The Perth Scorchers, who have home advantage for the final against the Brisbane Heat, will most likely have to do without the services of key opener Herschelle Gibbs, who pulled a hamstring in Wednesday’s semi-final victory.
PERTH SCORCHERS LOOK TO MAKE IT SECOND TIME LUCKY IN FINAL
Nevertheless, in their other opener Shaun Marsh (pictured), the Perth Scorchers have a man in the T20 form of his life and is likely to force his way back into the national setup. Marsh’s superb 68 from 40 balls set the Scorchers on the way to a victory that had looked unlikely given the Stars’ strong showing with the bat, with Cameron White and Brad Hodge blasting 88 and 70 not respectively. This match telecast on Gazi tv live at Bangladesh side.The Scorchers reply was limited to 13 overs in the rain-shortened semi-final encounter. Marsh now has 396 runs to his name at an average of 66 from nine outings this season and is the top run scorer in the Big Bash’s second season, ahead of Brisbane Heat’s Luke Pomersbach with 360 runs at an average of 45.
The odds on Marsh being his team’s top batsman (win only) in the final are 11/5. The second favourite to be Perth’s top batsman is none other than Mike “Mr. Cricket” Hussey, who will be making his second Big Bash appearance this year after his retirement from an illustrious Test career and having been controversially overlooked for the ODI series with Sri Lanka, with odds of 11/4 (only). Hussey kept wicket in the semi-final.
The Perth Scorchers, who have now also qualified for the T20 Champions League, finished in second place in the group stage on equal on points with the Melbourne Stars but above them on a superior run rate. Last year, they lost the final of the inaugural Big Bash to the Sydney Sixers, who had a dreadful campaign this year and finished seventh out of eight.
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