Perth Scorchers vs Brisbane Heat Prediction

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Mitchell Marsh has been dropped by Australia, meaning the Scorchers could welcome their captain back to the side. Who he replaces remains to be seen, but nobody has consistently performed so far. David Willey could be the man to make way, given he bowled just one over last time out and scored seven runs from 12 balls opening the batting. Veteran batsman Michael Klinger has also failed to impress so far, despite a couple of 20s sandwiching his three single-digit scores. Cameron Bancroft has returned from his ban for his part in the ball tampering scandal, with Josh Inglis unlucky to be the man to make way as the disgraced Aussie international took the gloves.

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While he has been out of form for the Australian test squad, Mitchell Marsh’s return could be the lift Perth Scorchers need with the bat. The Scorchers’ batsmen have simply not scored quickly enough in this year’s tournament.

Cameron Bancroft is also back in action – he ended last year’s Big Bash League in good shape, before his career was turned upside down by the ball tampering scandal several weeks later. If he can recapture his best form, he will be valuable in the top order.

Hilton Cartwright has scored runs so far, including a half-century in the defeat to Sydney Sixers, while Ashton Turner – stand-in captain in place of Marsh – smashed 60 from 36 balls last time out, which ended up only just short of leading the Scorchers to an unlikely victory against Sydney Thunder.

There has been better news with the ball, however – Jason Behrendorff claimed his seventh wicket of the tournament so far when he took 1-21 from three overs last time out, while Ashton Agar claimed 2-27. Jhye Richardson took 3-7 from three overs in the previous match at the Optus Stadium, meanwhile and has claimed 1-22 and 1-19 since, showing impressive control and economy with the ball.

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Perth Scorchers started this year’s Big Bash League with two defeats and, after some brief respite against Adelaide Strikers, have lost two from two since as well. Scoring runs has been their big problem, and they were dismissed for just 103 in their first game – a four-wicket defeat with 4.4 overs to spare against Melbourne Renegades.

They reached 147/8 in reply to 164/4 in their second game, against Sydney Sixers, despite Hilton Cartwright’s half-century, but their bowlers led them to victory against Adelaide – dismissing the visitors for just 88 from 17.2 overs. Jhye Richardson claimed 3-7 from three overs in that game, before Will Bosisto’s unbeaten 36 anchored the reply in a seven-wicket win.

More slow scoring followed, however – a total of 107/8 was never going to be enough in a six-wicket defeat to Hobart Hurricanes and they looked to be heading for a similarly low score at 54/5 from 11.1 overs in reply to Sydney Thunder’s 142/6 last time out. Ashton Turner smashed 60 from 36 balls to lead an unlikely comeback, but 18 runs from the last over was not quite enough – the Scorchers finishing just one run short.