of 7-131 at Blundstone Arena by two wickets with 14 balls to spare, but only after the home team lost 7-35 after being 1-94.

The win moved the 'Canes level on points with fifth-placed Adelaide while the loss left the bottom-of-the-ladder Stars with just two victories from nine games.

Hilton Cartwright (57 off 47) played a lone hand for the Stars, who were short of firepower with Marcus Stoinis injured and Trent Boult having left for the season.

Coming off scores of 54, 54 and 28, Jewell maintained his rich vein of form, beating his previous best T20 effort of 61 not out.

He struck eight fours and two sixes and the left-hander's aggression always had his side well ahead of the required run-rate.

Opener Ben McDermott was bowled by Liam Hatcher for two, but Jewell and Englishman Zak Crawley (30 off 34) added 84 from 10 overs for the second wicket.

Jewell reached his 50 off just 30 balls with a cover-driven boundary and then smashed a six over mid-wicket off Luke Wood and another one over deep backward square leg off Adam Zampa.

The Hurricanes stumbled to the finishing line once Jewell was caught behind off the impressive Hatcher, who returned his best BBL figures of 3-25.

Earlier, Cartwright hit eight of his teams' 12 boundaries off the bat with no other Star finding the rope until the 14th over.

The Hurricanes stand-in skipper Nathan Ellis (2-12) gave nothing away and Cartwright and James Seymour (20 off seven balls) were the only Stars to challenge the disciplined Hobart attack.

A third-wicket stand of 60 between Cartwright and Beau Webster (27 off 35) stabilised the innings after both openers fell early.

Big-hitting import Joe Clarke was run out after a mix-up and Tom Rogers holed out to square leg in the fifth over.

At one stage, Cartwright struck six fours in the space of nine balls but the boundaries dried up for almost eight overs.

Webster, who struggled with his timing to find gaps, broke the drought with a scoop to fine leg, but was out soon after off a leading edge.

The Stars scored just nine runs off their two Power Surge overs.

Ellis used seven bowlers across the first 10 overs with fellow quicks Riley Meredith (2-25) and Faheem Ashraf (2-29) performing well.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/mat...ena-scores-highlights-ellis-jewell/2023-01-09
 
The KFC BBL|12 season is about to become even bigger with players from the Australian Men’s Test team set to return to the competition.

Nine players from Australia’s most recent Test XI - David Warner, Steve Smith, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Travis Head, Alex Carey, Nathan Lyon, Matthew Renshaw and Ashton Agar – will return to their KFC BBL clubs this week following their 2-0 NRMA Insurance Test series victory over South Africa.

David Warner will represent Sydney Thunder for the first time in nine years in home clash with reigning champions the Perth Scorchers this Friday, January 13. He will play five games for the club for which he scored the BBL’s first ever century in December 2011.

Cross-town rivals the Sydney Sixers will welcome club legends Steve Smith and Nathan Lyon back into the fold for their clash against the Scorchers at the SCG on Sunday, January 15. Fans will await the showdown between Warner, Smith, Lyon and their respective sides in the Sydney Smash on Saturday, January 21 at the SCG.

Queensland captain Usman Khawaja could play his first game for the Brisbane Heat as soon as tomorrow, with Marnus Labuschagne and Matthew Renshaw also returning to the fold. Their inclusions will bolster the Heat batting lineup as they look to keep their Finals hopes alive against the Scorchers at the Gabba. Ashton Agar will return to the Scorchers’ side, which has also recently welcomed back extended Test squad member Lance Morris.

Travis Head and Alex Carey will also return to the Adelaide Strikers side in time for First Nations Round, making their first KFC BBL|12 appearance at Adelaide Oval on Saturday, January 14. They slot into a top order that recently orchestrated the highest run chase in BBL history against the Hobart Hurricanes last week.

With just under three weeks of the KFC BBL|12 home and away season remaining, all teams remain in Finals contention, making the return of Australia’s biggest names crucial to securing a playoffs berth.

Alistair Dobson, Cricket Australia’s General Manager Big Bash Leagues, said:

“Everyone across the League is pumped to welcome members of Australia’s world number one Test team back into the KFC BBL for the run to the Finals.

“We know our fans will be delighted to see even more of their favourite players in BBL colours from this week, alongside those who have already provided so many memorable moments this season.

“From a hat-trick, record breaking scores and run chases, big crowds at marquee games and huge audiences every night across Seven and Foxtel, this BBL season has had it all.

“We look forward to seeing even more fans at the ground over the coming weeks to enjoy the remainder of summer’s number one sports league.”
 
Colin de Grandhomme has suffered a hamstring injury and batting hero Chris Lynn been laid low by fatigue, dampening the Adelaide Strikers' convincing 20-run victory over the Melbourne Renegades at Adelaide Oval.

Neither men were able to field, Lynn wilting in the summer heat while peeling off his third successive half-century and de Grandhomme hurting his hamstring while running between wickets with Lynn.

Despite the second-half absence of both players, the Strikers were able to defend their imposing 4-202 on Tuesday night, restricting the Renegades to 6-182.

Wicketkeeper Sam Harper top-scored with 63, while Englishman Matt Critchley (33no) and Will Sutherland (31) provided some fireworks at the death.

But the visitors were always a long way behind the eight-ball, unable to capitalise on de Grandhomme's absence which deprived Adelaide of a sixth bowling option.

The result saw the Strikers leapfrog the Renegades and Sydney Thunder into third spot on the KFC BBL|12 table.

Openers Marcus Harris (8) and Martin Guptill (14) fell to skied catches before captain Aaron Finch (2) was trapped plumb lbw to offspinner Ben Manenti to have the 'Gades reeling.

Harper, coming off a career-best 89 against the Hobart Hurricanes, succumbed attempting to slog-sweep his third six from Manenti's third over.

Sutherland was reprieved twice early, Ryan Gibson and substitute Henry Hunt grassing sitters, and duly slammed 20 and 16 off back-to-back overs of spin from Manenti and Cameron Boyce.

It was game over when Sutherland departed in the 19th over to Wes Agar who was the pick of the bowlers along with acting captain Matt Short (both 2-26).

Earlier, Lynn peeled off his third successive half-century to extend his advantage atop the BBL run-scoring leaderboard and put the Strikers firmly in control.

Lynn (69no off 37 balls) was well supported by in-form Short (38) and imports Adam Hose (33) and de Grandhomme (32).

Sri Lankan leggie Ruwantha Kellapotha (2-32) impressed in his first outing, but fellow wrist-spinning debutant Critchley conceded 19 from his sole, nervy over.

Kane Richardson, after shaking off a side strain scare, was thumped by de Grandhomme for a four-ball sequence of 4, 6, 6, 6 and finished with the sorry figures of 1-62, the third most expensive spell in BBL history.
 
Brisbane have debuted their latest hidden gem but couldn't stop Perth cruising to the top of the KFC Big Bash League ladder.

The Scorchers chased down the Heat's 6-155 with eight wickets and 22 balls remaining at the Gabba on Wednesday night, their seventh win from nine starts.

The loss leaves the Heat flailing, three wins outside the top-five with just five games to play.

Josh Inglis scored 67 off 35 balls, sharing in a 131-run stand with Aaron Hardie (65 off 45), the pair unbeaten and untroubled after coming together with work to do at 2-25 in the fourth over.

Jason Behrendorff (3-21) did the first-innings damage for the visitors, named player of the match after running through the Heat's Test-bolstered batting order to pick up his 100th BBL scalp in the process.

The Heat were in the contest early, left-arm quick Spencer Johnson (0-22 off 3.2 overs) impressive on debut with his pace and bounce almost unplayable.

The game turned when Usman Khawaja, captaining on his Heat debut after an off-season move from the Sydney Thunder, replaced Johnson with Marnus Labuschagne.

The leg-spinner was taken for 20 in his only over as Inglis and Hardie cashed in on some loose deliveries and poor fielding.

South Australian Johnson, 27, struggled with a serious ankle injury as a junior and played three one-dayers from the Redbacks as early as 2017.

But he revived his career with a move to Brisbane last year.

Like fellow Heat surprise packet Josh Brown, he impressed in Brisbane's T20 competition and forced his way into the squad, finally earning a debut after the Heat left out regulars Mitchell Swepson and Mark Steketee.

Khawaja called on Johnson to bowl the power surge but by then Inglis was in full swing and Hardie finishing the chase with a powerful six over mid-on.

Earlier Behrendorff had the Heat's measure, Inglis dropping a tough chance off Khawaja before the Scorchers veteran dismissed Brown (18), Labuschagne (10) and Matt Renshaw (28) just as they were threatening to break free.

He bowled during the power surge that backfired on the hosts, who lost 2-11 in those two overs, before Max Bryant (36 off 27) finished well.

But after easily chasing the Heat's 171 in Perth just four days ago Perth were always fancied, Labuschagne's over only helping and the usually reliable Michael Neser (0-35 from three overs) also expensive.

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ADS 108 (19.2)

MLS 109/1 (14.3)

Melbourne Stars won by 9 wkts

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Liam Hatcher

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The Melbourne Stars have made light work of their run chase in a nine-wicket thumping of Adelaide that keeps their slim KFC BBL|12 finals hopes alive.

The Strikers' high-powered batting line-up crumbled at the MCG on Thursday night as they were bowled out for just 108, following successive scores of 200-plus.

It was the lowest total of any side batting first this season and the third-lowest in Strikers franchise history.

In reply, Tom Rogers (51 not out off 45 balls) – a late inclusion in the Stars squad this season as injured skipper Glenn Maxwell's replacement – hit the first half century of his BBL career as the Stars cruised to 1-109 with 33 balls in hand.

"It's something I've wanted to do since I was a young kid, so it's an incredibly special feeling," the 23-year-old said of his fifty on the MCG.

"We needed a win desperately ... so if we can pile a few together now, you never know."

Fellow opener Joe Clarke (35 off 28) was the only man dismissed when he was run out by a direct hit from Ryan Gibson.

The win lifted the Stars (three wins, seven losses) off the bottom of the ladder and improved their net run rate, giving them a finals lifeline ahead of Saturday's derby against the Renegades.

Adelaide (5-5) host the last-placed Brisbane Heat on the same day and are still firmly in the mix.

