Melbourne Stars Vs Perth Scorchers Match 7 13 December 2023

7th T20 • Melbourne Cricket Ground • Melbourne

Melbourne Stars

101 (19.1)

Perth Scorchers

102/3 (13.5)

PS won by 7 wickets

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Scorecard

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Player of the Match Hamish McKenzie

2/12

Info

Melbourne Stars

101/10 (19.1)

Batters

Sam Harper

50.00

c Inglis b Richardson

Tom Fraser Rogers

129.41

c Eskinazi b Connolly

Beau Webster

66.67

c Hardie b Behrendorff

Marcus Stoinis

65.00

c Inglis b Behrendorff

Hilton Cartwright

133.33

c Hobson b McKenzie

Nick Larkin

0.00

c Connolly b Behrendorff

Jonathan Merlo

83.33

c Inglis b Richardson

Liam Dawson

100.00

Not out

Usama Mir

0.00

b McKenzie

Joel Paris

0.00

b Tye

Haris Rauf

50.00

c Hobson b Hardie

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 1)

TOTAL

(19.1 Ov, RR: 5.27)

101/10

Bowlers

EXT

Jhye Richardson

5.00

Jason Behrendorff

7.00

Cooper Connolly

5.50

Hamish McKenzie

3.00

Andrew Tye

6.00

Aaron Hardie

1.1

4.29

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Sam Harper

c Inglis b Richardson

1-2

0.3

Beau Webster

c Hardie b Behrendorff

2-10

1.4

Tom Fraser Rogers

c Eskinazi b Connolly

3-38

6.2

Marcus Stoinis

c Inglis b Behrendorff

4-49

8.3

Nick Larkin

c Connolly b Behrendorff

5-49

8.6

Jonathan Merlo

c Inglis b Richardson

6-66

11.1

Hilton Cartwright

c Hobson b McKenzie

7-79

13.3

Usama Mir

b McKenzie

8-79

13.4

Joel Paris

b Tye

9-80

14.3

Haris Rauf

c Hobson b Hardie

10-101

19.1

Perth Scorchers

102/3 (13.5)

Batters

Stephen Eskinazi

100.00

c Larkin b Dawson

Cooper Connolly

222.22

c Cartwright b Paris

Aaron Hardie

133.33

c Dawson b Mir

Josh Inglis

100.00

Not out

Ashton Turner

111.76

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 1)

TOTAL

(13.5 Ov, RR: 7.37)

102/3

Did not Bat

Laurie Evans, Nick Hobson, Jhye Richardson, Andrew Tye, Hamish McKenzie, Jason Behrendorff

Bowlers

EXT

Marcus Stoinis

9.50

Joel Paris

8.50

Haris Rauf

7.00

Liam Dawson

3.5

7.83

Usama Mir

5.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Cooper Connolly

c Cartwright b Paris

1-35

3.2

Stephen Eskinazi

c Larkin b Dawson

2-60

7.4

Aaron Hardie

c Dawson b Mir

3-66

8.3

Match Info

Date & Time

13 Dec, 01:45 PM IST

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Match

7th T20,

Big Bash League

Umpires

Phillip Gillespie (Australia), Shawn Craig (Australia), Michael Graham-Smith (Australia, TV)

Referee

Kent Hannam (Australia)

Toss

Perth Scorchers elected to bowl

2 0 0 1 0 1

Over 11

Runs: 4

1 1 0 6 1 4

Over 12

Runs: 13

0 4 1 1 0 1

Over 13

Runs: 7

0 1 2 1 1

Over 14

Runs: 5

All Overs

Player of the Match Hamish McKenzie

2/12

Commentary

That's it from this match, folks! Hope you enjoyed our coverage. This is the pair of Rudransh and Bidipto signing off for Sportskeeda.

Hamish McKenzie is the Player of the Match! Here is what he has to say.

Hamish McKenzie: It is pretty surreal! The whole week has been a bit of a cherry on top! I came through the pathway stuff in Western Australia. I was lucky enough to get a contract with Western Australia and then the Scorchers spotted me. I was a leggie all the time. It was really awesome to bowl in front of the Shane Warne Stand, just awesome!

