The Hobart Hurricanes are chasing their first win of the Big Bash League season when they host the Perth Scorchers in Launceston on Monday night.
The sides had opposite results in their season openers with the Hurricanes losing to the Melbourne Stars by 38 runs, while the defending champions produced a 38-run win over Sydney Sixers.
The Hurricanes were destroyed by Stars gun Joe Clarke who scored a century after going after he pace attack.
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Scorchers bowler Jhye Richardson starred with four wickets, while Aaron Hardie’s 55 off 32 balls put his side in position to win.
Left-arm paceman Jason Behrendorff and Andrew Tye both picked up two wickets against the Sixers.
They take on a strong Hurricanes top order with Ben McDermott, D’Arcy Short and Matthew Wade all looking to hit big.
The Scorchers won both their meetings against the Hurricanes last season.
SQUADS
Hobart Hurricanes: Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Caleb Jewell, Shadab Khan, Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Mitch Owen, Joel Paris, Wil Parker, D’Arcy Short, Matthew Wade, Billy Stanlake, Paddy Dooley, Chris Tremain, Mac Wright, Zak Crawley (overseas replacement for Shadab Khan), Jimmy Neesham (overseas replacement)
Perth Scorchers: Ashton Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Jason Behrendorff, Cooper Connolly, Cameron Green, Laurie Evans (contract terminated), Aaron Hardie, Peter Hatzoglou, Nick Hobson, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kelly, Mitch Marsh (injured), Tymal Mills (withdrawn), Lance Morris, Jhye Richardson, Phil Salt (injured), Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye, Faf du Plessis (replacing Laurie Evans, first seven matches only), Adam Lyth (replacing Phil Salt, first half only), Stephen Eskinazi, Hamish McKenzie, David Payne (replacement for Tymal Mills for the second half of the season)
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