MATCH NO – 26th MATCH
SERIES – Men’s Big Bash – 2024-25
DATE – 07th January, 2025
TIME – 01:45 PM IST
VENUE – Perth Stadium, Perth
INTRODUCTION
The Big Bash League (BBL) is one of the premier professional Twenty20 cricket leagues in the world. Founded in 2011 by Cricket Australia, it is modeled after the Indian Premier League (IPL) and showcases some of the most exciting cricketing talent from Australia and around the globe.
The Big Bash League (BBL) 2024-25 season is set to run from December 15, 2024, to January 27, 2025. The tournament will feature eight teams: Brisbane Heat, Melbourne Renegades, Melbourne Stars, Adelaide Strikers, Perth Scorchers, Hobart Hurricanes, Sydney Sixers, and Sydney Thunder. The format consists of a single round-robin stage followed by playoffs, with a total of 44 matches scheduled.
Teams:
The league features 8 city-based franchises, representing different regions of Australia:
Adelaide Strikers, Brisbane Heat, Hobart Hurricanes, Melbourne Renegades, Melbourne Stars, Perth Scorchers, Sydney Sixers,Sydney Thunder.
Format:
The tournament follows a double round-robin format, where each team plays multiple matches against others, followed by knockout stages including eliminators, qualifiers, and the grand final.
Points are awarded for wins, and the top teams progress to the playoffs.
Records and Dominance:
The Perth Scorchers are the most successful team in BBL history, having won multiple titles.
Players like Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, Steven Smith, Marcus Stoinis and Rashid Khan are among the standout performers in the league’s history.
PITCH REPORT
Optus Stadium in Perth, Australia, is renowned for its fast and bouncy pitches, offering significant assistance to pace bowlers, especially with the new ball. This characteristic makes it a challenging venue for batters, particularly in the early stages of an innings.
One Day Internationals (ODIs):
Pitch Behavior: The pitch offers early movement and bounce for fast bowlers, but generally becomes more conducive to batting as the game progresses.
Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is):
Pitch Behavior: The surface provides extra bounce and some lateral movement for fast bowlers, especially with the new ball. Spinners may find limited assistance.
Big Bash League (BBL):
Pitch Behavior: The pitch offers early assistance to fast bowlers, with extra bounce and lateral movement. As the game progresses, it becomes more favorable for batting.
Recent Matches:
In December 2024, during the first Test between India and Australia, the pitch maintained its reputation for pace and bounce. India’s bowlers exploited these conditions effectively, leading to Australia’s defeat.
Conclusion:
Optus Stadium’s pitch is traditionally fast and bouncy, favoring pace bowlers, especially in the initial stages of a match. Batters need to be cautious early on but can capitalize once settled. Teams winning the toss might prefer to bat first to avoid deteriorating conditions later in the game.
GROUND STATS (BBL)
| TOTAL MATCH | 39 |
| AVERAGE SCORE | 165+ |
| BATTING 1ST WON | 20 |
| BATTING 2ND WON | 19 |
| NO RESULT | 00 |
SCORING PATTERN
| BELOW SCORE 150 | 09 |
| BETWEEN 150 TO 169 | 10 |
| BETWEEN 170 TO 189 | 14 |
| ABOVE SCORE 190 | 06 |
MATCH PREVIEW
26th match played between Most successful team of BBL history & 5 times winner Perth Scorchers (PRS) and One time winner Melbourne Renegades (MLR) is going to be an exciting contest. Both teams have a strong line-up. In this season Melbourne Renegades (MLR) team performed not too good and won 2 matches and lost 4 matches out of 6 matches and sixth position in point table whereas Perth Scorchers (PRS) performed good and won 3 matches and lost 3 out of 6 and third position in point table.
Last Time when both teams (PRS VS MLR) met in a league match, Perth Scorchers team scored 143 runs and Melbourne Renegades team successfully chased the total and won the match by 2 wickets.
