The Perth Scorchers are on the board this Big Bash League season, cruising to a seven-wicket win over the Adelaide Strikers with two overs remaining at Perth Stadium.
The Scorchers had lost their opening two games but enjoyed strutting their stuff in front of 40,646 home fans with their quick bowlers taking full advantage of the wicket's pace and bounce.
Scorchers captain Ashton Turner decided to bowl first and after the Strikers put on 25 for the first wicket, it paid dividends.
The home side claimed 6-15 and ended up bowling the Strikers out for just 88 inside 18 overs.
Only lower-order runs from Cameron Valente (21 from 18) and Rashid Khan (21 from 12) got Adelaide near the century mark.
The Scorchers' five quicks were all outstanding on the lively pitch with Jhye Richardson taking 3-7 (three overs), Jason Behrendorff 2-16 (four), Andrew Tye 2-9 (2.2), David Willey 1-21 (four) and Nathan Coulter-Nile 1-33 (four).
The Scorchers did lose Michael Klinger to an early run out for two.
But Josh Inglis, a late replacement for an unwell Sam Whiteman, made an impressive 22 in 21 balls to get things rolling.
The Scorchers only scored nine runs from four Rashid Khan overs, but didn't lose a wicket to his brilliant wrist spin.
Billy Stanlake (1-18) was a handful and got rid of Inglis with a beauty, but Turner (24) and Will Bosisto (36 not out) saw the Scorchers comfortably home for their first win of the season.
Richardson was brilliant in picking up the scalps of Matt Short for one, Jake Lehmann first ball and Michael Neser for one.
"It seems to me that I've taken a liking to the new Perth Stadium," Richardson said.
"I'm pretty stoked to be able to put a good performance on the board and even more stoked to be able to get a win on the board.
"Everyone figured out pretty quickly that if we bowled straight and just short of a length that it was tough to score. It was the same in our innings. The guys fought really well to be able to get there in the end. Onwards and upwards from here."
