Perth Scorchers have been knocked out of the race of playoffs.
Perth Scorchers v Sydney Thunder
Cameron Bancroft hit 35* in 25 balls and Livingstone made 20, as Scorchers made 99/4 in their quota of 15 overs. Morris, Cook, Tremain, and Sams picked one-wicket each. Strikers got a revised target of 96 from 12 overs.
Alex Hales made 47 and Khawaja made 22 as the openers added 66 runs for the opening wicket. Chris Morris slammed 11* with one four and one six to take the team to a 7-wicket win via the D/L method.
BRIEF SCORES:
PS 99/4 in 15 overs (C BANCROFT 35*; C MORRIS 1/9) lost to ST 97/3 (A HALES 47; J RICHARDSON 1/13) by 7 wickets via D/L method
Hobart Hurricanes v Adelaide Strikers
In reply, Strikers got a good start with Phil Salt making 66 with 10 fours and 2 sixes and captain Head made 47 with 3 fours and 2 sixes. Alex Carey contributed 39 runs as well, but Hurricanes’ bowlers proved to be too good. Clive Rose, Nathan Ellis, and Scott Boland picked two wickets each.
BRIEF SCORES:
HH 217/1 (M WADE 130*; D SHORT 72) defeated AS 207/8 (P SALT 66; C ROSE 2/16) by 10 runs
Knockouts scenario:
- Hurricanes will finish fourth or fifth and will play 'The Eliminator' on Thursday
- It's Stars v Sixers at the 'G in 'The Qualifier' on Friday
- Strikers finish third and will host 'The Knockout' on Saturday
- Scorchers Eliminated