The Melbourne Stars will take on the Perth Scorchers in the second semi-final of the Big Bash League (BBL05) Friday at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
Watch the live stream and videos here, here and here and the live scores here. The T20 match starts at 7:40 p.m. local time (8:40 a.m. GMT/3:40 a.m. ET/5: 40 a.m. PT/2:10 p.m. IST) on Jan. 22.
The Scorchers are aiming for a third Big Bash victory. The Perth franchise will become the first team to win a hat-trick of BBL if they win Friday's semi-final against the Stars and then win the final. Skipper Adam Voges said that his side was on the brink of creating history.
"We've mentioned it. We'd be silly not to. It's a fantastic opportunity for this playing group. They understand they could be writing some history. From that point of view, it's something exciting," Voges said, according to SBS.
The Stars, on the other hand, are keen to end their dry run in the BBL semi-finals. The Melbourne franchise has been eliminated in the semi-finals in the previous four seasons, according to Perth Now.
The final of the fifth season of the Big Bash League will be played between the winners of the first semi-final between the Sydney Thunder and the Adelaide Strikers and the winner of Friday's second semi-final on Sunday (Jan. 24).
Perth Scorchers Squad: Adam Voges, Ashton Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Jason Behrendorff, Michael Carberry, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Marcus Harris, Brad Hogg, Michael Klinger, Simon Mackin, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, James Muirhead, Joel Paris, Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye, Sam Whiteman, David Willey
Melbourne Stars Squad: David Hussey, Michael Beer, Scott Boland, James Faulkner, Seb Gotch, Evan Gulbis, Peter Handscomb, Sam Harper, John Hastings, Ben Hilfenhaus, Glenn Maxwell, Kevin Pietersen, Rob Quiney, Marcus Stoinis, Tom Triffitt, Daniel Worrall, Luke Wright, Adam Zampa
