The Renegades host the Scorchers in their first game at Marvel Stadium for BBL|14 with both sides looking for their second win
Melbourne Renegades v Perth Scorchers: match preview
Match facts
Who: Melbourne Renegades v Perth Scorchers
What: Match 10, KFC BBL|14
Where: Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
When: Monday, December 23. Bat flip at 6.30pm AEDT, first ball at 7.15pm AEDT
How to watch: Channel Seven, 7plus, Fox Cricket, Kayo Sports
Buy tickets: Tickets are on sale here
Live scores: Match Centre
Highlights, news and reactions after the match: cricket.com.au, the CA Live and Big Bash apps
Officials: Shawn Craig and Gregory Davidson (field), Troy Penman (third), Daryl Brigham (fourth), Kent Hannam (match referee)
Final XIs
Melbourne Renegades: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Josh Brown, Tim Seifert (wk), Jacob Bethell, Laurie Evans, Mackenzie Harvey, Will Sutherland (c), Fergus O'Neill, Tom Rogers, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson
The Renegades have gone with an unchanged XI after securing their first win of the season over the Hurricanes in Geelong last Thursday.
Perth Scorchers: Finn Allen, Keaton Jennings, Cooper Connolly, Josh Inglis (wk), Ashton Turner (c), Nick Hobson, Ashton Agar, Matthew Spoors, Matthew Kelly, Andrew Tye, Jason Behrendorff
Ins: Matthew Spoors (debut), Matthew Kelly, Andrew Tye. Outs: Jhye Richardson (Test squad), Lance Morris (managed), Matt Hurst
Three changes for the Scorchers after their loss to the Hurricanes in Hobart on Saturday. Jhye Richardson has joined the Test squad ahead of Boxing Day while Lance Morris and English recruit Matt Hurst have been left out. Matthew Spoors comes in for his BBL debut alongside Matthew Kelly and Andrew Tye.
Match squads
Melbourne Renegades: Will Sutherland (c), Jacob Bethell (England), Josh Brown, Laurie Evans (England), Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mackenzie Harvey, Fergus O'Neill, Kane Richardson, Tom Rogers, Gurinder Sandhu, Tim Seifert (New Zealand), Callum Stow, Jon Wells, Adam Zampa
The Renegades have named an unchanged squad for their first match at Marvel Stadium for BBL|14 after rolling the Hurricanes for 74 in their previous match in Geelong last Thursday.
Perth Scorchers: Ashton Turner (c), Ashton Agar, Finn Allen (New Zealand), Jason Behrendorff, Cooper Connolly, Nick Hobson, Matthew Hurst (England), Josh Inglis, Bryce Jackson, Keaton Jennings (England), Matt Kelly, Lance Morris, Matthew Spoors, Andrew Tye
Ins: Bryce Jackson. Outs: Jhye Richardson (Test squad)
The Scorchers have made one change to their squad to face the Renegades with Jhye Richardson replaced by pace bowler Bryce Jackson. Right-armer Richardson will join Australia's 15-player squad for the Boxing Day Test when he lands in Melbourne, while fellow Test squad member Josh Inglis is available for selection against the Renegades.
The absence of Richardson opens the door for Albany product Jackson – the local replacement player for Mitch Marsh – to make his Big Bash debut if selected.