You have read or heard these words innumerable times in the past 2 seasons: Perth Scorchers take a clinical win! After the wash out in the previous game, they start their season in the perfect fashion!

Perth Scorchers win by 7 wickets with 6.1 overs to spare.

Stephen Eskinazi 25 (25) | Jason Behrendorff (3/28)
Hilton Cartwright 24 (18) | Joel Paris (1/17)

Just perfect from the Scorchers this. The Stars didn't have much going their way and they didn't help themselves by missing more than a few half chances. And when you are defending 101, you need everything from luck, skill, blood and sweat just mixing together to form some pressure.

The Scorchers knew that and were prepared from ball one in the second innings. Stoinis got it to swing a bit and bowled a good first over but both Conolly and Eskinazi got going in the second and the third overs. Stoinis stuck with Paris for the fourth, much to the chagrin of supporters who wanted to see Rauf early, but he ended up with a wicket.

Eskinazi and Hardie couldn't convert their starts either but they did their jobs of absorbing the pressure and getting a few boundaries away. The Stars missed a couple of run-out attempts, Rauf dropped a catch at third man so the heat was never really on on the Scorchers.

Inglis and Turner came out and put up a display of their experience, just calming things down and taking the singles and doubles on offer without too many risks. Once set, they hit a couple of boundaries against Dawson to finish things off. They left Strikers desperate to turn things around in the BBL and made a statement about Scorchers for the season.

13.5 Liam Dawson to Ashton Turner, PERTH SCORCHERS GET THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON AT A CANTER! Short, wide and slow around off-stump. Punched down to the deep point region off the back foot with the turn for a single to finish the match.

13.4 Liam Dawson to Josh Inglis, good length arm-ball on middle-and-leg. Punched down to long-on off the back foot for a single. Scores are level.

13.3 Liam Dawson to Josh Inglis, good length slower ball on leg-stump. A top-edged reverse sweep over the short third man region for a couple of runs.

13.2 Liam Dawson to Ashton Turner, short and wide outside off-stump. Cut away with the turn to the right of point off the back foot for a single.

13.1 Liam Dawson to Ashton Turner, short and wide outside off-stump. Cut away hard but straight to backward point off the back foot, no run.

Just 5 away now, the Scorchers. This over should be it.

overs

97 /3 score

runs

Ashton Turner *

18 (15)

Josh Inglis

13 (14)

Usama Mir

1 /22

12.6 Usama Mir to Ashton Turner, good length flatter ball on middle-stump. Pushed around to the left of backward square-leg from the crease for a single.

12.5 Usama Mir to Ashton Turner, full on off-stump this time. Turner came forward and yorked himself as he drilled it back on to his boot! No run.

12.4 Usama Mir to Josh Inglis, good length ball on off-stump. Tucked around to the right of mid-wicket on the charge for a single.

12.3 Usama Mir to Ashton Turner, length ball around off-stump. Clubbed off the front foot to the left of long-on for a single this time. Good stop in the deep by Rogers too!

12.2 Usama Mir to Ashton Turner, FOUR RUNS! Good length ball on middle-and-off. Slog-swept from the meat of the blade down to the vacant deep mid-wicket region for a boundary!

12.1 Usama Mir to Ashton Turner, short on leg-stump. Punched down to backward point on the back foot but for no run.

That over completely kills it. Turner stuck to his guns and picked the perfect ball to go after Dawson and Inglis simply followed him.

overs

90 /3 score

runs

Josh Inglis *

13 (14)

Ashton Turner

11 (9)

Liam Dawson

1 /25

11.6 Liam Dawson to Josh Inglis, FOUR RUNS! Good length ball on off-stump. Inglis danced down the track and lofted it over the right of long-off for a boundary!

11.5 Liam Dawson to Ashton Turner, short around off-stump. Punched to the deep cover point fielder on the back foot for a single.

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