SCO vs STA Ball by Ball Commentary

FOUR! Ashton Turner hits the winning runs and carries on their seven-game winning streak against the Stars. Back of a length angled into the batter. Turner makes room and smashes the pull to the deep mid-wicket region for a boundary. Perth Scorchers win by 6 wickets with nearly three overs to spare.

Tossed up on the leg. Nick Hobson sweeps and misses onto the pad.

FOUR! BANG! Tossed up on off. Nick Hobson clears the front leg and thumps it over the bowler for a smoking hit. The scores are level now.

SIX! CLUBBED! Shortish leg break on the middle. Nick Hobson hangs back and powers it back over the bowler for half a dozen.

Flatter leg break at the stumps. Ashton Turner bunts it to long-off for one.

Quicker length ball, at the stumps. Nick Hobson knocks it to long-on for one.

Floated on the leg. Hobson plays and misses onto the pad.

FOUR! How good was that! Short ball, angling down the leg. Ashton Turner pulls it to the fine leg region and it beats the fielder in the deep for a cracking boundary.

Short and angling back into the body of Turner, who camps back and works it off the inner half of the bat to forward square leg for a couple. Mid-wicket gets across and returns a throw to the keeper, who appeals for a run out after removing the bails. Replays are in and it shows that Turner's dive has saved him.

Slower one. Short on the body of Hobson. He swivels and controls the pull to deep backward square leg for a single.

Short and angled across the left-hander outside off. Hobson is beaten for pace as he misses the slash on the outside edge.

Slower bumper outside off. Turner stands tall and pulls it away to deep mid wicket for a single.

Slower, full and on the leg stump. Hobson closes the bat face early on the flick. Gets a leading edge to mid off for a run.

Yorker length delivery at the stumps. Nick Hobson jams it toward mid-wicket for one.

FOUR MORE! Nick Hobson has come all guns blazing! On a length, around off. Nick Hobson steers it through the backward point region and it races away to deep third for another boundary.

FOUR! Nicely done! Hard-length delivery on off. Nick Hobson guides it between the keeper and the short third for a delicately placed boundary.

Good length delivery at the stumps. Nick Hobson defends it forward.

Goes full, at the stumps. Turner attempts another scoop and it comes off the cue end toward mid-wicket for one.

FOUR! Cheeky and Effective! Slower back of a length delivery around off. Turner shuffles across and ramps it over the keeper for a boundary.

Low full toss at the stumps, driven to mid-off for a single.

Back of a length, down the leg. Nick Hobson pulls off the back of the bat, rolls past the keeper toward short third for one.

FOUR! Edged Away! On a length, around off. Nick Hobson opens the bat's face and edges it past the keeper, runs away to the deep third boundary.

OUT! TAKEN! Tom Curran strikes! Back of a length delivery around off. Cooper Connolly plays across the line and gets a top-edge on the pull. The ball flies toward the cover-point where Thomas Rogers runs back and takes it with ease. The set-batter is back in the hut. Perth Scorchers are four down.

Full, at the stumps. Cooper Connolly drills it to mid-off.

FOUR! Put Away! Serves a full toss, on the middle. Cooper Connolly times it through covers and a misfield from Milne gives away the boundary.

Back of a length around off. Ashton Turner punches it to the cover fielder and sets for a single. An overthrow results in the second run. 46 needed off 42 balls now.

Goes short, on off. Ashton Turner sways out of the line and lets it go.

Back of a length on the hip. Tucked through backward square leg for one.

FOUR! ELEGANTLY DONE! Slower and fuller around off. Cooper Connolly drives it through the extra cover region and beats Hilton Cartwright near the ropes for four runs.

Back of a length on the middle. Cooper Connolly steers it through point for a brace.

Skiddy short of a length delivery around off. Cooper Connolly chops into the off-side for none.

Full, at the stumps. Cooper Connolly bunts it to mid-off for a quick single.

Goes short, around off. Ashton Turner gets on top of the bounce and pulls this through mid-wicket for one.

Back of a length on off. Connolly pulls it through square leg for one.

Fifty for Cooper Connolly. Back of a length on the middle. Cooper Connolly tucks it through mid-wicket for a couple. The 50-run partnership comes up between Connolly and Turner.

Full, angled into the middle. Ashton Turner flicks it through mid-wicket for a single.

Back of a length around the hip. Cooper Connolly tucks it through backward square leg for one.

Flatter leg break, outside off. Connolly cuts it to deep point for a single.

SIX! BOOM! Serves it full, in the slot. Cooper Connolly gets on his knees and smokes it over the wide long-on fence for half a dozen. This goes long way into the crowd.

Leg break, on the middle and leg. Turner nudges it to backward square leg for one.

BYE! Touch short, and goes over the stumps as Cooper Connolly pulls and misses. Sam Harper fails to collect it cleanly and gives away a  BYE.

Tossed up on the middle and leg. Eased to long-on for a single.

Leg break, on the middle. Turner works it through mid-wicket for a couple.

Skiddy length ball, around off. Turner dabs it through backward point for one.

Full and at the stumps. Driven past the bowler for a single.

Slower length ball, angling across. Connolly swings and misses.

LEG BYE! Good length around middle and leg. Turner is late on the flick and misses it on the inside edge. The ball rolls to point as they take a leg bye.

Short of a good length, on the middle and leg. Connolly knocks it to mid-on for a single.

On a length, just outside off. Cooper Connolly plays and is beaten on the inside edge.

Flat and quick at the stumps. Knocked to deep mid-on for one.

Leg break, around off. Cooper Connolly steers it to backward point.