The Strikers' low total came despite Matt Short hitting two of the first three deliveries of their innings for six as he took 20 off Luke Wood's opening over.

They were the only two sixes of Adelaide's innings.

Experienced duo Nathan Coulter-Nile (3-17) and Adam Zampa (2-20) shone for the Stars, who clamped down on their opponents and bowled almost 60 dot balls.

Liam Hatcher (2-18) removed the competition's top two run scorers – Short (20) and Chris Lynn (1) – while Beau Webster took a superb diving catch at extra cover to remove Adam Hose.

"The ridiculous thing about (Webster) is that's not one of the better ones I've seen," Rogers said.

"He's that good and some of the slips catches I've seen from him are just ridiculous, so I fully expected him to catch that."

Wood (1-33 off 3.2 overs) was the only Stars bowler with an economy rate above five runs an over.

Harry Nielsen (40) top-scored for the Strikers, who are winless from six attempts against the Stars at the MCG.
 
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Sydney Thunder vs Perth Scorchers, 39th Match

Perth Scorchers have won the toss and have opted to field

Teams:

Perth Scorchers (Playing XI): Cameron Bancroft, Stephen Eskinazi, Aaron Hardie, Josh Inglis(w), Ashton Turner(c), Nick Hobson, Ashton Agar, Matthew Kelly, Andrew Tye, David Payne, Lance Morris

Sydney Thunder (Playing XI): David Warner, Matthew Gilkes(w), Sam Whiteman, Oliver Davies, Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, Ben Cutting, Nathan McAndrew, Chris Green(c), Brendan Doggett, Usman Qadir
 
SYT 111 (19)

PRS 112/1 (12.5)

Perth Scorchers won by 9 wkts

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Andrew Tye

Usman Qadir 0/32 i n3 overs
 
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SYT 111 (19)

PRS 112/1 (12.5)

Perth Scorchers won by 9 wkts

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Andrew Tye

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David Warner's return to the Big Bash League has ended in disappointment for the Sydney Thunder, beaten by nine wickets by the first-placed Perth Scorchers.

Warner managed 19 off 20 balls in his first KFC BBL game in nine years as the Thunder were all out for 111, before the Scorchers chased down the target in 12.5 overs.

With all eyes on Warner, his former Test opening partner Cameron Bancroft hit an unbeaten 55 off 40 in the Scorchers' chase as part of a 77-run opening stand with Stephen Eskinazi.

Bancroft's half century came off 36 balls as Usman Qadir took the most punishment, hit back over his head for six by Bancroft and having 15 runs taken off another of his overs.

Eskinazi was also explosive in his 40 off 26.

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The South African-born Englishman struck five boundaries in his innings, as well as a brilliant ramp shot for six off Brendan Doggett.

He fell trying to ramp Nathan McAndrew, but by then the game was over with Bancroft and Aaron Hardie (11no) left to guide the Scorchers home.

Earlier, Warner started watchfully in a 67-run partnership with Ollie Davies before the Thunder collapsed to lose 8-41.

Warner played second fiddle in the stand but still hooked speedster Lance Morris for one boundary and drove Andrew Tye for another back over the quick's head.

At the other end Davies reached his third half century of the competition with 52 from 36.

He hit Ashton Agar back over his head for two big sixes, and also monstered Tye over long on for another.

But when the pair were separated, the Thunder crumbled.

Tye took three wickets and David Payne, Morris and Kelly all took two, as the Thunder were dismissed in 19 overs.

Morris was particularly impressive in his second game back from Australia's Test squad, bowling 15 dot balls.

Bancroft provided another highlight, with a superb diving catch at long on just as McAndrew (21) threatened to build the Thunder's total up late in the innings.

The win moves the Scorchers three points clear of the Sydney Sixers at the top of the BBL|12 ladder with four games to play, while the Thunder are fifth and in the last finals position.
 
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The contentious Marvel Stadium hit-the-roof-and-get-six-runs rule is back in the spotlight after the Renegades were cruelly robbed of two catching opportunities in a tense Melbourne derby on Saturday night.

Remarkably, despite conceding two sixes in this manner, it didn't cost the Renegades the match as the Stars capitulated in the second half of their run chase as Fawad Ahmed, Kane Richardson, Tom Rogers and Will Sutherland closed out the last four overs for just 14 runs to get the home side over the line in a final ball thriller.

Joe Clarke was the first Stars batter to hit the roof in the third over of the chase off Sutherland, awarded a six as the ball ricocheted around the ceiling structure before landing at square leg inside the fielding restriction circle.

Beau Webster was the next beneficiary in the 16th over with his attempt to clear the leg side boundary off Rogers going straight up to hit the roof and landing only metres from the pitch.

Sutherland – who defended 13 from the final over to clinch a six-run victory for the Renegades – told cricket.com.au post-match he was all for the six rule being scrapped and returned to the original dead ball adjudication.

KFC BBL|12 playing conditions state: "if the ball having been struck by the bat hits any part of the stadium roof structure, retractable or fixed, a boundary six will be scored".

Initially, when the competition begun in 2011, any ball that hit the Marvel Stadium roof was ruled a dead ball, but it was swiftly changed in 2013 to differentiate between the retractable and fixed parts of the roof when Renegades veteran Aaron Finch was denied a certain six that hit one of the fixed beams.

It has since been simplified to the current rule that a ball hitting any part of a stadium's roof is deemed a six, which Finch himself benefited from in January 2014, also in a Melbourne derby against the Stars.

"Definitely can it after they had two go their way," Sutherland said. "I let out a few expletives.

"It was even for both sides but I'd like to think it would be dead ball going forward."

Finch – who said during the match on the Fox Cricket broadcast it had cost the Renegades "two simple catches" – was more pragmatic after the crucial victory that saw his team climb to third spot on six wins behind the Scorchers and Sixers.

"The rule is what it is, it's the same for both teams so I don't think you can complain," the Renegades stand-in skipper said.

"But it would have been two dismissals. Joe Clarke in the third over, that makes a big difference in the game.

"It's hard to police because you've got these beams that hang over, they're already over the boundary so if it hits that you should get six.

"If you hit it straight up and get six, honestly, I don't know."

But regardless of the rule, Finch said cricket matches at Marvel Stadium were better with the roof closed.

"There's so many buildings around, there's a lot of light that comes in and if you're fielding over (the Port Phillip Bay) side of the ground, it can be really difficult to see off the seats as the sun is setting," he said.

"It was still hot (with the roof closed), but not unbearable, I've played in worse, definitely."

Opposition skipper Adam Zampa said it was a bizarre rule but didn't know how else it could be adjudicated, apart from giving the fielding team a chance to catch in one-handed off the roof, which retired Aussie great Mark Waugh also suggested in commentary during the Fox Cricket broadcast.

"It's honestly a little bit bizarre they call it six when the ball goes straight up in the air, as a bowler you expect to deceive a batsman and at least be a chance of getting a wicket," Zampa said.

"Maybe build the roof a bit higher."

Waugh said there was no way a ball hitting the roof should be an automatic six runs.

"It's cost (the Renegades) 12 runs which is just wrong," he said.

"At the minimum, it should be a dead ball. It should not be six runs.

"Twelve runs is a big difference in this game, let alone the fact that they would've been out."

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/roo...ontroversial-rule-sutherland-finch/2023-01-14
 
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Ends with 1/28 from his 4 overs, Faheem

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SYT 135 (20)

HBH 136/5 (16.1)

Hobart Hurricanes won by 5 wkts

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Nathan Ellis


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A Nathan Ellis hat-trick and some lusty blows from Tim David have inspired the Hobart Hurricanes to an important win over the Sydney Thunder in a fiery encounter at Blundstone Arena.

Despite falling to 3-20 early, the Hurricanes chased down their target of 136 with 23 balls to spare and five wickets in hand on Sunday.

David finished unbeaten on 76 from 41 balls - his highest KFC BBL score - with six sixes, while Matthew Wade hit 30 from 22 balls.

The pair were involved in a tense verbal exchange with Thunder captain Chris Green midway through the Hobart innings.

The Thunder were left to rue several missed opportunities. Ollie Davies grassed a simple catch when Wade was on three, while David was caught off an Usman Qadir no-ball on 41.

The win means the Hurricanes leapfrog the Thunder into fifth spot on the ladder.

Ellis earlier picked up a career-best 4-27 including his hat-trick - spread across the fourth and 15th overs.

Opener Matthew Gilkes (13 from 14 balls) was his first victim, before he returned to get rid of top-scorer Davies (45 from 38 balls) thanks to a great low catch by Faheem Ashraf.

Ellis then bowled Nathan McAndrew for a duck to become just the second Hurricanes player to take a hat-trick after spinner Xavier Doherty in 2012.

Fellow quick Riley Meredith (2-14 from four overs) struck early blows after the Thunder won the toss and batted.

Meredith cleaned bowled Test opener David Warner, playing his second game this season after a nine-year BBL hiatus, for a second-ball duck in the first over.

Meredith trapped Sam Whiteman lbw in the fifth over to leave Sydney reeling at 3-19.

On his return to the Hobart side, spinner Paddy Dooley picked up an economical 3-22 including the final wicket on the last ball.

Thunder quick Daniel Sam was exceptional with the ball in a losing cause, finishing with 4-18.
 
Sean Abbott has bowled the Sydney Sixers to a crucial six-run win over the Perth Scorchers to help narrow the gap at the top of the KFC BBL|12 ladder to one point.

With the visitors chasing 152 for victory, opener Stephen Eskinazi's unbeaten 66 from 54 balls was not enough in a match in which both teams battled to get going at the SCG.

Abbott was the star for the hosts claiming 3-18, with his tight return coming despite three of his overs being bowled in power-surge overs.

Dan Christian claimed 2-7 with the penultimate over, before Hayden Kerr (2-31) successfully defended the 16 required from the final over to leave the Scorchers 7-145.

Abbott removed Cameron Bancroft and Aaron Hardie in his opening spell for one run apiece, removing the latter with a ball that seamed back slightly to take off stump.

He then earned the crucial wicket of Nick Hobson late in the chase on the legside boundary, as the left-hander threatened to put the Scorchers on track for victory.

Hobson's 27 from 18 balls included two big sixes off Nathan Lyon, including one which went into the vacant top tier of the Brewongle Stand.

