Holt started his BBL career with two halftrackers and Short sent them for a four and a six, but from there he bounced back brilliantly.
“He did well to go for 10 from his first two. It should have been 12,” Marsh joked on Fox Cricket when asked about Holt’s horror start.
“That was amazing, the way he came back. You could tell he was nervous.
“He’s worked extremely hard in the last four or five years. He’s balancing work and studies to try and make it in the Big Bash and play for the Scorchers.”
“He was in the fight and was really happy for him.
Carey was well caught by a diving Ashton Turner ahead of Mahli Beardman in the box.
Turner opted to keep the ball up the ground after he was controversially denied a catch against the Renegades a few days ago.
Marsh and Finn Allen (38 off 16 balls) ensured the Scorchers got off to a flyer, plundering 69 runs off the Power Play for four.
The introduction of Lloyd Pope (2-36) in the fifth over paid off, with Allen caught at cover and Cooper Connolly cleanly bowled the next ball.
Marsh was able to negotiate Pope’s hat-trick ball with ease, but the introduction of spin – particularly the extra-slow leg spin of Cameron Boyce – momentarily halted the Scorchers’ momentum.
A blistering start meant the Scorchers were still sitting at a healthy 2-123 after 10 overs, with Marsh needing just 29 deliveries to bring up his half-century.
Inglis made handy cameos in a knock that featured four fours and three sixes, but Marsh’s bid for a second century of the BBL season ended in the 17th over when he was caught in the deep by Boyce (1-31).
Aaron Hardie (34 not out from 22 balls) and Ashton Turner (20 not out from 8 balls) powered the Scorchers in the death overs.
The Strikers were unlucky with the pace options.
Luke Wood (0-58 from four overs), Jamie Overton (0-30 from two) and Hassan Ali (0-52 from four) were all punished, especially when they ventured down the leg side.
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