THU vs SCO Ball by Ball Commentary

OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Good length on the pads, Mahli Beardman gets a little tickle onto this and Sam Billings does well to dive low to his left and pouch this one. Sydney Thunder have defeated Perth Scorchers by 61 runs.

Good length on the pads, Jason Sangha flicks this towards deep square for one.

Fuller around middle and off, Mahli Beardman defends this one.

Too full on middle and off, Jason Behrendorff drives this to long off for one.

Floated around the pads, Mahli Beardman pushes this to long on for one.

Too full on off, Mahli Beardman defends this off the front foot.

Edged and gone for three. Drifts one in and it turns away from the batter. Jason Behrendorff gets an outside edge and the ball rolls to third man region for three. Mohammad Hasnain gives it a brilliant chase and dives in the end to keep it down to three.

Short of a length around off, Jason Sangha clears his front leg and swings but misses.

Tossed up on middle and off, Mahli Beardman pushes this away on off.

Tossed up on off, Jason Behrendorff lofts this behind the bowler for a single.

Fuller around middle and leg, Mahli Beardman tucks this towards square leg for one.

OUT! TIMBER TIME! It is just a mere formality for Thunder now and the batter of Perth Scorchers are not in the mood to hang around for long. Tossed up on middle and leg, Lance Morris sits down and gives it a proper slog. Misses and the ball goes on and rattles the timber.

Too full on off, Lance Morris pushes this right back to the bowler.

OUT! STUMPED! Short of a length around off, Matthew Spoors jumps down the track and looks to slog sweep this but misses out completely. The ball goes through and Sam Billings behind the stumps, gather this and does the rest by removing the bails in a flash.

SIX! Jason Behrendorff can swing as well. Tossed up on middle and off, Jason Behrendorff clears his front leg and slogs this straight and over long on for a huge six.

A bit of grip and bounce, around off, Jason Behrendorff swings and misses.

FOUR! Tossed up on middle and leg, Jason Behrendorff clears his front leg and smashes this towards the fence at deep square leg for four.

Fuller around off, Matthew Spoors drives this to wide long off for one.

Tosses one up around off, this turns after pitching and Matthew Spoors moves to his leg and looks to slog but misses.

Too full on middle and leg, Jason Behrendorff smashes this to long on for one.

Short-pitched on off, Matthew Spoors ducks down.

LEG BYE! On a length, angling into the batter but going down the leg. Jason Behrendorff misses the flick. The ball thumps into the pads and rolls toward off for one.

Short and wide around off, Jason Behrendorff looks to play the upper-cut but misses.

OUT! THE BULL HAS PLUCK THIS OUT OF THIN AIR! On a length way outside off, Ashton Agar goes after it and swings. Gets it off the toe end of his bat and this was comfortably behind David Warner at mid off. Warner backpaddles and throws his body on the line as he dives backward, grabs this and holds onto it. The Bull is pumped up.

Good length wide outside off, Ashton Agar goes for the reverse sweep but misses.

FOUR! Finally a boundary after almost 30 balls. On a length around middle and leg. Ashton Agar steps across and ramps this over short fine leg for four.

Back of a length around leg, Ashton Agar goes for the flick towards leg but manages to get it off the sticker and in no man's land at cover-point for one.

Back of a length around middle and leg, Matthew Spoors swings and gets it only towards the left of Sam Konstas at mid on for one.

On a length drifting down leg, Spoors steps away and looks to smash this through off but misses.

Good length outside off, Matthew Spoors steps across and looks to flick this but misses. Gets thumped on the thigh.

Good length on off, Ashton Agar punches this to cover for one.

Good length on the pads, Matthew Spoors flicks this to deep square for a single.

WIDE! On a length drifting down the leg. Matthew Spoors swings and misses. Wided.

Short of a length on off, Ashton Agar punches this to short cover for no run.

Full toss on middle and off, Matthew Spoors drills this to long on for one.

A lot of turn and it misses the bat of Spoors again.

