MATCH NO – 39th MATCH
SERIES – Men’s Big Bash – 2023-24
DATE – 16th January, 2024
TIME – 02:10 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, David Warner, Nathan Lyon 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.39th match of Men’s Big bash will be played between Perth Scorcher & Sydney Sixers.Most Successful team of Big Bash history Perth Scorchers team have won 5 trophies of Big Bash league. Whereas second most successful Sydney Sixers have won three trophies of Big Bash League.
MATCH PREVIEW
The 39th match played between Sydney Sixers (SYS) and Perth Scorchers (PRS) is going to be an exciting contest. Both teams have a strong line-up. In this season Sydney Sixers have won 5 matches out of 9 matches in 2 matches whereas Perth Scorchers won 6 out of 9 matches and lost 2 matches. Perth Scorchers is 2nd position in point table whereas Sydney Sixers is 3rd position in the point table.
Last time when both teams Syndey Sixer and Perth Scorcher played between each other Sydney Sixers scored 151 runs & Perth Scorchers chased it and won the match by 7 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 6 matches out of 9 matches.They have talented & aggressive batsmen like Mitchell Marsh, Ashton Turner, Aaron Hardie, Laurie Evans, Sam Whiteman, Zak Crawley, Josh Inglis. Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Ashton Agar, Jhye Richardson, Jason Behrendorff, Andrew Tye & Lance Morris, adding depth and experience to their batting and bowling line-up.
On the other hand, Second most successful team in Big Bash history Sydney Sixers started this season like a champion and won 5 matches and just lost 2 matches out of 9 matches in this season.This team is one of the most consistent teams in Big Bash history. This team is a well-balanced team with a blend of experienced and talented players.They have talented & aggressive batsmen like Josh Phillippe, James Vince, Daniel Hughes, Jordan Silk & Moises Henriques. Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Steven O’keffe, Jackson Bird, Ben Dwarshuis & Tom Curran 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 Sydney Sixers and Perth Scorchers.
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 34 matches 18 times the first batting team won the match and 16 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 34 matches played 18 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 34 matches played on this ground 18 matches batting 1st won and 16 matches won by 2nd batting.
GROUND STATS (BBL)
| TOTAL MATCH | 34 |
| AVERAGE SCORE | 165+ |
| BATTING 1ST WON | 18 |
| BATTING 2ND WON | 16 |
| NO RESULT | 00 |
SCORING PATTERN
| BELOW SCORE 150 | 08 |
| BETWEEN 150 TO 169 | 08 |
| BETWEEN 170 TO 189 | 13 |
| ABOVE SCORE 190 | 05 |
BOWLERS STATS ON PERTH STADIUM (BBL)
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 34
PACER WICKETS – 316
SPINNER WICKETS – 72.
PRS TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Perth Scorchers team is one of the most successful teams of the big bash league season. Perth Scorchers team have won 5 Big bash trophies.
- Last match played between Sydney Sixers & Perth Scorchers, Sydney Sixers scored 151 runs and Perth Scorchers team chased successfully and won the match by 7 runs.
- In the last match against Brisbane Heat & Perth Scorchers, Brisbane Heat scored 163 runs and Perth Scorchers team defended successfully and won the match by 35 runs.
- Aaron Hardie scored 296 runs in 9 innings in this Big Bash season and highest run scorer for Perth Scorchers team.
- Laurie Evans scored 220 runs in 6 innings with a 55+average in this Big Bash Season.
- Josh Inglis scored 208 runs in 8 innings with 41+ average in this big bash season.
- Jason Behrendroff took 12 wickets in 8 innings in this big bash season.
- Lance Morris took 13 wickets in 7 innings in this big bash season.
- Andrew Tye took 11 wickets in 8 innings in this big bash season.
- Both teams played 27 matches and Perth Scorchers won 17 matches and lost 10 matches against Sydney Sixers.
SQUADS
Batting – Nick Hobson, Laurie Evans, Zak Crawley, Sam Fanning, Josh Inglis(wk), Sam Whiteman(wk), Stephen Eskinazi (wk).
Bowling – Lance Morris, Andrew Tye, Jhye Richardson, Jason Behrendroff, Matthew Kelly, Liam Haskett, Cameron Gannon.
