Get Ball by Ball Commentary of Perth Scorchers vs Adelaide Strikers, Big Bash League 2023, 25th Match

A long day of cricket today. Australia hosting three games, the Australia-Pakistan Test and two BBL games now. The South Africa India Test at Cape Town is doing things that's beyond belief. Go check it out.

Dan: "5/24 off 4 in a T20 is surely equivalent to a batsmen scoring 100 off 50. Evans deserves the nod but Morris hard done by" That's what Evans said too but that innings turning the game in the Surge can't be too far off either.

Laurie Evans, POTM I'm surprised I'm stood here after Lance's five-for. Was incredible to do it in front of 42000. Lance is an amazing talent, no surprise why an amazing franchise is producing talent like that. We expect to win here, we are going for three which'll be lovely but are taking it day by day.

9:34pm 13 for 4 in the last three overs but that wicket of Short with 58 needed off 25 was when the game was sealed. It was always gonna be a tough chase but Short, with brief support from Lynn and Kelly, kept Strikers in the game. But the equation was always in Scorchers' favour for scoreboard-pressure application. Morris came in to fire, ice and perform all the classic operations to dismantle the chase. Lots of top edged pulls and scoops and outfield catches to finish things off. Gotta say, it was a great T20 wicket.

19.2

Richardson to Boyce, OUT, Full toss is clothed to mid-on, Scorchers remain undefeated. Boyce made room and got a fully that must've slipped out. He tried to flat-bat it while on the move but top edged it. Ballooned straight to Tye

CJ Boyce c Tye b Richardson 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

19.1

Richardson to Nielsen, OUT, Scooped to Behrendorff at deep fine leg. Nielsen went across and got a length ball, tried to lift it but couldn't middle it. Among the easier low catches for Jason. Richardson among the wickets now.

HJ Nielsen c Behrendorff b Richardson 2 (9m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66

END OF OVER:
19 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | AS: 169/8 (43 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.89, RRR: 43.00)

David Payne8 (3b)
Harry Nielsen2 (2b)

Andrew Tye4-0-35-2
Lance Morris4-0-24-5

18.6

Tye to Payne, SIX, Helped over backward square. Was a shortish ball that Payne pulled and finally, connected

Dr John Hunt: "Only need 10 6's to win it!" Yeah, tight

18.5

Tye to Payne, 2 runs, Dropped at long leg by Morris. He got there, was falling forward and the ball popped out of his palms. Was a shortish ball that was

18.4

Tye to Payne, no run, Length ball over leg, Payne tries to whip it off the wrong line. Gets beaten

18.3

Tye to Thornton, OUT, Thornton skies a pull and Inglis takes a good running catch. He ran with the gloves on to square leg and dove full length to take it just above ground. Was a shortish ball at the body

HTRJY Thornton c †Inglis b Tye 2 (4m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

Khalid: "How much is Kapil paying you to keep publishing so many of his comments?" As much as you have. But actually, think it's all the wickets falling that's giving more time.

18.2

Tye to Thornton, no run, Tries to carve a length ball over off, gets beaten for pace

18.1

Tye to Nielsen, 1 run, Works it off the body to midwicket

4 for 2 off the last over, 52 needed off two overs now. All but over

END OF OVER:
18 | 4 Runs 2 Wkts | AS: 160/7 (52 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.88, RRR: 26.00)

Henry Thornton2 (2b)
Harry Nielsen1 (1b)

Lance Morris4-0-24-5
Andrew Tye3-0-26-1

Dr John Hunt: "Great figures for Morris. I've never seen him bowl, how quick is he?" He can cross 140ks at will

Dan: "64 off 30 is incredibly hard. Against this Perth attack it's something else altogether. If Dorf doesn't strangle a wicket, Richardson, Tye or the wild thing will. "

17.6

Morris to Thornton, 2 runs, Makes room and slaps the full toss following him, through cover. They steal the second on the throw but all that matters is Morris ripping apart Strikers' batting. Crowd cheer him on as he runs to his fielding position

Alby: "If Marcus Harris gets the nod for opener due to him being with the squad for the past few seasons, surely Morris gets Starc or Hazlewood's spot, right?"

17.5

Morris to Thornton, no run, Yorker follows Thornton as he makes room, all he can do is jam it to point

Kapil Baldawa: "Sadly, Short got out as I had typed that comment. Wish he had finished it off just like he did a few days earlier chasing another big target"

17.4

Morris to Bazley, OUT, Nine-pin stuff, Morris has five! 136ks on a short length, didn't rise much. Connolly leant back and looked high into the sky. Settled right under and gobbled it to the delight of Morris.

JJ Bazley c Connolly b Morris 2 (5m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

Karl: "Oh dear Kapil just found out there are worse things than your comment not being published :)" Nah, it's nice to care.

