MATCH NO – 09th MATCH
SERIES – Men’s Big Bash – 2023
DATE – 20th December, 2023
TIME – 01:45 pM IST
VENUE – Perth Stadium, Perth
INTRODUCTION
Men’s Big Bash league is one of the most popular leagues in Men’s cricket. In this league many big stars like Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Steven Smith, Tim David, Matthew Wade etc play for many frenchies.
This t20 format started from 2011 by cricket Australia, This is an Australian professional t20 league and second most famous league after Indian Premier League.
Big bash league 2023-24 will start from 7th December.9th match of Men’s Big bash will be played between Perth Scorchers & Hobart Hurricanes.One of the most successful team of Big Bash history Perth Scorchers team have won the most 5 trophies of Big Bash league.Whereas Hobart Hurricanes have failed to win any trophy of Big Bash League.
MATCH PREVIEW
The 9th match played between Perth Scorchers(PRS) and Hobart Hurricanes(HBH) is going to be an exciting contest. Both teams have a strong line-up. In the previous season Perth Scorchers have won the trophy of big bash and won 11 matches out of 14 matches whereas Hobart Hurricanes have won 6 matches out of 14 matches in the previous match.
Last time when both teams Perth Scorchers and Hobart Hurricanes played between each other Hobart Hurricanes scored just 146 runs & Perth Scorchers chased it successfully and won the match by 7 wickets.
5 times trophy winner Perth Scorchers, as the home team, will have the advantage of playing in familiar conditions.They are known for their aggressive style of play and have a talented batting line-up, including the likes of Aaron Hardie, Josh Inglis, Ashton Turner, Steven Eskinazi, Laurie Evans. Their bowling department is one of the most well-equipped with bowlers like Jhye Richardson, Andrew Tye, Jason Behrendroff.They have many experienced players like Ashton Turner, Laurie Evans, josh Inglis, Andrew Tye, Jason Behrendroff, who gave solidity to the Perth Scorchers Team.
On the other hand, Hobart Hurricanes is a well-balanced team with a blend of experienced and talented players. But They have failed to prove themselves in previous Men’s Big Bash season and won 6 matches out of 14 matches.They have talented & aggressive batsmen like Matthew Wade, Ben McDermott, Tim David, Sam Hain, Corey Anderson. Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Chris Jordan, Corey Anderson, Nathan Ellis, Riley Meredith. Corey Anderson is adding depth and experience to their batting and bowling line-up.
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 Perth Scorchers and Hobart Hurricanes.
PITCH REPORT
Perth Stadium is an International cricket stadium located in Perth, Australia. It is owned and operated by the Perth’s cricket association operated by Cricket Australia. It serves as the home ground for the PerthScorchers team. The stadium is in Perth, Australia.First ODI match was played on this ground in 2018 between Australia men’s team & England men’s team.First t20 match was played on this ground in 2019 between Australian men’s Team & Pakistan Men’sTeam.
The Perth Stadium is the one of the most popular grounds in the cricket world which is operated by the Australia Cricket Board. It has a seating capacity of 40000 and has hosted various international mens’ cricket matches, including Test matches and One Day Internationals.
Overall, Perth Cricket Ground holds a significant place in Men’s Big Bash cricket history and continues to be a prominent venue for domestic and international cricket matches in Perth.
This pitch has served – matches of Men’s Big Bash League and in 30 matches 15 times the first batting team won the match and 15 times second batting won the match. So toss is not an important role for this matcht.
Perth’s pitch is balanced for both departments. The last Big Bash season witnessed the batting first side crossing 175 and the second batting team successfully chased it and won the match by 5 wickets.In 30 matches played 16 times the team scored 175+ runs on board.
In the initial overs, the bowling side needs to maintain a tight line and length, aiming to secure early breakthroughs to restrict the opponent to a low score. The role of pacers becomes crucial in the Australian conditions. Due to the big boundaries, spinners and pacers who use variations can be effective here. Talking about the Par score, the team batting first should aim to score at least 170 to be considered a competitive total. In 30 matches played on this ground 15 matches batting 1st won and 15 matches won by 2nd batting.
GROUND STATS (BBL)
| TOTAL MATCH | 30 |
| AVERAGE SCORE | 165+ |
| BATTING 1ST WON | 15 |
| BATTING 2ND WON | 15 |
| NO RESULT | 00 |
SCORING PATTERN
| BELOW SCORE 120 | 08 |
| BETWEEN 120 TO 139 | 06 |
| BETWEEN 140 TO 159 | 12 |
| ABOVE SCORE 160 | 04 |
BOWLERS STATS ON PERTH STADIUM (BBL)
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 30
PACER WICKETS – 267
SPINNER WICKETS – 67.
PRS TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Perth Scorchers were looking unstoppable in the previous season of the Men’s Big Bash and won the trophy of Big Bash in previous season.
- The Perth team started this season with a win and another match was cancelled due to rain out of 2 matches.
- The Perth Scorchers team is looking good in batting and bowling and is looking very balanced this season also like other seasons.
