Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Klinger	c O'Connor b Neser	1	5	-	0	0	20.00

Sam Whiteman †	c O'Connor b Richardson	22	17	-	4	0	129.41

Ian Bell	run out (Weatherald)	61	42	-	6	2	145.23

Mitchell Marsh	c & b Jordan	31	19	-	2	2	163.15

David Willey	c Weatherald b Jordan	2	5	-	0	0	40.00

Ashton Turner	not out	44	19	-	2	4	231.57
Adam Voges (c)	c †Dunk b Pollard	2	4	-	0	0	50.00

Ashton Agar	c Hodge b Neser	16	10	-	2	0	160.00

Jhye Richardson	not out	0	0	-	0	0	-
Extras	(lb 8, nb 1, w 9)	18
Total	20 Ov (RR: 9.85)	197/7
Did not bat: Mitchell Johnson, Andrew Tye
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Michael Klinger, 0.6 ov), 2-64 (Sam Whiteman, 7.3 ov), 3-121 (Mitchell Marsh, 12.5 ov), 4-125 (David Willey, 14.1 ov), 5-134 (Ian Bell, 15.1 ov), 6-158 (Adam Voges, 16.5 ov), 7-191 (Ashton Agar, 19.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Michael Neser	4	0	37	2	9.25	10	2	2	3	1
0.6 to M Klinger, taken. The pace in this pitch again. Back of a length, rises to Klinger's ribs, top-edged pull travels to fine leg who runs in a few yards and completes a simple catch in front of his midriff. One of Scorchers' best goes. Beaten for pace. 7/1 19.5 to AC Agar, short delivery on off, 129 kph. Slower ball. Agar swats the ball in the air to midwicket. Hodge settles underneath that. 191/7
Billy Stanlake	4	0	34	0	8.50	11	4	1	3	0
Chris Jordan	4	0	48	2	12.00	5	5	1	2	0
12.5 to MR Marsh, taken this time. Back of a length on middle, Marsh looked to pull but the pace in this surface again responsible for a wicket. Spliced away to short midwicket, Jordan runs around and takes a simple chance. 121/3 14.1 to DJ Willey, well bowled. Hustles Willey with a well-directed bouncer on leg. Willey pulls, fails to keep it down and finds deep square leg. The fourth dismissal this innings caught in the deep off a short delivery. 125/4
Kane Richardson	4	0	38	1	9.50	8	4	2	0	0
7.3 to SM Whiteman, good take. Back of a length on middle, Whiteman top-edges this because of some extra zip and oomph in the delivery. The ball flies down to fine leg, who gets in position early, sets himself up and takes an easy reverse-cupped catch.. 64/2
Liam O'Connor	3	0	22	0	7.33	8	0	2	0	0
Kieron Pollard	1	0	10	1	10.00	1	1	0	1	0
16.5 to AC Voges, straight through, and given! 123 kph, goes quickly on middle. Bounces just over middle stump as Voges misses a flick, closing the bat face on the ball. Dunk dives to his left and takes the catch.. 158/6

Adelaide Strikers (T: 198 runs from 20 ovs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ben Dunk †	c Klinger b Willey	0	3	-	0	0	0.00

