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Ashes Bazball star Zak Crawley and allrounder Aaron Hardie fought fire with fire to lift the Perth Scorchers to a nine-wicket win over the Chris Jordan-inspired Hobart Hurricanes at Optus Stadium.<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes slumped to 4-28 and 7-107 following a stunning display from man of the match Jason Behrendorff (4-25) on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n

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Aaron Hardie of the Scorchers plays a shot across the ground during the BBL match between Perth Scorchers and Hobart Hurricanes on Wednesday night.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>James Worsfold\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/p>\n

But Jordan (59 off 20 balls) helped lift the Hurricanes to a competitive 8-172 by blasting a 17-ball half-century \u2013 the equal-fourth fastest in BBL history.<\/p>\n

In reply, Hardie (85no off 44 balls) and Crawley (65no off 46 balls) combined for an unbeaten 157-run off 84 balls to lift the Scorchers to victory with 23 balls to spare.<\/p>\n

Crawley, who averaged 53.3 for England at a strike rate of 88.7 during this year\u2019s Ashes, starred in his first game for the Scorchers, cracking six fours and one six.<\/p>\n

But Hardie was even more explosive, especially in the 13th over when he piled on 26 runs against spinner Paddy Dooley (0-44).<\/p>\n

That over went 6, dot, 6, 6, 6, 2 to send the crowd into raptures.<\/p>\n

The result lifted Perth \u2013 the defending champions \u2013 into equal top on the ladder with two wins and a no result from their first three games.<\/p>\n

Hobart have lost their opening two games and face a battle to make the finals.<\/p>\n

It was the Behrendorff show early as Hobart\u2019s top-order crumbled.<\/p>\n

Ben McDermott (4) was the first to fall when his slash went to third man, and next ball Behrendorff trapped Sam Hain lbw.<\/p>\n

If it wasn\u2019t for an inside edge, Tim David would have been sent packing as well and Behrendorff would have had a hat-trick.<\/p>\n

\u201cI play a bit with Timmy in the IPL and I played with him in some other competitions, so that would have been pretty sweet to take him for a hat-trick,\u201d Behrendorff said.<\/p>\n

David (12) cracked three boundaries \u2013 including two in the same Behrendorff over \u2013 before the left-arm paceman had his man caught off a skied shot.<\/p>\n

Debutant Nikhil Chaudhary (40 off 31) and Mitchell Owen (28 off 22) helped settle the ship for Hobart, with Jordan providing the late fireworks.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t even realise, funnily enough,\u201d Jordan said of the speed of his half-century.<\/p>\n

\u201cI actually wasn\u2019t looking up at the scoreboard at all. I just knew that against this team on their home patch we needed at least 160, 150.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo that was my aim first and foremost, and then obviously I got on a little bit of a roll and just tried to keep it going.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Scorchers have concerns over the fitness of skipper Ashton Turner, who injured his right knee while bowling his first delivery.<\/p>\n

Turner, who was picked up for a bargain $178,000 by Lucknow Super Giants in this week\u2019s IPL auction, limped off the ground gingerly immediately after hurting his knee.<\/p>\n

It was the same knee that affected Turner\u2019s pre-season and resulted in him missing a Sheffield Shield clash.<\/p>\n

Hobart entered the match without stars Matthew Wade (back) and Riley Meredith (side strain).<\/p>\n

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