17.3

Morris to Nielsen, 1 run, Fast fully just outside off, inside edges a straight drive onto pad. Rolls to the off side

Kapil Baldawa: "64 off 30 was absolutely on. Problem is Strikers completely lost the momentum from that point. Another win for Perth at Perth loading"

17.2

Morris to Overton, OUT, Top edge... and it's a low catch for deep third, Morris has four! Length ball on top of middle. Overton cleared the front leg and tried slugging across the line. It ballooned off the edge and Richardson came in to take a good catch in front

J Overton c Richardson b Morris 1 (6m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33

17.1

Morris to Bazley, 1 run, Slower one outside off, edges a slash to the deep on the off side

END OF OVER:
17 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | AS: 156/5 (56 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 9.17, RRR: 18.66)

James Bazley1 (2b)
Jamie Overton1 (2b)

Andrew Tye3-0-26-1
Lance Morris3-0-20-3

Kapil Baldawa: "You can hardly come back after giving away 106 runs in last overs. If it was 190, it would have been chased easily. Sad that Strikers just allowed Perth to bat first. Should have batted first and put runs on the board" That's a change of mind for Kapil after commenting, "Overton and Bazley both can hit big. I feel Strikers will win this with a ball to spare" three minutes earlier

16.6

Tye to Bazley, 1 run, Cloths a flat-bat pull, it spoons up on the way to mid-off. Was a shortish ball around off, so no room to work with

16.5

Tye to Bazley, no run, Bazley charges down and gets followed by a bouncer. He's stopped in his tracks and has to duck under.

57 needed from just 20 now. Over 17 an over...

16.4

Tye to Kelly, OUT, Agar gets it into the breadbasket, Tye has 150 BBL wickets, both set batters gone! Tye went into the pitch and at the body, didn't give Kelly much pace. The pull didn't come with out-and-out power and went straight to deep-backward square.

T Kelly c Agar b Tye 29 (28m 21b 2x4 1x6) SR: 138.09

16.3

Tye to Overton, 1 run, Another one goes to deep third on the bounce. Slower wide one on a fullish length, Overton tried to carve it over cover.

16.2

Tye to Overton, no run, Bounce and pace beats the bat swing. Length ball went well over off, Overton tried to heave it across the line

16.1

Tye to Kelly, 1 run, Edge off the slashing blade... falls a few feet in front of deep third. Was a wide length ball that Kelly tried to bosh over cover

Strikers INNINGS		R	B
MW Short	caught	74	44
DJM Short	caught wk	6	7
CA Lynn	caught	27	16
AJ Hose	caught wk	13	10
T Kelly	caught	29	21
J Overton	caught	1	3
JJ Bazley	caught	2	4
HJ Nielsen	caught	2	3
HTRJY Thornton	caught wk	2	4
DA Payne	not out	8	3
CJ Boyce	caught	0	1
EXTRAS	(lb 1, w 4)
TOTAL	169 (all out; 19.2 ovs)

Scorchers BOWLING	O	R	W	Econ
JP Behrendorff	3.0	24	1	8.00	(1w)
JA Richardson	3.2	31	2	9.30
AC Agar	4.0	44	0	11.00	(2w)
C Connolly	1.0	10	0	10.00	(1w)
LR Morris	4.0	24	5	6.00
AJ Tye	4.0	35	2	8.75

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	20	DJM Short	MW Short
2nd	45	CA Lynn	MW Short
3rd	26	AJ Hose	MW Short
4th	62	MW Short	T Kelly
5th	2	J Overton	T Kelly
6th	2	J Overton	JJ Bazley
7th	1	JJ Bazley	HJ Nielsen
8th	3	HJ Nielsen	HTRJY Thornton
9th	8	DA Payne	HJ Nielsen
10th	0	CJ Boyce	DA Payne

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
BH	10	7	1	16	0.972
SS	10	6	2	14	0.339
PS	10	6	3	13	0.725
AS	10	5	4	11	0.331
HH	10	4	6	8	-0.268
MS	10	4	6	8	-1.051
MR	10	2	6	6	-0.289
ST	10	1	7	4	-0.652

END OF OVER:
19 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | AS: 169/8 (43 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.89, RRR: 43.00)

END OF OVER:
18 | 4 Runs 2 Wkts | AS: 160/7 (52 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.88, RRR: 26.00)

END OF OVER:
17 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | AS: 156/5 (56 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 9.17, RRR: 18.66)

Match Coverage

Laurie Evans, Lance Morris extend Perth Scorchers' unbeaten run

Strikers 2nd innings Partnerships

Big Bash League

END OF OVER:19 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | AS: 169/8 (43 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.89, RRR: 43.00)

END OF OVER:18 | 4 Runs 2 Wkts | AS: 160/7 (52 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.88, RRR: 26.00)

END OF OVER:17 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | AS: 156/5 (56 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 9.17, RRR: 18.66)

Laurie Evans, Lance Morris extend Perth Scorchers' unbeaten run

END OF OVER:
19 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | AS: 169/8 (43 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.89, RRR: 43.00)

END OF OVER:
18 | 4 Runs 2 Wkts | AS: 160/7 (52 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.88, RRR: 26.00)

END OF OVER:
17 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | AS: 156/5 (56 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 9.17, RRR: 18.66)