It came in Lyon's return to the BBL from Test duties, with Australia's newest squad member Todd Murphy squeezed out as the Sixers retained Steve O'Keefe.

Murphy had taken five wickets this season and conceded less than a run a ball, but now faces a fight to regain his spot before leaving for India.

Earlier, Steve Smith showed why he is valuable to the BBL in the Sixers' 5-151.

In his first match back in three seasons, Smith hit four boundaries and two sixes in his 36 off 27 balls, as opening partner Josh Philippe also made 57 off 48.

The pick of Smith's shots was was a slog sweep for six off Ashton Agar, while he also played a superb back-foot drive off David Payne.

Another six came when he hooked Behrendorff over backward-square leg.

And while he fell, caught at cover, off Peter Hatzoglou (2-27), his and Lyon's returns helped the Sixers to their biggest crowd of the summer with 20,304 fans.

The Sixers win keeps alive their hopes of claiming top spot on the BBL ladder with three games to go, which would earn them hosting rights for the qualifier.

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MLS 159/7 (20)

BRH 160/7 (20)

Brisbane Heat won by 3 wkts

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Matt Renshaw
 
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BRH 160/7 (20)

Brisbane Heat won by 3 wkts

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Matt Renshaw
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Matt Renshaw's brilliant boundary off the final ball has secured the Brisbane Heat a crucial three-wicket win over the Melbourne Stars to help keep their KFC BBL|12 finals dream alive.

Chasing 160 for victory, the visitors stuttered and surged several times before reaching their target in a dramatic finish at the MCG on Monday night.

Renshaw was the match-winner, top-scoring with an unbeaten 90 from 56 deliveries in a total of 7-160.

Needing nine off the last over, the Heat were helped by the Stars being limited to four men outside the circle because of a slow over rate.

Beau Webster further helped their cause when he began the 20th over with a wide.

But the Heat still needed four off the last ball and Renshaw delivered, scooping Webster's final delivery over the in-field to the rope.

Renshaw was given a lifeline on 47 when he was dropped by Clint Hinchliffe, who misjudged the flight of the ball in the deep.

The Stars also failed to run out Renshaw on 63 when Adam Zampa couldn't gather Nathan Coulter-Nile's throw with the batter well short of his ground after a mix-up with Jimmy Peirson.

The 83-run partnership between Renshaw and Peirson (22 from 18) was vital before the former steered his side home with the tailenders.

Renshaw's innings included six fours and four sixes.

Brisbane's win came despite Test duo Usman Khawaja (14) and Marnus Labuschagne (six) failing to fire with the bat.

It improved the Heat's record to 4-6-1, while the Stars (3-9) are out of the finals mix in last spot on the ladder.

Earlier, Nick Larkin top-scored for the Stars with 58 from 36 deliveries in a total of 7-159.

Michael Neser (4-25) was outstanding for the Heat during the Powerplay and Power Surge, taking 3-11 from his three overs with fielding restrictions in place.

But Larkin took 14 runs from the first four balls of Neser's final over - the last of the innings - before the Test quick finally got his revenge by dismissing the Stars batter.

Webster (36 off 34) and Tom Rogers (26 off 23) did some damage for the Stars, as did James Seymour (13 off 6), whose brief innings included two sixes.

Neser claimed the wickets of Webster and Coulter-Nile in consecutive deliveries during the 16th over but missed out on what would have been his second hat-trick of the season.

The Stars were without high-profile allrounder Marcus Stoinis for a fourth consecutive match because of a hamstring injury.

Stoinis was named in the extended squad but was not included in the final team after pulling up sore following a fitness test.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/mat...ights-khawaja-marnus-zampa-stoinis/2023-01-16
 
HBH 146/9 (20)

PRS 147/3 (17.3)

Perth Scorchers won by 7 wkts

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Aaron Hardie

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A commanding Aaron Hardie knock has helped Perth Scorchers reclaim top spot in the KFC BBL|12 standings with a seven-wicket win over Hobart Hurricanes.

In an ever-interchanging battle with perennial rivals the Sydney Sixers at the top of the BBL|12 table, the Scorchers regained the top position that they lost last night when the Sixers defeated the Adelaide Strikers in Coffs Harbour.

Hardie plundered an unbeaten 90 off 62 balls at Optus Stadium, ensuring the hosts reached their target of 147 with 15 balls to spare.

The young gun put on a 127-run stand with Josh Inglis (53 off 35), who anchored the innings to perfection.

Electric quick Lance Morris earlier snared two key wickets to help Perth restrict the Hurricanes to 9-146 after the visitors won the bat flip and elected to bat.

With two games remaining, the Scorchers are well-placed to secure the right to host The Qualifier final at their Optus Stadium fortress where they have lost just once this season.

The 24-year-old Hardie hit the first ball he faced for a boundary and showcased an array of shots on the way to his fourth half century for the season.

Perth overcame a nervous start in which they lost openers Stephen Eskinazi and Cameron Bancroft within the first two overs.

Eskinazi holed out at mid-on off Riley Meredith's bowling for a second-ball duck before Bancroft was trapped lbw by left-arm spinner Paddy Dooley, with the Hurricanes correctly reviewing the initial not out decision.

Hardie won a captivating battle with Dooley, who appeared to injure his groin and did not field after completing his overs.

The run chase never looked in doubt despite the Scorchers not hitting their first six until the 15th over.

Test prospect Morris (2-21) led the way with the ball for Perth, dismissing danger men Caleb Jewell – who had scored three fifties from his past five innings – and skipper Matthew Wade cheaply in his opening spell.

Wade departed for a third-ball duck, caught brilliantly by a diving Inglis after miscuing an attempted ramp shot.

Nick Hobson almost pulled off a one-handed screamer at square leg to dismiss Zak Crawley but could only get his fingertips to the ball.

Crawley (19) built a promising 31-run stand with Tim David before they fell to successive deliveries by Ashton Agar and Jason Behrendorff.

Reduced to 5-66 halfway through their innings, the Hurricanes saved their Power Surge for late in the innings and tailenders Tom Andrews (27) and Nathan Ellis (24) delivered some lusty blows to improve their total.

Perth reaped the benefits of a four-man pace attack after recalling Morris and Kelly to join Behrendorff, Andrew Tye (2-30) and offspinner Agar.

Hobart remain fifth on the ladder and have three games left to secure a finals berth.
 
Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades

Usman Qadir doing well

2/19 in 3 overs

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MLR 142/9 (20)

SYT 144/2 (18.3)

Sydney Thunder won by 8 wkts

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Matthew Gilkes
 
Sydney Thunder are inside the KFC BBL|12's top five after cruising to an important win against the Melbourne Renegades at Manuka Oval in Canberra.

Set 143 to win, Thunder opener Matthew Gilkes fired his team to victory with a brilliant 74 not out to guide them home in the 19th over.

The win moved the Thunder into fourth on the table with just two regular-season games left, while the third-placed Renegades will still likely need another win to punch their tickets to finals.

Superstar opener David Warner looked in fine touch and smacked a huge six in his 29 but holed out to hand debutant spinner Corey Rocchiccioli his first BBL wicket.

Rocchiccioli made it two wickets in two balls when Ollie Davies chipped one to mid-wicket for a golden duck, but a disastrous Fawad Ahmed drop cost him a third wicket three balls later and massively let Gilkes and his team off the hook with the opener on 29 at the time.

Gilkes took full advantage of the second change, smashing seven fours and a six in his 55-ball innings.

Alex Ross supported Gilkes perfectly, feeding him the strike while making an unbeaten 40 of his own.

It was Gilkes' second half century of the tournament, having hit 56 not out in December against the Brisbane Heat.

After winning the bat flip and opting to bat, the Renegades posted 9-142 after Will Sutherland's 41 off 22 balls saved them from a disastrous total.

Martin Guptill carved 30 off 27 and captain Aaron Finch chipped in with 22, but neither failed to turn their starts into a big score as the Renegades struggled.

Spinner Usman Qadir (2-20) starred with two vital wickets, including the big scalp of Finch just as he looked set to get his side into the game.

Sutherland's late fireworks that helped the Renegades take 26 off their final over after a nine-over stretch where they managed just two boundaries.

There will be some alarm bells ringing for the Renegades as they search for a first finals appearance in four seasons, having lost two of their last three games and with that one win requiring a last-minute capitulation by the Melbourne Stars.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cameron Bancroft has done it again! <br><br>That's his second spectacular grab of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BBL12?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BBL12</a>! <a href="https://twitter.com/BKTtires?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BKTtires</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoldenMoment?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoldenMoment</a> <a href="https://t.co/RsDqmud6pK">pic.twitter.com/RsDqmud6pK</a></p>— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) <a href="https://twitter.com/cricketcomau/status/1616313785513545728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Are these wickets good for T20 cricket? Whenever I have seen the scorecard bowling has dominated.
 
ADS 92 (17)

PRS 94/3 (11.1)

Perth Scorchers won by 7 wkts

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
David Payne

The rampant Perth Scorchers have consolidated top position at the top of the KFC BBL|12 standings after emphatically dismantling the Adelaide Strikers by seven wickets at Adelaide Oval.

After the Strikers were skittled for a measly 92 on Friday afternoon, in-form Aaron Hardie (43) made light work of the modest chase, helping the top-of-the-table Scorchers to an early finish with 53 deliveries to spare.

The Strikers managed to last only 17 overs thanks to a combination of horrific shot selection, some clinical bowling and outstanding fielding from the Scorchers.

Adelaide's fourth successive defeat will see them drop out of the top five, regardless of the result of the clash between the Hobart Hurricanes and Brisbane Heat later tonight.

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BRH 162/6 (20)

HBH 150/6 (20)

Brisbane Heat won by 12 runs

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Michael Neser


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The surging Brisbane Heat have shot to fifth in the KFC BBL|12 standings with a third-straight win.

Setting Hobart 163 for victory at the Gabba on Friday night, the Heat looked home until Tim David teed off in a 20-run 18th over.

With the Hurricanes needing 18 off the last over, 27-year-old rookie quick Spencer Johnson held his nerve.