All Rounder – Aaron Hardie ©, Cooper Connolly, Ashton Turner, Mitchell Marsh, Ashton Agar.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Sam Whiteman, Steven Eskinazi, , Aaron Hardie ©, Josh Ingis (wk), Laurie Evans, Cooper Connolly, Nick Hobson, Ashton Agar, Andrew Tye, Lance Morris, Jason Behrendroff.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Stephan Eskinazi | 12r, 25r, 0r, 25r, 22r. |
| Sam Whiteman | 7r, 16r, 10r, 0r, 31r. |
| Aaron Hardie | 9+1W, 14r, 22+0W, 35r, 34r. |
| Josh Inglis | 5r, 28r, 26r, 39r, 26r, 64r. |
| Laurie Evans | 26r, 51r, 5r, 29r, 85r. |
| Cooper Connolly | 35r, 10r, 3W, 23+0W, 14+0W |
| Nick Hobson | 48r, 1r, 14r, 36r, 64r. |
| Ashton Agar | 1W, 2W, 2W, 0W, 0W. |
| Andrew Tye | 4W, 0W, 0W, 0W, 2W. |
| Jason Behrendroff | 1W, 0W, 0W, 2W, 1W, 0W. |
| Lance Morris | 3W, 1W, 0W, 1W, 5W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON PERTH STADIUM (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Stephan Eskinazi | 5 INNINGS – 80 RUNS. |
| Sam Whiteman | 4 INNINGS – 125 RUNS. |
| Aaron Hardie | 17 INNINGS – 497 RUNS -9 WICKETS. |
| Josh Inglis | 24 INNINGS – 557 RUNS. |
| Laurie Evans | 3 INNINGS – 142 RUNS. |
| Cooper Connolly | 7 INNINGS – 64 RUNS. |
| Nick Hobson | 9 INNINGS – 89 RUNS. |
| Ashton Agar | 16 INNINGS – 72 RUNS – 12 WICKETS. |
| Andrew Tye | 24 INNINGS – 40 WICKETS. |
| Jason Behrendroff | 22 INNINGS – 28 WICKETS. |
| Lance Morris | 6 INNINGS – 12 WICKETS. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS SYS (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS SYS |
| Stephan Eskinazi | 4r, 66r. |
| Sam Whiteman | 42r, 22r, 0r, 41r, 28r. |
| Aaron Hardie | 9+1W, 1r, 55r, 35r, 45r. |
| Josh Inglis | 0r, 11r, 13e, 13r, 79r. |
| Laurie Evans | 76r, 19r, 0r. |
| Cooper Connolly | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Nick Hobson | 27r, 8r. |
| Ashton Agar | 0W, 24+1W, 15+1W, 2W, 2W. |
| Andrew Tye | 1W, 0W, 2W, 3W, 2W. |
| Jason Behrendroff | 2W, 1W, 2W, 1W, 2W. |
| Lance Morris | 0W, 0W, 2W, 0W, 1W. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS SYS (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS SYS |
| Stephan Eskinazi | 2 INNINGS – 70 RUNS. |
| Sam Whiteman | 9 INNINGS – 210 RUNS. |
| Aaron Hardie | 8 INNINGS – 191 RUNS – 1 WICKET. |
| Josh Inglis | 11 INNINGS – 258 RUNS. |
| Laurie Evans | 3 INNINGS – 95 RUNS. |
| Cooper Connolly | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Nick Hobson | 2 INNINGS – 35 RUNS. |
| Ashton Agar | 13 INNINGS – 95 RUNS – 7 WICKETS. |
| Andrew Tye | 21 INNINGS – 32 WICKETS. |
| Jason Behrendroff | 15 INNINGS – 21 WICKETS. |
| Lance Morris | 5 INNINGS – 3 WICKETS. |
SYS TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Sydney Sixers team is the most consistent team in big bash history and they proved it this season and won 5 matches out of 9 matches in this season.
- In last season when Sydney Sixers played against the Sydney Sixers they lost 2 matches and won only 1 match out of 3 matches.
- James Vince scored 222 runs in 8 innings in this big bash season and the highest run scorer for Sydney Sixers in this big bash season.
- Josh Philippe scored 197 runs in 6 innings in this big bash season.
- Jack Edwards took 9 wickets in 8 Innings & Ben Dwarshuis took 9 wickets in 8 innings in this season.
- Both teams played 27 matches Sydney Sixers won 10 matches and lost 17 matches against Perth Scorchers.
SQUADS
Batting – Josh Philippe(wk), Jack Edwards, Daniel Hughes, Kurtis Patterson, Jordan Silk, James VInces, Steven Smith.
Bowling – Jackson Bird, Ben Dwarshuis, Todd Murphy, Izharulhaq Naveed, Mitchell Perry, Joel Davies, Ryan Hadley.
