BBL 2016/17: Top 5 moments from the final between Perth Scorchers and Sydney Sixers

#2 Whiteman continues to impress the selectors:

Perth Scorchers wicketkeeper Sam Whiteman, at just 24 years of age, has been making all the right noises for quite a while now. It was said once about him that he’d be Adam Gilchrist’s replacement in the Australian team; such is the guy’s talent.

Chases of around 140 can be tricky and if we add to that the pressure of it being a final, the score becomes psychologically bigger than what it actually is. It could have been the case today too, but Whiteman ensured nothing of this sort would happen as he launched an attack on the Sixers bowlers right from the word go.

Starting with a four off Dwarshius in the first over, he really tore into Test match pacer Jackson Bird in the second as he hit him for three fours and a six in it, followed by two more sixes off Dwarshius in the third.

At the end of the third over, the Scorchers had raced to 36 with Whiteman batting on 34 off just 15 balls. The match was as good as over in just three overs and the selectors were given another reminder of Whiteman’s prodigious talent.