It’s first vs second on Wednesday night in Perth as the Scorchers host the Thunder but don’t expect a close match between the BBL’s ladder leaders.
Best Bet
Scorchers at home is an automatic bet at this point. They’ve won 17 of their last 18 at Optus including the last 15 as favourites and eight straight overall.
The Thunder have done well to turn their season around after losing 3 of their first 4 games, including being bowled out for 15 against the Strikers, but this is an enormous step up from two wins over the struggling Heat and one over the inconsistent Hurricanes.
We just have to keep playing the Scorchers at home, even at very short odds for a BBL match.
Next Best
The Scorchers tend to spread their run-scoring so Hales looks the strongest individual bet in this game. After a slow start to BBL 12, the Englishman has scored 50s in 3 of his last 4 innings. He’s also got a great record on the road, scoring 20+ in 17 of his last 22 outside of NSW.
Value Bet
Richardson has awesome at Optus this season, where he’s been player of the match in 2 of his last 3 games. He took 4 wickets in each of those two performances, which were both big wins for the Scorchers. The quick could could again cause some carnage on his home deck.
Same Game Multi
Scorchers H2H / A.Hales 20+ runs / J.Richardson 2+ wickets