All Rounder – Moises Henriques ©, Hayden Kerr, Sean Abbott, Steven O’Keefe, Tom Curran.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Josh Philippe (wk), James Vince, Steven Smith, Moises Henriques ©, Jordan Silk, Jack Edwards, Hayden Kerr, Ben Dwarshuis, Steve O’Keefe, Sean Abbott, Todd Murphy.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Steven Smith | 0r, 38r, 4r, 26r, 50r. |
| Josh Philippe | 47r, 9r, 41r, 11r, 19r. |
| James Vince | 27r, 79r, 9r, 8r, 83r. |
| Moises Henriques | 8r, 8r, 22r, 0W, 5r, 23+2W. |
| Jordan Silk | 35r, 13r, 5r, 1r, 66r. |
| Jack Edwards | 6+1W, 0W, 22+1W, 3W, 30+1W. |
| Hayden Kerr | 2W, 1W, 86+0W, 0W, 0W. |
| Sean Abbott | 2W, 0W, 1W, 1W, 2W. |
| Ben Dwarshuis | 1W, 1W, 1W, 1W, 0W. |
| Steve O’Keefe | 3W, 0W, 1W, 1W, 0W. |
| Todd Murphy | 0W, 2W, 0W, 0W, 1W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON PERTH STADIUM (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Steven Smith | 2 INNINGS – 18 RUNS. |
| Josh Philippe | 5 INNINGS – 40 RUNS. |
| James Vince | 4 INNINGS – 59 RUNS. |
| Moises Henriques | 4 INNINGS – 131 RUNS – 0 WICKET. |
| Jordan Silk | 5 INNINGS – 110 RUNS. |
| Jack Edwards | 2 INNINGS – 61 RUNS. |
| Hayden Kerr | 3 INNINGS – 50 RUNS – 1 WICKET. |
| Sean Abbott | 5 INNINGS – 10 WICKETS. |
| Ben Dwarshuis | 4 INNINGS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Steve O’Keefe | 3 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
| Todd Murphy | NOT PLAYED YET. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS PRS (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS PRS |
| Steven Smith | 18r, 36r, 65r, 0r, 21r. |
| Josh Philippe | 1r, 54r, 6r, 5r, 32r. |
| James Vince | 9r, 5r, 95r, 98r, 52r. |
| Moises Henriques | 58r, 6r, 0r, 7r, 17r. |
| Jordan Silk | 47r, 17r, 41r, 1r, 26r. |
| Jack Edwards | 8r, 1r, 44r, 17r, 13r. |
| Hayden Kerr | 0W, 2W, 42+1W, 1W, 2W. |
| Sean Abbott | 3W, 3W, 1W, 0W, 0W. |
| Ben Dwarshuis | 0W, 0W, 0W, 66+0W, 2W. |
| Steve O’Keefe | 0W, 0W, 2W, 1W, 0W. |
| Todd Murphy | 0W. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS PRS (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS PRS |
| Steven Smith | 6 INNINGS – 191 RUNS. |
| Josh Philippe | 14 INNINGS – 353 RUNS. |
| James Vince | 9 INNINGS – 322 RUNS. |
| Moises Henriques | 20 INNINGS – 452 RUNS – 1 WICKET. |
| Jordan Silk | 18 INNINGS – 367 RUNS. |
| Jack Edwards | 5 INNINGS – 83 RUNS. |
| Hayden Kerr | 8 INNINGS – 87 RUNS – 11 WICKETS. |
| Sean Abbott | 21 INNINGS – 26 WICKETS. |
| Ben Dwarshuis | 17 INNINGS – 119 RUNS – 15 WICKETS. |
| Steve O’Keefe | 20 INNINGS – 132 RUNS – 13 WICKETS. |
| Todd Murphy | 1 INNING – 0 WICKET. |
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 27
- PRS WIN – 17
- SYS WIN – 10
- NO RESULT – 00
FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – J. Inglis, J. Philippe.
BATSMEN – J. Vince, S. Smith, L. Evans.
ALL-ROUNDERS – A. Agar, J. Edwards, A. Hardie, C. Connolly.
BOWLERS – J. Behrendorff, A. Tye.
GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – J. Philippe, J. Inglis.
BATSMEN – L. Evans, J. Vince, J. Silk.
ALL-ROUNDERS – J. Edwards, H. Kerr, A. Hardie.
BOWLERS – B. Dwarshuis, L.Morris, A. Tye.
BACK-UPS – M. Henriques, S. Abbott, S. O’Keefe.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – A. Hardie, J. Edwards.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – J. Vince, L. Morris.
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
PERTH SCORCHERS MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.