{"id":384618,"date":"2026-01-01T11:46:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T11:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/384618\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T11:46:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T11:46:05","slug":"perth-scorchers-defeat-hobart-hurricanes-match-report-mitch-marsh-century-t20-world-cup-aaron-hardie-news-photos-tim-david-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/384618\/","title":{"rendered":"Perth Scorchers defeat Hobart Hurricanes, match report, Mitch Marsh century, T20 World Cup, Aaron Hardie, news, photos, Tim David injured"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aussie star Mitch Marsh has broken his BBL run drought in epic fashion to lead the Scorchers to a 40-run win over the Hobart Hurricanes on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

Marsh was on from the opening ball as he sent Hurricanes star Chris Jordan for six, and the power hitting just carried on from there at Ninja Stadium.<\/p>\n

Despite reaching double figures (16) just once in his past four matches, Marsh found form in a hurry as he brought up his century off just 55 deliveries.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s just been raining boundaries,\u201d David Warner praised on Fox Cricket.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s almost like he\u2019s playing Shane Warne 99 at the moment!<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything has hit the middle and is going in the gaps.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you had 15 fielders out, it wouldn\u2019t matter at the moment,\u201d Aussie great Mark Waugh added.<\/p>\n

Marsh SMASHES a 6 off the very 1st ball | 00:36<\/p>\n

Mitch Marsh celebrates scoring his century.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n

Together with Aaron Hardie (94* off 43 balls), the duo piled on an historic 164-run third wicket stand to lead Perth to a stunning 3-229.<\/p>\n

While Marsh fell for 102 with just five balls to play, the damage had been done as the Scorchers brought up their third 200+ score of this BBL summer.<\/p>\n

And in reply, the Hurricanes just couldn\u2019t get going.<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s grand final hero Mitch Owen (4) was first to depart as wickets continued to tumble.<\/p>\n

When Hardie\u2019s brilliance carried over to the ball by bowling Ben McDermott, the Hurricanes were in deep trouble.<\/p>\n

Nikhail Chaudhary (31 off 15) and Matt Wade (29 off 14) led the recovery mission by piling on the pain in their two-over power surge.<\/p>\n

Wade even got his own reprieve when bowled by Mahli Beardman off a big no ball.<\/p>\n

But his joy was short lived when he couldn\u2019t clear the rope and picked out Cooper Connolly.<\/p>\n

And it summed up a tough night for Wade, who dropped two catches behind the stumps \u2013 including Marsh when he was on 18.<\/p>\n

Hobart finished their 20 overs at 9-189.<\/p>\n

Perth\u2019s win ensures Hobart\u2019s incredible nine-match streak at Ninja Stadium is over, and cements the Scorchers one game clear in third place.<\/p>\n

WADE LAMENTS CRUCIAL DROP<\/p>\n

Hobart veteran Matt Wade would be lamenting his early drop of Marsh \u2013 the second missed chance of the match behind the stumps for Wade.<\/p>\n

Marsh was on 18 when he got the leading edge. <\/p>\n

A diving Wade couldn\u2019t reel in the catch \u2013 despite getting a glove to it, and to add insult to injury, the Perth star got four.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve got to catch that,\u201d Waugh said of the dropped chance.<\/p>\n

\u201cLeading edge \u2026 Just late on it.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve got to catch them at this level.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mitch Marsh was brilliant in Hobart.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n

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SQUADS<\/p>\n

Hurricanes: Rehan Ahmed, Hugo Burdon, Nikhil Chaudhary, Nathan Ellis (c), Rishad Hossain, Chris Jordan, Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Mitch Owen, Billy Stanlake, Matthew Wade, Charlie Wakim, Tim Ward, Mac Wright<\/p>\n

In: Charlie Wakim. Out: Beau Webster (Ashes Squad).<\/p>\n

Scorchers: Ashton Agar, Finn Allen, Mahli Beardman, Cooper Connolly, Brody Couch, Laurie Evans, Sam Fanning, Aaron Hardie, Nick Hobson, Bryce Jackson, Mitch Marsh, Joel Paris, Corey Rocchiccioli, Ashton Turner (c)<\/p>\n

In: Bryce Jackson. Out: Josh Inglis (Ashes Squad).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aussie star Mitch Marsh has broken his BBL run drought in epic fashion to lead the Scorchers to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-384618","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\/384618","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=384618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}