Offie, turning in massively on the batter. Matthew Spoors moves away and looks to swing but gets cramped and end up blocking it out.

Too full on off, Spoors thumps this back to the bowler.

Fuller on off, Matthew Spoors pushes this straight at the fielder.

Flipper on off, Ashton Agar looks to punch this on off but gets an inside edge onto the pads for no run.

Tossed up on off, Matthew Spoors smashes this through cover for one.

Flighted on off, Matthew Spoors defends this away on off.

Pushed through, full on off, Matthew Spoors goes for the lofted drive but gets an outside edge just bouncing in front of the forward point.

Too full, around off, Ashton Agar drills this to long off for one.

Tossed up on the pads, Matthew Spoors flicks this through square leg for one.

Full toss, around off, Ashton Agar thumps this back to the bowler.

OUT! TIMBER! Nick Hobson misses a straight one and this has rattled the timber. Comes round the wicket and looks to play this away on off, gets beaten and the ball goes past him and disturbs the timber. The task gets taller and tougher for Perth Scorchers.

Too full on off, Matthew Spoors drives this away for one.

Fuller around middle and off, turning away from the batter. Matthew Spoors goes for the drive but drives early, gets an outside edge towards backward point for no run.

Fuller on off, Nick Hobson drives this to long off for one.

Fuller on the pads, Matthew Spoors flicks this away for one.

Tossed up wide of off, Matthew Spoors slices this towards sweeper cover for a single.

Short of a length around leg, Nick Hobson flicks this towards deep square for a single.

Floated around off, Matthew Spoors smashes this towards long off for a single.

Tossed up on middle and off, Nick Hobson drills this to long on for one.

Pushed through on off, Matthew Spoors drives this to long off for one.

Fuller around off, Matthew Spoors blocks it out.

FOUR! Too full around middle and leg, Nick Hobson steps a long way across and ramps this towards fine leg region. Tanveer Sangha puts in a valiant effort in the deep diving full-stretch to his left to save some run but on the second attempt as he looks to flick the ball inside the playing area his trailing leg is in contact with the fence and this is given as a boundary.

Tossed up on off, Nick Hobson pushes this on off again.

Darted on the pads, Nick Hobson moves in and looks for the scoop but misses.

Fuller on off, Nick Hobson pushes this towards off for no run.

Too full around middle and leg, Matthew Spoors drills this to long on for one.

Offie, around off, beats Matthew Spoors on the inside and goes on to hit him high on his thigh pads.

Tossed up on the pads, Matthew Spoors flicks this through mid-wicket for one.

Short and wide outside off, Nick Hobson cuts this to deep point for one.

Leggie, around middle and leg, Nick Hobson gets cramped for the room he is after. Ends up punching this back to the bowler.

Too full on off, Nick Hobson drives this to cover for another dot.

Fuller around off, Nick Hobson goes for the cut off his back foot but gets beaten.

Full and wide outside off, Nick Hobson goes for the drive but gets beaten.

OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Added trouble for Perth Scorchers as the skipper departs. Short of a length around middle and leg, Ashton Turner moves away from the stumps and pulls this one. Doesn't get enough power behind it and the ball lobs straight to Matthew Gilkes at deep mid-wicket fence.

Short and wide outside off, Nick Hobson cuts this to point for one.

Tossed up on off, Ashton Turner drives this to long off for one.

Quicker and flatter on middle and off, Nick Hobson flicks this through mid on for one.

Fuller on middle and leg, Ashton Turner tucks this towards leg for one.

OUT! RUN OUT! Excellent piece of work in the field and Cooper Connolly has to walk back. Short of a length around middle and leg, Ashton Turner flicks this past a diving David Warner to his right at mid-wicket. The batters turn back for two but Cooper Connolly was a bit slow on the second. Hugh Weibgen runs in aggressively onto this one from the deep mid-wicket fence and throws at the non-striker's end. Hits the stumps directly and Cooper Connolly is short of his crease.

Fuller on middle and leg, Cooper Connolly flicks this through square leg and turns back for two.

