BBL 2025-26: Who said what after Perth Scorchers won the final?

Perth Scorchers secured their record-breaking sixth BBL title win after defeating the Sydney Sixers in the BBL 2025-26 final at Perth Stadium on Sunday, January 25.

In the final, the Sixers posted 132 runs in 20 overs after batting first. Jhye Richardson and David Payne scalped three wickets each. In reply, the Scorchers sealed the deal in 17.3 overs with six wickets in hand. Mitchell Marsh was the star batter with 44 runs.

On that note, let’s take a look at who said what after the Scorchers won the sixth BBL title, defeating the Sixers.

Perth Scorchers captain, Ashton Turner

This organisation, this team, and the support we receive from the wider cricketing community - it’s enormous. We’re fortunate that 11 of us get to walk out onto the field, but we know success like this is driven by a much bigger group. There are too many people to name, but to the players who missed out, the support staff, coaching group, management, the executive and board at WA Cricket, and of course the WA fans - this belongs to all of you. Yeah, it’s pretty surreal, to be honest. 

This has been a long time in the making. For the last 10 months, there’s been a huge amount of planning - time on the phone, emails, conversations - about how we could best prepare for this tournament. To then put those plans into action over the past week has been exhausting but incredibly exciting. To cap it all off with a trophy makes it immensely satisfying. I’ve said it plenty over the last 24 hours - it was no surprise that the Sixers were a massive challenge. We have enormous respect for them as a club and as a team. 

The values they stand for - continuity, competitiveness - are things we relate to strongly. So to Moises and Greg, congratulations on a great season. We know playing you is never easy, and this certainly won’t be the last battle between us. Tonight’s crowd speaks volumes about the health of cricket in WA, in Australia, and the Big Bash League as a whole. None of this happens without our sponsors. So thank you to everyone who's stood by us through the good times and the tough ones. We’re incredibly grateful for your support.

It’s now time for the Perth Scorchers to collect their medals. Mitchell Marsh is the first to step forward and receive his medal, with Finn Allen following close behind. One by one, the Scorchers players make their way onto the stage, soaking in a well-earned moment of celebration.

Sydney Sixers captain, Moises Henriques

Yes, it hurts. We had big plans. We really wanted to come over here and keep this crowd relatively quiet. Unfortunately, we weren’t good enough to do that tonight. It’s an amazing atmosphere to be a part of, and your boys did you proud tonight. So well done to Ashton and the boys on a terrific season and a terrific performance tonight. Yeah, as you mentioned, it’s an absolute privilege for me to lead this team. 

They (the players) make it so easy to captain. We’ve got so many good players - they lead themselves - and I’m just lucky enough to have the capital “C” next to my name. I also want to give a shout-out. We had four or five boys who didn’t play much this year, who in years gone by have played a lot. I think that speaks to the strength of our group - Silky, Kerry, Murph, Pez as well. 

There are a lot of boys who missed out who probably deserved to be playing, and they take it on the chin and give the boys the freedom we have to go out and do our stuff. So I just want to say thanks to the whole group - obviously the playing XI, but the entire squad. It’s an absolute honour to lead our team. I’d also like to thank our sponsors, and our coaching staff as well, who have toiled away and tried their absolute best. They got us close, but unfortunately we couldn’t get over the line tonight.

Player of the Match, David Payne

Yeah, it’s hard to describe any emotion right now, to be honest with you. I’m elated - elated for the Perth fans. They’re the ones who turned out tonight and made this the final that it was. And then to the boys - they’re just awesome again. So it’s not really sunk in, obviously, right now, but I’m sure it will over time. 

(playing in front of such a crowd) Yeah, it’s nervous, to be honest. It starts nervy, and then when you get a couple of good ones down there, it calms the nerves - and a couple of wickets help. At times like this, you always want to contribute, so it was nice that I was able to do that tonight.

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