Overview
- Perth chased 114 to win by five wickets at Optus Stadium, finishing 117-5 with five balls to spare in the season’s first match.
- Player of the Match Cooper Connolly struck 59 off 31 balls, clearing the ropes five times to control the pursuit.
- Sent in after the delay, the Sixers reached 113-5 as Jack Edwards hit an unbeaten 46 off 21 and Josh Philippe added 28.
- On debut for Perth, seamer Brody Couch returned 2-12 from two overs, removing Philippe and Babar Azam.
- Babar scored two in his BBL bow, while Mitch Marsh fell for a third-ball duck after a sharp slip catch by Babar following an 80-minute lightning delay.