Last night, the Cricket: BBL saw the Perth Scorches take home a commanding win over the Melbourne Renegades after Finn Allen’s brilliant first BBL century.
The Perth Scorchers punched their finals ticket with a commanding 50-run win over the Melbourne Renegades.
The Scorchers were sent in to bat on Thursday night at Marvel Stadium, where chasing teams had won 14 of the previous 16 matches.
Opener Allen relished the challenge, thumping 101 from 53 balls to help the Scorchers post a massive 7-219 – just four runs shy of the highest-ever total at the Docklands venue.
Jake Fraser-McGurk gave the Renegades a brief burst of life in the chase with five sixes in his quickfire 42 off 18, and Tim Seifert kept the flame flickering with 66 off 43.
The game brought in a Total TV National Average Audience of 650,000 and a National Reach of 2,220,000 for Seven.
Over on Nine, the home of the Australian Open, Carlos Alcaraz versed Alex De Minaur in a prep game for the Australian Open.
De Minaur rounded out his preparation for a daunting Australian Open draw with a 6-3 4-3 exhibition match loss to world No.1 Carlos Alcaraz.
The world No.6 is aiming to reach the semi-final of a major for the first time in Melbourne.
He first faces Italian Matteo Berrettini in the first round then potentially 29th seed Francis Tiafoe in the third and 10th seed Alexander Bublik in the final 16.
Alcaraz, who is chasing his first Australian Open crown, would likely await in the quarter-finals.
Over on Channel 10, David Attenborough’s Parenthood siphoned a National Average Audience of 259,000.
ABC‘s Grand Designs Transformations raked in a National Average Audience of 500,000.
