The Perth Scorchers is an Australian domestic

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representing the

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n city of

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in the

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(BBL). The Scorchers are the current BBL Champions, having defeated the Sydney Sixers in the final of the 2021-22 season. They are also the most successful team in BBL history, winning four championships to date and being runners up on three occasions. They were defeated in their second final by the Brisbane Heat in BBL02. They then won the next two consecutive championships, becoming the first team to achieve the feat in the league's brief history. These wins came against the Hobart Hurricanes and the Sydney Sixers in a last-ball thriller at Canberra's

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Mickey Arthur John Michael Arthur (born 17 May 1968) is a South African-Australian cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer, who played in South African domestic cricket from 1986 to 2001. He has served as the head coach of the Derbyshire County Crick ...

was originally appointed coach, but quit before the beginning of the 2011–12 season after he was appointed coach of the

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. He was replaced by his former assistant,

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replaced Stevens in November 2012. Following the appointment of Langer as the Australian coach in May 2018,

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was named as the new coach for the 2018–19 season. Some of the Scorchers' finest players since their inception into the BBL have been Shaun Marsh,

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, Cameron Bancroft, Mitch Marsh,

, Ashton Turner, David Willey, Pakistani cricketers Yasir Arafat, Usman Qadir, Englishman Laurie Evans, legendary wrist spinner Brad Hogg and pace bowlers

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and Andrew Tye. The Scorchers also have

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in the

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Squad

The current squad of the Perth Scorchers for the

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as of 30th of August 2022. * Players with international caps are listed in bold. * denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection. * denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.

History

2011–2012: BBL01 season

The majority of the initial Scorchers squad was recruited from the

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, with the addition of West Australian

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and international imports South Africa's

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and England's Paul Collingwood. Brad Hogg was recruited despite having not played state or international cricket since the 2007–08 season. The Scorchers started the 2011–12 Big Bash League season poorly, losing to the

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in their opening game at the

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by 31 runs. However, they subsequently won 5 games in a row, finishing the season at the top of the ladder and securing a home final. The Scorchers then won the semi-final against the Melbourne Stars by 11 runs but lost to the Sydney Sixers in the final by 7 wickets.

2012 Champions League

By finishing in the top two of the Big Bash League, they won a position at the 2012 Champions League Twenty20 tournament, held in

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in October 2012. The team performed poorly, only winning one game. The Marsh brothers, Shaun and

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were both dropped from the final game after excessively celebrating Mitchell's 21st birthday during the tournament.

2012–2013: BBL02 season

For the 2012–13 season, Collingwood did not return, and when their first choice overseas player Albie Morkel was unavailable, new coach

recruited South African all-rounder Alfonso Thomas, who he had previously played with at Somerset. Other squad changes included the return of

and the departure of

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and

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. Tasmanian Tom Triffitt was recruited as the wicket keeper.

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was recruited from the 2011–12 winning Sydney Sixers, but was injured whilst playing for the Sixers at the 2012 Champions League Twenty20 and did not play for the Scorchers. The Scorchers again started the

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poorly, losing to the Melbourne Stars in their second match when they scored an Australian record low team total of 69 runs. However, as they did in the previous season, they recovered and won five of the next six games in a row, finishing in second position and securing a home final against the Melbourne Stars. In a rain-affected semi-final, the Scorchers won by 8 wickets off the final ball of the innings. They hosted the grand final against the Brisbane Heat but were defeated by 34 runs.

2013 Champions League

The Scorchers again qualified for the

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tournament, but with a squad depleted by injury and a lack of player availability, again performed poorly, losing all three of their matches to finish bottom of their group.

2013–2014: BBL03 season

For their third BBL season, the Scorchers retained the services of senior players

, Brad Hogg,

, Shaun Marsh and

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, but lost

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and Marcus North to the two Sydney-based teams. South African Alfonso Thomas returned as an international player, but new signing

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from the West Indies did not travel to Perth due to personal reasons. He was replaced in the team by Yasir Arafat from Pakistan. The Scorchers finished third with five wins from eight games and defeated the Sydney Sixers in their semi-final at the

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to advance final. The fourth-placed

defeated the Melbourne Stars in the other semi-final, affording the Scorches the hosting rights for their third consecutive final. The Scorchers finally won their first BBL title, and brought silverware to Western Australian cricket for the first time in over a decade.

Final

2014–2015: BBL04 season

Adam Voges was elected to captain the side after the retirement of Simon Katich, while Englishman

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signed on for the season as an international recruit, and also regained the services of Yasir Arafat. For the fourth straight year, the Scorchers made it to the final of the Big Bash League, after finishing in 2nd place and defeating the Melbourne Stars in the semi-final for the third time. However, the final was not played the

and was instead played at

due to World Cup and tri-series constraints, despite Perth technically earning a Home final after finishing ahead of their finals opponents the Sydney Sixers. The rematch of the BBL01 final came down to the last ball, with the Scorchers needing a run to win. After a brilliant last over from

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in his final cricket game which included 2 wickets, a fumbled run-out on the last ball handed the Scorchers their second title.

Final

2015–2016: BBL05 season

Adam Voges retained his role as captain, while Michael Carberry and David Willey become the two international players. On 30 December 2015 the Scorchers completed the first ever 10-wicket win in BBL history against Melbourne Renegades. They maintained their record of qualifying for every Big Bash finals series, but lost to the Melbourne Stars in the semi-final, making this season the only one in which the Scorchers failed to qualify for the final, and ending their hopes of a third successive trophy.

