# 2021–22 Perth Scorchers season

The 2021–22 Perth Scorchers season was the eleventh in the club's history. Coached by Adam Voges and captained by Mitchell Marsh they competed in the BBL's 2021–22 season. In the final, they beat Sydney Sixers to clinch their fourth BBL title.

## Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | BP | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | Perth Scorchers (C) | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 40 | 0.926 | Advanced to play-off phase |
| 2 | Sydney Sixers | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 1.027 | Advanced to play-off phase |
| 3 | Sydney Thunder | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 35 | 0.725 | Advanced to play-off phase |
| 4 | Adelaide Strikers | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 28 | 0.237 | Advanced to play-off phase |
| 5 | Hobart Hurricanes | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 27 | −0.332 | Advanced to play-off phase |
| 6 | Melbourne Stars | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 26 | −0.222 | |
| 7 | Brisbane Heat | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 16 | −0.910 | |
| 8 | Melbourne Renegades | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 16 | −1.477 | |

## Regular season

The Scorchers only played the first match of their season at their regular home ground of Optus Stadium, due to Western Australia's strict COVID-19 border controls. They played "home" fixtures at Metricon Stadium, Sydney Showgrounds Stadium, GMHBA Stadium, and Marvel Stadium.
The match on Boxing Day against the Melbourne Renegades had the uniquely late start time of 21:15, meaning the match went well past midnight.
* Match 5 8 December 2021 18:35 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Perth Scorchers 6/157 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat 151 (19.5 overs) |
| Kurtis Patterson 55 (30) Cameron Gannon 2/32 (4 overs) | | Xavier Bartlett 34* (25) Matthew Kelly 4/28 (4 overs) |
* Perth Scorchers won by 6 runs Perth Stadium, Perth Attendance: 16,108 Umpires: Gerard Abood and Greg Davidson Player of the match: Matthew Kelly (Perth Scorchers)
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 9 11 December 2021 21:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Perth Scorchers 1/195 (20 overs) | v | Adelaide Strikers 146 (17.5 overs) |
| Colin Munro 114* (73) | | Matthew Short 63 (47) Andrew Tye 3/21 (3 overs) |
* Perth Scorchers won by 49 runs Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney Attendance: Closed Event Umpires: Nathan Johnstone and Tony Wilds Player of the match: Colin Munro (Perth Scorchers)
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
* Thomas Kelly (Adelaide Strikers) made his T20 debut.
* X-factor subs: Liam Scott (Adelaide Strikers) replaced Wes Agar.
* Match 12 14 December 2021 19:15 (N) Scorecard
| Perth Scorchers 5/182 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes (H) 129 (19 overs) |
| Mitchell Marsh 100* (60) Nathan Ellis 2/33 (4 overs) | | Ben McDermott 41 (29) Tymal Mills 3/23 (4 overs) |
* Perth Scorchers won by 53 runs Blundstone Arena, Hobart Attendance: 5,673 Umpires: Gerard Abood and Donovan Koch Player of the match: Mitchell Marsh (Perth Scorchers)
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 15 20 December 2021 16:15 (D/N) Scorecard
| Perth Scorchers 7/167 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes (H) 9/125 (20 overs) |
| Kurtis Patterson 78 (48) Jordan Thompson 3/33 (4 overs) | | Wil Parker 25* (17) Andrew Tye 3/19 (4 overs) |
* Perth Scorchers won by 42 runs Blundstone Arena, Hobart Umpires: Gerard Abood and Tony Wilds Player of the match: Kurtis Patterson (Perth Scorchers)
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
* X-factor subs: Jordan Thompson (Hobart Hurricanes) replaced Riley Meredith.
* Match 17 22 December 2021 19:15 (N) Scorecard
| Perth Scorchers 5/206 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades (H) 5/185 (20 overs) |
| Mitchell Marsh 86 (53) Kane Richardson 3/33 (4 overs) | | Aaron Finch 68 (43) Ashton Agar 2/23 (3 overs) |
* Perth Scorchers won by 21 runs Marvel Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 9,487 Umpires: Donovan Koch and Ben Treloar Player of the match: Mitchell Marsh (Perth Scorchers)
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 21 26 December 2021 21:15 (N) Scorecard
| Melbourne Renegades 8/151 (20 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers (H) 2/152 (16.5 overs) |
| Mackenzie Harvey 45 (40) Jason Behrendorff 2/19 (4 overs) | | Colin Munro 58* (32) Nic Maddinson 1/5 (1 over) |
* Perth Scorchers won by 8 wickets Marvel Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 1,785 Umpires: Phillip Gillespie and Nathan Johnstone Player of the match: Mitchell Marsh (Perth Scorchers)
