1h agoSun 25 Jan 2026 at 8:45amLive updates: BBL final9m agoSun 25 Jan 2026 at 9:56amSixers all out for 132(Getty Images)

Mitch Starc is out at No. 11 to face the final ball of the innings. He works a single down to long-off, but Ben Dwarshuis is run out returning for a second.

The Sixers all out for what looks to be a severely under-par 132.

That was a really ugly innings for the men in magenta.

Steve Smith aside, who played some sweet shots but ultimately departed for 24 (13), I can’t recall too many balls finding the centre of the bat.

The Sixers heaved and swung, mistimed and miscued as the Scorchers squeezed brilliantly.

English veteran David Payne undoubtedly the pick of the bowlers, picking up 3-18 from his four overs with a slower ball clinic.

The Scorchers require 133 for a record-extending sixth BBL crown.

11m agoSun 25 Jan 2026 at 9:54amANOTHER WICKET!

Another really ugly shot ends Sean Abbott’s brief and uneventful innings.

He skies his pull shot and Josh Inglis settles underneath a very simple catch.

13m agoSun 25 Jan 2026 at 9:52am

20th over – Five balls for the Sixers to fire

Sean Abbot works a single to get off strike and it’s Ben Dwarshuis who has the responsibility of pushing the Sixers to as close to 140 as possible.

He works a well run two and then digs out a well directed Mahli Beardman yorker down to long-off for a single.

Three balls remaining.

14m agoSun 25 Jan 2026 at 9:51am

Manenti falls!

It’s another ugly, mistimed shot from a Sixers batter, this time by Ben Manenti.

He top edges his pull shot into the air and to Jhye Richardson takes a simple catch.

15m agoSun 25 Jan 2026 at 9:50am

20th over – Beardman to bowl it

The Sixers begin the final over of the innings on 7-127 – how many can they feasibly get?

18m agoSun 25 Jan 2026 at 9:47am

19th over cont. – Richardson has five to come

A wild, wide one from Richardson is followed by another bouncer.

Two balls at head height mean the Sixers are awarded a no ball and a free-hit.

Manenti can only muscle a single from it.

20m agoSun 25 Jan 2026 at 9:45am

Connolly robbed of a wonderful catch

That was a great catch, and should be out. I don’t think the ball touching the ground should be relevant if the fielder has control of the ball.

– Helen

I completely agree, Helen.

I think everyone watching agrees, probably even the umpires.

A law change is needed.

20m agoSun 25 Jan 2026 at 9:45am

DAVIES BELATEDLY DEPARTS!

It’s a very slow slower ball from Jhye Richardson and Joel Davies is made to look a bit silly.

He under edges the ball onto the stumps and Perth Stadium erupts.

For the second time in as many overs, Davies makes his way from the middle.

22m agoSun 25 Jan 2026 at 9:43am

18th over – Davies continues after life

Ooft, there are 50, 000 very angry Scorchers fans inside Perth Stadium at the moment.

The boos continue as Davies edges a streaky boundary down past the ‘keeper.

And a single to end the over.

27m agoSun 25 Jan 2026 at 9:38am

Davies is handed a reprieve

Joel Davies pummels one deep into the on-side.

He gets a lot of it – but not enough.

Cooper Connolly completes a wonderful catch, diving behind him.

But…

It looked like Connolly, although with ball safely in hand, may have touched the grass before he had completed the catch.

And yep, the television umpire agrees. Davies is called back as boos echo around Perth Stadium.

Not out.

29m agoSun 25 Jan 2026 at 9:36am

Mitch Marsh is PUMPED(Getty Images)

And why not?

32m agoSun 25 Jan 2026 at 9:33am

17th over – Beardman returns

Well, that power surge went about as horribly as it could have for the Sixers.

They lose three wickets and begin the 17th over of the innings on 6-104.

Runs! And some much needed runs for the Sixers. A thick edge from Joel Davies flies past the ‘keeper and to the fence for four.

Davies picks up a couple.

A massive few overs ahead for the precociously talented allrounder.

Ben Manenti mis times a baseball shot horribly, but the ball falls safe into the off-side and the batters run a single.

35m agoSun 25 Jan 2026 at 9:30am

Vision of that Payne double strike

Not good viewing for Sixers fans.

36m agoSun 25 Jan 2026 at 9:29am

EDWARDS DEPARTS!

A slower ball bouncer from Jhye Richardson and Jack Edwards is pulling and mistiming it completely.

The ball flies up and is caught by Cooper Connolly in the infield.

A shocking powerplay continues for the Sixers.

Edwards departs for 3 (4).

38m agoSun 25 Jan 2026 at 9:27am

16th over – Richardson to bowl the second of the surge

The Sixers need some serious runs from this second over of the power surge.

And they have some! Too straight from Jhye Richardson and new batter Joel Davies is down and hoiking it very fine for a boundary.

39m agoSun 25 Jan 2026 at 9:26am

15th over cont. – Payne finishes off a brilliant over

What an over for the Perth Scorchers to start the power surge.

David Payne finishes the first over of the power surge, conceding just two runs and taking two wickets.

A potentially match defining over from the Englishman.

42m agoSun 25 Jan 2026 at 9:23am

HENRIQUES GOES! THE SIXERS ARE FALLING IN A HEAP!

Oh boy, things are going from bad to worse for the Sixers in the power surge.

Moises Henriques swings wildly at another slower ball, he completely miscues it, and Mitch Marsh takes another diving catch at point.

The captain departs for 24 (27).

43m agoSun 25 Jan 2026 at 9:22am

15th over cont. – Sixers take power surge

So, that was the worst possible start to the power surge, with Lachie Shaw falling of its very first ball.

Jack Edwards walks to the middle….

44m agoSun 25 Jan 2026 at 9:21am

Payne gets a second!

Oh no, this is looking pretty grim for the Sixers.

On the first ball of the power surge, Lachie Shaw is done by a slower ball.

The ball balloons high into the sky and it’s caught comfortably by Mitch Marsh on the circle.

Shaw departs for 14 (12).