END OF OVER:20 | 15 Runs | PS: 183/4 | RR: 9.15
- Mitchell Marsh57 (27b)
- Ashton Turner7 (4b)
- Jake Ball4-0-43-0
- Dan Christian4-0-35-0
5.46 pm Superb finish from Marsh gets the Scorchers past 180. 59 off the last four overs taken by the home side, 76 off the last five when they called for the Power Surge. Stiff chase on tap for the Sixers. Should be a cracker. Stay with us for the reply beginning shortly.
19.6
1lb
Ball to Marsh, 1 leg bye, length ball speared into the body, can't flick this away and they scamper a leg bye.
19.5
4
Ball to Marsh, FOUR, short on the body, goes to pull and mistimes this off more of a top edge but just barely clears Pope leaping at short fine leg and bounces downhill.
19.4
4
Ball to Marsh, FOUR, attempted yorker fails on middle, Marsh clocks an overpitched ball screaming past the umpire through mid-off to bring up a half-century off 25 balls.
19.3
1
Ball to Turner, 1 run, slower ball on middle, stays in his crease and mistimes a heave for the leg side to edge bouncing short of the keeper. Marsh alertly calls for a helter-skelter single in the final over to beat a direct hit to the stumps.
19.2
4
Ball to Turner, FOUR, full and wide, Turner doesn't give away until the last moment that he wants to shuffle way outside off to scoop over fine leg, gets the right length to do it and connects to clear the keeper.
19.1
1
Ball to Marsh, 1 run, wide yorker on fifth stump, driven to long-on.
Ball to bowl the 20th. Brathwaite passed over, has bowled just one over. Comes around the stumps.
END OF OVER:19 | 12 Runs | PS: 168/4 | RR: 8.84
- Mitchell Marsh48 (23b)
- Ashton Turner2 (2b)
- Dan Christian4-0-35-0
- Steve O'Keefe4-0-33-2
18.6
1
Christian to Marsh, 1 run, low full toss on sixth stump, driven to mid-off, diving stop on the ring.
18.5
4
Christian to Marsh, FOUR, knee high full toss tailing down leg, pulls this flat and just beats the diving man at short fine leg before racing to the rope.
18.4
2
Christian to Marsh, 2 runs, full and wide yorker, toe-slapped behind point for a pair.
18.3
1
Christian to Turner, 1 run, follows Turner backing way outside leg stump, spears in a low full toss at shin height and slapped to long-on for a single.
18.3
1lbnb
Christian to Marsh, (no ball) 1 leg bye, yorker follows Marsh backing away from leg stump, can't flick this away. Good ball... except the umpire calls a no ball. Given as a fielding violation for only three men in the ring. Free hit coming up for Turner.
18.2
1
Christian to Turner, 1 run, slower ball lands short on off, pushed into the off side. and fielded by Christian.
Now over the stumps to Turner.
18.1
1
Christian to Marsh, 1 run, short on the body, pulled to deep backward square.
Captain Ashton Turner arrives. Forget 170. Scorchers will be disappointed with anything under 180 after that last over. Christian continues around the stumps.
END OF OVER:18 | 19 Runs 1 Wkt | PS: 156/4 | RR: 8.66
- Mitchell Marsh40 (18b)
- Steve O'Keefe4-0-33-2
- Jake Ball3-0-29-0
17.6
W
O'Keefe to Inglis, OUT, holes out to cow corner. Short on the stumps this time, cranks this too flat to Silk who takes this at head height five yards in from the rope. He pulverized that ball but just didn't get any elevation.
JP Inglis c Silk b O'Keefe 20 (12b 2x4 1x6) SR: 166.66
17.5
6
O'Keefe to Inglis, SIX, charges O'Keefe this time to a full ball on the stumps, carts this high and deep over long-on, way into the stands.
17.4
4
O'Keefe to Inglis, FOUR, full on sixth stump, drives this hard and flat just out of the reach of O'Keefe and whistles past long-off, who was fielding quite wide.
17.3
1
O'Keefe to Marsh, 1 run, fuller and tighter to off stump, driven to the cover sweeper.
17.2
6
O'Keefe to Marsh, SIX, very short and wide outside off, but Marsh is nearly unstoppable right now. Flat bats this baseball-style flat over the non-striker, careens into the sightscreen.
17.1
2
O'Keefe to Marsh, 2 runs, short and wide, slaps this behind point for a pair.
O'Keefe comes back for his final over.
END OF OVER:17 | 13 Runs | PS: 137/3 | RR: 8.05
- Mitchell Marsh31 (15b)
- Josh Inglis10 (9b)
- Jake Ball3-0-29-0
- Dan Christian3-0-24-0
30 runs, no wickets in the Power Surge. Scorchers need to get past 170 to feel like they're in with a chance in the chase.
16.6
1
Ball to Marsh, 1 run, another yorker flicked off the pads for a single.
16.5
0
Ball to Marsh, no run, another yorker, this time on middle stump, Marsh is up to the task driving this crisply back down the ground, but the non-striker's stumps does a brilliant bit of fielding to deny four.
16.4
0
Ball to Marsh, no run, speared full into the legs, can't flick this away.
Decides to come around the stumps now like Christian had.
16.3
6
Ball to Marsh, SIX, overpitched on the legs, Marsh heaves this high and deep 20 rows up into the stands over backward square leg.