One of the most successful teams in big bash history Perth Scorchers is a well-balanced team with a blend of experienced and talented players. They have proven themselves in this Men’s Big Bash season unbeaten yet and won 5 matches out of 7 matches.They have talented & aggressive batsmen like Mitchell Marsh, Ashton Turner, Aaron Hardie, Cooper Connolly, Josh Inglis. Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Ashton Agar, Jhye Richardson, Jason Behrendorff, Matthew Kelly, Andrew Tye & Lance Morris, adding depth and experience to their batting and bowling line-up.
alented batting line-up, including the likes of Jake Fraser-McGurk, Josh Brown, Jonathan Wells, Tim Seifert, Laurie Evans. Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Will Sutherland, Thomas Rogers, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa.
Both teams boast of strong batting & bowling attacks, so the battle between the batsmen and bowlers will be crucial in deciding the outcome of the match.
Considering the form and capabilities of both teams, this match has the potential to be a close contest. It will be interesting to see how the teams strategize and adapt to the conditions. Fans can again expect an exciting and competitive match between Melbourne Renegades and Perth Scorchers.
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 20
MLR WIN – 04
PRS WIN – 16
NO RESULT – 00.
PRS VS MLR TEAM NEWS,SQUADS, PLAYING11 & PLAYER STATS
PERTH SCORCHERS (PRS)
TEAM NEWS
- Perth Scorchers performed well and won 3 matches lost 3 out of 6 matches and third position in point table.
- When the Last match was played between Perth Scorchers & Melbourne Renegades, Perth team failed to defend a total of 143 runs and lost the match by 2 wickets.
- Cooper Connolly has scored 272 runs in 6 innings with 68+Average in this season of Big Bash.
- Ashton Turner has scored 141 runs in 6 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- Finn Allen has scored 128 runs in 6 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- Nick Hobson has scored 104 runs in 5 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- Jason Behrendroff has taken 10 wickets in 6 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- Lance Morris has taken 8 wickets in 5 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- Jhye Richardson has taken 6 wickets in 3 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- Ashton Agar has taken 3 wickets in 5 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- In the last BBL match Perth team failed to defend a total of 177 runs and lost the match by 4 wickets against Sydney Thunder.
- Finn Allen Scored 68 runs in just 31 balls, Matthe Hurst Scored 23 runs, Cooper Connolly scored 43 runs and Nick Hobson scored 21 runs in the previous match against Sydney Thunder.
- LanceMorris took 3 wickets each and Jason Behrendroff, Andrew Tye & Cooper Connolly took 1-1 wickets each in the previous match against Sydney Thunder.
- Both teams played 20 matches and Perth Scorchers team won 16 matches and lost 04 matches against Melbourne Renegades.
SQUADS
Batting – Josh Inglis (wk), Matthew Hurts (wk), Finn Allen, Sam Fanning, Nick Hobson, Keaton Jennings, Matthew Spoors.
Bowling – Jason Behrendroff, Matthew Kelly, Jhye Richardson, Andrew Tye, Lance Morris, Bryce Jackson.
All Rounder – Mitchell Marsh, Ashton Turner ©, Aaron Hardie, Cooper Connoly, Ashton Agar, Mahli Beardman.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Finn Allen, Matthew Hurst(wk), Mitchell Marsh, Cooper Connolly, Aaron Hardie, Ashton Turner ©, Nick Hobson, Ashton Agar/Andrew Tye, Lance Morris, Jhye Richardson, Jason Behrendroff.