Three times David (44 off 27) was beaten, the big-hitter unable to find the rope and the Hurricanes finishing 12 runs short to allow the Heat to jump them and the lagging Adelaide Strikers into fifth.

Matt Renshaw continued his hot summer with a team-high 41 off 31 balls and three tight overs of off-spin that yielded a wicket and created pressure that led to the key scalp of Hurricanes gun Matthew Wade (44).

ichael Neser (3-27) was again influential while James Bazley chimed in with the big wicket of Wade, who couldn't get going on a slow Gabba wicket.

David hit two of the four sixes across the night, the Heat scrambling to 6-162 thanks to 11 Hobart wides.

The Hurricanes were sluggish early as well but only needed about nine an over at the halfway point to notch their first away win of the season.

Regular wickets hurt them though, before David took it upon himself to lift the Hurricanes over the line.

But he didn't count on Johnson's composure, the left-armer producing accurate 145kph thunderbolts under immense pressure to continue his breakout season after injury cruelled his initial foray into top-level cricket seven years ago.
 
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SYS 187/2 (19)

SYT 62 (14.4)

Sydney Sixers won by 125 runs (19 Ovs game due to rain)

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The Sydney Sixers waited 12 seasons for their first men's century; they now have two in two matches, and both belong to Steve Smith.

The Australian superstar treated a sold out SCG of 38,757 to a knock for the ages in the Sydney Smash on Saturday night, belting his second straight hundred to lead the Sixers to an imposing 2-187 from 19 overs.

Smith crunched an incredible nine sixes in his 66-ball stay – including one over mid-wicket off spinner Usman Qadir to bring up his century – finishing unbeaten on 125 as the Sixers posted their second largest total of all-time against crosstown rivals the Thunder.

It was the equal second most of all-time in a KFC BBL innings behind the 11 Chris Lynn has hit twice and Chris Gayle and Craig Simmons once.

The 33-year-old now has 262 runs striking at 175 in his three hits in BBL|12, and Sixers mastermind Greg Shipperd and skipper Moises Henriques appear to have uncovered Smith's ideal position in the shortest format.

His 18 sixes in those three knocks also have him equal top for the most times clearing the fence in the tournament alongside Tim David and Matt Short who have played 12 and 13 games in BBL|12 respectively.

"I've been playing cricket with him for 15-20 years, but that's probably one of the best T20 knocks I've ever seen," Henriques said on the Fox Cricket broadcast at the innings break.

"That was incredible to watch, some of those shots, I stand at the other end just gobsmacked.

"That's not an easy wicket to bat on. This is a much worse wicket than the wicket we saw in Coffs (Harbour), this innings actually blows that last innings out of the park.

"I'm speechless, to be honest."

Smith went on the attack straight away with the match reduced to 19 overs per side after a late afternoon Sydney squall swept across the SCG and delayed the start by 15 minutes.

He got off the mark with a four through backward point from his first delivery faced, and cracked a huge slog sweep six from Daniel Sams first delivery of the match.

Losing partners Josh Philippe (10) and Kurtis Patterson (2) in the space of five balls in the fourth over only slowed him down for a brief period as Sams (0-47 from four overs) again copped the treatment from as Australia's No.3 as his second over of the match went for 13.

From there it was one-way traffic as Smith and Henriques slammed an unbeaten 155-run partnership for the third wicket in just 15 overs – the highest partnership of the tournament so far.

Henriques played the perfect support role, finishing 45 not out from 36 balls with two sixes of his own.

In reply, the Thunder were never in it as they slumped to 3-17 with the hero from last match Matthew Gilkes, Blake Nikitaras and Oliver Davies all out for single figures.

When David Warner fell for 16 (23) with the score 5-38 in the ninth over, the Thunder's hopes went with him as they were bowled out for 62 in the 15th over to leave their finals hopes hanging by a thread.

They'll remain in fourth for now on 12 points but the Heat (11 points) and Hurricanes (10 points) each have two matches still in hand.

Wily veteran tweaker Steve O'Keefe was the chief destroyer for the Sixers, finishing with 4-10 from three overs, while new Test squad member Todd Murphy also bowled superbly with 12 dots in his 1-18.

The win keeps the Sixers hopes of a top-of-the-table finish alive, although they'll need to win their final match against the Hurricanes in Hobart on Monday and hope the Scorchers lose to the Renegades tomorrow.
 
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BRH 188/4 (20)
MLS 184/3 (20)

Brisbane Heat won by 4 runs

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Sam Hain

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Brisbane's late season surge towards the KFC BBL|12 finals has continued with a thrilling four-run victory over Melbourne Stars at the Gabba.

Left-arm paceman Spencer Johnson bowled the last over of the match for the second time in as many games, and with the Stars needing 14, he contained Marcus Stoinis (36no) and Hilton Cartwright (33no) with nerves of steel.

It follows his final over that went for just five runs against the Hurricanes and Tim David on Friday night to secure victory.

The Heat's win was set up by an unbroken 133-run stand by wicketkeeper Jimmy Peirson (57no off 43 balls) and English import Sam Hain (73no off 41) who lifted the home side to 4-188 batting first.

The last-placed Stars needed 44 with 14 deliveries to go before Cartwright and Stoinis were both caught off full tosses that were correctly ruled over the waist.

The pair walloped sixes and fours to set up a final ball showdown, but Johnson unleashed a near-perfect yorker and kept Stoinis quiet.

The Heat, on 13 points, can now wrap up a top-five finals position with a win over Hobart Hurricanes in Launceston on Wednesday.

The table is that tight the Heat could finish as high as third or still miss the finals, depending on results.

Stars opener Tom Rogers smashed 41 off 20 balls to get the visitors moving quickly in pursuit of the total in an innings that included three huge sixes over the leg side.

Mitchell Swepson (2-23 off four) was the key with the ball for the Heat with his accurate leg-spinners pegging back the early momentum.

Earlier, Hain and Peirson came together at 4-55 in the seventh over and paced their liaison to perfection by taking 30 runs off the two power surge overs to up the ante.

Peirson, playing his 101st BBL game for Brisbane, was pugnacious square of the wicket while Hain unfurled a vast range of shots, including a reverse ramp for six.

It was a rescue mission that could yet prove decisive in ensuring the Heat play finals.

England international Luke Wood came out breathing fire and brimstone in a fearsome opening spell for the Stars.

He blasted out Josh Brown (four) and Marnus Labuschagne (one) in his opening two overs and almost had Matt Renshaw first ball.

Renshaw ran himself out for seven when he took on mid-off Adam Zampa and lost.

Nathan Coulter-Nile cleaned up Usman Khawaja (24) to have the hosts in trouble after captain Khawaja won the toss.
 
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The Perth Scorchers are the first team to lock in a home KFC BBL|12 Finals match and will host the Sydney Sixers in The Qualifier at Optus Stadium next Saturday, January 28 at 4:15pm AWST/7:15pm AEDT.

The Scorchers cemented top position on the ladder with tonight’s win over the Melbourne Renegades, earning them the right to host The Qualifier. Their opponents, the Sydney Sixers, are unable to be surpassed in second place.

The winner of The Qualifier will earn hosting rights for the KFC BBL|12 Final on Saturday, February 4 while the loser will receive a second chance to progress to The Final via The Challenger on Thursday, February 2.

With four games remaining of the KFC BBL|12 regular season, the three remaining finals spots are still to be determined. Each of the Melbourne Renegades, Brisbane Heat, Sydney Thunder, Hobart Hurricanes and Adelaide Strikers remain in contention.
 
Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Sixers, 53rd Match

Teams:

Sydney Sixers (Playing XI): Josh Philippe(w), Steven Smith, Kurtis Patterson, Moises Henriques(c), Jordan Silk, Hayden Kerr, Daniel Christian, Ben Dwarshuis, Sean Abbott, Jackson Bird, Izharulhaq Naveed

Hobart Hurricanes (Playing XI): Caleb Jewell, Ben McDermott, Zak Crawley, Tim David, Matthew Wade(w/c), D Arcy Short, Faheem Ashraf, Joel Paris, Nathan Ellis, Patrick Dooley, Riley Meredith

Hobart Hurricanes have won the toss and have opted to field
 
Steve Smith has delivered another KFC BBL|12 masterclass, smashing 66 from 33 balls as the Sydney Sixers left the Hobart Hurricanes finals chances hanging by a thread.

The Sixers, who had already locked in second spot and a place in The Qualifier on Saturday against first-placed Perth, defended 7-180 in a 24-run win at Blundstone Arena on Monday night.

Smith, coming off back-to-back centuries, posted the fastest half century of his T20 career.

He reached 50 from just 22 balls and cleared the boundary six times in total to move to the top of the six leaderboard for the tournament despite playing just four matches.

The Hurricanes remain in seventh spot on the ladder and must beat the Brisbane Heat on Wednesday and rely on other results going their way to make the top five.

Their chase never really got going, with Sixers' quick Sean Abbott (2-32) becoming the first player to reach 150 BBL wickets when he removed Faheem Ashraf late in the innings.

Earlier, Smith came out all guns blazing, hitting a six off the fourth ball he faced before launching one Tim David delivery on to the roof.

He appeared on track to become the first player to notch three consecutive BBL centuries, before falling lbw to a Nathan Ellis full toss in the ninth over.

Former Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin called for national selectors to ensure Smith was in their best T20 side.

Smith played just one match for Australia in the most recent T20 World Cup on home soil, with the hosts failing to get past the group stage in their title defence.

"I don't think you can not use someone in this sort of form. He's only 33. He's got another World Cup in him in the 20 over (format)," Haddin said during commentary on FoxCricket.

Smith will play in week one of the BBL finals series, which begins on Friday, before heading to India for Australia's Test tour.

He had a life on 25 when Caleb Jewell parried a difficult chance over the boundary.

The Sixers lost momentum, and a clump of wickets, after Smith's departure before Ben Dwarshuis chipped in with an important 14-ball 30 late in the innings.

English import Zak Crawley top-scored for Hobart with 49 from 45 balls, while Tim David showed some glimpses with 24 from 13.

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Aaron Finch has steered the Melbourne Renegades to a six-wicket win over Adelaide Strikers, booking the club’s first KFC BBL finals appearance in four years.

