Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Thunder, 13th Match, January 1, 2017 - Full Commentary

Perth Scorchers have jumped to the top of the table with this win. A mighty impressive all-round performance. With that, we come to the end of today's double header. Hobart play Adelaide tomorrow. Join us then. Cheers!

Mitchell Marsh is Man of the Match

21:49 Local Time, 13:49 GMT, 19:19 IST: Defending champions Sydney Thunder collapse to their fourth defeat in this BBL. It's all going terribly wrong. 178 was a decent target. But it wasn't something which intimidates. However, Sydney Thunder's batting worries keep getting worse with every game. They lost their first 6 wickets for just 50 runs in a spree of mindless shots. There was no coming back from there. The Perth pacers made use of the short ball well on a pitch which quickened under lights and there were quite a few occasions in which the batsmen pulled the ball straight up in the air. Tye was brilliant in his spell too. By the time Cummins started to feast on some runs, it had already become a lost cause.

19.6 Jhye Richardson to Chris Green, no run, short ball around off, Green fails to ramp it away. That's it. The Perth Scorchers win by 50 runs

19.5 Jhye Richardson to Chris Green, FOUR, full toss, hammered to the left of long-on

19.4 Jhye Richardson to Chris Green, FOUR, flashes at a good length delivery outside off and gets a thick outside edge to the third man boundary

19.3 Jhye Richardson to Chris Green, no run, no damage on the free hit as Richardson fires it wide of off and gets it out of Green's swinging arc

19.3 Jhye Richardson to McKay, no ball, 1 run, short of length, McKay forehands it to long-off. Richardson has overstepped

19.2 Jhye Richardson to Chris Green, 1 run, charges down the track and hits the low full toss to mid-off

19.1 Jhye Richardson to McKay, 1 run, straight into the blockhole, McKay digs it out into the on-side

18.6 Andrew Tye to McKay, 1 run, drives the low full toss straight to long-on. Tye finishes with excellent figures yet again

18.5 Andrew Tye to Chris Green, 1 run, good length delivery, Green is standing deep in his crease to form a steady base to launch, mistimes the heave to deep mid-wicket

18.4 Andrew Tye to McKay, 1 run, backs away and heaves the ball off the inside half to the left of long leg. They settle for the single

18.3 Andrew Tye to Chris Green, 1 run, fullish on middle and leg, Green bunts it in the air down towards long-on

18.2 Andrew Tye to Chris Green, no run, full and wide, gets it out of Green's arc so he can't connect with the slog

18.1 Andrew Tye to McKay, 1 run, full toss on middle, McKay angles it into the cover-point region

17.6 Mitchell Marsh to McKay, 1 run, short of length outside off, glided down to third man

17.5 Mitchell Marsh to McKay, no run, hits him on the body with a short ball. McKay takes his eyes off the ball completely and then awkwardly tries to pull it away. Was never going to connect