Australia’s Twenty20 captain Mitch Marsh has flexed his muscle, whacking 102 off 58 balls in the Big Bash League as the Perth Scorchers beat the Hobart Hurricanes by 40 runs.

Hours after the T20 World Cup squad was locked in for the tournament beginning in February, Marsh hit 11 fours and five sixes on Thursday night in Hobart.

Marsh shared a 164-run partnership — the highest third-wicket stand in BBL history — with Aaron Hardie who also fired with a brutal unbeaten 94 from 43 balls with five sixes.

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Perth posted 3-229 with the Hurricanes reaching 9-189 in reply.

Hurricanes quick Riley Meredith copped the worst punishment, going for 0-61 off four overs while Jordan (0-41) and Ellis (2-44) didn’t escape the damage.

“It’s good to see the T20 skipper back in form — unfortunately it was against us,” Ellis joked to Channel 7.

Highly rated in-form youngster Cooper Connolly, who is also part of Australia’s World Cup squad that was named hours before the match, was caught and bowled by Mitch Owen for just four.

Hobart lost wickets at regular intervals in the chase but Nikhil Chaudhary (31 from 15) and Wade (29 from 14) provided some fireworks at the halfway point.

Chaudhary holed out off the spin of Connolly in the 13th over, before Wade fell shortly afterwards in similar fashion a few deliveries after being bowled off a no-ball.

Ashton Agar (3-38) finished with the best figures for Perth, while Hardie and Joel Paris both picked up two scalps.

The result ended the Hurricanes (4-2) run of nine wins on home turf and secures Perth (3-2) third position on the table midway through their season.

Hobart missed the big hitting of Tim David who is out for the rest of the tournament with a hamstring injury.