Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Man of the Match is Jason Roy: "We've worked hard since we've been here. A couple of times we've been unlucky. We didn't want to use the Power Surge in case we lost quick wickets and didn't want to create a panic. We've worked hard in the change rooms and are getting our rewards now. It's a long tournament. We've got five good games under our belt and hopefully are peaking at the right time."

7.09 pm One-way traffic from start to finish. Scorchers absolutely wallop the Hurricanes. Lifeless with the bat for much of the first innings, lifeless in the field as well, Hurricanes were never in this match at any stage. Scorchers on the flip side were ruthless with bat and ball. Only criticism is that they didn't finish off the match sooner considering they had so many wickets in hand.

16.2
2
Meredith to Roy, 2 runs, dropped! Short on the body, pulls this flat to deep fine leg. Lamichhane can't corral this coming to him flat at shin height five yards in from the rope. To make matters worse he can't locate the ball after it clangs off his body as the carom shoots 15 yards in front of him. By the time he finally realizes where the ball is, Roy is coming back for the second and easily beats a relay back to McDermott.
16.1
4
Meredith to Roy, FOUR, short on the stumps, pulls this flat past mid-on and races to the rope.

END OF OVER:
16 | 9 Runs | PS: 134/1 (6 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 8.37, RRR: 1.50)

  • Jason Roy68 (50b)
  • Josh Inglis7 (7b)
  • Nathan Ellis3-0-22-0
  • Scott Boland4-0-26-1
15.6
1
Ellis to Roy, 1 run, wide yorker, drags a drive through midwicket.
15.5
1
Ellis to Inglis, 1 run, back of a length on the legs, flicked to deep backward square.
15.4
1
Ellis to Roy, 1 run, slower ball lands short on middle, goes back to flick through midwicket.
15.3
1
Ellis to Inglis, 1 run, full on middle, flicks this along the ground to deep fine leg.
15.2
4
Ellis to Inglis, FOUR, gorgeous from Inglis. Full on the stumps, flicked through midwicket all along the turf and races to the rope.
15.1
0
Ellis to Inglis, no run, short and wide, cracks this to backward point.
15.1
1w
Ellis to Inglis, 1 wide, yorker speared down leg. First wide of the innings.

END OF OVER:
15 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | PS: 125/1 (15 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 8.33, RRR: 3.00)

  • Josh Inglis1 (3b)
  • Jason Roy66 (48b)
  • Scott Boland4-0-26-1
  • Nathan Ellis2-0-13-0
14.6
1
Boland to Inglis, 1 run, good length on the pads, flicked to deep square leg.
14.5
0
Boland to Inglis, no run, full and wide, punched to backward point.
14.4
0
Boland to Inglis, no run, full on the stumps, defended.
14.3
1
Boland to Roy, 1 run, good length ball tapped through the ring.

Comfortably the highest opening stand of the season, the partnership ends two short of equaling the best stand for any wicket in BBL 2020-21. Maxwell and Pooran put on 125 together for the Stars earlier this year.

14.2
W
Boland to Livingstone, OUT, fuller on fifth stump, Livingstone tries to flick this over the leg side rope once more but gets under this too much and skies it to deep square leg. Malan gets into position 15 yards in from the rope and crouches down to take this in front of his chest with palms facing out.

LS Livingstone c Malan b Boland 54 (39b 4x4 4x6) SR: 138.46

14.1
4
Boland to Livingstone, FOUR, length ball on fifth stump, swats this through midwicket to the rope. Could copy and paste that a half-dozen times for Livingstone in this knock.

END OF OVER:
14 | 10 Runs | PS: 119/0 (21 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 8.50, RRR: 3.50)

  • Liam Livingstone50 (37b)
  • Jason Roy65 (47b)
  • Nathan Ellis2-0-13-0
  • Riley Meredith3-0-19-0

This is the highest opening stand of the 2020-21 BBL.

13.6
1
Ellis to Livingstone, 1 run, slower ball lands on a good length on middle, goes back to tap this gently into midwicket. Livingstone brings up his first BBL 50 of the season off 37 balls. He was dropped first ball by Short at backward point.
13.5
1
Ellis to Roy, 1 run, another low full toss on fifth stump, driven back past Ellis to long-off.
13.4
1
Ellis to Livingstone, 1 run, low full toss wide outside off, driven to the cover sweeper.
13.3
6
Ellis to Livingstone, SIX, full length on middle, clears the front leg to clock this clean over long-on, into the first row of seats.
13.2
0
Ellis to Livingstone, no run, back of a length on the hips, can't flick this away.
13.1
1
Ellis to Roy, 1 run, slower ball lands full on the legs, flicked to square leg.

END OF OVER:
13 | 8 Runs | PS: 109/0 (31 runs required from 42 balls, RR: 8.38, RRR: 4.42)

  • Jason Roy63 (45b)
  • Liam Livingstone42 (33b)
  • Riley Meredith3-0-19-0
  • Scott Boland3-0-20-0
12.6
1
Meredith to Roy, 1 run, full on the stumps, driven to mid-on.
12.5
4
Meredith to Roy, FOUR, attempted slower ball at 115 kph, Roy not fooled as it lands full on the legs and creams a pull, actually more of a sweep on the length, through midwicket.
12.4
0
Meredith to Roy, no run, full on the stumps, driven down back down the pitch.

Big Bash League

TeamMWLPTNRR
SS1495360.257
PS1485320.851
ST1486310.949
BH147729-0.286
AS1477280.105
HH147728-0.187
MS1458240.14
MR1441016-1.727