Bird to Klinger, 1 run, slapped away piling on the width, rather lovingly, gets it through point

Bird to Whiteman, 1 run, looks to get on top of the loopy bouncer with a swivelling pull with a leg in the air. Down to fine leg

Bird to Klinger, 1 run, dabbed away, without much of the control

Bird to Klinger, 2 runs, the width is generous again. Fenced away with a stretched blade to run away wide of third man

Bird to Klinger, no run, wide and off a loopy bounce. Sponges up with the bounce and goes past the stab

Bird to Klinger, FOUR, he's in a hurry. Perth is in a hurry to celebrate. A vast section of the crowd have already zoned out. Some more of the dance down the track and carves it with a full blooded sling past mid-off

Bird to Whiteman, FOUR, and the misery keeps on piling on. Bird is dealing in binary lengths. Either too full or too short. And like he has been all over, he follows a short one with an overpitched one outside off and dealt with a punishing drive off a full abt swing coming down to dispatch it through the covers

Bird to Whiteman, FOUR, make that three. Back to the dragged back length without the venom to take it up. Sits on the ribs asking to be smacked. Whiteman doesn't disappoint. Once again the mid-wicket ropes are disturbed. This time with an attractive across the line swish

Bird to Whiteman, FOUR, even better. The Scorchers are off to a flier. Two in a row. Anticipates the pitched up delivery and presents it with the full bat face as he leans with his front leg coming forward and lofts it like a straight bullet down the ground

Bird to Whiteman, SIX, go fetch. Bird in his nagging lines gets one to go straight on holding its line and Whiteman responds with a standing short arm pull. As flat as you can imagine it to be

Bird to Klinger, 1 run, strays it on the hips, a hurried tuck around the corner follows

Bird to Klinger, no run, back of a length with some away movement granting the width. Driven off an angled blade to cover