top shot! Blazing finish to the chase. Bresnan seals it with a six. Gets a short ball that comes tied in a ribbon with the gift of width. Bresnan comfortably gets on top of it and ramps it over the third man region with an imperious upper cut
Strikers vs Scorchers, 38th Match at Perth, Jan 25 2018 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Scorchers won by 4 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
7.44pm So the Scorchers bid farewell to the legendary WACA ground with a win. Fireworks shoot up to light up the clear, cloudless night sky. This ground has seen its share of indelible cricket moments over the years, and nothing short of a win for the home team would have made for a fitting goodbye. Scorchers also make sure that they end the group stage of this BBL as the top team. But they really had to grind it out and earn this win. Rashid Khan almost took the game away from them with his brilliant spell, but that partnership between Cameron Bancroft and Adam Voges made all the difference in the end. Voges with a captain's knock as the WACA faithful return home for one final time a happy lot.That's all we have for you from this top-of-the-table clash. We hope you enjoyed our coverage of this game. It's been a pleasure, as always!
StatsGuru: "What a Finish, What a way to sign off to arguably the best stadium in Australia. "
overcompensates now and bangs it in, fortunately for him, Voges finds deep midwicket on the pull
well, it doesn't matter what the field is if thats how you're going to bowl. A full toss that has been muscled away over deep midwicket. Miles into the stands
Michael Neser to bowl the last over. He has nine to defend. Three fielders in the deep in the leg side. Third man inside the circle
full and coming into him again, turned away to backward square leg
leg stump fuller ball, pushed down to long-on
That lbw was smashing leg stump. So another dodgy call. The umpires have had a rough night tonight.
hits the pad but this one angled into him sharply. Huge shout for lbw but the umpire is uninterested. Looks close though. Curving back in, so could it have hit?
now he gets a short ball, one that tucks him up. A pacy one and Agar is rushed into a pull that he gloves to the keeper who takes it after running to his right
dot ball. Vital. Advances down and ends up yorking himself slightly as he drills to mid-off
extremely full on the stumps squeezed out through the off side
full on the stumps, clipped to deep backward square leg
extremely wristy. And powerful wrists as well. Flays a fuller ball from well outside off and beats long-on diving to his right. Gets a hand to it but lets the ball go through
short of a length, pitches outside leg, nudges to the vacant midwicket area for one
Saadatullah Ahm: "Seeing too many poor decision this BBL the DRS was badly required! two of them this match which could have change a game around"
hangs back to a length ball and opens the face to third man
fullish, angling down leg, dinks it away off the pads to deep fine leg
slower full toss, drifts down leg, turns it away to short fine for a rapid single
full on the pads, turned away into the leg side
flicked with the angle to deep square leg and they take on the fielder for the second
That lbw from the last ball of the previous over is hitting the stumps, replays show.
off-side line again, eases into a front-foot punch but finds cover
slow and full outside off, pushed down the ground for one
full outside off, pushes it out square of the wicket through point
Over 20 • PS 141/6
Scorchers won by 4 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)