Worrall making a mark at the right time

For the first six matches of the Melbourne Stars' KFC Big Bash League campaign, Daniel Worrall was a spectator, watching on from the sidelines.

While he suspected his turn may come, with Scott Boland and John Hastings continually pressing for Australian honours, few would have envisaged the script that played out at the WACA Ground on Saturday night, when the 24-year-old right-armer played a starring role in shocking the Scorchers and securing a home semi-final at the MCG.

Almost everything seemed to be going in the Scorchers favour when they restricted the Stars to 9-146 and required only 109 of those runs in reply to host Friday's semi-final.

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Then, Worrall removed the Scorchers' leading runs scorer, Michael Klinger, with the fourth ball of the innings. The door opened for the Stars. 

It opened wider two overs later when Worrall dismissed England international David Willey. 

Suddenly, a home semi-final seemed a realistic chance and when Ben Hilfenhaus's line and length continued the collapse, that chance became reality.

Despite a late on-field start to the tournament, the fast-paced nature of the BBL means there's little time to adjust when called upon. 

And after being carted for 1-44 from four overs by the Heat on Thursday night, Worrall knew he needed to make an impact at the WACA with a finals berth on the line.

"In our squad, we've got a lot of blokes playing or pushing for Australia. It's really testing the depth of the squad so when guys like myself and Tom Triffitt come in we know we need to make an impact," Worrall said. 

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"We have to learn from the guys and we have to come in and do our job."

Worrall's performance at the WACA earned plenty of praise from Stars skipper David Hussey.

"The way Worrall bowled, I thought he should have been man of the match," Hussey said after the match.

"That was world class bowling up front."

Scorchers captain Adam Voges agreed the Klinger wicket was the turning point that ultimately denied his team a chance to play at the WACA again on Friday.

"We were pretty disappointing today with the bat, we thought halfway through that 146 was very gettable but we lost Maxi (Klinger) in the first over and never really recovered," Voges said.

With what appeared to be a below-par total on the board, Worrall said the Stars knew they had to go out with all guns blazing.

"We thought we were a couple short with the bat," he said.

"We thought we'd go out all guns blazing and see what could happen if we went out with the right attitude.

"We did and we got the result." 

For Worrall, Saturday's performance has already rocketed to the top of his career highlights. 

While his previous claim to fame may have been his strange, diagonal run-up, he can now add his WACA heroics to the list of things the fans will remember him for.

"It would be (my biggest moment) in the Big Bash," he said.

"I do cop a bit of abuse on Twitter (for the run up)," he added. 

"It’s just how I've always bowled. When we were kids, and my brother will attest to this, we had a tree in the backyard. So if you wanted a longer run up, you had to run around the tree."