HUR vs SCO Ball by Ball Commentary

HOBART HURRICANES WIN BY 8 WICKETS! A short ball, outside off, Owen backs away and tries to slap it on the off side. Mistimes it, but gets enough to clear the inner circle and take the single. That's all Hobart Hurricanes need to get on the board in BBL 2024-25!

FOUR! HUNDRED FOR OWEN! The crowd is on its feet. A new star is born - Mitchell Owen. Take a bow, sir. A highly entertaining innings. The Free Hit is an overpitched delivery outside off and Mitchell Owen drives it gloriously through the covers! Scores level now.

NO BALL! Oh that is a sorry state for Morris. He bowls a high full toss, around middle and Ben McDermott is totally surprised. But he manages to fend it away to the leg side and gets Owen back on strike with a single. FREE HIT loading, with Owen on 96!

Ends with a single! Again a yorker, just outside off, Ben McDermott drills it down the ground to long off for a single. He wants a double but is sent back by the Mitchell Owen.

A low full toss, around off and middle, Ben McDermott tucks it to mid-wicket as the connection isn't very good which he wants to make on it.

Byes! A yorker again but down the leg this time as he follows the batter. Ben McDermott moves across to flick it but misses as the ball goes through the hands of the keeper to deep fine leg. They get a couple of runs for byes.

Excellent yorker, around off, all Ben McDermott can do is dig it out.

Nicely bowled, tighter line, tapped through mid-wicket for a single. Moves to 96, does Owen. His team needs 10.

FOUR! BOSH! How hard has he hit that? That nearly cleaned up Richardson! Right in the slot, on a length, outside off, Owen gets under it and blasts it past the bowler through mid off! Moves to 95 as well!

WIDE! Goes for the wide yorker, outside off, but bowls it too far outside off, does Richardson. Mitchell Owen stands his ground and tries to reach it but misses.

On a nagging length, outside off, Mitchell Owen keeps it down to long off for a single with ease. He reaches 91 and the Hobart Hurricanes are just 16 away.

Fuller again. slower through the air, outside off, Mitchell Owen comes down the track and wants to heave it but gets a thick inside edge wide of square leg. They take a couple of runs.

Tossed up, around middle and leg, from around the wicket, Ben McDermott clips it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Full, outside off, driven straight to short cover.

IN THE AIR... SAFE! Another full toss, outside off, Owen looks to slog it over the leg side but only gets a top edge. The ball swirls high in the air, towards long on but the fielder running in, cannot get there! A single taken.

A full toss to start, lucky to get away with that. Around middle, Mitchell Owen pummels it down the ground for a couple to long on.

Ends with a short of a length ball, around off, angling in, Ben McDermott goes for a backfoot punch at it but only manages to get a thick outside edge to short third. No harm is done!

Comes around the wicket, good length, around middle, Ben McDermott keeps it to mid off from the front foot.

OUT! A mishit and the partnership has been broken here! Finally some respite for Perth Scorchers! Jason Behrendorff comes from over the wicket and bowls on hard length, outside off, angling away to the batter as he looks to punch it over cover from the back foot. The ball takes an extra bounce as it gets hit on the upper half of the bat and goes in the air. Ashton Turner takes it at mid off comfortably. Shai Hope departs for 38 (35) and the 101 stand has been broken. Hobart Hurricanes need another 23 from 20 balls. Is there still some life left in the game?

Yorker, around off, this is digged out to the off side.

FOUR! 100-RUN STAND UP IN 74 BALLS! Gosh, we just did not realize this, did we? Fuller from Behrendorff, around off, Hope comes forward, shows the full face of the bat and lofts it straight back over the bowler, down the ground!

A short ball, outside off, Shai Hope pulls it over mid-wicket. The ball is just stopped before the ropes and the batters take a couple.

FOUR! Ruins it with this boundary! Crunched through covers! Goes for a yorker but serves a low full toss, just outside off, Mitchell Owen is waiting for that length as he drives it with force to deep cover for a boundary to end the over.

A yorker, outside off, top stuff from Jhye Richardson! Shai Hope digs it out wide of point for a single. A very good over so far for Perth Scorchers.

A bouncer with pace, above shoulders, Mitchell Owen keeps it down wide of mid-wicket for a single.

WIDE! A yorker, wide outside off, swinging away, from over the stumps, Mitchell Owen can't reach out to as the ball goes to the keeper. The umpire has called it a Wide!

