The Perth Scorchers is the Australian domestic Twenty20 franchise cricket team representing the Western Australian city of Perth in the Big Bash League (BBL).
Perth Scorchers taking on Hobart Hurricanes at the WACA Ground in 2011
Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have a single innings each, which is restricted to a maximum of twenty overs. Together with first-class and List A cricket, Twenty20 is one of the three current forms of cricket recognised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as being at the highest international or domestic level.
Lasith Malinga bowling to Shahid Afridi in the 2009 T20 World Cup Final at Lord's, London.
Former England batsman Andrew Strauss batting for Middlesex against Surrey
Crowd during a match of the 2015 IPL season in Hyderabad, India
Twenty20 matches can have some exciting displays, such as when the batsmen run out to the pitch