{"id":347303,"date":"2025-12-14T10:41:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/347303\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T10:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:41:09","slug":"perth-scorchers-vs-sydney-sixers-live-blog-big-bash-league-cricket-scorecard-storm-optus-stadium-babar-azam-debut-teams-video-what-time-does-it-start-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/347303\/","title":{"rendered":"Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Sixers live blog, Big Bash League cricket, scorecard, storm, Optus Stadium, Babar Azam debut, teams, video, what time does it start, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sixers have rallied late to post a strong total of 5\/113, with the Scorchers needing 114 to win the BBL15 opener.<\/p>\n<p>After losing Daniel Hughes (0) and Babar Azam cheaply at the top of the order, the Sydney side were sitting at 2\/16 after three overs.<\/p>\n<p>Moises Henriques then departed, being run out at the non-striker\u2019s end in one of the worst ways possible on the cricket field in the BBL15 season opener.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765088290_713_poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The only place to stream every match of the 2025\/26 KFC BBL LIVE is on FOX CRICKET, available on Kayo Sports. | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=cricket&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkcricket-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-cri-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Josh Phillipe hammered the ball directly back at Scorchers spinner Ashton Agar in the fifth over, who got a finger on it before it hit the stumps.<\/p>\n<p>Henriques was backing up and didn\u2019t even come close to getting back into his crease.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot the way to go, but go he must,\u201d Mark Howard said.<\/p>\n<p>But his exit, as well as Phillipe\u2019s, allowed the duo of Jack Edwards and Lachlan Shaw go to work, with that duo helping the Sixers to post a competitive total.<\/p>\n<p>Shaw was dismissed for 19 off 10, nicking a Joel Paris delivery but Edwards kicked on and finished on 46 from 21 balls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=cricket&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkcricket-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-cri-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Earlier, a storm hit Perth\u2019s Optus Stadium, with the originally scheduled 7:15pm (AEDT) start time pushed back to 8:35pm, with play reduced to 11 overs per team.<\/p>\n<p>Fans and players were forced to evacuate due to severe rain and lightning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=cricket&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkcricket-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-cri-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\u201cSevere Weather: Lightning,\u201d a graphic shown on the big screen inside Optus Stadium read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to approaching lightning, and in the interest of safety, it is necessary to evacuate the seating bowl.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease follow directions from stadium staff and seek shelter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sixers players were given access to their phones pre-game to ensure family and friends are OK following the horrible incident at Bondi Beach.<\/p>\n<p>A heavy storm hit Optus Stadium about an hour before play was scheduled to begin.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n<p>The BOM predicted \u201cdamaging winds, heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding and large hailstones\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Players were eventually allowed back on the ground around 8pm AEDT with warm-ups quickly getting underway.<\/p>\n<p>Follow our live coverage of the BBL|15 season opener in the blog below! Can\u2019t see the blog?<a href=\"https:\/\/go.arena.im\/live\/fox-sports-australia\/BBL2025-260101?v=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sixers have rallied late to post a strong total of 5\/113, with the Scorchers needing 114 to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-347303","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}