Tad short, wide outside off. Cooper Connolly cuts it toward deep backward point for a brace.

Flatter wrong'un, on off. Turner forces it to long-off for one.

Quicker length ball, on off. Cooper Connolly knocks it to mid-on for one.

Slider on the middle and leg. Cooper Connolly plays and misses onto the pad.

Goes full, on off. Cooper Connolly bunts it to mid-off for a quick single.

LEG BYES! Too full, at the stumps. Cooper Connolly flicks and misses onto the pad. The ball ricochets into the outfield for a couple of leg byes.

Pitched full, attacking the stumps. Turner eases it to mid-on for one.

Full and wide outside off. Driven to deep point for one.

Short of a length around off. Connolly pulls it to the right of deep square leg for a couple.

Full and at the leg stump. Turner flicks it to deep mid wicket for a single.

WIDE!  Full and angling down the leg. Turner misses the flick on the inside edge and wide is called.

Back of a length angled into the batter. Pulled to deep mid-wicket for one.

On a length, outside off. Cooper Connolly steers it to backward point for a single.

On a hard-length around off. Ashton Turner taps into covers for one.

Full-length delivery outside off. Cooper Connolly drives it to deep extra cover and collects another three.

Short of a good length, at the stumps. Cooper Connolly gets behind the line and defends.

WIDE! Back of a length down the leg. Cooper Connolly tucks and misses. Wided by the umpire.

Short of a length angled into the batter. Ashton Turner pulls it toward the cow corner region for three runs.

FOUR! BANG! Tossed up full, at the stumps. Cooper Connolly gets on his knees and hammers it toward the wide long-on region. One bounce and over the ropes.

Another leg break, around off. Cooper Connolly steers it to deep backward point for a brace.

Tossed up leg break, around off. Cooper Connolly cuts it to backward point.

Floated full, on the middle. Turner eases it to long-on for one.

Tad short, on off. Turner flat-bats it back to the bowler.

Flatter leg break on off. Turner cuts it to short extra cover.

Back of a length around off. Turner steers it through point for a single to get off the mark.

OUT! TAKEN! Brody Couch gets an important wicket. Pitched full, at the stumps. Matthew Hurst flicks it straight to Joe Clarke at the short mid-wicket region who takes a sharp low catch. Perth Scorchers are three down and in a spot of bother.

Back of a length outside off. Cooper Connolly slashes it to deep backward point for one.

Good length delivery at the stumps. Cooper Connolly defends from the crease.

SIX! ALL THE WAY! Couch goes short, down the leg. Cooper Connolly picks it early and pulls it off the top-edge, flies over the fine leg fence for a maximum.

Full and outside off. Connolly goes for the drive through covers but gets beaten on the outside edge.

Good length around off. Hurst goes for the flashy drive down the ground but gets an inside edge onto his front pad. It nearly carries to the bowler.

FOUR! Up and Over! Pitched full, at the stumps. Hurst chips it over mid on and it runs away to the fence. No chance for the man in the ring to cut it off.

On a length, around off. Hurst dabs it to backward point.

Slower ball on a length, on off. Cooper Connolly gets the outside edge to short third for one.

Fuller than a good length, around off. Cooper Connolly drives and gets the inside edge toward short fine leg for none.

Pace-off on a length on off. Cooper Connolly defends into the off-side.

Pitched full, at the stumps. Cooper Connolly strokes it through extra cover and mid-off for three runs.

Short of a good length outside off. Connolly lets it go.

SIX! Beautiful Shot! Pitched full, shaping away outside off. Cooper Connolly comes forward and creams the loft over deep cover-point for a half a dozen.

Back of a length outside off. Cooper Connolly swings and misses. Doesn't capitalize the free hit.

Goes full, and swings late around off. Cooper Connolly plays all around it and gets beaten on the edge. Milne has overstepped. No ball signaled. Free hit coming up.

Tempting length, around off. Connolly leaves it.

Short of a length angled into the batter. Cooper Connolly misses the pull and wears around the rib cage.

Back of a length angled into the middle. Hurst hops and drops into the leg side.

OUT! EDGED AND GONE! 100th BBL wicket for Peter Siddle. Back of a length delivery slanting across the batter. Keaton Jennings goes for the cut and gets the edge that is neatly taken by the keeper, Sam Harper. Melbourne Stars are right in the game. Both the openers are back in the hut.

Goes full, outside off. Keaton Jennings drives and misses.

Fuller than a length, around off. Keaton Jennings drives it on the up toward backward point.

FOUR! Put Away! Short of a length down the leg. Keaton Jennings controls the pull and it races away to the long-leg region for a boundary.

Peter Siddle begins with a back-of-a-length delivery around off. Keaton Jennings dabs it toward cover-point.

Full and shapes away outside off. Cooper Connolly drives and misses.

FOUR! Unlucky for Milne! Lands it on a length, around off. Cooper Connolly stays back and guides it off the edge toward deep third for a boundary.

WIDE! Short of a good length shaping away, outside the tramline. Left alone from Cooper Connolly. Wide signaled.

Good length delivery at the stumps. Cooper Connolly defends it to backward point.

On a length, angling away around off. Cooper Connolly lets it go.

SIX AND OUT! BOWLED'EM! Milne knocks him over! Fuller than a length, swinging back into the middle and leg. Finn Allen looks to heave into the leg side but misses and gets his stumps rattled. Milne is pumped and Stars' get the early breakthrough. Perth Scorchers lose their first wicket.

SIX! BOOM! What a start to the chase. Pitched full, angling into the stumps. Finn Allen clears the front leg and launches it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie.