From a little-known teenager to the unofficial mayor of Perth – loads’s modified for Cooper Connolly over the weekend.
The 19-year-old from Scarborough earned instantaneous cult hero standing after main Perth Scorchers to a come-from-behind victory in Saturday’s thrilling Big Bash League decider at Optus Stadium in entrance of a file 53,886 followers.
Now the native sensation has confirmed he’s right here to remain, inking a brand new two-year cope with the membership, and even his teammates can’t get sufficient.
His distinctive hair has now impressed shut pal Scarborough teammate Andrew Tye to go blonde in a dramatic new-look seven years after the pair had been pictured collectively throughout a Scorchers pre-season sport.
“I want to be just like Coop,” Tye mentioned whereas revealing his new type at City Beach this morning.
Brisbane Heat had been within the field seat to pinch the title of the raging favourites after the disastrous run out of captain Ashton Turner, bringing the surfy-haired teenager, who had solely confronted 11 balls in his four-game BBL profession earlier than that, to the crease.
Connolly admits he was nervous strolling out to bat, together with his crew nonetheless wanted 39 runs from the final 19 balls, however noticed it as an opportunity for him and full-time accountant Nick Hobson to indicate the world what they may do on the large stage.
“I was very nervous,” Connolly mentioned the morning after his match-winning 25 not out off 11 balls.
“AT (Turner) is the finisher and he’s well known for it so I was a little bit nervous when I walked past him.
“I walked out there and the first thing I said to Hobbo (Nick Hobson) was ‘let’s do this, let’s get it done. This is our opportunity to show the world what we’re made of’ and it happened to be that we did it.”
It was the Scorchers’ record-extending fifth title with Connolly one among seven gamers to win their first together with Hobson who hit the profitable runs.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