* Melbourne Renegades won the toss and bat.
* Match 24 28 December 2021 19:15 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Sydney Thunder 7/200 (20 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers 8/166 (20 overs) |
| Sam Billings 67 (35) Matthew Kelly 3/30 (4 overs) | | Colin Munro 64* (43) Nathan McAndrew 3/40 (4 overs) |
* Sydney Thunder won by 34 runs Manuka Oval, Canberra Umpires: Donovan Koch and David Taylor Player of the match: Sam Billings (Sydney Thunder)
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.
* X-factor subs: Lance Morris (Perth Scorchers) replaced Peter Hatzoglou.
* Match 31 2 January 2022 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Perth Scorchers 8/180 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars (H) 130 (18.5 overs) |
| Kurtis Patterson 54 (39) Qais Ahmad 2/26 (4 overs) | | Joe Clarke 52 (32) Tymal Mills 3/28 (3.5 overs) |
* Perth Scorchers won by 50 runs Junction Oval, Melbourne Umpires: Geoff Davidson and Bruce Oxenford Player of the match: Peter Hatzoglou (Perth Scorchers)
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
* Xavier Crone and Tom Rogers (Melbourne Stars) both made their T20 debuts.
* Match 34 4 January 2022 18:15 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Perth Scorchers 8/143 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Sixers 8/133 (20 overs) |
| Aaron Hardie 45 (24) Hayden Kerr 4/32 (4 overs) | | Dan Christian 73 (61) Andrew Tye 3/17 (4 overs) |
* Perth Scorchers won by 10 runs Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast Umpires: Gerard Abood and Troy Penman Player of the match: Aaron Hardie (Perth Scorchers)
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 38 6 January 2022 20:15 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Perth Scorchers 9/133 (18 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder 4/137 (17 overs) |
| Cameron Bancroft 30 (31) Gurinder Sandhu 4/22 (4 overs) | | Jason Sangha 34 (26) Andrew Tye 2/38 (4 overs) |
* Sydney Thunder won by 6 wickets (DLS method) Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast Umpires: Gerard Abood and Troy Penman Player of the match: Gurinder Sandhu (Sydney Thunder)
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
* Rain stopped play during Perth Scorchers innings. Sydney Thunder were set a revised target of 135 runs from 18 overs due to rain.
* Gurinder Sandhu became the first player to take a hat-trick for the Sydney Thunder.
* Match 42 9 January 2022 19:15 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Sydney Sixers 4/151 (20 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers 5/152 (19 overs) |
| Dan Christian 35* (20) Ashton Agar 2/23 (4 overs) | | Ashton Turner 69 (41) Ben Dwarshuis 2/34 (4 overs) |
* Perth Scorchers won by 5 wickets Coffs Harbour International Stadium, Coffs Harbour Umpires: Sam Nogajski and Tony Wilds Player of the match: Ashton Turner (Perth Scorchers)
* Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat.
* Justin Avendano (Sydney Sixers) became the first player to represent multiple clubs in one BBL season, after previously playing for the Melbourne Stars.
* Match 27 11 January 2022 14:10 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Perth Scorchers 3/196 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars 9/149 (20 overs) |
| Laurie Evans 69 (46) Haris Rauf 2/38 (4 overs) | | Beau Webster 63 (47) Matthew Kelly 4/25 (4 overs) |
* Perth Scorchers won by 47 runs GMHBA Stadium, Geelong Umpires: Phillip Gillespie and Simon Lightbody Player of the match: Laurie Evans (Perth Scorchers)
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
* X-factor subs: Clint Hinchliffe (Melbourne Stars) replaced Brody Couch.
* Match 49 14 January 2022 10:10 Scorecard
| Perth Scorchers 9/127 (20 overs) | v | Adelaide Strikers (H) 4/130 (17 overs) |
| Laurie Evans 39 (31) Fawad Ahmed 3/30 (4 overs) | | Ian Cockbain 35* (24) Aaron Hardie 3/31 (4 overs) |
* Adelaide Strikers won by 6 wickets Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: Michael Graham-Smith and Bruce Oxenford Player of the match: Fawad Ahmed (Adelaide Strikers)
* Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 53 17 January 2022 20:15 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Brisbane Heat 7/155 (20 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers 4/156 (18.4 overs) |
| Max Bryant 81 (56) Peter Hatzoglou 2/17 (4 overs) | | Mitchell Marsh 59 (34) Mitchell Swepson 2/19 (4 overs) |
* Perth Scorchers won by 6 wickets Marvel Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 480 Umpires: Shawn Craig and Ben Treloar Player of the match: Mitchell Marsh (Perth Scorchers)
* Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.

