Aaron Hardie closes in on 1,500 career runs
Brisbane Heat meet Perth Scorchers at Brisbane Cricket Ground, Friday 7:15pm (Big Bash League, 28th Match). Perth Scorchers have won 16 of the 25 meetings with Brisbane Heat since 2011.
Form
Brisbane Heat have won three of their last five and most recently lost to Sydney Sixers.
Perth Scorchers have won five of their last five and most recently beat Sydney Sixers.
Perth Scorchers arrive on a 5-game winning streak.
Head to head
These sides have met 25 times on our records since 2011: Brisbane Heat 9, Perth Scorchers 16.
Last time out (2025, Match 6), Brisbane Heat won 258–257 at Brisbane Cricket Ground.
Players to watch
For Brisbane Heat, watch Matt Renshaw (32.4 runs a game, 5 wickets in 2025) and Jack Wildermuth (22.2 runs a game, 10 wickets in 2025).
For Perth Scorchers, watch Finn Allen (42.4 runs a game in 2025) and Mitchell Marsh (30 runs a game in 2025).
Milestone watch
Aaron Hardie is 1 runs short of 1,500 for their career.
At Brisbane Cricket Ground
Brisbane Heat have won 12 of their last 17 at Brisbane Cricket Ground.
The deeper numbers
Perth Scorchers have won 0 of 5 BBL chases of 180 or more since 2020.
When Perth Scorchers lose three wickets inside the powerplay, they have still won 11 of 16 BBL matches since 2020.
Usman Khawaja has been out lbw in 8% of his BBL dismissals (since 2011) (BBL average 6%), and Jhye Richardson takes 8% of his BBL wickets lbw.
What the numbers say
On form and history, Perth Scorchers have the edge.
Written automatically from Lineball's own match and player database. Not betting advice.
