Player of the Match
Player of the Match

7.45pm: Business as usual for Perth Scorchers as they rack up their ninth win of the season and continue to tussle for the lead with Sydney Sixers. The bowlers all did their bit in restricting Hurricanes to a middling total, and Aaron Hardie's career-best 90 not out from 62 balls saw them home with barely a hiccup. Hardie and Josh Inglis put on a 127-run stand for the third wicket, and that pretty much sealed the deal.

Hardie is understandably Player of the Match: "It was an awesome game, great to come away with a win. [We took] lots of wickets early but their tail came hard and got a total on the board. Nice to go out and chase them down. Love batting at No. 3, something I've done growing up. Being able to come out and go from ball one, absolutely loving it. [Inglis partnership] We knew we'd be able to rebuild, gave ourselves a bit of time. Got a few boundaries away early, which keeps the pressure off."

And that's a wrap from the Australian west, but there's plenty more cricket going on - Shubman Gill has scored a double-hundred in the Hyderabad ODI against NZ (you can watch that game in the UK on YouTube) and there's action from the SA20 and ILT20, too. Go get some! Bye

17.3
4
Ellis to Hardie, FOUR, shovelled off the pads, that'll do it! Scorchers win by seven wickets and return to the top of the BBL standings
17.2
1
Ellis to Turner, 1 run, slower ball on off stump, Turner dabs it out to cover point
17.1
1
Ellis to Hardie, 1 run, full on leg stump, flicked out to deep square leg

No hundred for Hardie, then. But still a match to win

END OF OVER:
17 | 13 Runs 1 Wkt | PS: 141/3 (6 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.29, RRR: 2.00)

  • Ashton Turner0 (1b)
  • Aaron Hardie85 (60b)
  • Riley Meredith4-0-35-2
  • Nathan Ellis3-0-27-0
16.6
0
Meredith to Turner, no run, goes full, 143kph and aiming for the bootstraps as Turner makes room. Skips through to the keeper

Ashton Turner walks in at No. 5, just six needed for victory

16.5
W
Meredith to Inglis, OUT, short ball, edged behind! Inglis falls looking to uppercut a 144kph delivery. Stepped away, aiming to get this chase done, but just got a tickle through to Wade

JP Inglis c †Wade b Meredith 53 (35b 5x4 1x6) SR: 151.42

Scorchers 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0CT BancroftSS Eskinazi
2nd14CT BancroftAM Hardie
3rd127JP InglisAM Hardie
4th6AJ TurnerAM Hardie

Big Bash League

TeamMWLPTNRR
PS14113221.205
SS14103210.846
MR147714-0.027
ST147714-0.716
BH146713-0.483
HH146812-0.34
AS145910-0.151
MS143116-0.287