Quicker on middle and leg, Cooper Connolly hops back and blocks this back to the bowler. With the ball skidding into the batters they are better off playing on the front foot.

Fuller on the pads, Ashton Turner tucks this through mid-wicket for one.

OUT! BOWLED'EM! A ripper to Hardie and he had no answer to it. Flipper on middle and off, Aaron Hardie plays down the wrong line and gets beaten. The ball goes past the bat and thumps into the stumps.

FOUR! Full and wide down the leg again. Aaron Hardie steps across and sweeps this wide to the left of short fine leg for a boundary.

Fuller around middle and leg, Aaron Hardie looks to milk this thorugh leg but closes the bat face early and the ball edges and drops in front of the bowler.

WIDE! Starts with a bad delivery. Tossed up way down the leg, Aaron Hardie goes for the sweep but misses.

Hard-length ball on off. Cooper Connolly blocks it from the crease.

Slower length ball angled into the middle. Aaron Hardie tucks it to wide of mid-on for one.

Pace-off on a length, on the middle. Aaron Hardie defends from the crease.

SIX MORE! Pitched full on the leg. Aaron Hardie backs away as the bowler follows him and he flicks it nonchalantly over long-leg for back-to-back sixes.

SIX! UP AND AWAY! Fuller than a length on the middle. Aaron Hardie clears the front leg and smacks it just over deep mid-wicket boundary for a biggie.

WIDE! Length ball, sliding down the leg. Aaron Hardie heaves and misses. Wided.

On a length, angled in. Aaron Hardie swings across the line and fails to connect.

On a length, around off. Aaron Hardie steers it to sweeper cover for one.

Banged in short, around off. Aaron Hardie pulls and misses.

Good length ball, angled into the middle. Hacked to the deep square leg region for a brace.

Back of a length again, around off. Dabbed to short third for one.

FOUR! Nicely done! Back of a length around off. Cooper Connolly opens the bat's face and guides it off the edge, past the keeper and short third for a deliberately played boundary.

Full-length delivery on off. Aaron Hardie swings across the line and gets the outside edge that flies to deep third for one.

WIDE! On a length and angled down the leg. Aaron Hardie swings and misses. Wide to start the over.

Pitched full on off. Hardie strokes it to mid-off and pinches a quick single.

Short of a good length around off. Aaron Hardie hacks across the line and fails to connect.

Good length delivery on off. Aaron Hardie comes forward and defends back to the bowler.

RUN-OUT! Perth Scorchers have gifted away a wicket. Length ball angling in at the stumps. Hardie knocks it towards short mid-off and calls for a single which was never on. Fanning responds but was asked to turn around as Hardie saw Green at short mid-on and close. Unfortunately, it was too late as Green gathered the ball and hit the stumps at the non-striker's end to RUN OUT Fanning who was probably sold down the river! Perth Scorchers are two down.

Good length delivery on off. A solid front foot defence from Hardie.

OUT! CAUGHT! Nathan McAndrew gets rid of the dangerous Finn Allen. Back of a length delivery around off. Finn Allen looks to punch over the extra cover region but hits it off the cue end and spoons a simple catch to Hugh Weibgen at the extra cover region. He makes no mistake and the Scorchers suffer an early blow.

Full and at the stumps. Bunted past the bowler toward straightish mid-on for one.

FOUR MORE! TOP SHOT! Fuller than a length outside off. Finn Allen hits through the line and drives it past extra cover and wide mid-off for a cracking boundary.

Back of a length, skiddy delivery on the middle. Finn Allen plays across the line and gets an inside edge onto the pad.

FOUR! SMASHED! Pitched full on off. Finn Allen forces it past the bowler and down the ground for a powerful boundary.

Hard-length delivery on off. Finn Allen presses forward and defends.

Back of a length seaming back into the middle stump line. Sam Fanning jumps in the crease, tries to block, and gets an inside edge in the leg side for a quick single to get off the mark. The ball deflects off his pads and rolls in the backward square region.