Perth Scorchers registered their ninth win in the Big Bash League after they defeated Sydney Sixers in a top of the table clash. With this win, Scorchers maintained their position at the top BBL 2021-22 points table. Ashton Turner, the skipper of the Scorchers was the hero with the bat for the team as he scored a brave 69 off just 41 balls to chase down 152 at the International Sports Stadium in Coffs Harbour.
Scorchers did not have an ideal start as they lost both their openers Kurtis Patterson and Cameron Bancroft in consecutive deliveries of the third over when the team score was only 17. It was then that Turner got together with Laurie Evans and tried to rescue the chasing act, but Evans perished quickly too.
At 42-3, Scorchers were staring down the barrel when Turner turned the leader mode on and put on a match-winning 91 run partnership with Aaron Hardie in just 58 balls. At 135-3, with just 17 runs needed off 18 balls, Turner however was removed by Jackson Bird, but not before Scorchers were well within the reach of their 10th win.
The formality was completed by Ashton Agar and Chris Sabburg as Hardie also followed in the footsteps of his captain scoring 35 off 31 balls.
Earlier in the evening, after winning the toss and deciding to bat first, Sixers got off to a decent start, reaching the 50 run mark without losing any wicket in the powerplay. However, that start wasn’t converted into anything big as after the departure of both openers Josh Philippe and Justin Avendano, the latter batters couldn’t capitalise.
It was only because of an unbeaten partnership of 50 runs off just 27 balls between Jordan Silk and Dan Christian that the Sixers managed to get past the 150 total.
With this loss, the Sydney based side remained at number three in the points table, still four points below cross-city rivals Thunder.