Josh Inglis — Perth Scorchers | BBL Player Profile

Every BBL roster needs a banker, somebody whose bad nights stay useful. For the Scorchers, that description lands on Josh Inglis more often than anyone admits.

The modern keeper-batter is a side's metronome — tidy over the stumps, brave up to the quicks, and expected to score at a rate that used to belong to specialist openers.

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Ask him about Optus Stadium (Perth Stadium) and the answer is always practical: know your pockets, know your wind, know your twilight. Perth's furnace. The BBL|15 final drew 55,018 supporters here on 25 January 2026 as the Scorchers beat the Sixers by six wickets to claim a sixth title.

Inside the Scorchers dressing room he shares the workload with Matt Kelly (the bowler), Bryce Jackson (the bowler), Aaron Hardie (the all-rounder), Sam Fanning (the batter), Cooper Connolly (the all-rounder), Ashton Turner (the batter) — combinations that decide whether Perth Scorchers control the middle overs or chase the game. The calendar tests it early, with the Sat 2 Jan 2027 meeting with Sydney Thunder and the Sun 20 Dec 2026 meeting with Hobart Hurricanes both on the slate.

His winter work rarely makes news, yet teammates swear the changes show by December: a new option rehearsed a thousand times in empty nets. His junior-club roots still get mentioned in local coverage whenever the {short} visit his home region, a reminder of the pathway this league feeds.

By the numbers around him: the Scorchers carry a 17-name primary group with 3 overseas signings, 6 championship(s) in the cabinet (2013-14, 2014-15, 2016-17, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2025-26), a home ground holding 61,266 people in Perth, and a captain, Ashton Turner, who has lifted silverware in this league before. Josh Inglis is one of 2 wicketkeeper-batters in the group — a pecking order that December form will re-sort.

Circle his individual duels, too: Hassan Khan, the Renegades all-rounder, and Jason Behrendorff of the Renegades are the kind of head-to-heads that swing the fixtures between these clubs — small battles inside the big ones that coaches clip for Monday review.

Charity visits sit in his calendar without cameras attached: hospital wards, junior clinics, a school assembly where the questions were better than any press conference. The road weeks test everyone — airport queues at dawn, hotel pillows, a new dressing room every third day — and his travel kit is famously minimal: boots, bat tape, headphones, one paperback. The analysts' laptops say one thing about opposition bowlers; the old heads in the change room say another. He listens to both and trusts his eyes at the crease. Recovery science runs his Sundays: GPS vest data reviewed, a physio's thumbs in sore calves, contrast showers, and an honest conversation about what his body can give next week.

What separates a good BBL summer from a forgettable one is usually two innings or two spells. For Josh Inglis, circle a Furnace occasion at Optus Stadium — that is where this summer will be won or lost.

Full name	Josh Inglis
Team	Perth Scorchers
Country	Australia
Role	Wicketkeeper-batter
Wicketkeeper	Yes — wicketkeeper
Date of birth / age	Not yet verified from an official source — marked PENDING rather than guessed
BBL career stats	Career BBL totals for Josh Inglis are under verification against ESPNcricinfo and will be published here once the check clears. League-wide leaders, by contrast, are already confirmed on the records pages. See the records hub.
X / Twitter	not publicly listed (no verified handle confirmed from a reliable source)
Squad status	BBL|15 squad member (latest completed season, checked 26 October 2026); BBL|16 signings tracked on the Scorchers team page

If the Scorchers play finals cricket, history says players of his type decide those nights. The path there runs through December.