Yorker takes out leg stump. 135ks, Johnson cleared the front foot again and tried to drive over mid-on. Beaten completely.
Scorchers vs Heat, 12th Match at Perth, BBL, Dec 26 2024 - Match Result
Boxing Day cricket eh. It's gone on for over 14 hours. Has been a great day for the country overall. No shortages in the festive season. On that note, it's goodnight from me, Ekanth, and our scorer, Sudeep.
Nick Hobson, POTM: Guys set a platform. Sometimes you get stuck at the start in Perth. I got a roll-on and took it. It's a fickle role, finishing, today it came off but doesn't always happen. Crowd was awesome, we were joking how loud it was last over of our innings. We put a lot of importance on our fielding, Agar set the crowd alight with a run out.
9:43pm: Easy enough in the end for Scorchers. The final over with the bat got them over 160. With the ball, they got three powerplay wickets. A couple of run outs helped too. Just two starts - Renshaw and Bryant. - for Heat. Behrendorff, Kelly, and Tye got two-fors. Agar was good too, both with ball and in the field. A couple of early losses, which is rare for Scorchers, has been put behind for now. Heat's death bowling and top order were issues today, running too. They'll hope to turn that around.
Johnson finally connects with one, it's the beloved pull too. Shortish ball over the stumps, Johnson has ample time to clear his feet and ease a flat-bat pull over the infield
The physio had a chat and all are good to go
Edges a pull onto the helmet. Ump calls for the physio right away. Johnson's okay though. Replay shows it a short ball that actually beat the pull. Johnson made room, swivelled and got his eyes off while swinging the bat.
Shortish ball over off beats the pull
Final over, think there's an over-rate penalty. But 38 off 6 means it's just formalities
Goes again but this time the ball is a touch shorter and straighter. No contact
Shot of the day! That is reverse scooped technically, but it's more a paddle as it went straight behind the keeper. Picked up off a length too...
Another miscued pull, this is ballooned in the gap at midwicket. Shortish ball at the body
Makes room, gets followed by a heavy ball from around the wicket, slapped to mid-off
Bumper over leg, 123ks, another pull, another miss. Batter made room again, too much in the end
Bumper beats the pull. 129ks. At the stumps
Helped away to long leg with the pull
Makes a lot of room, tries to slog it over midwicket. The length ball is over middle and well away from the leg-side bat swing
Shortish over off, cut to backward point
Hit on the thigh, just above the knee, it has stung. Was a length ball that beat the flick
Shortish ball has been flat-batted to the left of mid-off. 'Chunked' is what Brad Hodge calls it
Batter makes room and Tye goes for a leg-stump yorker. 135ks. Inside edge on the lofted on drive takes it to deep fine leg
Bumper has been helped along with the pull, to fine leg
Mistimes a tentative pull. Ball lobs to the pitch to the left of the current one. Bowler can't reach there
Fun's over, game's almost done too. This is wide and full, Bryant got on one knee and went for the cover drive. Got it a touch too square and straight to the fielder. Behrendorff shifted to over the wicket this ball
Fulll toss three-fourth of the way up the stumps, fourth-stump line, it's whacked across the line to the right of long-on
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Perth Stadium | |
Toss | Brisbane Heat, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2024/25 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 18.15 start, First Session 18.15-19.45, Interval 19.45-20.05, Second Session 20.05-21.35 |
Match days | 26 December 2024 - night (20-over match) |
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Match Referee | |
Points | Perth Scorchers 2, Brisbane Heat 0 |
Over 20 • BH 132/10