BIG BASH: SCORCHERS HOME, DESPITE FAULKNER

ANDREW Tye has produced more heroics with the ball to guide the Perth Scorchers to a 13-run win over the Melbourne Stars in their BBL clash at the WACA last night.

Chasing 143 for victory, the Stars were restricted to 8-129 in front of 19,506 fans.

Tye claimed a hat-trick in the Scorchers’ season-opening win over the Sydney Sixers. And he was at it again last night, snaring 5-23 from four overs against the Stars to change the course of the match.

The Stars needed 18 to win off the last over but could only manage four with Tye’s excellent death bowling a feature.

The result left the Stars with a 0-2 record, while the Scorchers have started their title defence with two straight victories.

Scorchers speedster Mitchell Johnson was almost unplayable early, claim- ing the key scalp of Ben Dunk for six.

But it was not until Tye entered the scene that the carnage began. Tye snared the wickets of Luke Wright (21), Peter Handscomb (eight) and Marcus Stoinis (13) to leave the Stars in all sorts of trouble at 5-59 in the 10th over.

Rob Quiney (25 off 27) and James Faulkner (35 off 31) gave the visitors a sniff of pinching the win. But Quiney was run out by a direct hit from Adam Voges and the Stars’ resistance was broken.

Earlier, the Scorchers overcame a horror start to post 6-142. They slumped to 3-10 in the fourth over after Will Bosisto (four), Michael Klinger (one) and Ashton Turner (0) all fell cheaply.

Hilton Cartwright (58 off 53 balls) and Voges (35 off 31) saved the day with an 83-run stand, helping the Scorchers reach a defendable total.

Cartwright made only four off his first 14 balls before exploding to life, striking five fours and two sixes.