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- Perth scorchers sealed top spot in the Big Bash League in their final group game with a six-wicket win over Melbourne Stars.
- A partnership of 94 between Finn Allen (69) and Aaron Hardie (41) helped Scorchers pass their target of 131 inside the 17th over.
- Stars seamer Haris Rauf had mitchell Marsh (12) and Cooper Connolly (2) caught in the space of three balls, then dismissed Josh Inglis for one in his next...
Perth scorchers sealed top spot in the Big Bash League in their final group game with a six-wicket win over Melbourne Stars.
A partnership of 94 between Finn Allen (69) and Aaron Hardie (41) helped Scorchers pass their target of 131 inside the 17th over.
Stars seamer Haris Rauf had mitchell Marsh (12) and Cooper Connolly (2) caught in the space of three balls, then dismissed Josh Inglis for one in his next over to leave Scorchers 26-3.
Hardie and Allen rebuilt the innings, and while the latter fell to Peter Siddle with the end of the match inside, Hardie stood firm and, with the scores level, cut a winning four in the following over.
Having been put into bat Stars were 15-3 at the end of the second over,but Marcus Stoinis (55) helped put together a platform alongside Campbell Kellaway (19) and Hilton Cartwright (13).
However Stoinis’ dismissal, caught off English seamer David Payne, started a collapse where Stars lost their last six wickets for 30 runs and were bowled out with 10 balls left in their innings.
both sides now await Sunday’s final group game between fifth-placed Brisbane Heat and Sydney Sixers in fourth to see who they’ll face in the midweek qualifiers.
If Sixers win, they, rather than the now second-place Hobart Hurricanes, will play Scorchers in Tuesday’s qualifier match betw