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

The 39th match of the ongoing 12th season of the Big Bash League will be played between Sydney Thunder and Perth Scorchers at the Sydney Showground Stadium tomorrow. The two teams will be facing each other for the second time in the last nine days.

Thunder, who had defeated Scorchers by 6 wickets earlier this month, have won five out of their last six matches against this opposition. In what is a primary reason behind Thunder’s slight domination against Scorchers in their overall head-to-head records, the hosts will have to be wary about law of averages catching up with them.

Having defeated PS thrice in four encounters at the Showground Stadium, ST wouldn’t want to lose a home match especially after losing the Sydney derby here on Sunday.

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Readers must note that Thunder have won 13 and lost 17 out of their 30 matches at this venue. Scorchers, meanwhile, have won two and lost three out of their five matches at this stadium. Although there’s a vast difference in the sample size, Perth (8.23) have a better average run rate than Sydney (7.63) here.

As far as BBL 12 points table is concerned, Thunder has won five and lost four matches to be at the fourth position. Defending champions Scorchers, on the contrary, are at the top of the points table on the back of seven wins and two losses.

THU vs SCO head to head records in BBL history

Total number of matches played: 16

Matches won by ST: 9

Matches won by PS: 7

Matches played in January: 12 (ST 6, PS 6)

Matches played on Friday: 0 (ST 0, PS 0)

Matches played at Sydney Showground Stadium: 4 (ST 3, PS 1)

ST average score against PS: 148

PS average score against ST: 151

Most runs for ST: 176 (Alex Hales)

Most runs for PS: 275 (Cameron Bancroft)

Most wickets for ST: 9 (Nathan McAndrew, Gurinder Sandhu and Chris Green)

Most wickets for PS: 14 (Jason Behrendorff)

Most catches for ST: 3 (Matthew Gilkes and Alex Hales)

Most catches for PS: 6 (Josh Inglis and Ashton Turner)

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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