Tag: Perth Scorchers vs Brisbane Heat

MELBOURNE: Mitchell Marsh’s brilliant 59 trumped Max Bryant’s 81 as Perth Scorchers sealed a thumping victory over Brisbane Heat in the 52nd match of the ongoing Big Bash League (BBL), here on Monday.

Set to chase 156, the Scorchers had a decent start to their innings as the openers provided a fair 45-runs opening stand, but, the side soon slipped to 48/2 as both the openers – Kurtis Paterson and Josh Inglis walked back to the pavilion in a space of six deliveries.

Paterson scored 26 off 20, while Inglis only managed to score 18. Following their departure, Marsh and Colin Munro put on a handy 84-runs partnership to cement the table-toppers position in the run chase.

Marsh scored a quickfire 59 off just 34 balls, laced with six boundaries and three sixes, while Munro approached rather defensively as the batter scored 24 off 28; smashing two boundaries including a six.

Ashton Turner (18*) and Aaron Hardie (6*) finished the run-chase for the Scorchers in the 19th over.

For the Heat, Mitchell Swepson bagged two wickets, while Matthew Kuhnemann and Michael Neser claimed one wicket each.

Batting first, the Heat batters struggled throughout the innings, and apart from Bryant, none of their batters could able to make an impact with the bat. The side kept losing the wickets at a consistent rate as their batters kept departing after scoring cheaply.

Bryant, on the other hand, stood firm and played a valiant inning of 81. He faced 56 balls; smoking seven boundaries and four sixes. With the late contribution from Jimmy Peirson, the Heat finished at 155/7 in their allotted 20 overs. Peirson scored a quickfire 31 off 19 balls, including a boundary and two sixes.

For the Scorchers, Jason Behrendroff and Peter Hatzoglou took two wickets each, while Andrew Tye, Ashton Agar, and Marsh made one scalp each.

For his brilliant all-round performance, Marsh was adjudged as the player of the match.

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PERTH: Perth Scorchers beat Brisbane Heat by six runs in a nail-biting contest of the Big Bash League at the Perth Stadium on Wednesday.

Jason Behrendorff, bowled the final over of the match, defending 17 runs successfully to help his side defeat Heat by six runs in a thriller.

Chasing 154, Heat were off to a poor start. The opening pair could only provide a 12-runs foundation, losing two wickets for just 16 runs. The opener, Chris Lynn, however, tried to retaliate but was too slow for his 27, facing 33 balls.

As the side were losing wickets at an alarming rate, Sam Heazlett and Xavier Bartlett showed fighting spirit, but, could not get their side to the victory. Heazlett smashed 34 runs off mere 17 balls laced with two boundaries and three sixes, while Bartlett scored unbeaten 34 off 25 balls including five boundaries.

The top and lower order failure halted the Heat from pulling off the victory, and the side were eventually, bowled out for 151.

For Scorchers, Matthew kelly starred, taking four wickets, while Andrew Tye claimed two wickets. Ashton Agar, Behrendorff and Peter Hatzoglou each struck out a batter.

Batting first, the Scorchers fumbled a little as the side lost their opener, Colin Munro (3) at a combine score of seven.

However, Cameron Bancroft, along with Kurtis Patterson batted sensibly to keep their side out of expected danger. The pair added valuable 68 runs into the team total, helped their side to post a decent total of 157/6 in 20 overs. Bancroft scored 25 off 21 balls including four boundaries, while Patterson top-scored with 55 off 30 balls laced with six boundaries and two sixes.

Later, the captain, Ashton Turner along with Laurie Evans played handy innings to help their side finish strongly.

For Heat, Cameron Gannon picked two wickets. Whereas, James Bazley, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Liam Guthrie and Bartlett shared one wicket apiece.

Following this victory, Scorchers has moved up to the third position, while Heat remained at seventh position.

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