Finch, who celebrated his 100th BBL match in the Renegades previous game, survived some early scares – including a ball hitting his stumps but failing to dislodge the bails – to hit an unbeaten 63 and guide the Renegades home with 10 balls to spare at Marvel Stadium.

Australia's T20 captain notched his fourth fifty of the tournament and 26th in the BBL and was joined at the crease by Jon Wells (20no) to finish off the match.

Finch stayed calm as wickets fell around him, including those of experienced stars Martin Guptill and Shaun Marsh, as he built his innings before powering the Renegades in the final 10 overs.

Even on a tricky pitch, the Strikers' 7-142 never looked seriously defendable as Adelaide's faint finals hopes ended with their ninth defeat of the tournament.

After winning their first title in 2019, the Renegades have endured three tough seasons before putting in a much-improved campaign in BBL|12.

They will now have a home final after taking care of the Strikers to snap a two-game losing run and will either finish third or fourth depending on Wednesday's results.

A Heat victory over the Hurricanes in Launceston would see them move above the Renegades into third, but they will stay above the Thunder regardless of the result in their clash with the Stars with the net-run-rate difference too much of a gap to make up.

Earlier, Australia wicketkeeper Alex Carey impressed in tough conditions with an outstanding 65 from 47 balls, but all other Strikers batters found it difficult after Finch opted to bowl first.

Travis Head, who has become one of Test cricket's most explosive middle-order players, struggled to 19 from 32 balls.

Adelaide stumbled to 1-25 after the first powerplay and were unable to build any momentum as veteran spinner Fawad Ahmed caused trouble to claim figures of 3-17.
 
Hobart Hurricanes vs Brisbane Heat, 55th Match

Hobart Hurricanes
120/9 (20 ov)

Brisbane Heat
118/8 (20 ov)

Hobart Hurricanes won by 2 runs

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Hobart Hurricanes have pulled off a remarkable two-run victory over the Brisbane Heat to keep their hopes of making the BBL finals alive.

The Heat were on track to run down the Hurricanes' modest total of 9-120 and needed just 16 runs from the final three overs in Launceston with five wickets in hand.

But their chase imploded with top-scorer Jimmy Peirson (39 from 37) falling to Nathan Ellis in an 18th over that went for just four runs.

Heat quick Joel Paris then got rid of Michael Neser in the next over and conceded just two.

Brisbane needed 10 runs for victory off the final over, bowled by part-timer Tim David, but could only manage seven despite a heaving maximum from Tim Bazley off the third-last ball.

Bazley needed a four off the final ball to win the match but could only squeeze a single, leaving the Heat at 8-118.

The result means the Hurricanes jump to fifth on the ladder, a position they can hold if the sixth-placed Sydney Thunder lose to the Melbourne Stars on Wednesday night.

The Heat, meanwhile, missed a golden chance to secure third spot and hosting rights for 'The Eliminator' final on Friday.

Usman Khawaja’s side fell to 4-30 in the sixth over of the chase, before a 73-run partnership between Peirson and Sam Hain (26 from 34) ironed out a big chunk of the total.

The Hurricanes earlier wobbled to 9-120 after losing the toss and being sent in.

Mac Wright was their sole lone spark with the bat on a tricky pitch, scoring a run-a-ball 56 in his first match of the summer.

Marnus Labuschagne pulled off two sharp outfield catches - a low diving effort to get rid of Ben McDermott (two from seven balls) and an overhead grab to remove danger man David (four from six).

Breakout star Spencer Johnson was impressive early (2-20 from four overs) and at the death.
 
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Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder, 56th Match

Sydney Thunder have won the toss and opted to field

Teams:
Melbourne Stars (Playing XI): Joe Clarke(w), Thomas Rogers, Campbell Kellaway, Marcus Stoinis, Hilton Cartwright, Beau Webster, Nick Larkin, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Luke Wood, Liam Hatcher, Adam Zampa(c)

Sydney Thunder (Playing XI): Matthew Gilkes(w), David Warner, Jason Sangha, Oliver Davies, Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, Ben Cutting, Nathan McAndrew, Chris Green(c), Gurinder Sandhu, Usman Qadir
 
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Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder, 56th Match

Sydney Thunder have won the toss and opted to field

Teams:
Melbourne Stars (Playing XI): Joe Clarke(w), Thomas Rogers, Campbell Kellaway, Marcus Stoinis, Hilton Cartwright, Beau Webster, Nick Larkin, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Luke Wood, Liam Hatcher, Adam Zampa(c)

Sydney Thunder (Playing XI): Matthew Gilkes(w), David Warner, Jason Sangha, Oliver Davies, Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, Ben Cutting, Nathan McAndrew, Chris Green(c), Gurinder Sandhu, Usman Qadir
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MLS 119/7 (20)

SYT 120/7 (18.5)

Sydney Thunder won by 3 wkts

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Chris Green

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Sydney Thunder have staggered to a three-wicket win against the lowly Melbourne Stars, booking their spot in the BBL finals.

Chasing just 120 to win at the MCG, the Thunder slumped to 5-60 and were in danger of blowing a golden opportunity to seal a place in the top-five.

The Chris Green-led side were staring down the barrel after being 7-88, but Stars captain Adam Zampa dropped a sitter to give Daniel Sams a life.

Sams smashed an important, quick-fire 28 before Zampa (3-26) bowled him in the next over to keep the Stars in the match.

But the damage from Zampa's dropped catch had been done with captain Chris Green and Nathan McAndrew steering the Thunder home with seven balls remaining, securing fourth spot and a home final.

The win knocked Hobart out of fifth spot after the Hurricanes had earlier on Wednesday beaten Brisbane in a thrilling encounter at Blundstone Arena.

The Thunder will host the Heat at Sydney Showgrounds on Friday night in a knockout final.

During the Stars' innings of 7-119, Pakistan spinner Usman Qadir dominated with figures of 3-24.

Qadir claimed the key scalps of Tom Rogers (35), Australia white-ball player Marcus Stoinis and big-hitting Beau Webster to put the Thunder in a commanding position.

Former Australia player Hilton Cartwright top-scored for the Stars with a patient 36, but fell to Green (2-19).

Veteran bowling allrounder Nathan Coulter-Nile's miserable form with the bat continued, falling for his fourth duck in a row.

The Stars completed a horror campaign on the bottom of the ladder after winning just three of 14 matches.
 
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The Perth Scorchers, Sydney Sixers, Melbourne Renegades, Sydney Thunder and Brisbane Heat remain in the running for the KFC BBL|12 Championship Trophy after qualifying for this season’s Finals series.

Following the completion of the regular season tonight, the schedule for Week One of the KFC BBL|12 Finals series has been confirmed:

Friday, January 27: 'The Eliminator' - Sydney Thunder v Brisbane Heat, Sydney Showground Stadium, 7:15pm AEDT.

Saturday, January 28: 'The Qualifier' - Perth Scorchers v Sydney Sixers, Optus Stadium, 4:15pm AWST/7:15pm AEDT.

Sunday, January 29: 'The Knockout' - Melbourne Renegades v winner of The Eliminator, Marvel Stadium, 7:15pm AEDT.

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Sydney Thunder vs Brisbane Heat, Eliminator

Sydney Thunder have won the toss and have opted to field

Teams:
Sydney Thunder (Playing XI): David Warner, Matthew Gilkes(w), Jason Sangha, Oliver Davies, Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, Ben Cutting, Nathan McAndrew, Chris Green(c), Ross Pawson, Usman Qadir

Brisbane Heat (Playing XI): Usman Khawaja(c), Josh Brown, Marnus Labuschagne, Matt Renshaw, Sam Hain, Jimmy Peirson(w), Michael Neser, James Bazley, Matthew Kuhnemann, Spencer Johnson, Mitchell Swepson
 
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Sydney Thunder vs Brisbane Heat, Eliminator

Sydney Thunder have won the toss and have opted to field

Teams:
Sydney Thunder (Playing XI): David Warner, Matthew Gilkes(w), Jason Sangha, Oliver Davies, Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, Ben Cutting, Nathan McAndrew, Chris Green(c), Ross Pawson, Usman Qadir

Brisbane Heat (Playing XI): Usman Khawaja(c), Josh Brown, Marnus Labuschagne, Matt Renshaw, Sam Hain, Jimmy Peirson(w), Michael Neser, James Bazley, Matthew Kuhnemann, Spencer Johnson, Mitchell Swepson
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BRH 203/5 (20)

SYT 52/1 (6.5)

Brisbane Heat won by 8 runs (DLS Method)

Usman Qadir's team are out of the running
 
Almost a year after departing the Sydney Thunder, Usman Khawaja has returned to western Sydney for the first time to knock his old side out of KFC BBL|12.

Khawaja smashed an incredible 94 from 55 balls as he and Australian teammate Marnus Labuschagne blitzed an undermanned Thunder attack to all corners of Sydney Showground Stadium in the BBL|12 Eliminator.

The pair put on 128 for the second wicket after being asked to bat first, lifting the Brisbane Heat to 5-203 from their 20 overs – the highest BBL total of all-time at the venue where the average score batting first this season before tonight was just 126.

In the end it was an anti-climactic finish to what promised to be a blockbuster chase as rain thwarted the Thunder's pursuit of 204 after 6.5 overs just as David Warner appeared to have rediscovered his best T20 form.

The Thunder were 1-52 at that point and eight runs behind the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern par score of 60.

Play was then set to resume after a 47-minute delay with the Thunder requiring 38 runs from 13 balls before the rain returned and with players unable to return to the field, the Heat emerged victorious and progressed to face the Melbourne Renegades in the Knockout at Marvel Stadium on Sunday.

Warner finished 36 not out from 20 balls with five boundaries, with Jason Sangha also unbeaten on nine.

Earlier, it was a measured start by Khawaja, who announced a release from his Thunder contract last February to play closer to home in Brisbane, as the Heat progressed at just over six runs per over for the first half of the innings.

The Test opener smacked Thunder debutant Ross Pawson for 17 immediately after the drinks break, hitting two sixes and bringing up his 11th BBL half century – and first for his new club – from 38 balls.

In the 10 deliveries Pawson – who replaced injured quick Gurinder Sandhu after spending the day at work as the Head of Athletic Development at St Augustine's College – bowled to Khawaja, the right-armer conceded 28 runs in a tough initiation to professional cricket.