Slower ball, on a length, outside off, Mitchell Owen backs away to the leg side, exposing all his stumps. Is too far from the ball and cannot reach the ball! That batting position is because of the vacant boundary on the off side.

DROPPED? Oh dear - this might have been the game changer! Slower ball, outside off, nearly a yorker, Hope reached out and carved it towards backward point. Ashton Agar got across from backward point to his right and took it with a tumble but the replays seem to suggest that the ball might have just bounced in front. A single taken.

Great yorker to start. Outside off, Shai Hope looks to heave it across but the ball hits the inside part of his bat and powers into his left foot. Hope limps in pain.

Very full outside off, Shai squeezes it through cover-point for a single. Just 5 from that over.

Slower ball, on a length, outside off, seaming away, Hope swings for the heavens but connects with thin air.

Another slower ball, but on the pads. Owen flicks it uppishly towards deep mid-wicket. The ball lands into space and the batters get another single.

Slower ball, on a length, wide outside off, Shai Hope reaches out and slices the cut to sweeper cover for one.

Full, around off, drilled down the ground for a run.

Low full toss, outside off, driven through the covers for a single.

Yorker, outside off, jabbed away.

Outside off, played straight to backward point.

Outside off, quicker, no room, punched back to the bowler.

SIX! BOOM! Fractionally slower and punished. It is full and in Owen's swinging arc. He gets down and slog-sweeps the ball over mid-wicket!

Outside off, driven towards the bowler who cannot stop it cleanly to his left. The batters take a single.

A full toss, around off, hammered down the ground for a single.

Outside off, driven towards long off for a run.

Full toss, outside off, Owen looks to drive it through the off side but the ball darts in and takes the inner half of the bat. Scoots past the leg stump and the batters take a couple.

Short again, wide again, cut towards cover again.

Shorter, outside off, cut through the covers for one.

Outside off, full again, driven through the covers for a run.

Outside off, coming in, worked through mid-wicket for a single.

FOUR! Powered away! Full, around off, Mitchell Owen stays outside leg and drills it through the covers!

The arm ball, around middle, MO looks to flick but misses. Is hit on the pads and Connolly is up in an LBW appeal, but again the angle. Taking it down the leg side.

Short and quick outside off, Owen looks to cut but misses.

FOUR! BOOM! Talk about power in that shot! Landed outside off, Mitchell Owen gets down on a knee and swings it powerfully through mid-wicket!

Around off, driven towards long off for a single.

FOUR! Terrific shot! Landed outside off, Shai Hope stays leg side of the ball and lofts it over cover for a boundary!

FOUR! Spoils a frugal over! Not Jhye Richardson's mistake at all. This is a bonus for Hobart Hurricanes. A terrific ball, swinging in from a full length, on middle, Mitchell Owen looks to get his bat down and does so, just in time. To his luck, the ball scoots off the inside edge, past the leg stump, teases deep backward square leg to his right and wins the race! There was no fine leg in place for that shot. 69 more needed from 54 balls now.

Slower ball again, this time Hope charges down the wicket. Takes it on the half volley and pummels it down the ground to long on for another single.

Another slower ball, full and wide outside off. Mitchell reaches out and steers it behind point for one.

Beautifully bowled. Yorker, at the base of off stump, Owen digs it out back to the bowler.

Good variation from Richardson. Bowls the cutter, on a good length, around off, nipping back in, Shai Hope looks to work it through the leg side but gets a leading edge. Luckily for him, it flies over cover. A run taken.

Slower ball, fuller in length, outside off, Mitchell Owen reaches out and digs it out towards point. There is a bit of a mixup but the single is completed in the end.

In the air but safe! Goes fuller down the leg, following the batter as Mitchell Owen tries to make room by shuffling across and he lofts it inside out wide of deep cover for a single.

A yorker at the toes, with pace, seaming in, Shai Hope digs it out to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Short of a length, outside off, Shai Hope is already deep in the crease as he pulls it comfortably wide of mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

FOUR! BLUDGEONED! The pace reads 142 clicks but the result is the same! It is that in-between length, neither full nor good and Shai Hope is ready. Rocks back and pulls it ferociously over mid-wicket this time. The stand moves to 43 (33).

FOUR! NIcely played to get his first boundary. First sign of aggression from Hope. Picked the slower ball from Morris, which landed on a length outside off. Hope just whipped it past a diving short mid-wicket, to his right, into the mid-wicket fence.

