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The Big Bash League (also known as the KFC Big Bash League for sponsorship reasons, and frequently shortened to BBL or Big Bash) is an Australian professional club Twenty20 cricket league founded by Cricket Australia in 2011. The Big Bash League replaced the former competition, the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, and features eight city-based franchises rather than the previous six state teams. Since its inception, the competition has been endorsed by the fast food chicken chain KFC. It is one of two T20 cricket leagues, along with the Indian Premier League, to rank among the top ten domestic sport leagues in terms of average attendance.
Perth Scorchers: Big Bash League 2022-23
The Perth Scorchers are the most dominant team in BBL historical record, out of the eight teams. They have won a championship 3 times, two of them together in a row. The Scorchers have won the BBL in 2013-14, 2014-15, and 2016-17. The Scorchers won their first BBL title in the 2013-14 season, defeating the Hobart Hurricanes in the championship. With 5 wins and 3 losses from eight games, the Scorchers came in third in the league table.
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In a rain-shortened semi-final, they conquered the Sydney Sixers by five runs (D/L). Craig Simmons batted first for the Scorchers, scoring 112 off 58 balls. Shaun Marsh’s unbeaten 63 from 43 in the final against the Hurricanes in Perth saw them post 191 runs for 4 wickets. The team won their first BBL title thanks to left-arm spin bowler Brad Hogg’s outstanding statistics of 2 for 17. Simon Katich scored 314 runs in 10 games for the Scorchers in 2013-14, with a strike rate of 130.83. Pacer Yasir Arafat led the franchise in wickets with 12 in six matches at a strike rate of 12.
In the 2014-15 season, the Scorchers fought and won their BBL title. They came second in the points table this time, with five wins as well as three setbacks from eight games. The Scorchers conquered the Melbourne Stars by 18 runs in the semi-finals, attempting to defend a target of 145 runs. Andrew Tye, who went 4 for 18, was the show’s star. Notwithstanding the Brett Lee’s two wickets in the final over of his final BBL game, the Scorchers managed to win off the last ball in a thrilling final. Marsh was the hero once more, scoring 73 runs off 59 balls in the chase.
Micheal Klinger led the BBL in batting in 2014-15, with 326 runs in 10 games and a strike rate of 129.36. Pacer Behrendorff and Arafat were the Scorchers’ most prolific bowlers once more, each taking 15 wickets in ten game play at strike rates of 16 and 15, in both. The Scorchers won their third BBL title in 2016-17. They surpassed the points table this time, with 5 wins as well as 3 losses from eight games. The two-time champions then thrashed the Melbourne Stars by seven wickets in the first semi-final, thanks to Mitchell Johnson’s incredible three-for-three figures, that included a humongous wicket of Kevin Pietersen.
The Scorchers defeated the Sydney Sixers by 9 wickets in the championship in Perth. While batting first, Jhye Richardson’s incredible spell limited the Sixers to 141 runs. Klinger then guaranteed the Scorchers were unaffected in the chase, scoring 71 runs off 49 balls. Klinger led the Scorchers in run-scoring once more during the 2016-17 BBL season, with 334 runs in 10 games and a strike rate of 126.99. Johnson was the franchise’s renowned wicket-taker, with 13 strikeouts in 9 game play at a strike rate of 15.6 and an economy rate of 5.91.
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