Overview
- Perth beat Adelaide by 33 runs at Optus Stadium, with Joel Paris starring late with 3-22 and an unbeaten 20.
- Shamsi struck in his first over for the Strikers, removing Mitch Marsh and Cooper Connolly, and later dismissed Ashton Turner.
- Adelaide deployed a spin-heavy plan as Lloyd Pope took 4-23 and, with Shamsi, held Perth to 8-153 before the chase faltered at 120 all out.
- The debut featured Shamsi's trademark 'shoe-call' celebration, which he described as a playful call to the third umpire, with commentator Tim David joining in on-air.
- The 35-year-old remains out of South Africa's T20 World Cup plans, and his BBL form is being viewed by pundits as a potential route back into national contention.