Chris Green and Usman Qadir then copped the treatment with 15 coming from both the 12th and 13th overs as the Heat put on 71 runs in the five overs following the break.

Khawaja's 360-degree stroke play was on full display as he went from 86 to 94 with two incredible reverse scoops to the boundary off Ben Cutting.

That's where his knock would end, edging behind two balls later, out for his fourth highest T20 score but with his job well and truly done.

"You're looking at the run rate more than anything (in T20 cricket), it's completely different in Test cricket because you've got all the time in the world so if you get out in the nineties it's usually your own fault," he said on the Channel 7 broadcast following his innings.

"In T20 cricket, you're just looking (at) 'what score do we need, what am I trying to do this ball', and if you get the milestones along the way, it's just a bonus."

After playing his role by feeding the strike to Khawaja throughout their partnership, Labuschagne expanded after his departure, bringing up his maiden BBL fifty from 39 deliveries with a heave to the mid-wicket fence.

The pair's other Test teammate, Matthew Renshaw, then exploded in the final overs with 24 from just eight balls, including a sequence of 6, 6, 4, 6 as leg-spinner Qadir finished with 0-50 from his four overs.

Labuschagne also hit two sixes in a 17-run final over before he was out on the second last delivery of the innings for 73 (48).

It was a tough night for all of the Thunder bowlers apart from skipper Green who led from the front with 2-29 from his four overs.

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For the first time, the KFC BBL|12 Final will be held at Optus Stadium next Saturday, February 4.

The Perth Scorchers earned hosting rights for the Final with a seven wicket win over the Sydney Sixers in front of 41,126 fans in The Qualifier tonight.

It will be the fifth KFC BBL Final to be held in Perth, with all previous editions at the WACA Ground.

The Sixers will receive a second chance to reach the finale when they host The Challenger on Thursday, February 2 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

KFC BBL|12 Finals Schedule

Sunday, January 29: 'The Knockout' - Melbourne Renegades v Brisbane Heat, Marvel Stadium, 7:15pm AEDT.

Thursday, February 2: ‘The Challenger’ – Sydney Sixers v winner of The Knockout, Sydney Cricket Ground, 7:15pm AEDT

Saturday, February 4: ‘The Final’ – Perth Scorchers v winner of The Challenger, Optus Stadium, 4:30pm AWST/7:30pm AEDT.

A reserve day is also available for The Final only, on Sunday, February 5 with a 4:15pm AWST/7:15pm AEDT start time.
 
Usman Khawaja has affirmed his status as the Big Bash finals king with another incredible batting display to power his Brisbane Heat side into KFC BBL|12's final three.

The Heat skipper – playing his final match of the tournament before departing for a four-Test Qantas Tour of India – blasted 59 from 47 balls in a seven-wicket victory over the Melbourne Renegades in the Knockout at Marvel Stadium.

Veteran batter Shaun Marsh also put in an impressive performance as he wound back the clock with an unbeaten 82 (53) as the Renegades set the Heat 163 to advance to face the Sixers on Thursday.

The 39-year-old left-hander briefly moved level with Sixers skipper Moises Henriques for the most runs in BBL finals with 423 before Khawaja (470) overtook them both in the second over of the Heat's innings.

It was on that second ball of David Moody's over – who was brought into the side to replace Kane Richardson who missed the clash for family reasons – that Jon Wells got a hand to a sharp chance at midwicket, but he could only briefly slow the ball's progress as it raced to the rope for four.

It was one of five boundaries the Test opener hit in a four-over Powerplay blitz as the Heat shot out of the blocks, taking 40 off the opening five overs.

Bat-maker Josh Brown also joined in, smacking four sixes in his 27-ball 39 as the pair put on 75 in almost nine overs for the first wicket.

Will Sutherland and Corey Rocchiccioli copped the worst punishment with both conceding 12 runs from their opening over.

Marnus Labuschagne (23) again provided good support through the middle of the innings before both fell in the Power Surge.

It left the Heat – who imploded in the final match of the regular season against the Hurricanes – with a nervy 34 runs required from 24 balls.

But the final member of their departing Test trio Matthew Renshaw saw them home in the penultimate over with a classy 27no (13), in which he didn't face a dot ball for his first 10 deliveries.

It ends a promising campaign for the Renegades who returned to the finals for the first time since their BBL|08 title following three seasons anchored to the bottom of the league table.

Earlier, Marsh was given a life in the fourth over when Heat seamer James Bazley spilled a low chance at short fine leg off the bowling of breakout star Spencer Johnson.

Marsh – who later left the field after eight overs of the Heat innings with cramp – made the most of the chance, racing to his 24th BBL half-century and 54th overall in Twenty20s.

He had solid support from Englishman Matt Critchley (23), who belted two mammoth sixes from consecutive Bazley deliveries, and wicketkeeper Sam Harper (22) to boost the Renegades' score.

Quick Xavier Bartlett, who has been left out of the Heat's XI for almost three weeks, was comfortably Brisbane's best bowler with 3-18 from his four overs.

Michael Neser also continued his strong season with 2-33, taking his wicket tally to 24 for the tournament behind Sean Abbott (28) and AJ Tye (25).

Renegades quick Tom Rogers also claimed 2-32 to finish a standout 23-wicket season with his new club.


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Matthew Short named KFC BBL|12 Player of the Tournament at Australian Cricket Awards

Adelaide Strikers’ all-rounder Matthew Short has been named the KFC BBL|12 Player of the Tournament at tonight’s Australian Cricket Awards.

Short capped a career-best season by taking out the award, as voted by both on-field umpires in all 56 KFC BBL|12 regular season games.

He polled 25 votes throughout the campaign, three clear of Perth Scorchers’ wicketkeeper-batter Josh Inglis (22 votes) and a further two ahead of Melbourne Renegades’ batter Aaron Finch (20 votes).

Short was a standout at the top of the Strikers’ order, scoring 458 runs at 35.23 apiece to take also out the BKT Golden Bat as the League’s highest run-scorer.

That tally included Short’s first ever BBL century, an even 100 not out in the Strikers’ League-record chase of 3-230 against the Hobart Hurricanes at Adelaide Oval on January 5.

His all-round prowess made him an invaluable member of the Adelaide side, opening the bowling with his off spin and claiming 11 wickets with best figures of 3-14.

The BBL’s other individual honour, the BKT Golden Arm, was taken out by Sean Abbott. The first and only bowler to reach 150 wickets in BBL history, Abbott once again topped the season chart with 25 wickets at 14.76. He finished one wicket ahead of Andrew Tye (24 wickets), who remarkably also sits second to Abbott on the all-time leaderboard.

Also re-presented at the Australian Cricket Awards was the Weber WBBL|08 Player of the Tournament trophy to Sydney Sixers all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner.

First announced during the Weber WBBL|08 Finals series, the award recognised Gardner’s outstanding season which saw her claim a career-best 23 wickets to share the WBBL’s BKT Golden Arm award with Megan Schutt. She also scored 339 runs at an average of 30.81, the fifth most in the competition.

Tonight’s ceremony was the first time the KFC BBL Player of the Tournament and Weber WBBL Player of the Tournament honours were presented at the Australian Cricket Awards.

BKT Golden Bat and BKT Golden Arm Awards will be presented at The Challenger on Thursday evening at the SCG.

Alistair Dobson, Cricket Australia’s General Manager, Big Bash Leagues, said:

“Matt Short was at the centre of some of the most memorable moments in KFC BBL history this summer and a worthy recipient of Player of the Tournament honours.

“Whether it be his unbelievable catch to set off a chain reaction in that remarkable early season game against the Thunder, or his unbeaten century in the Strikers’ record run chase, Short played a crucial role in some unforgettable games.

“We commend him on taking out that award, as well as the BKT Golden Bat for the League’s highest run-scorer. That extends to Sean Abbott, who built further on his BBL legacy this season with the BKT Golden Arm as the competition’s highest wicket taker.

“Finally, we once again extend our congratulations to Ash Gardner, who was the standout player in the Weber WBBL|08 season and richly deserved the Player of the Tournament award. We wish her and the entire Australian team well at the upcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 in South Africa.”
 
The KFC BBL|12 Team of the Tournament, as voted by the eight BBL club coaches, has been announced.

This season’s Player of the Tournament and BKT Golden Bat winner Matt Short has earned selection for the first time, rounding out an incredible tournament becoming the third player ever to hit 400 runs and take 10 wickets in a BBL season.

He is joined in the side by BKT Golden Arm winner Sean Abbott who took 25 wickets this season and became the first player to ever hit 150 BBL wickets.

The Team of the Tournament is selected at the conclusion of the regular season by the head coaches of the eight BBL clubs.

After scoring 458 runs for the Adelaide Strikers including his first ever BBL century and taking 11 wickets, all-rounder Matt Short has been selected to open the batting. He is joined by 2022 Allan Border Medalist Steve Smith, whose short but impactful stint with the Sydney Sixers this season produced 328 runs across four matches in the voting period with two centuries.

The side features a power-packed middle order with Aaron Hardie being named in his first BBL Team of the Tournament after a breakout season with 434 runs, passing 50 on four occasions. He is joined by Aaron Finch who has also been selected to lead the side after helping the Renegades reach their first finals series in four seasons with 418 runs. Hardie's teammate Josh Inglis takes the gloves after topping the season dismissals chart with 16, alongside his 405 runs. The Hurricanes’ Tim David, whose 354 runs came at a strike rate of over 160, rounds out the middle order.

The top four bowlers on the BKT Golden Arm leaderboard make up the side’s potent fast bowling line up. The season’s leading wicket-taker Sean Abbott earned selection after taking 25 wickets across 13 matches and becoming the first and only bowler to reach 150 wickets in BBL history.

He is joined in the team by Andrew Tye who finished one wicket behind Abbott with 24 for the season, including 12 death over wickets, and remains the BBL’s second leading wicket taker.

Michael Neser’s 22 wickets, including a hat-trick, also saw him in the side alongside Renegades’ pre-season recruit Tom Rogers, who also took 21 wickets.

Paddy Dooley is the sole front-line spinner in the side. His recruitment was a masterstroke by the Hurricanes, taking 19 wickets at 12.78 apiece for the season.

