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'Gutsy' Perth skipper emulates Aussie greats to land Scorchers top of table.

He was about to play some catch up cricket.” That’s the right bowling change,” Fox Cricket commentator Brett Lee said. Turner went six, four, six to put the Scorchers in a winning position. “That’s Christmas. From 3-17, Josh Inglis showed plenty in his demolition of Thornton, smashing 18 off four balls. Fox Cricket’s Brett Lee said it was a “frustrating” moment for both Lynn and the Strikers, who just couldn’t find a way to lift the run rate in Perth. “I thought it was a big call by Behrendorff to underarm, but underarm does the job,” Fox Cricket’s commentator Glenn Maxwell said. But he “gave it away” when he chipped a catch back to debutant Ben Manenti in a disappointing result for the Scorchers. “He led them to what was a brilliant victory.” Tye sacrificed himself to get off strike and should have been run out as he was “not even in the frame” had the throw hit. “Ashton Turner was probably the difference,” Fox Cricket commentator Glenn Maxwell said. And Turner “cashed in” on young Henry Thornton in the powerplay in a move Strikers captain Peter Siddle will no doubt regret late in the innings, as the Scorchers secured victory with five balls to spare.

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But he just controlled his nerves and didn’t do anything silly. “His job was to get wickets and get me out and my job was to not let him get me it – so it was as simple as that. “He knows that his job is to try and get him out and he knows I’m not going to take too many risks. Turner said he and Khan were “talking the whole time” from the moment he came to the crease with his side in trouble at 4-48. He was heard on the stump mic at one point telling teammates, “I want him on strike, I want to get him out now” and gesturing to Turner. “I was trying to make something happen and get his wicket as soon as possible.”

Perth Scorchers captain Ashton Turner has cracked an unbeaten 48 off 38 balls to lead his side to a pulsating victory over the Adelaide Strikers.

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Perth Scorchers paceman Andrew Tye has snared 3-30 to help restrict the Adelaide Strikers to 7-133 in the BBL clash at Optus Stadium.

Even Lynn was out of sorts, but he at least made it past 30 before Behrendorff’s brilliance in the field ended his knock. Not only did Agar drop the catch but it went through his legs and to the boundary for four. Lynn had set off for a single after nudging it to the offside but Behrendorff scooped up the ball and struck the target with an underarm throw despite having just one stump to aim at.

Ashton Turner has survived a huge batting collapse and some Rashid Khan sledging to power the Perth Scorchers to a thrilling three-wicket BBL victory.

It’s an easier proposition to try to see out his four overs than it is to try to whack them. “I tried my best to create a kind of environment where he feels uncomfortable and tries to do something different. “He knows his job is to get me out, and he knows I’m not going to take many risks. Ashton Agar was the next to fall, but from there Turner took control, guiding his side to victory with a special captain’s knock. He cracked a Henry Thornton full toss for six over long-on, followed it up with a four through point, and then carved the next ball for six over backward point to all but end the contest. Ashton Turner has survived a huge batting collapse and some Rashid Khan sledging to power the Perth Scorchers to a thrilling three-wicket BBL victory over the ladder-leading Adelaide Strikers.

An impressive bowling effort has the Perth Scorchers' foot on the Adelaide Strikers' throat after restricting the league leaders to 7-133 in the Boxing Day ...

Short and Chris Lynn successfully negotiated the rest of the restriction overs but to the smallest total of Adelaide’s campaign to date. Richardson’s was unplayable in the second over of the innings as he used the bounce to disorient the in-form Matt Short in a Power Play maiden. The Strikers could not have made a worse start with opener Henry Hunt flashing at his first delivery of the tournament, nicking to second slip in the opening over.