Scorchers won by 79 runs © Getty
Laurie Evans (76* off 41) and Ashton Turner (54 off 35) starred with the bat, which was followed by a clinical show with the ball as the Perth Scorchers defeated Sydney Sixers by 79 runs to become the first team to lift the BBL Trophy for the fourth time.

Evans and Turner helped the Scorchers recover from an early collapse as they put on 104 runs for the fifth wicket to help their side to 171 for 6. Daniel Hughes, who returned to the eleven, top-scored for the Sixers with 42. But the next best was Nicholas Bertus's 15 as the Sixers finished runners-up.

BBL 10 champions Sixers, without several of their key players, hoped for an inspirational performance from their top order. But Hayden Kerr, who scored an unbeaten 98 against Adelaide Strikers to help the Sixers into the final, could not replicate his heroics as he fell in the second over to Jason Behrendorff slicing a catch to short third man. Hughes and Bertus tried to build a partnership but their association ended on 27 runs as Turner dismissed the other opener. With Moises Henriques also falling cheaply, leg-before to Ashton Agar, the Sixers slipped to 46 for 3 after seven overs.

While Hughes tried to hold the innings together, he wasn't receiving support from the other end as he watched Dan Christian and Peter Hatzoglou fall in quick succession. Hughes was the next to fall, run out after a poor call from Sean Abbott, reducing the Sixers to 77 for 6. Only 25 more runs were added for the last four wickets as the Sixers campaign ended with with finishing second best. Tye picked up a three-wicket haul while Jhye Richardson bagged a couple.

Earlier, the Scorchers innings was in disarray after they were asked to bat, with only 25 runs coming in the first six overs at the cost of four top-order wickets. Kurtis Patterson was the first to depart, top-edging a pull off Jackson Bird while smart glovework from assistant coach-turned player Jay Lenton resulted in Josh Inglis being stumped off Steve O'Keefe. The Scorchers were in further trouble when Mitchell Marsh and Colin Munro fell to Nathan Lyon in the sixth over, failing in their attempts to play the loft and reverse sweep respectively.

Despite the need of a solid partnership to arrest the slide, Evans and Turner ensured it did not come at the cost of the scoring rate, with the two batters managing regular boundaries to help their team forward. While only 30 came off the first seven overs, Evans and Turner collected 38 off the subsequent three overs to help the Scorchers to 68 for 4 at the halfway stage of their innings. The over that gave the partnership momentum was ninth in which O'Keefe conceded 19 - which included two fours and a six off Evans' bat.

The Scorchers managed 24 off the two power surge overs - 13th and 14th - before both Evans and Turner reached their respective fifties with sixes as they extended their partnership past the 100-run mark. Turner, who struck four fours and the lone six, was eventually dismissed in the 16th over as he sliced an O'Keefe delivery to third man. Evans, meanwhile, collected two more sixes and remained unbeaten as he finished with a tally of four boundaries and as many maximums. Ashton Agar also struck three fours before his dismissal in the 19th over.

Brief scores: Perth Scorchers 171/6 in 20 overs (Laurie Evans 76*, Ashton Turner 54; Nathan Lyon 2-24, Steve O'Keefe 2-43) beat Sydney Sixers 92 in 16.2 overs (Daniel Hughes 42; Andrew Tye 3-15, Jhye Richardson 2-20) by 79 runs.