Adelaide Striker’s Chris Lynn was named 12th after his 416 runs across 11 games ensured he remains the BBL all-time leading run scorer.

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Sydney Sixers vs Brisbane Heat, Challenger

Sydney Sixers have won the toss and have opted to bat

Brisbane Heat (Playing XI): Sam Heazlett, Josh Brown, Nathan McSweeney, Sam Hain, Jimmy Peirson(w/c), Max Bryant, Michael Neser, James Bazley, Xavier Bartlett, Spencer Johnson, Matthew Kuhnemann

Sydney Sixers (Playing XI): Josh Philippe(w), Kurtis Patterson, Daniel Hughes, Moises Henriques(c), Jordan Silk, Hayden Kerr, Daniel Christian, Ben Dwarshuis, Sean Abbott, Steve OKeefe, Izharulhaq Naveed
 
SYS 116/9 (20)

BRH 117/6 (18.2)

Brisbane Heat won by 4 wkts

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Michael Neser

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An undermanned Brisbane Heat are into their second KFC BBL Final with Michael Neser holding his nerve to upset the Sydney Sixers in a tense low-scoring thrilling at the SCG.

Matt Kuhnemann – who stepped up in the absence of India-bound Australian leggie Mitchell Swepson – was the star with the ball as the Heat restricted the Sixers to 9-116 after the hosts elected to bat first in the Challenger final.

It was a surface that became increasing difficult to bat on as the shine wore off the ball, and the Heat certainly discovered that as they lost 3-10 after racing to 31 in the fourth over after Sam Heazlett and Josh Brown hit the only sixes of the night.

The Heat's top and middle order fell away without the class of their Test trio Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne and Matthew Renshaw with the chase floundering after 15 overs at 6-86 with 31 still needed.

But that was when the experienced Neser made the ultimate difference, smacking four consecutive boundaries in the second over of the Power Surge just as the Sixers looked to be edging ahead.

Neser finished unbeaten on 48 from 32 deliveries – the highest score of the match and his highest T20 score – as the Heat emerged victorious by four wickets with 10 balls to spare.

They will now travel to Perth tomorrow to take on an intimidating Scorchers outfit on Saturday who are hunting an unprecedented fifth BBL title.

Prior to Neser's stunning Power Surge assault, it was proving to be tough going for the Heat batters as Steve O'Keefe and Izharulhaq Naveed (2-28) made good use of favourable spinning conditions.

Heazlett (13) was run out attempting a single on an overthrow, and Brown (20) followed closely behind when he edged behind to Josh Philippe of Ben Dwarshuis.

A close shave with the stump then unsettled Labuschagne's replacement Nathan McSweeney as two deliveries after the ball clipping the stump but failed to dislodge the bails, he feathered a ball to Philippe at the Heat slumped to 3-41.

Stand-in captain Jimmy Peirson was then caught at point trying to hit veteran tweaker O'Keefe (1-13) across the line and English import Sam Hain fell to a superb return catch by Izharulhaq, bringing Neser to the crease.

Earlier, the Sixers found batting equally as tough on a difficult surface that has averaged 25 runs less batting first this season compared to last.

The left-armer Kuhnemann struck with his first ball of the match, with the out-of-sorts Philippe gloving a delivery through to wicketkeeper Peirson and having to depart for 16 after the not out decision was eventually overturned on review.

He struck in his next over as well with the crucial wicket of opposition skipper Moises Henriques (4) plumb lbw, and when the he picked up his third in the 13th over, with Sixers top-scorer Daniel Hughes (23) departing to leave the Sixers struggling at 5-76.

They never recovered as they scrounged their way to 9-116 from their 20 overs, with Kuhnemann finishing with the superb figures of 3-17 from four overs – the best return of his T20 career.

Recalled part-time off-spinning allrounder McSweeney (1-21) also chipped in with the key scalp of Silk (10) in a tidy four-over spell as he filled the void left by India-bound leggie Mitch Swepson superbly.

After claiming the opening wicket of Kurtis Patterson (19), breakout star Spencer Johnson returned to clean up the lower-order to also claim a career-best 3-28.

Neser also took his tournament tally to 26 with his 2-28.

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Perth Scorchers vs Brisbane Heat, Final


Brisbane Heat have won the toss and have opted to bat

Teams:
Perth Scorchers (Playing XI): Stephen Eskinazi, Cameron Bancroft, Aaron Hardie, Josh Inglis(w), Ashton Turner(c), Nick Hobson, Cooper Connolly, Andrew Tye, David Payne, Jason Behrendorff, Matthew Kelly

Brisbane Heat (Playing XI): Sam Heazlett, Josh Brown, Nathan McSweeney, Sam Hain, Jimmy Peirson(w/c), Max Bryant, Michael Neser, James Bazley, Xavier Bartlett, Spencer Johnson, Matthew Kuhnemann
 
BRH 175/7 (20)

PRS 177/5 (19.3)

Perth Scorchers won by 5 wkts

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Remember. The. Name.

Young gun Cooper Connolly has announced himself on the national stage with two incredible sixes to deliver the Perth Scorchers back-to-back KFC BBL championships.

He'd faced just 11 balls this season before tonight and arrived at the crease following the disastrous run out of captain Ashton Turner with what looked like an insurmountable 40 still required from 20 balls to overcome the unfancied Brisbane Heat.

The 19-year-old left-hander smashed James Bazley for two clutch sixes off his second and seventh balls as he reduced the equation to 10 from the final over.

Nick Hobson then finished the job with three balls to spare with a six and four off Michael Neser to send a record 53,886 fans into a frenzy with a five-wicket win.

Up until the 17th over their fearless leader Turner appeared to be leading them to another title with a clutch finals classic.

Turner (53 from 32 balls) and Josh Inglis (26) had put on 80 for the fourth wicket after Perth found themselves in early trouble at 3-67 at the halfway point.

But when both fell in the space of two balls with Turner left stranded in the middle of the wicket, the tide turned to the undermanned Brisbane Heat until Connolly and Hobson delivered on the biggest stage.

It was a stop-start innings for the Heat after they elected to bat first under baking 38C skies in Perth with a fast start and finish punctuated by a middle period where they lost their way.

It was the replacements for their Test stars that led the way with Josh Brown (25), Sam Heazlett (34), Nathan McSweeney (41) and Max Bryant (31) getting going, but unfortunately for the Heat they were all dismissed before they could inflict some serious damage.

Brown silenced the 53,886 Perth Stadium record BBL crowd in the opening over, nicking his first three scoring shots off Jason Behrendorff past slip for a boundary as he raced to 25 off 11 deliveries.

But English import David Payne (1-37) brought it back to life in the second over as Brown – who has hit the most sixes (12) in the four-over Powerplay this season – miscued a lofted drive to mid-on.

Opening partner Heazlett – playing just his second match of the tournament after being recalled for Thursday's Challenger win over the Sixers – took until the ninth over to break the shackles, smacking Aaron Hardie (1-27 off 3) for a six and a four as the visitors reached 1-86 at halfway.

But it was the first ball of the Power Surge that brought him undone, gloving a short ball to short fine leg where Payne completed an excellent rolling catch.

The Heat were in further trouble four balls later when Behrendorff (2-26) struck again with stand-in skipper Jimmy Peirson (3) – the batter with the most runs in the Power Surge in BBL|12 – falling in the same fashion as the visitors score just eight off the two overs for the loss of two wickets.

McSweeney also departed shortly after and with the Heat struggling at 4-117 in the 15th over it was left to Max Bryant to restore some respectability to the total.

And the dashing right-hander, who was also recalled for the Challenger, repaid the shown in him by the club, delivering with three sixes and two fours in his 14-ball cameo.

Bryant and Hain took Matt Kelly (13 runs), Andrew Tye (14 runs) and Payne (12 runs) during a three-over stretch as their 23-ball 42-run partnership that took the Heat past 150.

Kelly (2-37) redeemed himself in the following over with the wickets of Bryant and Neser in consecutive deliveries, with Hain finishing 21no (16 balls) as the undermanned Heat posted 7-175 from their 20 overs.

In reply, Stephen Eskinazi (21) and revitalised T20 opener Cameron Bancroft (15) took the score to 0-31 after the Powerplay before a brain fade from the Englishman gifted the visitors their opening wicket.

After a James Bazley delivery ball thudded into Eskinazi's pad, Bancroft called him through for an easy single. But Eskinazi failed to ground his bat at the non-strikers end as Bryant swooped, throwing down the stumps to catch him millimetres short of his crease.

And when Bancroft and the Scorchers highest ever run-scorer in a season (460), Aaron Hardie, both departed within an over of each other, the game was again left on the bat of their fearless skipper Ashton Turner who rebooted their innings until his unfortunate demise with victory in sight.
 
The Perth Scorchers have been crowned KFC BBL|12 Champions after defeating the Brisbane Heat by five wickets in front of 53,886 fans at Optus Stadium, Perth.

Scorchers’ captain was named Player of the Final after a match-winning innings of 53 from 32 balls guided the Scorchers to their fifth BBL title.

The night also saw the one millionth fan for the KFC BBL|12 season come through the gates, with the final attendance of 53,886 being the:

Largest crowd at any BBL Finals match

Largest crowd for any cricket match in Perth

Fourth largest BBL crowd ever

Batting first, Brisbane Heat piled on an imposing 7-175 in their 20 overs, with each of Nathan McSweeney (41), Sam Heazlett (34), Max Bryant (31) and Josh Brown (25) in the runs.

After falling to 3-54 in the eighth over of their reply, Turner and Scorchers teammate Josh Inglis put on 80 runs for the fourth wicket, before both fell in the space of three balls to set up a thrilling finale.

But just as the Heat appeared to be regaining the ascendancy, middle order pair Cooper Connolly (25 from 11 balls) and Nick Hobson (18 from seven balls) then combined in an epic 41-run partnership to haul their side over the line in the final over.
 
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Record breaking KFC BBL|12 ends on a record breaking high

The KFC Big Bash League extends its sincere thanks to the members, fans, clubs, players and partners who ensured BBL|12 was a hugely successful season that welcomed more than one million attendees and was enjoyed by millions of viewers across the country.

