Perth Scorchers win the Big Bash League final

What a great game, the momentum changes, twists & turns and the pressure. The final for BBL04 was an absolute cracker, I was jumping around all excited - the game came down to the last over, what looked unlosable for the Perth Scorchers was now looking decidedly shaky.

Brett Lee was handed the pill for the last over, eight runs required from 6 balls didn't look a tall order - or so most people thought. In his last over in professional cricket, this wasn't an easy task. With three balls to go and one run required, the result looked certain, get bat on ball because at Lee's pace the ball could end up anywhere. They could even scamper a run on a miss as the wicket keeper is so far back.

The third last ball of the game smashed the stumps out of the ground, new batsmen in and no cross, imported specialist batsman Michael Carberry was purely an onlooker stuck at the non-striker's end. The second last ball of the game, once again, Lee bowls fast and true and the stumps are shattered, another wicket falls and Lee is on a hat-trick for his last ball of professional cricket. Another wicket would force the game into a super over and Sydney has the chance to win, a run and Perth Scorchers win.

So the final is all set for the last ball of the game, Yasir Arafat makes his way to the crease - he is not a noted batsman and has to only face one ball - the last ball. Lee bowls well, Arafat makes contact and the ball races straight to a fieldsman - they run. As the ball is fielded and returned to the non-striker's end, Arafat will be well short and run out. The throw is true and with one bounce makes its way into the hands of the fieldsman ready to break the stumps. 

The ball is fumbled by Moises Henriques, the ball breaks free of Henriques' hands as he breaks the stumps, Arafat makes his ground, Lee drops to one knee clutching hes head and the Perth Scorchers are BBL champions for 2014/15. This was an amazing finish to Lee's professional cricketing career and the series, this was an exciting game of cricket - fitting for a final.