2016–2017: BBL06 season

Mitchell Johnson, having retired from international cricket, joined the Scorchers. Crowd favourite Brad Hogg left the Scorchers to join the Melbourne Renegades. In the semi-final, Johnson took three wickets for three runs from his four overs, a BBL record low runs conceded, and the third best in all Twenty20 history. He was economical again in the final, conceding only 13 runs as Perth won their third BBL trophy, against the Sydney Sixers.

Final

2017–2018: BBL07 season

The Scorchers unveiled an updated logo ready for the upcoming seventh Big Bash season. Unusually, they decided to only recruit a single overseas player, David Willey who would return for his third season.

took over the captaincy from

. The Scorchers finished atop the table with eight wins in their ten matches and welcomed the Hobart Hurricanes to

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for the semifinal. Winning the toss and electing to field first, a depleted Scorchers bowling unit had no answers for the bats of Matthew Wade and Ben McDermott, surrendering 210 runs in the innings. The bats never got going as the Scorchers could only answer with 139 runs before their tenth wicket fell in the 18th over.

2018–2019: BBL08 season

Aside from Adam Voges moving from playing to coaching, the Scorchers returned most of their roster from BBL07, as well as adding Pakistani bowler Usman Qadir. However, very little would go right for them in this tournament. Struggles from key players like Klinger and Hilton Cartwright, as well as varying absences of

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, and

contributed to a poor season with only four wins in 14 matches. This would place the Scorchers last in the table, failing to qualify for the finals for the first time in BBL.

2019–2020: BBL09 season

The Scorchers roster saw significant overhaul preceding BBL09, which included the retirement of Klinger as well as the departures of Cartwright,

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, and Shaun Marsh. Notable additions included bowlers Fawad Ahmed and Matthew Kelly, batsmen Nick Hobson and

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, and English imports Chris Jordan and Liam Livingstone. Ahmed and Jordan proved effective additions with 15 wickets each, and Livingstone made for a dynamic opening partnership with

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. Depth was an issue, however, and the Scorchers would finish with six wins in 14 matches, just one point behind the

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and

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for a spot in the now expanded BBL playoff.

2020–2021: BBL10 season

The Scorchers loaded up on import bats for BBL10, returning Livingstone as well as bringing on Joe Clarke (cricketer),

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, and Jason Roy. Ashton Turner took over the captaincy for this tournament. The Scorchers stumbled out of the gates, with three defeats and a no result in their first four matches. They ended the skid with a New Year's Eve victory over the

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and would go on to win eight of the last ten matches and finish second on the table behind the Sydney Sixers. Munro had a strong tournament that earned him a spot on the ESPNcricinfo BBL team of the season. He was joined by

, who led the tournament with 29 wickets. The Scorchers fell to the Sixers in the Qualifier before cruising to a 49 run victory over the Brisbane Heat in the Challenger. This earned them a rematch against the Sixers in the Final. Scorchers bowling was unable to contain the opposition's bats as the Sixers won by 27 runs to claim consecutive BBL titles.

Final

Year by year history

Honours

Domestic

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: **Champions (4): 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2021–22 ***''Runners-up (3)'': 2011–12, 2012–13,

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***''Minor Premiers (4)'': 2011–12, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2021–22 **Finals Series Appearances (9): 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18,

, 2021–22 ***''Wooden Spoons (1): 2018–19''

International

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: **Appearances (3):

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Note: The Scorchers qualified for the 2015 tournament, but the tournament was cancelled before it started.

Captains

Records and statistics

International players

* Paul Collingwood ( BBL01 & 2012 CL) *

( BBL01, 2012 CL & BBL02) * Alfonso Thomas ( BBL02 &

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) * Yasir Arafat (

, 2014 CL & BBL04) *

( BBL04 & BBL05) * David Willey ( BBL05 – BBL08) *

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( BBL06) * Tim Bresnan ( BBL06 & BBL07, replacement for Willey) * Usman Qadir ( BBL08) * Liam Livingstone ( BBL09, BBL10, late games) * Chris Jordan ( BBL09) *

Morné Morkel Morné Morkel (born 6 October 1984) is a South African former cricketer who played international cricket between 2006 and 2018. He is a right-arm fast bowler and lower order left-handed batsman. Morkel made his Test match debut in 2006 and w ...

( BBL09, replacement for Jordan) *

( BBL10 & BBL11) * Jason Roy ( BBL10, late games) * Joe Clarke ( BBL10, early games) * Laurie Evans ( BBL11) * Tymal Mills ( BBL11) Albie Morkel from South Africa was signed for the 2012–13 season, but was not issued a clearance to play by the South African Cricket Board. The next year,

from the West Indies was signed, but did not arrive. Alfonso Thomas and Yasir Arafat were signed as the respective replacement players.

Timeline

References

External links

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Squad

History

2011–2012: BBL01 season

2012 Champions League

2012–2013: BBL02 season

2013 Champions League

2013–2014: BBL03 season

Final

2014–2015: BBL04 season

Final

2015–2016: BBL05 season

2016–2017: BBL06 season

Final

2017–2018: BBL07 season

2018–2019: BBL08 season

2019–2020: BBL09 season

2020–2021: BBL10 season

Final

Year by year history

Sponsors

Honours

Domestic

International

Captains

Records and statistics

International players

Timeline

References

External links