BBL Final Highlights, Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Sixers, Full Cricket Score: Scorchers win record fourth title

Perth Scorchers win RECORD FOURTH BBL TITLE.

They beat Sixers by 79 runs in the final. 

OUT! Full and straight on middle and leg, O’Keefe misses his flick and goes down as they all go up in a HUGE appeal. The umpire raises his finger. WILD CELEBRATIONS.

After 16 overs, Sixers 91/9 (Lenton 9, O’Keefe 2)

Something to smile about in that over for the Sixers as Lenton hit a FOUR. O’Keefe kept swinging and missing. Three more singles made it 7 off the over.

After 15 overs, Sixers 84/9 (Lenton 3, O’Keefe 1)

Another successful over for Scorchers. They are getting closer. Richardson cleans up Lyon with a fast and full delivery. Gives away just 5 runs.

After 14 overs, Sixers 79/8 (Lenton 1, Lyon 1)

Sixers are sinking fast. Tye gets two wickets in the over. One off the slower ball and one off the short one. He gives away just 2 runs and picks up two wickets in the over.

After 13 overs, Sixers 77/6 (Abbott 0, Dwarshuis)

Another brilliant over for the Scorchers. Agar varies it nicely with his arm ball and the stock spinner. Abbott looks to go downtown off one but misses. There are just three singles. And then that run out of the set Hughes. 3 runs and a wicket off the over.

After 12 overs, Sixers 74/5 (Hughes 40, Abbott 0)

What a brilliant over from Harzoglou. He varied his pace nicely. Slower, faster and then bowled his variations as well. Got the wicket of Avendano. There were three runs in that over, all WIDES!

98 needed off 48.

After 11 overs, Sixers 71/4 (Hughes 40, Avendano 1)

Hughes gets a SIX in that over but it’s still a decent over from Agar as he gives away just 8 runs. He got some turn in that over.

After 10 overs, Sixers 63/4 (Hughes 33, Avendano 0)

A successful over for the Scorchers. Good comeback from Tye in that over. Hughes hits him for a FOUR first ball, with a pull to long leg. But then he bowls a dot and gives a single off the next two. And then gets the WICKET of Christian. Just a single off the last two balls make it 6 runs and a wicket off the over.

After 9 overs, Sixers 57/3 (Hughes 27, Christian 3)

The required rate has gone over 10. Sixers are dealing in singles and twos. Huges drives one through extra cover for a two. There are four more singles in the over. 6 off it. Someone needs to up the ante now.

After 8 overs, Sixers 51/3 (Hughes 23, Christian 1)

Hatzoglou bowls another tight over. He’s drying up the runs from the other end and building the pressure. Just 5 runs from it.

After 7 overs, Sixers 46/3 (Hughes 20, Christian 0)

A good come back from Agar. Henriques smashes the first ball over extra cover for a four. But then Agar bounces back and gets his man as he traps Henriques LBW. There are four singles and a FOUR in that over to make it 8 runs and a wicket. Agar varied his pace nicely in that over and got the rewards.

OUT! Agar traps Henriques LBW.  It’s length delivery outside off, angling in. Henriques gets down for a slog sweep but misses the straight on. The umpire lifts the finger on the appeal.

Sixers – 46/3

After 6 overs, Sixers 38/2 (Hughes 18, Henriques 1)

Peter Hatzoglou starts off well. Bowls at a decent pace and gives away six runs.

After 5 overs, Sixers 32/2 (Hughes 14, Henriques 0)

A very good first over from Turner. A successful one. After a couple and four singles, he gets the wicket of Bertus. He got some turn from the wicket and that brought about the downfall of Bertus. 6 runs and a wicket off the over.

OUT! Captain Turner strikes. Bertus departs. It’s the off-spinner that turns away. Bertus comes forward and looks to turn it to the leg side but gets an outside edge to backward point where the fielder makes no mistake.

Sixers 32/2.

After 4 overs, Sixers 26/1 (Bertus 11, Hughes 12)

Another decent over for the Sixers. Hughes went for the pull first ball but got a top edge which fell short of the short fine leg fielder. They took a single. Bertus then took a single. Hughes then cracked one through cover-point for  FOUR. He then drove one straight down the ground for a couple before pulling one to deep square leg for another two. The last ball is a dot. 10 runs off the over.

After 3 overs, Sixers 16/1 (Bertus 10, Hughes 3)

A decent over for Sixers. Bertus tried to take the aggressive route in that over. He looked to loft one over mid off but mistimed it over the fielder for a couple. Then didn’t quite connect his pull off the middle and got a single to deep mid-wicket. Hughes then drove one down the ground nicely for three. Bertus then clips the last two deliveries to the leg side for a couple of twos. 10 runs off the over.