Os scorchers de Perth derrotaram Sydney Sixers por 5 wickets em uma partida BBL encurtada pela chuva, com Cooper Connolly marcando 59 bolas. Perth Scorchers beat Sydney Sixers by 5 wickets in a rain-shortened BBL match, with Cooper Connolly scoring 59 off 31 balls.

Na partida de abertura da Liga Big Bash 2025-26, os Perth Scorchers derrotaram os Sydney Sixers por cinco wickets em um jogo de 11-over. In the rain-affected opening match of the 2025-26 Big Bash League, the Perth Scorchers defeated the Sydney Sixers by five wickets in a shortened 11-over game. Cooper Connolly estrelou com uma 31-ball 59, incluindo cinco seis, para guiar Perth para a vitória com cinco bolas de sobra. Cooper Connolly starred with a 31-ball 59, including five sixes, to guide Perth to victory with five balls to spare. Sydney postou 113 para 5, com Jack Edwards marcando 46* e Josh Philippe adicionando 28. Sydney posted 113 for 5, with Jack Edwards scoring 46* and Josh Philippe adding 28. Babar Azam, do Paquistão, fazendo sua estréia na BBL, foi demitido por dois. Pakistan’s Babar Azam, making his BBL debut, was dismissed for two. A partida, atrasada 80 minutos por uma tempestade, viu Brody Couch levar dois wickets para Perth. The match, delayed 80 minutes by a storm, saw Brody Couch take two wickets for Perth.