Alistair Dobson, Cricket Australia’s General Manager, Big Bash Leagues is available to media. Contact Kate Warnock 0419 316 135

A record-breaking 53,886 fans were at Optus Stadium to watch the Perth Scorchers win the Championship Trophy in a thrilling final, the largest crowd at any BBL Finals match and at any cricket match in Perth.

An average audience approaching 1.4 million watched The Final on Saturday night across Seven, Foxtel and streaming services including Kayo, representing a 30% increase on the BBL|11 Final.

Among the other KFC BBL|12 data highlights:
An 11% increase in total audience across the 61-game tournament across all platforms year-on-year, including linear TV growth of 5% across Seven and Foxtel, and a 57% increase in streaming audiences across Foxtel platforms and Kayo.
A 22% year-on-year increase in total audience across the five-game Finals series.
The average linear TV audience per match in KFC BBL|12 was 523k per game, ensuring the Big Bash League remains the most-watched sporting league in Australia on a per-game basis.
The KFC BBL|12 season had the equal highest number of close games, with 16 games being decided by a margin of six runs or less or a successful run chase in the final over (excluding DLS matches). This record was equaled in the BBL|12 Final as the Scorchers chased down the Heat’s total of 175 in the last over.
Average match attendance of 16,725, the league’s highest average attendance since BBL|09.
Over one million fans attending matches across venues in seven states and territories, including five sell out games.
Records were also broken on the pitch, with both individual and team achievements across the 61-games, including five of the seven highest scores of all time.

The Adelaide Strikers, led by Player of the Tournament Matt Short, set a new BBL run chase record, scoring 230 runs to emerge victorious over the Hobart Hurricanes in an historic thriller at Adelaide Oval. They were also responsible for setting a world-record when they dismissed Sydney Thunder for a mere 15 runs, the lowest total ever in a T20 game.

Individual records were also set, with Sydney Sixers quick Sean Abbot becoming the first player ever to take 150 BBL wickets, while Steve Smith was the first ever Sixers player to score a BBL century and the second ever player to hit back-to-back tons in BBL games.

A hat-trick each by Brisbane Heat’s Michael Neser and Hobart Hurricanes’ Nathan Ellis equaled the tally for the most hat-tricks in a BBL season. And with the bat there were ten individual scores of 90 or above, equaling the second most in a BBL season.

Alistair Dobson, Cricket Australia’s General Manager, Big Bash Leagues, said:

“The KFC BBL has the best fans in the country, and we are grateful to all those who attended and tuned in to watch our twelfth season.

“Bringing joy to our fans and delivering the summer’s best show was the driving force for everyone across the League and clubs after two years disrupted by the pandemic. We are immensely proud to have achieved such a great result and we thank every person who played a role in making this season so special.

“This season had many memorable moments from hat-tricks, balls hitting stadium roofs and unbelievable shots to huge run chases, multiple tons and near impossible catches. It has been a season of highs and lows, thrilling victories and agonising defeats, once again reminding us why the Big Bash League is Australia’s number one summer sporting proposition.

“I would like to thank the clubs including all players and staff, match officials, broadcast partners Seven, Foxtel, Kayo and SEN, commercial partners KFC, BKT, Toyota, Weber, Woolworths, Nerf, Nike and 47, venues and curators and our own people who all played a crucial in helping this memorable Big Bash season come alive."
 
New player contracting rules a Big Bash gamechanger
The Big Bash Leagues will introduce major changes to player contracting structures that will ensure the competitions remain globally competitive and an attractive proposition for the world's best T20 players.

The new rules are underpinned by an uplift in total payment pools for Clubs and include the introduction of minimum marquee player requirements, a WBBL Overseas Player Draft, and mechanisms to support BBL clubs signing Cricket Australia contracted players.

Through these new rules and player payment uplifts, the best local and overseas talents are set to earn more in the Big Bash Leagues than ever before.

The changes have come about as part of the new five-year MOU between Cricket Australia (CA) and the Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA).

Alistair Dobson, General Manager, Big Bash Leagues is available to media on request. Please contact Kate Warnock on 0419 316 135 or Kate.Warnock@cricket.com.au

As announced earlier this month, the Big Bash Leagues will see a significant uplift in the Total Payment Pools, with the Weber WBBL doubling to $732,624 and KFC BBL increasing to $3million from $1.9million in BBL|12.

Top WBBL players now have the potential to earn over $100,000 (plus superannuation) per season, with the average retainer doubling from approximately $26,900 to close to $54,200 and the minimum retainer increasing by 30%.

In the BBL, top players can earn over $400,000; average retainers will increase by more than 50% in 2023-24 to approximately $167,000, with the minimum retainer to increase by more than 20%.

In a significant evolution for the League, each Club will be required to include a minimum number of players above a designated ‘marquee’ salary threshold, requiring top players individually and collectively to be paid designated minimum amounts. BBL lists must include a minimum of six players signed to retainers of $200,000 or above, and WBBL lists a minimum of five players earning $50,000 or more.

These requirements are designed to ensure the Big Bash remains in step with Leagues around the world and continues to attract the best local and international talent, and can be any combination of domestic, overseas or CA contracted players.

Following the success of the inaugural draft, the BBL Overseas Player Draft will return for KFC BBL|13 and in an exciting development for the women’s competition, Weber WBBL|09 will welcome its first Overseas Player Draft. Through the respective Drafts, Clubs will be able to sign up to three primary overseas players to their squad lists.

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Nomination and draft details, including the selection order, will be announced in due course.

To maximise the opportunity of Cricket Australia (CA contracted) players participating in the BBL, mechanisms have been introduced to support Clubs signing contracted players while acknowledging their varying availability.

Some player payment relief will be provided to Clubs that sign national players who are expected to have limited availability for the coming season.

Clubs will also be permitted to bring forward a portion of their total payment pool from the following season to pay national players if their availability changes.

CA contracted players who at the time of the contracting period are not expected to be available for the BBL season can be signed on a Marquee Supplementary List. These players can be moved to the Primary List of 18 should they become available throughout the season. Clubs will be limited to two players on their Marquee Supplementary list.

Each of these mechanisms comes with relevant criteria and conditions to ensure the overall integrity of the competition is protected.

Alistair Dobson, General Manager, Big Bash Leagues said:

“The new player contracting rules and uplift in Total Payment Pools will allow both the Weber WBBL and KFC BBL to remain internationally competitive in an increasingly dynamic market.

“The introduction of marquee player thresholds is instrumental in ensuring we continue to attract top-class overseas talent while rewarding our home-grown stars.

“We’re excited to be launching a WBBL Overseas Player Draft and welcome the return of the Draft to BBL. With top international players able to earn more in the Big Bash Leagues than ever before, there’s no doubt clubs will have a high calibre group of players to choose from.

“A key focus has been to further optimise the ability and opportunity for BBL teams to sign Australian contracted players onto their lists. The variable availability of these players from season to season due to national commitments, has often made it challenging for Clubs to contract these players given impacts on salary caps and squad lists. These challenges have been addressed through specific mechanisms available to clubs and we hope to see many of Australia’s top talent play in the Big Bash.

“I’d like to acknowledge and thank the ACA for their support, participation and creativity when exploring how to continue innovating the WBBL and BBL and set up the competition for the years to come.

“Cricket is a fast moving, global market and we are confident these new contracting rules will ensure the Big Bash Leagues remain world-class and we will continue to see some of the most explosive T20 players on Australian soil throughout the summer period.”
 
Cricket Australia has confirmed the duration of this season’s Big Bash Leagues, with KFC BBL|13 to feature a reduced 44-match schedule and the Weber WBBL|09 fixture to remain at 59.

The reduction of BBL matches (40 regular season matches plus 4 finals) is a key feature in Cricket Australia’s extended seven-year broadcast deal with the Foxtel Group and Seven West Media.

A new four-match finals series will feature the top four Clubs, with the finals structure to be confirmed.

The changes have been confirmed 12 months in advance, and will apply for all future seasons, with the reduction to 44 matches down from 61 expected to see BBL|13 build on an outstanding BBL|12, that featured high quality cricket, world class talent and significant audiences and crowds.

No changes have been made to the WBBL schedule, with the world’s best players set to compete across 59 matches (56 regular season matches plus 3 finals) in WBBL|09.

Full fixtures, including start and end dates for both the BBL and WBBL will be confirmed in due course.

From 9am Monday, 15 May, a week-long retention window will commence for the first time. Clubs will be able to re-sign up to 12 BBL and 10 WBBL players from their previous season’s primary lists, excluding overseas and local replacement players.

The BBL and WBBL Contracting Embargo Periods will lift the following Monday, 22 May, with the Trade Period also commencing.

In another first, Clubs will be able to trade Draft picks in any of the four rounds of the Overseas Player Drafts. Each club will be required to have at least one selection in each round of the Drafts.

Key Dates
WBBL/BBL Retention window: 15-22 May
WBBL Contracting Window Start Date/Embargo Period Lifting: 22 May
BBL Contracting Window Start Date/Embargo Period Lifting: 22 May
WBBL Trade Period: 22 May–12 October
BBL Trade Period: 22 May–30 November

Alistair Dobson, General Manager, Big Bash Leagues, said:

“In conjunction with our Clubs and broadcast partners, we’re pleased to confirm the length of the upcoming Weber WBBL and KFC BBL seasons and look forward to announcing the full schedules in the near future.

“A shortened BBL will allow us greater flexibility to ensure we can deliver the best possible fixture for clubs and fans, while providing a platform that allows players to continue to produce the world-class levels of cricket we’ve seen over the duration of the tournament.

“Whilst no changes have been made to the WBBL schedule, it’s vital that we make sure the tournament continues to be at the forefront of T20 Leagues as the global women’s game continues to evolve at a rapid rate.

“As a League we’re always reviewing and looking at ways we can evolve, adapt and innovate, and as part of that, we’ll continue to consider the structure of the WBBL season.

“We’re looking forward to seeing what impact the introduction of retention windows and ability for clubs to trade draft picks has, in conjunction with the existing Trade Period. Clubs’ draft picks will again be confirmed via lottery ahead of the draft, no doubt creating plenty of excitement as Clubs finalise their lists ahead of the season.”
 
Excellent decision by CA. Slowly boards are realizing that a long and boring and unending franchise tournament is not what the fans are looking for. This will be good for BBL.
 
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