Scorchers beat Heat in epic BBL final

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The Perth Scorchers person won their 5th Big Bash League title, snatching triumph from the jaws of decision to bushed the Brisbane Heat successful beforehand of a grounds location crowd.

The visitors won the flip and elected to bat first, mounting the location broadside 176 runs to win.

Nathan McSweeney top-scored for the Heat connected their mode to 7/175 successful what was a topsy-turvy matter for the Queensland squad.

Josh Brown got the innings going with a quickfire 25 disconnected 12 earlier helium shanked 1 to mid-on, the drawback taken by Andrew Tye disconnected of David Payne's bowling.

AS IT HAPPENED: Big Bash League Final

Sam Heazlett and Nathan McSweeney combined for a beardown 2nd wicket partnership, the brace some falling abbreviated of half-centuries connected 34 and 41 respectively.

Wicketkeeper skipper Jimmy Peirson came and went for 3 runs earlier Max Bryant made a fast-paced 31 disconnected 14 that included 3 sixes.

His dismissal and Michael Neser's aureate duck had the Heat successful occupation astatine 6/159, yet crawling crossed the enactment to 7/175.

The Scorchers got disconnected to a dependable commencement earlier losing their archetypal wicket successful bonzer circumstances erstwhile Stephen Eskinazi was tally retired astatine the non-striker's end.

Mark Waugh described the incidental arsenic "unforgivable" arsenic Eskinazi slowed earlier reaching the crease, allowing a propulsion from Bryant to skittle the wickets.

What followed was a dependable watercourse of wickets for the Heat who dismissed Cameron Bancroft for 15 and Aaron Hardie for 17, putting the Scorchers astatine 3/54.

A lengthy concern from Josh Inglis and skipper Ashton Turner developed - putting connected 80 runs betwixt them.

Inglis' departure was rapidly followed by Turner's, who was progressive successful different bizarre runout wherever the brace were near stranded successful the mediate of the transportation aft a breakdown successful communication.

At 5/137, and with lone a fistful of overs remaining, the Scorchers looked improbable to scope the 176-run target.

What followed was a scintillating sound from 19-year-old Cooper Connelly, who smashed 25 runs from 11 balls alongside Nick Hobson who made 18 from conscionable 7 deliveries.

The momentum swung firmly backmost successful favour of the Scorchers erstwhile Connelly deed 2 sixes and a 4 successful the third-to-last over.

At the commencement of the implicit they needed 38 from 18 and with 2 remaining needed conscionable 20 from 12 deliveries.

A dependable travel of ones and twos came successful the penultimate over, Connelly helped by Josh Brown dropping a sky-high catch.

With an implicit to go, the Scorchers needed 10 from six.

It started with a azygous earlier a afloat flip from Michael Neser to Hobson got the punishment it deserved, going down the crushed for six.

Another afloat flip followed and Hobson duly dispatched it for 4 to triumph the lucifer and nonstop Optus Stadium into raptures.

It marked the 5th Big Bash League rubric for the squad and the sixth consecutive play that the location squad has won the final.

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