## Playoffs

* Qualifier 22 January 2022 19:15 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Perth Scorchers 3/189 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Sixers 141 (19.1 overs) |
| Josh Inglis 79 (49) Hayden Kerr 2/37 (4 overs) | | Ben Dwarshuis 66 (28) Ashton Agar 2/16 (4 overs) |
* Perth Scorchers won by 48 runs Marvel Stadium, Melbourne Umpires: Gerard Abood and Shawn Craig Player of the match: Josh Inglis (Perth Scorchers)
* Perth Scorchers won by the toss and elected to bat.
* Nicholas Bertus (Sydney Sixers) made his T20 debut.
* Final 28 January 2022 19:40 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Perth Scorchers 6/171 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Sixers 92 (16.2 overs) |
| Laurie Evans 76* (41) Nathan Lyon 2/24 (3 overs) | | Daniel Hughes 42 (33) Andrew Tye 3/15 (3 overs) |
* Perth Scorchers won by 79 runs Marvel Stadium, Melbourne Umpires: Phillip Gillespie and Sam Nogajski Player of the match: Laurie Evans (Perth Scorchers)
* Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
* X-factor subs: Justin Avendano (Sydney Sixers) replaced Jackson Bird.

## Squad

The squad for the 2021–22 Big Bash League season.
* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* Ages are given as of the first match of the tournament, 5 December 2021
| No. | Name | Nationality | Date of birth (age) | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||||
| 4 | Cameron Bancroft | Australia | (1992-11-19)19 November 1992 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | International Cap |
| 82 | Colin Munro | New Zealand | (1987-03-11)11 March 1987 (aged 34) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Visa Contract and International Cap |
| 82 | Laurie Evans | England | (1987-10-12)12 October 1987 (aged 34) | Left-handed | Right-arm fast medium | Visa Contract and International Cap |
| 41 | Kurtis Patterson | Australia | 5 April 1993 (age 26) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | International Cap |
| All-rounders |||||||
| 18 | Ashton Agar | Australia | (1993-10-14)14 October 1993 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | International Cap |
| 10 | Mitchell Marsh | Australia | (1991-10-20)20 October 1991 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Captain; International Cap |
| 17 | Ashton Turner | Australia | (1993-01-25)25 January 1993 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | International Cap |
| 31 | Cameron Green | Australia | 3 June 1999 (age 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | International Cap |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||
| 95 | Josh Inglis | Australia | (1995-03-04)4 March 1995 (aged 26) | Right-handed | – | |
| 9 | Sam Whiteman | Australia | (1992-03-19)19 March 1992 (aged 29) | Left-handed | – | |
| Pace bowlers |||||||
| 5 | Jason Behrendorff | Australia | (1990-04-20)20 April 1990 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | International Cap |
| 12 | Matt Kelly | Australia | (1994-12-07)7 December 1994 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| 3 | Joel Paris | Australia | (1992-12-11)11 December 1992 (aged 28) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | International Cap |
| 2 | Jhye Richardson | Australia | (1996-09-20)20 September 1996 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | International Cap |
| 68 | Andrew Tye | Australia | (1986-12-12)12 December 1986 (aged 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Vice Captain; International Cap |
| 21 | Cameron Gannon | United States | (1989-01-23)23 January 1989 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | International Cap |
| 6 | Liam Guthrie | Australia | (1997-04-09)9 April 1997 (aged 24) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | Local Replacement |
| Spin bowlers |||||||
| 27 | Peter Hatzoglou | Australia | 27 November 1998 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break |
| – | Corey Rocchiccioli | Australia | (1997-10-08)8 October 1997 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Local Replacement |