Perth vs Thunder head to head: SCO vs THU head to head record in BBL history

The 29th match of the ongoing 12th season of the Big Bash League will be played between Perth Scorchers and Sydney Thunder in Perth tomorrow. Second of a mid-week double-header day will follow the first match between Sydney Sixers and Brisbane Heat in Sydney.

First team to hit the 10-point mark this season, defending champions Perth Scorchers are at the top of the points table on the back of five wins and a solitary loss in their six matches thus far. In spite of winning a match less and losing a couple of more, Thunder are at the second position on the points table.

While a clash between table-toppers is generally looked forward to among fans, another reason why this match will grab all the more eyeballs is their neck-to-neck head-to-head record of the past. Despite losing four out of their last five matches against Thunder, Scorchers have only won a match less than the opposition over the years.

Played almost a year ago, the last match between these two franchises had witnessed Sydney winning by 6 wickets (D/L Method) after they had chased down a 135-run target in an 18-over contest with an over to spare. ST pacer Gurinder Sandhu, their highest wicket-taker against this opposition, had become the first Thunder bowler to perform a hat-trick in the history of the BBL in that match.

Perth vs Thunder head to head record in BBL history

Total number of matches played: 15

Matches won by PS: 7

Matches won by ST: 8

Matches played in January: 11 (PS 6, ST 5)

Matches played on Wednesday: 3 (PS 1, ST 2)

Matches played at Perth Stadium: 3 (PS 2, ST 1)

PS average score against ST: 152

ST average score against PS: 149

Most runs for PS: 273 (Cameron Bancroft)

Most runs for ST: 176 (Alex Hales)

Most wickets for PS: 13 (Jason Behrendorff)

Most wickets for ST: 9 (Gurinder Sandhu)

Most catches for PS: 4 (Josh Inglis, Cameron Bancroft and Ashton Turner)

Most catches for ST: 3 (Alex Hales and Jason Sangha)

NOTE: Only players part of current squads have been considered above (most runs, wickets and catches).

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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