{"id":423369,"date":"2026-01-19T14:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T14:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/423369\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T14:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T14:25:12","slug":"big-bash-league-harley-reid-murphy-reid-to-do-cricket-battle-ahead-of-perth-scorchers-v-sydney-sixers-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/423369\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Bash League: Harley Reid, Murphy Reid to do cricket battle ahead of Perth Scorchers v Sydney Sixers final"},"content":{"rendered":"

The western derby rivalry will heat up before the football season starts when West Coast\u2019s Harley Reid and Fremantle\u2019s Murphy Reid battle at Optus Stadium tomorrow night.<\/p>\n

The Eagles midfield gun and the Dockers rising star will bowl one delivery to each other as part of the pre-match entertainment before the Perth Scorchers battle the Sydney Sixers in the BBL Qualifier.<\/p>\n

It comes after Harley Reid and Eagles teammate Tom McCarthy were meant to be the celebrity bowlers of this year\u2019s tournament opener against the Sixers all the way back on December 14.<\/p>\n

A wild storm hit that night forcing the game to be delayed and eventually played as an 11-over a side game with neither player getting the chance to send down a delivery.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Reid and McCarthy donned the orange for a photoshoot alongside Perth Scorchers star Cooper Connolly ahead of the season.<\/p>\n

It may have been a good omen, with the Scorchers finishing on top of the table and in the box-seat for a sixth BBL title.<\/p>\n

Should they beat the Sixers they will earn the right to host the final at the Burswood venue on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Reid rivals are among the most popular athletes in Western Australia. Harley Reid shot to fame before he was taken with the No.1 pick in the 2023 AFL draft but has since gone to meteoric heights.<\/p>\n

Reid has played 39 games for the Eagles and last year re-signed for a further two seasons, ensuring he will be at the Lathlain-based club until the end of 2028.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Murphy was a sensation in 2025, winning the Ron Evans Medal as the AFL\u2019s Rising Star on the back of a incredible season for the Dockers.<\/p>\n

The teenager played all 24 games for Fremantle in his first year, averaging 14 disposals and a goal after being recruited with pick No.17 in the 2024 draft.<\/p>\n

\"TomCamera IconTom McCarthy and Harley Reid of the West Coast Eagles pose with Cooper Connolly during a Perth Scorchers 2025-26 BBL Headshots Session on December 10, 2025, in Perth. Credit: Paul Kane\/Getty Images for Cricket Austral<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The western derby rivalry will heat up before the football season starts when West Coast\u2019s Harley Reid and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[638,64,63,22249,740,588,85],"class_list":["post-423369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-big-bash-league","tag-cricket","tag-sport","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423369","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=423369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}