BBL 2019-20, Match 12: Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Sixers – A rare win in Perth for Sixers, Abbott's 100 in Australia, Marsh's terrible captaincy record and more stats

After suffering a couple of big defeats, the Sydney Sixers bounced back with a solid 48-run win against the Perth Scorchers at the Perth Stadium. The Sixers made a strong start but lost momentum in the middle overs. However, an unbeaten 21-ball 43 from Tom Curran powered the visitors to 174/7. The Scorchers kept losing wickets at the start of the chase as they were reduced to 34/5 by the start of the 7th over. Ashton Turner (28) and Matt Kelly (23*) scored few runs later on but could only take them to 126.

All the statistical highlights from a 48-run win for the Sydney Sixers over the Perth Scorchers:

A rare win for the Sydney Sixers in Perth:

2012 – The last instance of the Sydney Sixers winning a BBL match in Perth was way back in the 2011-12 season. Between these two wins, the Sixers lost four BBL matches in Perth against the Scorchers. Sixers won the 2011/12 season game played at the WACA Ground by 7 wickets but lost the remaining three matches they played there. At the Perth Stadium, the Scorchers beat Sixers by seven wickets in the previous season.

Mitchell Mitch’s miserable captaincy record:

1/10 – Mitchell Marsh has led Perth Scorchers in 10 matches in the Big Bash League out of which the Scorchers have won only one and lost the remaining nine. The only win came against Melbourne Renegades last week. Marsh has a win percentage of 10 as captain; the lowest for any captain in BBL history. (Min: 10 games)

Milestones for Ben Dwarshuis and Sean Abbott:

51 – Ben Dwarshuis became the 14th player to take 50 wickets in the Big Bash League with the first of the two wickets he picked in this game. He is also only the 2nd player to take 50 BBL wickets for the Sydney Sixers. Sean Abbott was the first who took 84 wickets from only 59 BBL games for the Sixers.

101 – Sean Abbott completed 100 wickets in the Twenty20 format on Australian soil with the 2nd of the three wickets he picked during this match. Abbott is only the 2nd player to claim 100 T20 wickets in Australia after Ben Laughlin (106). Abbot’s first wicket of the match was his 100th in the T20 cricket.

Moises Henriques @ 2000:

2007 – Moises Henriques completed 2000 runs in the Twenty20 format on Australian soil when he was on 28. Henriques is the 7th player to have aggregated 2000 T20 runs in Australia.

Multiple stumpings for Josh Inglis:

7 – Josh Inglis became only the 6th wicketkeeper to affect multiple stumpings in a BBL match. He is the 3rd to do so for the Scorchers after Luke Ronchi and Sam Whiteman. In fact, Whiteman is the only keeper to affect two stumpings in a BBL match on two different instances.

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