PLAYER STATS:
1. FINN ALLEN – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 68r, 50r, 0r, 0r, 4r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT AVAILABLE. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | 0r. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | 1 INNING – 0 RUN |
2. MATTHEW HURTS (WK) – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 23r, 3r, 28r, 6r, 4r . |
| Stats on venue | NOT AVAILABLE. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | NOT PLAYED YET. |
3. MITCHELL MARSH – RHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 4r, 0r, 5r, 2r, 9+2W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT AVAILABLE. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | 42+1W, 86+1W, 7r, 17r, 21+2W. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | 11 INNINGS – 305 RUNS – 7W. |
4. COOPER CONNOLLY – LHB+LAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 43+1W, 48+0W, 37r, 66+1W, 14+0W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT AVAILABLE. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | 66+1W, 0r, 6r, 20r. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | 4 INNINGS – 92 RUNS – 1W. |
5. AARON HARIDE – RHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 10r, 2r, 24r, 28+3w, 12+0W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT AVAILABLE. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | 57+0W, 20r, 22+1W, 9+0W, 2W. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | 5 INNINGS – 141 RUNS – 3W. |
6. ASHTON TURNER © – RHB+RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 0+0W, 35+0W, 22r, 8+1W, 39r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT AVAILABLE. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | 8+1W, 2+2W, 9r, 20r, 24+0W. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | 13 INNINGS – 212 RUNS – 5W. |
7. NICK HOBSON – LHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 21r, 47r, 8r, 1r, 27r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT AVAILABLE. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | 8r, 1r, 7r, 1r, 19r. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | 5 INNINGS – 36 RUNS. |
8. ASHTON AGAR – LHB+LAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 0W, 1W, 1W, 0W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT AVAILABLE. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | 1W, 0W, 2W, 2W, 0W. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | 11 INNINGS – 68 RUNS – 10W. |
9. JHYE RICHARDSON – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 3W, 0W, 3W, 1W, 3W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT AVAILABLE. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | 1W, 1W, 1W, 2W, 3W. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | 8 INNINGS – 9 WICKETS. |
10. LANCE MORRIS – RAF
| Recent 5 Innings | 3W, 2W, 1W, 0W, 2W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT AVAILABLE. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | 2W, 0W. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | 2 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
11. JASON BEHRENDROFF – LAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 2W, 2W, 2W, 2W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT AVAILABLE. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | 2W, 1W, 0W, 1W, 2W. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | 14 INNINGS – 18 WICKETS. |
MELBOURNE RENEGADES (MLR)
TEAM NEWS
- Melbourne Renegades performed not too good in this season and won 2 matches lost 4 matches out of 6 matches and sixth positions in the point table.
- When the Last match was played between Perth Scorchers & Melbourne Renegades, Melbourne Renegades team successfully chased a low total of 143 runs and won the match by 2 wickets.
- Josh Brown has scored 141 runs in 6 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- Tim Seifert has scored 150 runs in 6 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- Jacob Bethell has scored 105 runs in 5 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- Jonathan Wells has scored 45 runs in 1 inning in this season of Big Bash.
- Kane Richardson took 6 wickets in 6 innings in the previous season of Big Bash.
- Thomas Rogers has taken 11 wickets in 6 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- Will Sutherland has scored 78 runs and also taken 7 wickets in 6 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- In the last BBL match Melbourne Renegades team failed to defend a total of 168 runs and lost the match by 5 wickets against Melbourne Stars.
- Jacob Bethell scored 49 runs, Jonathan Wells scored 45 runs and Laurie Evans scored 24 runs in the previous match against Melbourne Stars.
- Gurinder Sandhu took 3 wickets and Thomas Rogers took 1 wicket in the previous match against Melbourne Renegades.
- Both teams played 20 matches and Melbourne Renegades team won 04 matches and lost 16 matches against Perth Scorchers.
SQUADS
Batting – Tim Seifert (wk), Harry Dixon, Laurie Evans, Mackenzie Harvey, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Josh Brown, Jonathan Wells.
Bowling – Nathan Lyon, Kane Richardson, Tom Rogers, Gurinder Sandhu, Adam Zampa.
