Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Renegades Prediction

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Mitchell Marsh captained the team on his return last time out, while Shaun Marsh opened the batting and blasted an unbeaten 96. Jason Behrendorff returned to take a spot in the bowling attack, meanwhile, as Michael Klinger, Sam Whiteman and Will Bosisto all dropped out, while Aaron Hardie was replaced by Nick Hobson. David Willey has had to return home with a shoulder injury and Ashton Agar has a dislocated finger, however, while Jhye Richardson was a late addition to the Australian test squad.

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Shaun Marsh showed exactly what Perth have been missing while he has been away with Australia. He hammered an unbeaten 96 from 55 balls, including five fours and five sixes. He had been in good form in the recent Australia vs India ODI series too, scoring 54, 131 and 39 from his three innings and was unlucky to be dropped from the test squad.

Brother Mitchell was in less impressive form, but shared a 58-run partnership with Shaun last time out on his way to a useful 31. The Scorchers will now hope Cameron Bancroft and Ashton Turner recapture their form around them to form a potentially fearsome top four. Bancroft has 199 runs from seven innings so far in BBL 2018/19, including two half-centuries, while Turner has hit 306 from ten innings.With the ball, Jason Behrendorff marked his return with his ninth wicket of the tournament, taking him level with team-mate Nathan Coulter-Nile, while Andrew Tye has rediscovered his wicket-taking form – his recent form includes 4-18 against the Melbourne Stars and nine wickets in his last four matches.

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After two consecutive wins to get their campaign back on track, the Perth Scorchers have now lost two in a row since and remain bottom of the points table. They had previously lost three in a row too, before Andrew Tye’s 4-18 and Cameron Bancroft’s 59 helped them beat Melbourne Stars, chasing 147 to win with 2.2 overs remaining.

They followed that up with a brilliant reply to 177/5 against Sydney Sixers – Bancroft hitting an unbeaten 87 from 61 balls to power the chase as the Scorchers eased to a seven-wicket win.

The in-form Hobart Hurricanes beat them in a last-over thriller to end their resurgent form, however – despite Sam Whiteman having hit 68 to lift the Scorchers to 177/9. Needing 16 off the final over, Hobart took just three balls to reach their target and earn a four-wicket win.

And defeat to Sydney Thunder last time out- again in the last over – made it back-to-back defeats again for the Scorchers. Shaun Marsh’s unbeaten 96 from 55 balls lifted them to 181/4but Callum Ferguson hammered an unbeaten century in reply and the Thunder won by six wickets with four balls to spare.