END OF OVER:20 | 17 Runs 1 Wkt | PS: 165/7 (17 runs required, RR: 8.25)
- Jhye Richardson16 (4b)
- Ashton Agar10 (12b)
- Peter Siddle4-0-35-1
- Wes Agar4-0-36-3
Strikers have now overtaken the Sydney Sixers on net run rate for second place with both teams on equal points at 17. The Sixers play wooden-spoon holders Melbourne Renegades in their last match, who are unlikely to do the Strikers any favors. Strikers come up against Hobart Hurricanes who are locked in an intense battle to claim one of the final two playoff spots available. It should be an exciting final weekend of the regular season. Stay tuned for it on ESPNcricinfo. But that's all from me tonight. I'm Peter Della Penna. Take care!
Man of the Match is Wes Agar however, not Salt: "It's always been tough to get a win in Perth so a great effort here. [Ashton] used to bully me in the backyard but backyard cricket was everything. We've got a really got process and planning in place and we let the outcome take care of itself. Cheerleaders might have got a bit excited [on the Rashid boundary near collision] but I can't blame them when it's loud in here."
9:40 pm So the Phil Salt knock proves to be the difference in the end. Outrageous attack on the Scorchers bowlers and Scorchers unable to chase despite their bowlers hauling it back well in the first innings at the death.
Vysakh: "Once Scorchers were the mighty one, with Klinger at the start with Marsh brothers in the middle and Cartwright and Turner to finish things off, now they just seem toothless."
CJ Jordan b Siddle 11 (5b 1x4 1x6) SR: 220.00
END OF OVER:19 | 15 Runs | PS: 148/6 (34 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.78, RRR: 34.00)
- Chris Jordan11 (4b)
- Ashton Agar9 (11b)
- Wes Agar4-0-36-3
- Rashid Khan4-0-25-1
Jabba: "A stunning lack of 4s in this innings. Trouble with the death or glory approach is that it often results in the former"
END OF OVER:18 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | PS: 133/6 (49 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.38, RRR: 24.50)
- Ashton Agar8 (9b)
- Rashid Khan4-0-25-1
- Peter Siddle3-0-18-0
CT Bancroft c Neser b Rashid Khan 12 (12b 1x4 0x6) SR: 100.00
Mark: "No lower order finisher and a flimsy middle order has really hurt the scorchers. Boy Ashton Turner has been a letdown in this BBL."
END OF OVER:17 | 9 Runs | PS: 128/5 (54 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.52, RRR: 18.00)
- Ashton Agar4 (6b)
- Cameron Bancroft11 (9b)
- Peter Siddle3-0-18-0
- Wes Agar3-0-22-3
James: "We're about the stage where, last innings, Peter made a very canny prediction about where the Strikers would end up. What's your call this time?" Depends on which country code I start the call with. Is it +1, +61, +44, +91?