Jake Weatherald	lbw b Willey	1	7	-	0	0	14.28

Travis Head	c †Whiteman b Richardson	13	13	-	2	0	100.00

Brad Hodge (c)	b Johnson	56	33	-	8	1	169.69

Kieron Pollard	c Marsh b Johnson	4	7	-	0	0	57.14

Jake Lehmann	run out (Klinger)	2	6	-	0	0	33.33

Chris Jordan	lbw b Agar	1	2	-	0	0	50.00

Michael Neser	c Richardson b Johnson	17	13	-	2	0	130.76

Kane Richardson	c Agar b Richardson	45	28	-	2	4	160.71

Liam O'Connor	not out	1	5	-	0	0	20.00
Billy Stanlake	not out	3	3	-	0	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 2, w 4)	6
Total	20 Ov (RR: 7.45)	149/9
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Ben Dunk, 0.3 ov), 2-7 (Jake Weatherald, 2.6 ov), 3-15 (Travis Head, 3.6 ov), 4-52 (Kieron Pollard, 7.5 ov), 5-66 (Jake Lehmann, 10.3 ov), 6-78 (Chris Jordan, 11.3 ov), 7-86 (Brad Hodge, 12.3 ov), 8-141 (Michael Neser, 17.6 ov), 9-145 (Kane Richardson, 19.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Willey	4	0	15	2	3.75	16	2	0	1	0
0.3 to BR Dunk, More outswing, this time he draws a drive from Dunk who hits it straight to Klinger at covers. Might have been a wide if he hadn't gone after that. Scorchers return the favour and strike in the first over.. 0/1 2.6 to J Weatherald, Brilliant from Willey! Builds the pressure, and bowls one straight and full. Weatherald misses, trapped in front.. 7/2
Ashton Turner	2	0	6	0	3.00	7	0	0	0	0
Jhye Richardson	3	0	32	2	10.66	6	5	0	2	0
3.6 to TM Head, Richardson persists with the angle and pushes it slightly wider. Head gets the outside edge this time and it is easily taken by the keeper. 15/3 19.1 to KW Richardson, legcutter outside off, plopped to long-off. Misses his fifty by five runs, but it's been an entertaining innings.. 145/9
Andrew Tye	4	0	25	0	6.25	9	1	1	0	0
Mitchell Johnson	4	0	33	3	8.25	9	4	1	1	0
7.5 to KA Pollard, a wicket in his first over, and the WACA explodes. Johnson is lost underneath a huddle, people yanking on his hair after he has forced Pollard to top edge to third man. It was quick, just back of a length and outside off. The batsman tried to slap it through the line, somewhere in the region of point, but made nowhere near the requisite connection. Offers a skier to Mitch Marsh who takes it reverse cup.. 52/4 12.3 to BJ Hodge, the stumps flash red and Johnson loves that. Funnily enough though, this is the slower ball. The offcutter, full and straight. Hodge swung across the line, he doesn't pick the variation either and is through the shot a touch too soon. 86/7 17.6 to MG Neser, finishes his spell with a short ball that's pulled straight into deep square leg's hands. Screams in delight.. 141/8
Mitchell Marsh	1	0	11	0	11.00	2	2	0	0	0
Ashton Agar	2	0	25	1	12.50	2	0	3	0	0
11.3 to CJ Jordan, he's played across a straight ball and has been pinned in front of middle and leg. Good change of pace from Agar. He fired it in quick, and full. Jordan wasn't ready. His bat is still coming down, when he is struck below the knee-roll. Easy decision. 78/6

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Match Details

Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
Toss	Adelaide Strikers, elected to field first
Series	Big Bash League
Season	2016/17
Player Of The Match	Ashton Turner
Hours of play (local time)	18.15 start, First Session 18.15-19.30, Interval 19.30-19.45, Second Session 19.45-21.00
Match days	23 December 2016 - night (20-over match)
Umpires	Greg Davidson Mick Martell
TV Umpire	Ashley Barrow
Reserve Umpire	Nathan Johnstone
Match Referee	David Talalla
Points	Perth Scorchers 2, Adelaide Strikers 0

Win Probability

PS 100%

PSAS

100%50%100%

Over 20 • AS 149/9

Kane Richardson c Agar b Richardson 45 (28b 2x4 4x6) SR: 160.71

Scorchers won by 48 runs

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Strikers Innings

Player Name		R	B
BR Dunk	caught	0	3
J Weatherald	lbw	1	7
TM Head	caught	13	13
BJ Hodge	bowled	56	33
KA Pollard	caught	4	7
JS Lehmann	run out	2	6
CJ Jordan	lbw	1	2
MG Neser	caught	17	13
KW Richardson	caught	45	28
LN O'Connor	not out	1	5
B Stanlake	not out	3	3
Extras	(lb 2, w 4)
Total	149(9 wkts; 20 ovs)

Player Name	O	R	W	Econ
DJ Willey	4	15	2	3.75
AJ Turner	2	6	0	3
JA Richardson	3	32	2	10.66
AJ Tye	4	25	0	6.25
MG Johnson	4	33	3	8.25
MR Marsh	1	11	0	11
AC Agar	2	25	1	12.5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	0	Ben Dunk	Jake Weatherald
2nd	7	Travis Head	Jake Weatherald
3rd	8	Brad Hodge	Travis Head
4th	37	Brad Hodge	Kieron Pollard
5th	14	Brad Hodge	Jake Lehmann
6th	12	Brad Hodge	Chris Jordan
7th	8	Brad Hodge	Michael Neser
8th	55	Kane Richardson	Michael Neser
9th	4	Kane Richardson	Liam O'Connor
10th	4	Liam O'Connor	Billy Stanlake

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Big Bash League

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
PS	8	5	3	10	0.618
BH	8	5	3	10	0.516
SS	8	5	3	10	-0.848
MS	8	4	4	8	0.397
MR	8	4	4	8	0.042
AS	8	3	5	6	0.334
HH	8	3	5	6	-0.530
ST	8	3	5	6	-0.600

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