All Rounder – Jacob Bethell, Fergus O’Neill, Will Sutherland.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Jake Fraser-McGurk, Josh Brown, Tim Seifert (wk), Jacob Bethell, Jonathan Wells, Laurie Evans, Will Sutherland ©, Tom Rogers, Adam Zampa, Xavier Crone, Gurinder Sandhu.
PLAYER STATS:
1. JOSH BROWN – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 6r, 66r, 12r, 13r, 22r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT AVAILABLE. |
| 5 Innings Against vs PRS | 12r, 29r, 25r, 18r, 34r. |
| Total Stats vs PRS | 5 INNINGS – 118 RUNS. |
2. JAKE FRASER-McGURK – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 12r, 1r, 26r, 2r, 5r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT AVAILABLE. |
| 5 Innings Against vs PRS | 2r, 2r, 6r, 30r, 0r. |
| Total Stats vs PRS | 6 INNINGS – 40 RUNS. |
3. TIM SEIFERT (WK) – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 17r, 4r, 9r, 28r, 37r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs PRS | 28r. |
| Total Stats vs PRS | 1 INNING – 28 RUNS. |
4. JACOB BETHELL – LHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 49r, 21r, 2r, 30r, 3r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs PRS | 30r. |
| Total Stats vs PRS | 1 INNING – 30 RUNS. |
5. JONATHAN WELLS – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 45r, 2r, 10r, 2r, 7r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT AVAILABLE. |
| 5 Innings Against vs PRS | 8r, 22r, 6r, 6r, 2r. |
| Total Stats vs PRS | 17 INNINGS – 279 RUNS. |
6. LAURIE EVANS – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 24r, 6r, 40r, 24r, 7r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT AVAILABLE. |
| 5 Innings Against vs PRS | 24r. |
| Total Stats vs PRS | 1 INNING – 24 RUNS. |
7. WILL SUTHERLAND © – RHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 9+0W, 18+0W, 2W, 15+1W, 36+2W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT AVAILABLE. |
| 5 Innings Against vs PRS | 15+1W, 5+3W, 1W, 30+0W, 14+1W. |
| Total Stats vs PRS | 8 INNINGS – 88 RUNS – 7W. |
8. TOM ROGERS – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 2W, 23+1W, 3W, 3W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT AVAILABLE. |
| 5 Innings Against vs PRS | 3W, 3W, 1W, 1W, 1W. |
| Total Stats vs PRS | 10 INNINGS – 18 WICKETS. |
9. ADAM ZAMPA – RALB
| Recent 5 Innings | 0W, 2W, 1W, 1W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT AVAILABLE. |
| 5 Innings Against vs PRS | 1W, 1W, 0W, 0W, 1W. |
| Total Stats vs PRS | 14 INNINGS – 14 WICKETS. |
10. GURINDER SANDHU – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 3W, 1W, 0W, 2W, 2W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT AVAILABLE. |
| 5 Innings Against vs PRS | 0W, 4W, 0W, 1W, 1W. |
| Total Stats vs PRS | 10 INNINGS – 9 WICKETS. |
11. XAVIER CRONE – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 0W, 2W, 0W, 4W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT AVAILABLE. |
| 5 Innings Against vs PRS | 0W. |
| Total Stats vs PRS | 1 INNING – 17 RUNS. |
FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – T. Seifert, F. Allen.
BATSMEN – A.Turner, J. Bethell, J. Brown.
ALL-ROUNDERS – W. Sutherland, C. Connolly.
BOWLERS – J. Behrendorff, J. Richardson, T. Rogers, L. Morris.
GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – T. Seifert, F. Allen.
BATSMEN – A.Turner, J. Bethell.
ALL-ROUNDERS – W. Sutherland, A. Hardie, C. Connolly.
BOWLERS – J. Behrendorff, J. Richardson, T. Rogers, L. Morris.
BACK-UPS – A. Agar, A.Zampa, G. Sandhu.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – C. Connolly, W. Sutherland.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – T. Rogers, J. Behrendroff.
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
PERTH SCORCHERS MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.
