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| Personnel | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Captain | Aaron Hardie/Ashton Turner | ||
| Coach | Adam Voges | ||
| Team information | |||
| Colours | Orange | ||
| Founded | 2011 | ||
| Home ground | WACA Ground (2011–2018) Perth Stadium (2018-) | ||
| Capacity | 60,000 | ||
| History | |||
| BBL wins | 5: BBL03, BBL04, BBL06, BBL11, BBL12 | ||
| Official website | www | ||
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The Perth Scorchers are an Australian men's professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competes in the Big Bash League. The Scorchers wear an orange uniform and are based in Perth in the Australian state of Western Australia. Their home ground is the Perth Stadium.[1]
The Scorchers are the most successful team in BBL history, winning a record five championships to date and being runners up on three occasions. They were defeated in their second final by the Brisbane Heat in BBL02. They then won the next two consecutive championships, becoming the first team to achieve the feat in the league's brief history. These wins came against the Hobart Hurricanes and the Sydney Sixers in a last-ball thriller at Canberra's Manuka Oval. Mickey Arthur was originally appointed coach, but quit before the beginning of the 2011–12 season after he was appointed coach of the Australian cricket team. He was replaced by his former assistant, Lachlan Stevens. Justin Langer replaced Stevens in November 2012. Following the appointment of Langer as the Australian coach in May 2018,[2] Adam Voges was named as the new coach for the 2018–19 season.[3]
Some of the Scorchers' finest players since their inception into the BBL have been Shaun Marsh, Michael Klinger, Cameron Bancroft, Mitch Marsh, Mitchell Johnson, Adam Voges, Ashton Turner, David Willey, Pakistani cricketers Yasir Arafat, Usman Qadir, Englishman Laurie Evans, legendary wrist spinner Brad Hogg and pace bowlers Jason Behrendorff, Jhye Richardson and Andrew Tye.[4]
The Scorchers also have a side in the Women's Big Bash League.
- ^ "BBL team names and colours". 6 April 2011. Archived from the original on 10 April 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ^ "Langer appointed Australia coach". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ Wildie, Tom (31 May 2018). "Voges takes reins as WA coach after Langer's national call-up in wake of ball-tampering scandal". ABC News. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- ^ "Greatest ever BBL teams". theroar.com.au/. Retrieved 23 May 2020.