Twitter Reactions: Perth Scorchers lift their 3rd BBL title

Having dominated their opponents right through the Big Bash League (BBL) season 6 the Perth Scorchers continued their dominance in the final as well. The Sixers from Sydney hardly had an answer to the challenges from the Scorchers bowlers. Mitchell Johnson was brilliant once again and so were Jye Richardson and Tim Bresnan. They didn’t let the Sixers batsmen get going and restricted them to an under-par total that they chased down in 15.5 overs without much ado.

Ashton Turner and Mitchell Johnson kept things really tight to start and sent back Daniel Hughes and Michael Lumb for 8 and 5 respectively. Nick Maddinson could just add one before being run out. At 71/3 in 3 overs, the Sixers started off in a nightmarish fashion in the big night of the final. Skipper Moises Henriques and Brad Haddin then played resistive knocks of 21 and 38 respectively but that didn’t guarantee them a substantial total.

Johan Botha’s 32 in the lower order took them to 141 for 9 in 20 overs. A total that was certainly never going to be enough to challenge the Scorchers. Openers Sam Whiteman and Michael Klinger had a flying start and added 75 runs for the first wicket in 7.3 overs before Nathan Lyon broke the partnership as Haddin stumped Whiteman. But their English recruit Ian Bell walked out and was business. Klinger scored another assuring half century – 71 from 49 balls with five 4s and five 6s and Bell’s 31 from 25 took them home in less than 16 overs and with 9 wickets in hand.

This is Perth’s 3rd Big Bash title having qualified for the final for a record 5th time in six seasons.  Pacer Jye Richardson who had figures of 3/30 was named the man of the match of the final while Brisbane Heat batsman Chris Lynn was awarded the Player of the tournament.

Here is how Twitter reacted during the BBL final:

Michael Klinger is among the best batsmen in the world who never got to play international cricket #BBL06

— Shubh AggarWall (@shubh_chintak) January 28, 2017

Of course Melbourne & Sydney despite having 3 times the population, having 2 sides each makes it too hard for them to win the #BigBash ?

— Neil Harris (@njhcricket) January 28, 2017

Unbelievable @ScorchersBBL! Sooo good! Great squad effort throughout! Enjoy the celebrations!!! #MadeTough #BBL06Champions

— David Willey (@david_willey) January 28, 2017

https://twitter.com/MalhotraSaurabh/status/825300329931689984

Keep in mind Scorchers lost Hogg before #BBL06, have missed 3x intl calibre quicks (Paris, C'Nile, Behrendorff) + not had 2xMarsh tonight

— Louis Cameron (@LouisDBCameron) January 28, 2017

Perth Scorchers:

BBL|01: Runners Up
BBL|02: Runners Up
BBL|03: Winners
BBL|04: Winners
BBL|05: Semi Finals
BBL|06: Winners #BBL06

— Freddie Wilde (@fwildecricket) January 28, 2017

The Scorchers won this title without Nathan Coulter-Nile & Jason Behrendorff & at times without the Marshes & Voges. Amazing depth. #BBL06

— Freddie Wilde (@fwildecricket) January 28, 2017

The @ScorchersBBL win Final without the following…

S. Marsh
M. Marsh
Coulter-Nile
Behrendorff
Willey
Paris

Very impressive.#BBL06

— Adam White (@White_Adam) January 28, 2017

In their last three matches Scorchers conceded 134-6, 136-8 & 141-9 in the first innings. Superb bowling performances under pressure. #BBL06

— Freddie Wilde (@fwildecricket) January 28, 2017

How Klinger has never played for Aus I will never know. Consistent performer for so long. Love watching him bat ?? #BBL06 #class #BBLfinal

— Jessica Jonassen (@JJonassen21) January 28, 2017

Since the great @MaxyKlinger was axed from the Saca, he's had a 1000 run shield season for WA, won a Matador Cup and 2 BBL titles. #BBL06

— Theo Doropoulos (@TheoDrop) January 28, 2017

In the first 6 Seasons of IPL & BBL
CSK: 5 Finals, 2 Wins
Perth Scorchers: 5 Finals, 3 Wins

— Ravi Maestri (@ravimaestri) January 28, 2017

Chris Lynn wins the player-of-the-tournament award despite not playing almost half of the games. Shows his superiority as a batsman #BBL06

— Shubh AggarWall (@shubh_chintak) January 28, 2017

Lynn missed half the tournament. Still wins best player. Quality. #Lynnsanity #BBLfinal #BBL06

— PT White (@PTWNorth) January 28, 2017

So #BBL06 is over, you know what that means…. ? pic.twitter.com/1WZmtqqRAP

— Veronica Eggleton (@veggleton) January 28, 2017

Well done @lynny50 on the #BBL06 player of the tournament. Not bad when you watched half of it from the sideline. Speedy recovery! @HeatBBL

— Melanie Wright OAM (@mel_wright) January 28, 2017

How scary is the thought of a full-strength Perth side #BBL06

— David Penrose (@David_Penrose) January 28, 2017

Magic night at the WACA. Well done Scorchers! #bbl06 ? @ The Furnace https://t.co/Au6zOjttZ3

— Clint Thomas (@ClintLThomas) January 28, 2017

#BBL Tittle No 3 For @ScorchersBBL ??? #BBL06 pic.twitter.com/i0s0kSsrFc

— Shanujan (@J_Shanujan) January 28, 2017

Congrats to Jhye Richardson – the KFC Man of the Final after a devastating innings with the ball, finishing 3/30 #BBLFinal pic.twitter.com/ocEmktFGi6

— TEN Sport (@tensporttv) January 28, 2017

. @seanabbott77 also broke another record! The 20 wickets he took were the most by any bowler in a single season! #smashemsixers #BBL06 pic.twitter.com/u9ZoXTxYGb

— Cricket21 (@Cricket21_) January 28, 2017