Listen: ABC, SEN Radio. Listen in standard and\u00a0real-time\u00a0with no delay to live play via Cricket Radio on the\u00a0CA Live app<\/a>. Find out more\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n Buy tickets: Tickets are on sale here<\/a><\/p>\n Live scores: Match Centre<\/a><\/p>\n Highlights, news and reactions after the match: cricket.com.au<\/a>, the CA Live<\/a> and Big Bash<\/a> apps<\/p>\n Officials: Shawn Craig and Mike Graham-Smith (field), Drew Crozier (third), Sharad Patel (fourth), Charlie Burke (match referee)<\/p>\n Match squads<\/p>\n Perth Scorchers: Ashton Turner (c), Ashton Agar, Finn Allen, Mahli Beardman, Cooper Connolly, Brody Couch, Laurie Evans, Sam Fanning, Aaron Hardie, Nick Hobson, Bryce Jackson, Mitchell Marsh, Joel Paris, Corey Rocchiccioli<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Ins: Corey Rocchiccioli. Outs: Jhye Richardson (Australian Test Squad)<\/p>\n After playing one match with the Scorchers, speedster Jhye Richardson has been called into the Australian Test squad for the Boxing Day Test. Spinner Corey Rocchiccioli has joined the Scorchers as a local replacement player and replaces Richardson in the squad.\u00a0<\/p>\n Hobart Hurricanes: Nathan Ellis (C), Rehan Ahmed, Jackson Bird, Nikhil Chaudhary, Tim David, Rishad Hossain, Chris Jordan, Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Mitch Owen, Will Prestwidge, Billy Stanlake, Tim Ward, Mac Wright<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Ins: Mac Wright. Outs: Matthew Wade (injured)<\/p>\n Matthew Wade has been ruled out of the Hurricanes Boxing Day squad through an injury sustained against the Renegades. Wade has been replaced in the squad by Mac Wright, who would make his first appearance in BBL|15.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Club news Listen on Spotify<\/a>Listen on Apple Podcasts<\/a>Listen on iHeart Radio<\/a><\/p>\n Players to watch<\/p>\n Mitch Marsh (Scorchers): Australia’s T20 skipper was our player to watch in their season opener too and is surely due to fire at home in front of a bumper crowd on Boxing Day after scores of 0 and 3 in their opening two games. Marsh came into the tournament as one of the most in form white-ball batters in the country with a century in each of the ODI and T20 international formats since the start of the home summer.<\/p>\n Rishad Hossain (Hurricanes): We’re loving what the ‘Canes Bangladeshi leggie is doing in his debut Big Bash season with hauls of 1-21 and 2-33 in his past two games against the Renegades and Stars respectively. At 189cm tall, he could prove tough to handle with the bounce he’ll be able to extract from the Optus Stadium surface.<\/p>\n Top performers<\/p>\n \n Most Runs \n Most Wickets Local knowledgeRapid stats<\/p>\n Hobart Hurricanes will be aiming for consecutive wins against Perth Scorchers in the BBL for the first time since January 2020, following their eight-wicket victory in their most recent meeting (December 21, 2024). The Scorchers will be out to bounce back after scoring a whopping 6-257 against the Heat before going on to lose the match in their previous start. They return home to Optus Stadium searching for their second win of BBL|15 after winning the season opener at the venue earlier this month.<\/p>\n The reigning champions meanwhile have looked sharp for their two wins this season and are sitting pretty in the top half of the standings.<\/p>\n KFC BBL|15 standings<\/p>\n Team<\/p>\n \n Matches played\n <\/p>\n M<\/p>\n \n Wins\n <\/p>\n W<\/p>\n \n Losses\n <\/p>\n L<\/p>\n \n Ties\n <\/p>\n T<\/p>\n \n No results\n <\/p>\n N\/R<\/p>\n \n Net Run Rate\n <\/p>\n NRR<\/p>\n \n Deductions\n <\/p>\n Ded.<\/p>\n \n Total points\n <\/p>\n PTS<\/p>\n 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 2 5 3 6 2 7 3 8 2 Legend<\/p>\n M: Matches played<\/p>\n W: Wins<\/p>\n L: Losses<\/p>\n T: Ties<\/p>\n N\/R: No results<\/p>\n NRR: Net Run Rate<\/p>\n Ded.: Deductions<\/p>\n PTS: Total points<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Scorchers host the Heat in Perth in the second match of a blockbuster Boxing Day double-header Match…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-371233","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","12":"tag-text"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371233","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=371233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPerth ScorchersHobart HurricanesGet the latest<\/p>\n
\n BBL|15 BKT Golden Bat\n <\/p>\n
\n BBL|15 BKT Golden Arm\n <\/p>\n
\nPerth Scorchers have won each of their past two BBL matches at Optus Stadium, as many as they won across their six games prior at the venue (won two, lost four) while the Hobart Hurricanes have won three of their past five games outside Tasmania.
\nPerth Scorchers have recorded three runs per scoring shot so far in BBL|15, more than any other team in the competition; in fact, the Scorchers have logged just 14 per cent of their total runs from singles this season, the lowest rate of any side.
\nMitch Owen (Hobart Hurricanes) has a batting strike rate of 235.3 during the Powerplay in BBL|15, the best of any player in the competition; teammate Nikhil Chaudhary (46) has scored the most runs of any player during this four-over period (Owen \u2013 40).
\nPerth Scorchers duo Finn Allen (76 per cent of 95 runs) and Cooper Connolly (75 per cent of 136 runs) have scored a higher percentage of their runs from boundaries than any other players in BBL|15 (min. 45 runs scored).
\nWhat’s on the line?<\/p>\n
\n ![\"Melbourne](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753503308_17_placeholder.png\")
\n Melbourne Stars Men
\n STA<\/p>\n
\n 2
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 1.541
\n 0
\n 4<\/p>\n
\n
\n Hobart Hurricanes Men
\n HUR<\/p>\n
\n 2
\n 1
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\n 0.45
\n 0
\n 4<\/p>\n
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\n Sydney Sixers Men
\n SIX<\/p>\n
\n 1
\n 2
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0.569
\n 0
\n 2<\/p>\n
\n
\n Perth Scorchers Men
\n SCO<\/p>\n
\n 1
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0.365
\n 0
\n 2<\/p>\n
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\n Sydney Thunder Men
\n THU<\/p>\n
\n 1
\n 2
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\n 0
\n -0.258
\n 0
\n 2<\/p>\n
\n
\n Adelaide Strikers Men
\n STR<\/p>\n
\n 1
\n 1
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\n 0
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\n 2<\/p>\n
\n
\n Brisbane Heat Men
\n HEA<\/p>\n
\n 1
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\n 0
\n -0.755
\n 0
\n 2<\/p>\n
\n
\n Melbourne Renegades Men
\n REN<\/p>\n
\n 1
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n -1.331
\n 0
\n 2<\/p>\n