STR vs SCO Live Score

12:01 PM IST Can't say this was a great bowling performance by the Scorchers but they will take it. Known historically as a squad with great bowling depth, it is their batting which has come triumphant this season. In this game too, barring Cooper Connolly, everyone teed off, taking the score to a healthy 232, which consisted of 16 sixes and 18 fours. With the ball, they struggled for most parts. It was only when Mahli Beardman came up with a double-wicket 16th over, that the slide began. David Payne ended up with 3/35 in his 4 overs. Perth have got a lot of work to do on their bowling.

11:58 AM IST A good fist of the run chase by Adelaide Strikers but 233 was a bit too much for them in the end. They started well and in fact were going really well till the 14th over. But lack of hitters down the order hurt them. The Scorchers move back to second spot, while the Strikers are probably now on a win-or-get-knocked-out road.

11:56 AM IST That ends a double-header Sunday. The SCG crowd were denied full entertainment on Steven Smith's return to the Big Bash while the evening game was a high-scoring affair at the Adelaide Oval. Monday. 12th January, 2026 sees Sydney Thunder take on the Melbourne Renegades as the former would be desperate to avoid the wooden spoon. The first ball in Sydney will be bowled at 1.45 pm IST (0815 GMT) but our buildup will begin well in advance. So do tune in early then. ADIOS! TAKE CARE!

11:51 AM IST Perth Scorchers' MITCHELL MARSH HAS BEEN ADJUDGED PLAYER OF THE MATCH for his stellar knock of 88 from just 51 balls. Marsh says that it was a slow start to the tournament for him, but he's shown glimpses of his best and hopes he can carry on. Adds that the wicket felt like a 220 wicket and says that it should be easy defending 230 runs but it wasn't the case and the youngsters did really well to defend the score. On Ashton Turner losing 7 tosses in a row, Mitch jokes and feels like AT should give it up, and ends by saying that hopefully they can string a few more wins together.

11:50 AM IST Tough night for Adelaide Strikers. We felt that the best chance for them would be to bat first and try to defend, because their bowling has been doing wonderfully well this season. Unfortunately, in this clash, it just came unstuck. Everyone was taken to the cleaners with the pacers conceding 140 runs combined in 10 overs. Though the spinners did stop the run flow a bit, water had flown under the bridge even before the first innings ended and then, it was just too much for their underperforming batting lineup.

11:45 AM IST Scott was cleaned up by Cooper Connolly and in the blink of an eye, 153/2 became 167/8 as wickets started to fall left, right and centre. Alex Carey was one of those wickets in the muddle but if truth be told, even though he top scored with 71, the curious thing was he faced just 39 balls in the team's 93. Now that means, either he did not get enough strike, or Perth Scorchers were smart to keep him off strike. Which is why, despite Carey playing flawlessly, the required rate kept on rising.