{"id":406461,"date":"2026-01-11T15:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T15:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/406461\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T15:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T15:22:08","slug":"big-bash-2026-results-mitch-marsh-sets-up-win-as-scorchers-near-play-off-berth-hurricanes-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/406461\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Bash 2026 results: Mitch Marsh sets up win as Scorchers near play-off berth; Hurricanes through"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mitch Marsh crashed 88 as Perth Scorchers boosted their Big Bash play-off hopes with a 32-run win<\/a> over Adelaide Strikers. <\/p>\n

After being asked to bat, Scorchers posted 232-4 – the third-highest total this season and fifth highest of all-time. <\/p>\n

Marsh, who hit six fours and seven sixes, put on 81 with Finn Allen (38) for the first wicket before Cooper Connolly fell next ball. <\/p>\n

Josh Inglis made 42 in a partnership of 77 with Marsh before being caught by Jamie Overton off Matt Short.<\/p>\n

Marsh continued and fell with a second hundred of the season in his sights, but Aaron Hardie (32*) and Ashton Turner (20*) put on an unbroken 42 in 20 balls to drag them well past 200. <\/p>\n

Strikers’ chase got off to a good start with Short sharing 93 with the returning Alex Carey and at the halfway point they were 117-1 and needed another 116.<\/p>\n

They were 153-2 in the 15th over and competitive but the wicket of Liam Scott turned the game.<\/p>\n

Carey (71 off 39) followed in the next over and Strikers slipped to 167-8 at the start of the 18th over. They finished 200-8. <\/p>\n

Earlier on Sunday, Sydney Sixers’ match against Hobart Hurricanes was washed out after five overs. Sixers, who had Steve Smith back in their side, were 32-0 when the rain arrived. <\/p>\n

However, the result means that defending champions Hurricanes are the first side to confirm their place in the play-offs. <\/p>\n

Scorchers are up to second, with Melbourne Stars in third and Sixers occupying fourth and the final play-off spot.<\/p>\n

Strikers are now sixth and must win their final two games and have other results go their way to have any chance of progressing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mitch Marsh crashed 88 as Perth Scorchers boosted their Big Bash play-off hopes with a 32-run win over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-406461","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\/406461","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=406461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}