- Stekenzie, Hardie Ingli, Turner & Evans give solidity in the batting order of Perth Scorchers.
- Jhye Richardson, Jason Behrendroff, Andre Tye make a strong bowling unit in BIg bash.
- In the last match Perth team bowled out Melbourne Stars team at just 101 and won the match by 7 wickets.
- In the last match Jhye Richardson took 2 wickets & Jason Behrendroff took 3 wickets against Melbourne Stars.
- Mckenzie took 2 wickets & Connolly, Andrew Tye, Aaron Hardie took 1-1 wickets each.
- Mitchell Marsh & Ahston Agar will miss some matches due to the test series against Pakistan.
- In the last matches, Perth Scorchers team successfully chased a low score of 152 runs against Hobart Hurricanes and won the match by 5 wickets.
- Both teams played 19 matches and Perth Scorchers team won 12 matches and lost 7 matches against Hobart Hurricanes.
SQUADS
Batting – Nick Hobson, Zak Crawley, Laurie Evans, Josh Inglis(wk), Sam Whiteman (wk), Stephen Eskinazi (wk), Liam Haskett.
Bowling – Jhye Richardsn, Matthew Kelly, Hamish McKenzie, Lance Morris, Andrew Tye, Jason Behrendroff
All Rounder – Cooper Connolly, Aaron Hardie, Ashton Turner ©, Mitchell Marsh, Ashton Agar.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Stephen Eskinazi, Cooper Connolly, Josh Inglis(wk), Aaron Hardie, Ashton Turner ©, Laurie Evans, Nick Hobson, Jhye Richardson, Andrew Tye, Hamsih McKenzie, Jason Behredroff.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Stephen Eskinazi | 25r, 0r, 25r, 22r, 4r. |
| Cooper Connolly | 20+1W, 9r, 13+1W, 2+1W, 42+0W. |
| Josh Inglis | 17r, 3r, 10r, 2r, 110r. |
| Aaron Hardie | 20+1W, 20r, 6+1W, 8+1W, 16+1W. |
| Ashton Turner | 19r, 2r, 0r, 25r, 11r. |
| Laurie Evans | 13r, 44r, 20r, 24r, 0r. |
| Nick Hobson | 14r, 36r, 64r, 0r, 18r. |
| Jhye Richardson | 2W, 35+1W, 4W, 25+1W, 2W. |
| Andrew Tye | 1W, 1W, 3W, 3W, 1W. |
| Hamsih McKenzie | 2W, 2W, 1W, 2W, 0W. |
| Jason Behrendroff | 3W, 2W, 2W, 1W, 1W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON PERTH STADIUM (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Stephen Eskinazi | 5 INNINGS – 80 RUNS. |
| Cooper Connolly | 2 INNINGS – 45 RUNS. |
| Josh Inglis | 22 INNINGS – 467 RUNS. |
| Aaron Hardie | 14 INNINGS – 321 RUNS – 9 WICKETS. |
| Ashton Turner | 26 INNINGS – 668 RUNS. |
| Laurie Evans | 1 INNING – 33 RUNS. |
| Nick Hobson | 8 INNINGS – 88 RUNS. |
| Jhye Richardson | 18 INNINGS -1 25 RUNS – 26 WICKETS. |
| Andrew Tye | 21 INNINGS – 34 WICKETS. |
| Hamsih McKenzie | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Jason Behrendroff | 19 INNINGS – 22 WICKET. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS HBH (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS HBH |
| Stephen Eskinazi | 0r. |
| Cooper Connolly | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Josh Inglis | 53r, 62r, 0r, 2r, 58r. |
| Aaron Hardie | 90r, 12+2W, 12+0W, 2W, 8+2W. |
| Ashton Turner | 1r, 20r, 12r, 17r, 15r. |
| Laurie Evans | 9r, 40r. |
| Nick Hobson | 3r. |
| Jhye Richardson | 13+3W, 29+4W, 1W, 4W, 33+0W. |
| Andrew Tye | 2W, 2,W 3W, 2W, 1W. |
| Hamsih McKenzie | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Jason Behrendroff | 1W, 1W, 0W, 1W, 2W. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS HBH (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS HBH |
| Stephen Eskinazi | 1 INNING – 0 RUN. |
| Cooper Connolly | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Josh Inglis | 8 INNINGS – 257 RUNS. |
| Aaron Hardie | 5 INNINGS – 122 RUNS – 6 WICKETS. |
| Ashton Turner | 12 INNINGS – 208 RUNS – 1 WICKET. |
| Laurie Evans | 2 INNINGS – 49 RUNS. |
| Nick Hobson | 1 INNING – 3 RUNS. |
| Jhye Richardson | 7 INNINGS – 96 RUNS – 13 WICKETS. |
| Andrew Tye | 12 INNINGS – 15 WICKETS. |
| Hamsih McKenzie | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Jason Behrendroff | 12 INNINGS – 10 WICKETS. |
HBH TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Hobart Hurricanes team’s performance was not too good in the previous season and won 6 matches out of 14 matches.
- In last season when Hobart Hurricanes played against Perth Scorchers they lost both matches.