On a good length, outside off, good bounce, Shai Hope rises with the bounce and punches it towards cover.

A yorker, wide outside off, angling away, Mitchell Owen fails to dig it out as it is out of reach to him.

On a nagging length, around leg, Shai Hope comes forward and nudges it to long on for a single.

Reaches the crease just in time! A direct hit could have ended Hope's innings here! A low full toss, just outside off, from around the wicket, Mitchell Owen pushes it to extra cover for a quick single. The fielder is quick enough to throw the ball to the striker's end and the keeper also dislodges the bails but the batter comes in at the right time.

SIX! BLAST! 50 UP FOR OWEN! In 31 balls. A quicker ball from Agar, fuller in length too. But Mitchell is ready. Gets down on a knee and mows the slog sweep onto the hill at deep mid-wicket!

Slower through the air, short in length, Mitchell Owen goes back, waits for the ball to turn and helps it through mid-wicket for a couple.

Tossed up, outside off, Shai Hope gives himself plenty of room on the leg side and drives it through the covers for a single. 99 more needed from 71 balls.

SIX! UP AND OVER! Tossed up, around middle and leg, from around the wicket, angling in, Mitchell Owen goes on knees and slogs it wide of deep mid-wicket fence for a biggie to end the over on a high. It was a much-needed one for Hobart Hurricanes with the dot balls building up.

Full, around off, Shai Hope drills it down the ground to long off for a single.

Flighted ball, around leg, Mitchell Owen goes on knees to slog it to mid-wicket but misses it as the ball gets hit on the pads and rolls over wide of point for a single. Leg bye signalled.

Full and on the pads, MO looks to flick but misses, getting hit on the pads.

Struggling against spin, is Owen. Another arm ball, on middle, Mitchell prefers to take it from the pitch rather than from the hand. Is late and just about gets his bat down in time to punch the ball back to the bowler.

Lucky! The arm ball, around off, Mitchell Owen looks to punch it through the line, but the ball keeps coming in, cramps him for room and takes the inside edge. Scoots past the leg stump through fine leg. Two runs taken.

Goes shorter this time, outside off, Mitchell Owen cuts it wide of cover for a single.

Pushed through, fuller, around leg, angling in, Mitchell Owen gets beaten on the inside edge as the ball hits him on the pads. An appeal for LBW but the umpire denies it as the ball is going down leg.

Drags his length, around off, from around the wicket, keeps it slower, Mitchell Owen keeps it down back to the bowler.

A yorker now, around off, Mitchell Owen digs it out towards point.

This time, Hope stays back and works it with the angle through mid-wicket for a single.

Full, outside off, Shai Hope stays leg side of the ball and drives, but finds short extra cover.

Good running between the wickets! Quicker, full, around middle and leg, from around the wicket, Mitchell Owen tucks it wide of deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

Corrects his length, by going fuller, around middle, angles in, Shai Hope drives it to long off for a single from the front foot.

Short, outside off, Mitchell Owen cuts it wide of point for a single.

FOUR! That will release some pressure for the 'Canes. Fractionally short, outside off, Owen goes back and punches it through the covers. In the air, but in the gap. Mitchell reaches his highest BBL SCORE!

Slower through the air, on middle, Shai Hope gives himself some room and aims to drive it through the off side but gets it off the inner half of the bat through mid-wicket. A run taken.

Short, outside off, Mitchell Owen punches it behind point for a single.

Quicker, full around middle, Shai Hope comes forward and drives it back to the bowler.

Drags his length, outside off, turns away, Shai Hope gets beaten again on the outside edge as he looks to cut it but the ball takes an extra bounce.

WIDE! Down the leg side! Filghted, full, down the leg as Shai Hope doesn't offer any shot and the ball goes to the keeper. The umpire has called it a Wide for line!

Beaten! On a nagging length, turns away, from around the wicket, just outside off, Shai Hope gets beaten on the outside edge as he looks to punch it from the back foot.

Nicely drifted in, a bit full and onto middle, Shai Hope pats it back to thew bowler.

More than half a shout for caught behind from Josh Inglis, the keeper but turned down. Quicker one from Agar, angled just down the leg side, Hope fails to flick it away and it is well collected behind the stumps by Inglis. No wide given either, so, there must have been bit of a thigh pad.

