Perth Scorchers and Melbourne Renegades face off in a must-win Big Bash League encounter with finals hopes on the line.
Both teams sit outside of the finals places with four games left, and with Perth set for a tough two-game trip to face the high-flying Sydney sides and Melbourne languishing at 2-4, neither can afford a loss. After a shock defeat to the injury-hit Thunder at home, the Scorchers will be bolstered by the return of Marsh - for his first game since the BBL 11 final win over the Sixers - plus Jhye Richardson, who missed three games while part of the Test squad.
The Renegades added to their squad Kane Richardson, who missed the Melbourne derby loss through soreness, and Victorian opener Marcus Harris.The match gets underway at 7:15pm AEDT from Optus Stadium.Ashton Turner (c), Ashton Agar, Finn Allen, Jason Behrendorff, Cooper Connolly, Sam Fanning, Aaron Hardie, Nick Hobson, Matt Kelly, Mitch Marsh, Lance Morris, Jhye Richardson, Matthew Spoors, Andrew TyeMelbourne Renegades: Will Sutherland (c), Jacob Bethell (England), Josh Brown, Xavier Crone, Laurie Evans (England), Jake Fraser-McGurk, Marcus Harris, Fergus O’Neill, Kane Richardson, Tom Rogers, Gurinder Sandhu, Tim Seifert (New Zealand), Jon Wells, Adam Zamp
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