- In this season Hobart Hurricane team lost the first match against Sydney Sixers team by 6 wickets.
- In the last match Corey ANderson took 2 wickets and scored 17 runs also against Sydney Sixers.
- Caleb Jewell scored 42 runs in the last match against Sydney Sixers.
- Nathan Ellis & Riley Meredith took 1-1 wickets each in the last match against Sydney Sixers.
- Other players failed to perform in the first match of this season.
- Both teams played 19 matches and Hobart Hurricanes won 7 matches and lost 12 matches against Perth Scorchers.
SQUADS
Batting – Tim David, Caleb Jewell, Sam Hain, Macalister Wright, Matthew Wade (wk), Ben McDermott (wk).
Bowling – Nathan Ellis ©, Lain Carlisle, Patric Dooley, Peter Hatzoglou, Riley Meredith.
All Rounder – Corey Anderson, Mitchell Owen.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Matthew Wade (wk), Caleb Jewell, Ben McDermott, Sam Hain, Tim David, Corey Anderson, Chris Jordan, Patrick Dooley, Nathan Ellis ©, Peter Hatzoglou, Riley Meredith.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Matthew Wade | 11r, 22r, 36r, 28r, 42r. |
| Caleb Jewell | 42r, 20r, 4r, 4r, 3r. |
| Ben McDermott | 11r, 54r, 19r, 143r, 6r. |
| Sam Hain | 3r, 17r, 89r, 30r, 0r. |
| Tim David | 1r, 17r, 19r, 0r, 37r. |
| Corey Anderson | 17+2W, 22r, 7r, 40+1W, 16r. |
| Chris Jordan | 0W, 0W, 1W, 1W, 3W. |
| Patrick Dooley | 0W, 1W, 2W, 1W, 2W. |
| Nathan Ellis | 1W, 1W, 0W, 3W, 0W. |
| Peter Hatzoglou | 0W, 0W, 0W, 0W, 1W. |
| Riley Meredith | 1W, 0W, 1W, 1W, 1W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON PERTH STADIUM (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Matthew Wade | 4 INNINGS – 100 RUNS. |
| Caleb Jewell | 3 INNINGS – 65 RUNS. |
| Ben McDermott | 6 INNINGS – 134 RUNS. |
| Sam Hain | 1 INNING – 21 RUNS. |
| Tim David | 6 INNINGS – 74 RUNS. |
| Corey Anderson | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Chris Jordan | 8 INNINGS – 11 WICKETS. |
| Patrick Dooley | 1 INNING – 1 WICKET. |
| Nathan Ellis | 5 INNINGS – 5 WICKETS. |
| Peter Hatzoglou | 6 INNINGS – 1 WICKET. |
| Riley Meredith | 5 INNINGS – 6 WICKETS. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS PRS (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS PRS |
| Matthew Wade | 0r, 51r, 13r, 4r, 6r. |
| Caleb Jewell | 8r, 13r, 2r, 28r, 25r. |
| Ben McDermott | 7r, 0r, 8r, 41r, 0r. |
| Sam Hain | 21r. |
| Tim David | 20r, 46r, 6r, 17r, 27r. |
| Corey Anderson | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Chris Jordan | 0W, 2W. |
| Patrick Dooley | 1W, 4W. |
| Nathan Ellis | 0W, 1W, 0W, 2W, 4W. |
| Peter Hatzoglou | 0W, 2W. |
| Riley Meredith | 2W, 2,W 1W, 0W, 0W. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS PRS (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS PRS |
| Matthew Wade | 14 INNINGS – 350 RUNS. |
| Caleb Jewell | 6 INNINGS – 108 RUNS. |
| Ben McDermott | 13 INNINGS – 183 RUNS. |
| Sam Hain | 1 INNING – 21 RUNS. |
| Tim David | 6 INNINGS – 147 RUNS. |
| Corey Anderson | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Chris Jordan | 2 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
| Patrick Dooley | 2 INNINGS – 5 WICKETS. |
| Nathan Ellis | 8 INNINGS – 10 WICKETS. |
| Peter Hatzoglou | 2 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
| Riley Meredith | 9 INNINGS – 12 WICKETS. |
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 19
- PRS WIN – 12
- HBH WIN – 07
- NO RESULT – 00
FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – M. Wade, B. McDermott, J. Inglis.
BATSMEN – S. Eskinazi, C. Jewell.
ALL-ROUNDERS – C. Anderson, A. Hardie, C. Connolly.
BOWLERS – J. Behrendorff, A. Tye, J. Richardson.
GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – M. Wade, B. McDermott, J. Inglis.
BATSMEN – A. Turner, C. Jewell.
ALL-ROUNDERS – C. Anderson, C. Jordan, A. Hardie.
BOWLERS – J. Behrendorff, J. Richardson, H. McKenzie.
BACK-UPS – N. Ellis, T. David, S. Hain, R. Meredith.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – A. Hardie, C. Anderson.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – J. Richardson, J. Behrendorff.
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
PERTH SCORCHERS MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.