Darts it into the pads from around the wicket, on a length as well and Owen tucks it away off the back foot behind square leg for a single.

OUT! CHOPPED ON! It is the last ball of the Powerplay and Caleb departs! First wicket for Perth Scorchers and they will think that they are in the game now! Jason Behrendorff has got them a breakthrough! Short of a length, just outside off, from over the wicket, straightens off the deck. Caleb Jewell goes for a cut shot from the back foot but he only manages to get an inside edge onto the stumps. Jewell departs for 7 (9) and 32/1 is the score after the Powerplay for Hobart Hurricanes. They need another 124 from 96 balls.

Back of a length, around middle, angling in, Caleb Jewell dabs it to point from the back foot.

Hard length with pace, just outside off, from over the wicket, Caleb Jewell cuts it to point with the cross bat.

Oh, good backing up from Ashton Turner. Low full toss now on off and middle, Owen miscues the punch to extra cover and sets off for the single. Keaton Jennings picks it up and scores a direct hit at the bowler's end but Owen is well in. The ball though just clipped the bail and angled away but Turner managed to get his body behind it.

Just back of a length and keeps it on a tight line around off, Owen punches it down towards cover-point.

Goes for the yorker-length delivery and finds the blockhole outside off, not too wide though. Owen backs away to open up the off side but fails to lay a bat on it.

Edge but goes in two bounces to the keeper! Slower length ball, outside off, from over the wicket, angling away, Caleb Jewell wants to guide it wide of point for a single but only manages to get a faint edge. No harm is done!

Hard length, around leg, at hips, Caleb Jewell keeps it down with the full face of the bat.

Good comeback by Lance Morris! As he bowls a yorker at toes, with pace, Mitchell Owen digs it out to the extra cover fielder who takes an aim at the non striker's end but misses it. They take a quick single. Direct hit would have got Owen.

FOUR! Just toying with the bowler and the field now, is Mitchell Owen. Back of a length over middle, Owen is early to back away and slaps the ball up and over the cover-point region for yet another boundary. 14 off the over already!

FOUR! Owen doesn't seem to care about Morris' pace and is just taking him down. Short of a length and around off at 141.3 clicks, Owen stands tall and forces the lofted short over mid off for a boundary now.

SIX! Easy as from Mitchell Owen! The 'wild thing' starts off with an overpitched delivery on middle and leg at around 140 clicks. Owen clears the front leg and pumps it over wide long on for his second biggie in that region.

Back of a length, outside off, Mitchell Owen goes deep inside the crease and keeps it down wide of mid off for a quick single.

Slower, length ball, on off, Caleb Jewell pushes it to mid off with soft hands.

Sweetly times through cover! Goes fuller, just outside off, from over the wicket, shapes away, Caleb Jewell comes forward and drives it wide of cover. The fielder runs in hard and saves the boundary with a dive. They take three runs.

A couple of runs for Jewell and he brings up 1000 BBL runs as well. Hard length, darted in at the pads, tucked away neatly and wide of deep square leg for a brace.

Peach of a delivery from Behrendorff this time! Pitched up on a good length and just outside off, seams away off the deck as well. Jewell looks to get across and play with a straight bat but the ball whizzes past the outside edge.

A gentle outswinger to begin with from Behrendorff! On a hard length and outside off, Caleb Jewell stays on the front foot and eases it away towards deep third for a couple of runs.

Short of a length, around middle, seaming in, Mitchell Owen gets beaten as he tries to block it with the full face of the bat.

Full, wide outside off, shapes away, Mitchell Owen goes for a drive with no feet movement as he gets beaten on the outside edge and the ball sails through to the keeper.

SIX! Down the Ground! That's massive! Mitchell Owen is in mood here as he has smoked it! Goes fuller this time, around middle and leg, angling in from over the wicket, Mitchell Owen waits and comes forward to heave it over cow corner fence for a biggie. First one for him.

Can't quite get it through! Much fuller this time and outside off, Owen laces the cover drive but fails to beat the fielder inside the circle.

Good carry for Richardson but a loose shot from Owen! Short of a length and outside off, Owen's feet go nowhere and he just swooshes at the attempted cut but is well beaten.

Up and running straightaway are the Hurricanes! Richardson starts from over the wicket and bowls it on a good length, angling it into middle and leg, Mitchell Owen lets the ball come on and flicks it away wide of mid-wicket for a couple of runs.