Twitter Reactions: Colin Munro and Mitchell Marsh help Perth Scorchers crush Melbourne Renegades by 8 wickets

The Perth Scorchers continued their unbeaten run in the Big Bash League (BBL) tournament with a crushing 8-wicket victory over the Melbourne Renegades outfit. Wielding the willow first, the Melbourne Renegades side posted a total of 151/8 in their allotted 20 overs.

Mackenzie Harvey top-scored for the Renegades with a sedate 40-ball 45. Apart from Harvey, Sam Harper also chipped in with a handy 32 off 25 deliveries as well. With the ball, as many as 3 bowlers scalped 2 wickets each for the Perth Scorchers outfit.

Jason Behrendorff, Tymal Mills and Ashton Agar all scalped 2 wickets each. However, Behrendorff was the most economical of the three, conceding just 19 runs in his 4-over quota.

Perth Scorchers make light work of the target

In reply, the Perth Scorchers strolled past the target set by the Melbourne Renegades side with 8 wickets and 3.1 overs to spare. The opening duo of Cameron Bancroft and Josh Inglis put on a quickfire partnership of 49 runs.

After both openers fell in quick succession, Mitchell Marsh and Colin Munro stitched together a match-winning 99-run partnership for the third wicket to seal the deal for the Scorchers.

While Marsh scored a 33-ball 42*, Munro went totally berserk and plundered 58* at a strike rate in excess of 180. Zahir Khan and Nic Maddinson picked up one wicket each for the Renegades with the ball in hand.

The Scorchers have now posted their 6th win in the tournament in as many matches and are comfortably perched at the top of the table, while the Renegades are helplessly languishing at the last spot, having won only 1 out of their 5 matches.

Here is how Twitter reacted to the match between Perth Scorchers and Melbourne Renegades