Lance Morris — Perth Scorchers | BBL Player Profile

Lance Morris gives Perth Scorchers something every Big Bash group hunts for in December: a bowler whose game is built for Australian summer pitches.

He hunts the top of off stump early, then defends the long boundary when the field drops; captains love a quick whose plans survive first contact with a set batter.

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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 Laurie Evans (the batter), Ashton Turner (the batter), Aaron Hardie (the all-rounder), Ashton Agar (the all-rounder), Matt Kelly (the bowler), Mahli Beardman (the bowler) — combinations that decide whether Perth Scorchers control the middle overs or chase the game. The calendar tests it early, with the Sat 16 Jan 2027 meeting with Adelaide Strikers and the Sat 26 Dec 2026 meeting with Melbourne Stars both on the slate.

Travel is the league's hidden opponent — Perth to Hobart is a continent — and his routines for sleep, food and recovery are famously meticulous. His winter work rarely makes news, yet teammates swear the changes show by December: a new option rehearsed a thousand times in empty nets.

Frame the season with four numbers: 17 squad members, 3 from overseas, 6 past championship(s) (2013-14, 2014-15, 2016-17, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2025-26), and 61,266 seats at the home ground in Perth — all of it overseen by captain Ashton Turner. Lance Morris is one of 7 bowlers in the group — a pecking order that December form will re-sort.

Circle his individual duels, too: Scott Boland, the Stars bowler, and Spencer Johnson of the Heat 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.

December in this league smells of sunscreen and cut grass, and his routine leans into it: early nets before the heat, ice baths after, family in the stands when the calendar allows. 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. He keeps a notebook — actual paper — of bowlers' tells and batters' habits, updated in cramped handwriting after every match, guarded like a state secret. Veterans describe a moment each summer when the season turns. His diary version is always a team moment, never a personal milestone — which is rather the point of him.

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

Full name	Lance Morris
Team	Perth Scorchers
Country	Australia
Role	Bowler
Wicketkeeper	No
Date of birth / age	PENDING verification — this guide does not publish a birth date it has not confirmed from an official profile
BBL career stats	Career BBL totals for Lance Morris 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

His BBL|16 summer is tracked fixture by fixture on the schedule page, starting with the opening block in December.