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The players are walking out to the middle. Matt Short has the new ball in hand for his offspin. Kurtis Patterson is on strike. Nick Hobson at the other end opening in place of Bancroft.
The word from the middle is that the Strikers have won the bat flip and will bowl first.
Strikers XI: 1 Matt Short, 2 Henry Hunt, 3 Jake Weatherald, 4 Jon Wells, 5 Thomas Kelly, 6 Ian Cockbain, 7 Harry Nielsen (wk), 8 Henry Thornton, 9 Peter Siddle (capt.), 10 Harry Conway, 11 Fawad Ahmed.
Strikers X-factor subs: Dan Worrall, Liam Scott,
Scorchers XI: 1 Kurtis Patterson, 2 Nick Hobson, 3 Laurie Evans (wk), 4 Ashton Turner (capt.), 5 Aaron Hardie, 6 Chris Sabburg, 7 Andrew Tye, 8 Jason Behrendorff, 9 Peter Hatzoglou, 10 David Moody, 11 Lance Morris.
Scorchers X-factor subs: Jake Carder, Ashton Agar.
The big news this morning is that both Cameron Bancroft and Matt Kelly have tested positive for Covid and are now in isolation, ruling them out for today along with Colin Munro who tested positive earlier in the week.
9.25 am Good morning everyone and welcome back for the start of another day of BBL action as the Adelaide Strikers take on Perth Scorchers. I’m Peter Della Penna and I’ll be taking you through the action today.