Perth Scorcher Players Success Dominance in BBL History

Perth Scorchers and their players are the most successful and decorated team in the Australian Big Bash League winning the title five times. A perfect team combination, applying the right strategies, and strong leadership are the major reasons behind this franchise's success.

Scorchers are the current champions of the Big Bash where they beat the Heat in the final of the 2022-23 season. WACA Perth is the home ground of Scorchers and the team plays in orange cricket jerseys.

Legendary players like Faf Du Plessis, Michael Klinger, Paul Collingwood, etc have played for this franchise in past seasons of the BBL.

This blog will go through the details of the franchise's performance over the years, the current squad for the upcoming season and its analysis, rivalry with Sydney Sixers, team preparation for the upcoming seasons, fans' love for the team, and our prediction about the Scorcher's standing and performance in this BBL season 13.

Perth Scorchers Statistical Analysis in BBL History

Scorchers have performed exceptionally well in the past seasons of the Big Bash League. They won the championships 5 times and have been runner-up three times and semi-finaliser two times.

This is clear proof of the Scorcher's dominance in the history of the Big Bash League. the following tables show the key statistics of this team over the years in BBL.

Season	Matches Played	Win	Loss	No Result	Points	NRR	LeaguePosition	Finals
2011–12	9	6	3	0	12	+0.428	6th	Runners Up
2012–13	10	6	4	0	12	+0.501	5th	Runners Up
2013–14	10	7	3	0	14	+0.280	7th	Champions
2014–15	10	7	3	0	14	+0.542	1st	Champions
2015–16	9	5	4	0	10	+0.234	1st	Semi-Finals
2016–17	10	7	3	0	14	+0.810	6th	Champions
2017–18	11	8	3	0	16	-0.141	2nd	Semi-Finals
2018–19	14	4	10	0	8	-0.447	7th	DNQ
2019–20	14	6	8	0	12	+0.015	3rd	DNQ
2020–21	17	9	7	1	18	+0.480	5th	Runners Up
2021–22	16	13	3	0	26	+0.993	4th	Champions
2022–23	16	13	3	0	26	+1.037	7th	Champions

Rivalry with Sixers

Being the successful sides of the Big Bash League, their rivalry developed among these teams over the years. Cricket fans eagerly wait for the match between these two Heavyweights of the Big Bash League.

The following tables show the overall head-to-head record of these teams facing each other in the league over the years.

Perth Scorchers	Head to Head	Sydney Sixers
27	Total matches	27
17	Won	10
193	Highest Team Total	188
114	Lowest Team Total	48
Ashton Turner (233)	Most Runs	Moises Henriques (497)
Andrew Tye (32)	Most Wickets	Sean Abbott (26)

Perth Scorchers Preliminary Squad for BBL 2023-24

Scorchers announced their final squad for the upcoming season of BBL a few days back and here is what it looks like;

Name	Role	Nationality	Batting style	Bowling style
Zak Crawley	Batsman	England	Right-handed	Nil
Cooper Connolly	Batsman	Australia	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Ashton Turner	Batsman	Australia	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
Nick Hobson	Batsman	Australia	Left-handed	Nil
Laurie Evans	Batsman	Australia	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
Mitchell Marsh	All Rounder	Australia	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Aaron Hardie	All Rounder	Australia	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Josh Inglis	Batsman/WK	Australia	Right-handed	Nil
Jhye Richardson	Bowler	Australia	Right-handed	Right-arm fast
Jason Behrendorff	Bowler	Australia	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
Matthew Kelly	Bowler	Australia	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
Lance Morris	Bowler	Australia	Right-handed	Right-arm fast
Andrew Tye	Bowler	Australia	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Ashton Agar	Bowler	Australia	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox

Key Players for the Scorchers in the upcoming Big Bash League

Zak Crawley, the fearsome opener from England signed by Scorchers in the draft. He will be a key player for the team giving a rapid start to the innings at the top. The middle looks stacked with Ashton Turner. who has led the team with his leadership and excellent knocks in the crunch situation.

Mitchell Marsh is the most valuable player for this team who can turn the game around on his own with explosive batting skills and medium pace bowling. Josh Inglis, would be another star player for this team and they depend on his death overs batting and keeping behind the stumps.

In the bowling department, all the bowlers have their specific roles. Andrew Tye and Jhye Richardson are the key players to watch out for in this BBL for this team to perform well.

Preparation and Challenges for Scorchers in BBL 2024

This champion side always puts their feet in the competition fully prepared. This year BBL, Perth Scorchers management has done well in the drafts while retaining most of their players from last year's successful campaign.

The team looks solid in all departments under the captaincy of Ashton Turner. However, the success of this team is usually because of their bowling strength. Jhye Richardson, Jason Beherendorff, Andrew Tye, and Ashton Agar are the pick of the bowlers who have been performing consistently well for this team over the years.

The batting looks quite stable and solid with Josh Inglis, Mitch Marsh, and Aaron Hardie playing their part with captain Ashton Agar.

This team is the most prepared and established team among all BBL teams and they are up for the coming challenge in this year's BIG Bash League.

Home Ground & Fans Support For Scorchers

Perth Scorchers play at the WACA stadium, Perth which has the capacity to accommodate 63,000 spectators.

This stadium is equipped with all the modern facilities and fans are really behind their team whenever Scorchers play in front of them. The fireworks at this stadium gave a chilling experience to watch the loud cheering for the team making this venue an unbelievable stadium.

Big Bash League 2023-24 Winning Prediction about Scorchers

The five-time champions are the favorites to lift the trophy again in this year's BBL season 13. They have an excellent bowling unit, batting unit, and top-class All Rounders who have all the experience in the world.

This makes the team a force to reckon with and surely they have the most chances among all other BBL teams to win the trophy for the 6th time.