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: A final release of tickets will go on sale at 10am AWST (1pm AEDT) on Saturday. Get them 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: Sam Nogajski and Donovan Koch (field), Phil Gillespie (third), Gerard Abood (fourth), David Gilbert (match referee)<\/p>\n Match squads<\/p>\n Perth Scorchers: Ashton Turner (c), Finn Allen, Mahli Beardman, Cooper Connolly, Brody Couch, Laurie Evans, Aaron Hardie, Nick Hobson, Luke Holt, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Marsh, Joel Paris, David Payne, Jhye Richardson<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n In: Joel Paris. Out:\u00a0Sam Fanning<\/p>\n The Scorchers have found form at the back end of the season and enter the BBL|15 Final on a four-game winning streak. Joel Paris, who was the Scorchers’ leading wicket-taker this season before being sidelined with a groin injury, is back in the squad and could play his first game in three weeks. But Ashton Agar (calf) has missed a comeback.\u00a0<\/p>\n The form of allrounders Aaron Hardie and Cooper Connolly batting in the top order gives the home side flexibility to play an extra batter or bowler in the decider depending on conditions.<\/p>\n Sydney Sixers: Sean Abbott, Joel Davies, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Moises Henriques (c), Daniel Hughes, Hayden Kerr, Ben Manenti, Mitch Perry, Josh Philippe, Lachlan Shaw, Jordan Silk, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Unchanged<\/p>\n The unchanged Sixers face their second trip to Perth in a week after securing their spot in the decider with a convincing 57-run win over the Hurricanes on Friday. Veteran opener Daniel Hughes contributed a quickfire 13 having replaced Babar Azam after he was abruptly pulled from the BBL for Pakistan national duties.<\/p>\n Aussie stars Mitchell Starc and Steve Smith were again on song in the Challenger and will be key to the Sixers’ title hopes, as will Joel Davies who hit 27 off 12 balls and took two wickets in a superb all-round display.<\/p>\n What they said<\/p>\n ‐ Finn Allen, Scorchers batter<\/p>\n ‐ Steve Smith, Sixers batter<\/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 Mahli Beardman (Scorchers): The 20-year-old speedster rose to the occasion in his first Big Bash final with three huge wickets, including that of Australian star Steve Smith. Coach Adam Voges believes Beardman is getting better with every game he’s played this season, so can he leave his mark on a BBL Final like a 19-year-old Cooper Connolly did the last time the Scorchers reached the decider?<\/p>\n Steve Smith (Sixers): It just has to be Smith, doesn’t it? Despite having played just five games, the superstar batter is now the Sixers’ highest run-scorer in BBL|15 following his 65 off 43 balls in the Challenger, taking his tally to 275 at 68.75 striking at 167. Smith will have a point to prove too after being unable to get his side home against the Scorchers earlier in the week when he fell to young quick Mahli Beardman for 37.<\/p>\n Smith sparkles at SCG in another special knock for Sixers<\/p>\n Entertainment<\/p>\n Australian indie rockers The Jungle Giants will pump up the volume at the BBL|15 Final as the headline entertainment act, taking to the stage for two sets \u2013 one pre-game and another during the innings break.<\/p>\n The Jungle Giants will play at the BBL|15 Final \/\/ Morgan Hancock-Getty<\/p>\n The bumper crowd at the season decider can expect an epic show on and off the field, with the Jungle Giants setlist to include major hits ‘Used to Be In Love’, ‘Heavy Hearted’ and more, and they’ll be accompanied by pyro lighting up Optus Stadium.<\/p>\n Top performers<\/p>\n \n Most Runs \n Most Wickets Local knowledgeRapid stats<\/p>\n This will be the second BBL Final at Optus Stadium after a 19-year-old Cooper Connolly inspired an epic Perth Scorchers comeback to win the BBL|12 championship. The Scorchers also previously hosted four deciders at the WACA Ground and one at Marvel Stadium in BBL|11. The Scorchers have won in five of their past six appearances in the BBL Final, including each of their past two, while the Sixers have lost each of their past two appearances in the BBL Final \u2013 they haven’t recorded more than two consecutive defeats in such fixtures in BBL history. The Qualifier: Perth Scorchers v Sydney Sixers | BBL|15<\/p>\n Perth Scorchers have won seven of their past eight BBL matches, including each of their past four; the last time the Scorchers recorded a longer winning run in the competition was a nine-match span from January 2023 to January 2024. It all comes down to this with the winner to be crowned BBL|15 champions! It would be an unprecedented sixth men’s title for the Scorchers if they can get over the line in front of their home fans, with the Sixers gunning for their fourth men’s crown and first since BBL|10.<\/p>\n BBL|15 finals schedule<\/p>\n Qualifier: Perth Scorchers beat Sydney Sixers by 48 runs<\/a><\/p>\n Knockout: Hobart Hurricanes beat Melbourne Stars by three runs (DLS method)<\/a><\/p>\n Challenger: Sydney Sixers beat Hobart Hurricanes by 57 runs<\/a><\/p>\n
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\nThe Scorchers are hunting an unprecedented sixth title, and the Sixers their fourth. Perth have played off in nine of the 15 BBL Finals, the most of any team. Incredibly, it will be the sixth time the two sides have battled it out for title honours in the competition’s 15-season existence.<\/p>\n
\nThe average total batting first at Optus Stadium in BBL|15 is 141 from 20 overs, the second lowest of any venue to host multiple games this season, ahead of the MCG (135.5). The highest first innings total at Optus Stadium this season is 153, scored by the Scorchers against the Strikers, which is the lowest of the any of the 10 venues to host multiple matches.
\nPerth Scorchers have won their past two BBL matches against Sydney Sixers, after winning only one of their four meetings prior in the competition.
\nPerth Scorchers have won nine of their past 11 BBL matches against Sydney Sixers in Western Australia; their only two defeats in that span were a three-wicket loss in January 2024 and a 48-run loss in December 2019.
\nSydney Sixers have won six of their past seven BBL matches; although, their only defeat in that span came in their most recent meeting against the Scorchers in last Tuesday’s Qualifier at Optus Stadium.<\/p>\n
\nPerth Scorchers have hit a boundary once every 4.8 balls faced in BBL|15, the most frequently of any team in the competition \u2013 no other side has an average under five in this category (Melbourne Stars \u2013 5.5).
\nSydney Sixers have recorded the best bowling average (19.4) and strike rate (14.5) of any team in BBL|15; in fact, it’s the Sixers’ best in each category in a single season in BBL history.
\nPerth Scorchers’\u00a0Aaron Hardie\u00a0has scored 102 runs in the final five overs of the innings in BBL|15, the most of any batter this season.
\nPerth Scorchers fast bowler\u00a0David Payne\u00a0has a dot ball percentage of 50.9 from 114 balls bowled this season, the best rate of any player to have bowled more than two overs. Scorchers captain\u00a0Ashton Turner\u00a0has bowled exactly two overs and has a dot ball percentage of 83.3 (10 of 12 balls bowled).
\nPerth Scorchers duo Ashton Turner (189.8 from 127 balls faced) and Finn Allen (186.1 from 231 balls faced) have the best batting strike rates of any players this season (minimum 90 balls faced).
\nJack Edwards (Sydney Sixers) has bowled 101 dot balls in BBL|15 \u2013 more than any other player and 17 more than the Scorchers’ best (Mahli Beardman \u2013 84); indeed, he’s the only individual to have logged 100-plus in this category.
\nWhat’s on the line?<\/p>\n
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