Strikers vs Scorchers, Knockout at Perth, BBL 2023, Jan 20 2024 - Match Result

What a way to end this game! That was absolutely stunning on the ropes! This was a length ball and Connolly looks to pull it. He flat bats it high to long-on where James Bazley on the rope leaps up catches it, realises he's about to go over the ropes, pops it back up, steps outside the ropes, hops up palms the ball up in the air, then sets foot inside the ropes and completes the catch. He briefly sets his heal on the rope to steady himself but crucially steps back off before touching the ball. They check the replays to confirm and it's good! The Strikers win by 50 runs! Some boos ring out, as the crowd is not happy but what an effort by the Strikers!

Connolly goes bang! Comes down the track, this was full and wide and Connolly just lifts this fantastically over extra cover

Pope has a four! And it's the googly again! This was even better than the last! Good length on off, elicits the drive and just rips through bat and pad. The Scorchers are almost completely cooked here!

full on off, driven straight to short extra

Pope with an absolutely glorious googly! This was full on off, but quicker too. It pitches, grips and goes right through bat and pad as Tye fails to pick it. He looks to drive hard but plays all around it!

short and wide, flat batted down to long-off

quicker on the pads, looks to work it onside but strikes the front pad

Connolly is not giving up! Clobbers this over long-on! This was tossed up on off, and Connolly gets right under this

full and straight, big swing but inside edges it towards backward square leg for one

Edged for four! Fired in outside off, slashes at this and gets a nick on it that takes it fine past the keeper

looks to slog sweep, but is hit on the front pad as this is darted down leg

Lofted over mid-off! Full on off, and Tye swings right through the line and goes up and over

looks to hit the same gap again, but this time only finds wide mid-off

inside out through extra cover! Makes room, and despite being followed, he manages to slap this in the gap

Oh nearly another one! Short ball, looks to hook it and just chips a top edge in front of cover, who comes haring in but just falls short on the dive. Top effort

Now Tye looks to cut it behind square but this was a little too close. Play and a miss

Swing and a miss! This was a back of a length and Tye looks to pull it over mid-on. Misses

Chipped straight to mid-off! This was again pace-off and Agar is early on the drive, ends up chipping a simple catch to the man in the ring. The Scorchers are being extinguished here