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Top performers
Most Runs
BBL|14 BKT Golden Bat
| Player | Total |
|---|---|
1
Cooper Connolly
C Connolly
|
351 |
|
2
David Warner
D Warner
|
346 |
|
3
Mitchell Owen
M Owen
|
344 |
|
4
Glenn Maxwell
G Maxwell
|
325 |
|
5
Marcus Stoinis
M Stoinis
|
311 |
|
6
Matthew Renshaw
M Renshaw
|
280 |
|
7
Max Bryant
M Bryant
|
259 |
|
8
Alex Ross
A Ross
|
256 |
Most Wickets
BBL|14 BKT Golden Arm
| Player | Total |
|---|---|
|
1
Jason Behrendorff
J Behrendorff
|
17 |
|
2
Tom Rogers
T Rogers
|
16 |
|
3
Mark Steketee
M Steketee
|
15 |
|
4
Lance Morris
L Morris
|
15 |
|
5
Lloyd Pope
L Pope
|
15 |
|
6
Ben Dwarshuis
B Dwarshuis
|
14 |
|
7
Spencer Johnson
S Johnson
|
13 |
|
8
Riley Meredith
R Meredith
|
13 |
Most sixes scored
BBL|14
| Player | Total |
|---|---|
|
1
Glenn Maxwell
G Maxwell
|
27 |
|
2
Mitchell Owen
M Owen
|
25 |
|
3
Cooper Connolly
C Connolly
|
19 |
|
4
Tim David
T David
|
17 |
|
5
Matthew Renshaw
M Renshaw
|
17 |
|
6
Max Bryant
M Bryant
|
14 |
|
7
Josh Brown
J Brown
|
12 |
|
8
Jake Fraser-McGurk
J Fraser-McGurk
|
12 |
Local knowledge
Rapid stats
- Melbourne Renegades haven't beaten Perth Scorchers in their last six attempts. The most recent win over the five-time BBL champions came back in December 2020.
- The Perth Scorchers have won their last six BBL matches against the Melbourne Renegades; the last and only time they recorded a longer winning run against them was their first eight meetings in the competition (December 2011 to January 2018).
- The Melbourne Renegades defeated the Hobart Hurricanes by six wickets last time out in the BBL (19 December 2024); the Renegades will be aiming for back-to-back wins in the competition for the first time since January 2023.
- The Melbourne Renegades have scored 59% of their runs from boundaries in BBL14, the best rate of any team in the competition; while their 2.29 runs per scoring shot is the second most of any team in the campaign (Hobart Hurricanes – 2.30 runs per scoring shot).
- Kane Richardson (99) is one away from becoming the first player to take 100 wickets for the Melbourne Renegades in the BBL and the sixth player to achieve it for a single team in the history of the competition – Sean Abbott (Sydney Sixers), Andrew Tye (Perth Scorchers), Ben Dwarshuis (Sydney Sixers), Jason Behrendorff (Perth Scorchers) and Daniel Sams (Sydney Thunder).
- Ashton Turner (Perth Scorchers) has a batting dot ball rate of 20% from 55 balls faced in BBL14, the best of any player in the competition (min. 15 balls faced); he’s scored 453 runs at an average of 64.7 across his last 14 innings in the competition.
- Will Sutherland (Melbourne Renegades) has a bowling dot ball rate of 73% from 33 balls bowled in BBL14, the best of any player in the competition; in addition, batters have left six percent of his deliveries, the second highest rate of any player in the campaign (Adam Milne – 10% of 60 balls bowled for Melbourne Stars)
What's on the line?
With both sides boasting healthy net run-rates, especially the Renegades (2.128) after their demolition of the Hurricanes in Geelong, a second win of the season could put either team on top of the BBL|14 standings.
The Scorchers will be looking to bounce back from their final over defeat to the Hurricanes on Saturday and head home for their Boxing Day blockbuster against the Heat full of confidence. The Renegades meanwhile will the out to keep their momentum going with a second win in a row.
KFC BBL|14 standings
| Team | M | W | L | T | N/R | NRR | Ded. | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
HUR
|
10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -0.12 | 0 | 15 |
|
2
SIX
|
10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.156 | 0 | 14 |
|
3
THU
|
10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0.34 | 0 | 12 |
|
4
STA
|
10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.135 | 0 | 10 |
|
5
SCO
|
10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.219 | 0 | 8 |
|
6
REN
|
10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.139 | 0 | 8 |
|
7
HEA
|
10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | -0.831 | 0 | 7 |
|
8
STR
|
10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | -0.122 | 0 | 6 |
M: Matches played
W: Wins
L: Losses
T: Ties
N/R: No results
NRR: Net Run Rate
Ded.: Deductions
PTS: Total points
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