Perth Scorchers chase a sixth straight win as Adelaide Strikers visit the WACA

Perth Scorchers have won all five of their matches this season and meet an Adelaide Strikers side that arrives in the west off a last-ball win in Hobart

The Perth Scorchers put a perfect record on the line at the WACA Ground on Saturday, when the Adelaide Strikers arrive for the 22nd match of the Women's Big Bash League season.

Perth have won five from five and lead the table on 10 points, level with the Sydney Sixers and ahead of them on a net run rate of 1.469. Adelaide are fifth, with two wins and two defeats from four matches.

The Strikers come in off a four-wicket win over the Hobart Hurricanes at Bellerive Oval on 10 November, a chase settled on the last ball of the match.

Five wins from five

Perth opened the season with a nine-wicket win over the Melbourne Renegades at the WACA on 31 October, Beth Mooney closing the chase with 58 not out.

Wins over the Melbourne Stars by 15 runs and the Sydney Thunder by 17 runs followed, before a six-wicket win over the Stars at North Sydney Oval on 8 November.

The fifth came at home on Wednesday, a four-wicket win over the Thunder with nine balls in hand. Both of Perth's home matches this season have been won.

Adelaide, by contrast, have played once at Karen Rolton Oval and have since been on the road in Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart.

Mooney sits out and Devine steps in

Mooney, who took the club captaincy from Sophie Devine this season, missed Wednesday's match with quad tightness. The absence was a precaution.

Devine led the side and top-scored in the chase with 37 before Nadine de Klerk bowled her. Perth were 133 for 6 and still needed 27 from 27 balls when Chloe Piparo and Chloe Ainsworth came together.

Piparo finished on 20 not out from 16 balls and Ainsworth on 15 not out from eight.

Heather Knight's 71 off 46 balls and Anika Learoyd's 53 off 44 had carried the Thunder to 159 for 5 after a start of 18 for 2. Their stand was worth 128.

Mack reaches 3000 WBBL runs

Katie Mack's 31 on Wednesday took her past 3,000 runs in the competition, the eighth player to reach the mark.

She has 3,025 from 158 matches at an average of 24.79, with 14 half-centuries.

Her own season has been quieter, 64 runs from five innings, with Perth's totals built elsewhere.

Adelaide hold their nerve in Hobart

Hobart made 138 for 5 at Bellerive, Nicola Carey unbeaten on 66 from 53 balls with nine boundaries.

Maia Bouchier gave Adelaide a fast start with 26 from 19 and Emma de Broughe top-scored with 41 from 37. Laura Wolvaardt's 27 steadied the middle overs before she fell with the score on 129 in the final over.

Sophie Ecclestone finished it with 9 not out from three balls as the Strikers reached 139 for 6.

Molly Strano took 2-30 and Lauren Smith 2-6 for the Hurricanes, who are still without a win.

What the Strikers have to work with

Tahlia McGrath captains a squad that includes Wolvaardt, Ecclestone, Bouchier, Megan Schutt and the leg-spinner Amanda-Jade Wellington, whose work earned her the player-of-the-match award in Adelaide's opening win over the Stars.

"We've got some incredible talent with both bat and ball that can make a real difference for us this season," coach Luke Williams said before the season began.

The two defeats came in the space of three days, by 14 runs to the Brisbane Heat and by 36 runs to the Melbourne Renegades.

A sixth win would take Perth to 12 points, while Adelaide need the result to climb back towards the top four.