After lacking out the previous two seasons, Perth Scorchers seamer Matthew Kelly will play in his first Big Bash League grand last in opposition to Brisbane Heat at Optus Stadium this afternoon.
Kelly acquired the nod forward of leg-spinner Peter Hatzoglou for the ultimate spot within the Scorchers’ XI, vacated by Australian Test squad member Lance Morris who’s in India.
Hatzoglou has featured 10 out of 15 instances this event however been wicket-less in his 4 appearances in Perth in BBL12, whereas Kelly has performed seven however 5 of eight at Optus Stadium the place he’s taken six wickets.
The Scorchers bowled 20 overs of seam of their qualifier last victory over Sydney Sixers at Optus Stadium final Saturday.
Coach Adam Voges mentioned earlier within the week that certainly one of Hatzoglou or Kelly could be “desperately unlucky” to overlook out.
“There’s still going to be someone who’s desperately unlucky to miss out, it’s been a full squad effort to get here and both of those guys have played important roles throughout the summer and throughout this tournament,” Voges advised The West Australian.
“One’s going to do a great job for us and unfortunately one is going to miss out.”
Former Australian batsman Brad Hodge mentioned the pitch was an “absolute belter” and anticipated actually good batting circumstances.
“It’s an absolute belter in terms of it’s rock hard so the ball will come onto the bat,” Hodge advised Channel 7.
Brisbane skipper Jimmy Peirson received the toss and elected to bat first, regardless of the Scorchers being a very good chasing staff.
Peirson confirmed an unchanged XI from their gorgeous upset over Sydney Sixers on the SCG on Thursday.
The match begins at 4.30pm.
SCORCHERS FINAL XI
Stephen Eskinazi
Cameron Bancroft
Aaron Hardie
Josh Inglis (wk)
Ashton Turner (C)
Nick Hobson
Cooper Connolly
Matthew Kelly
Andrew Tye
Jason Behrendorff
David Payne
HEAT XI
Sam Heazlett, Josh Brown, Nathan McSweeney, Sam Hain, Jimmy Peirson (c, wk), Max Bryant, Michael Neser, James Bazley, Xavier Bartlett, Spencer Johnson, Matthew Kuhnemann
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
