Big Bash League live scores, blog: Sydney Sixers v Perth Scorchers
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Sydney Sixers v Perth Scorchers SYDNEY CRICKET GROUND, JANUARY 18, 2012 Match 27 - SYS v PRS |
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| Sydney Sixers 1st Inn | 176 All Out |
| Perth Scorchers 1st Inn | 6/175 |
| Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat | |
| Sydney Sixers won by 1 run | |
| Perth Scorchers | RR:8.75 | ||||
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| Batsmen | Runs | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| MJ North | 59 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 113.46 |
| NM Coulter-Nile* | 11 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 84.62 |
| Sydney Sixers | |||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Econ |
| B Lee* | 4.0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 8.75 |
| MA Starc | 4.0 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 7.00 |
| Last Wicket: | North, 59 (RO Smith, Over: 19.6) |
| Current Partnership: | 21 runs, 16 balls, RR:131.25 |
The fun continues from 7.00pm AEDT with the top-of-the-table second match of the Big Bash double-header with the Sydney Sixers playing host to the Perth Scorchers at the SCG.
Both sides have a semi-final spot sewn up but there is still a lot to play for in the lead up to the big ones.
The Sixers are likely to be back at the SCG for their home final if they can win here, while Perth can ensure they’ll finish first and play their remaining matches in the west if they take the points.
Perth are led the old brigade; Herschelle Gibbs is hitting runs like it’s 1999 and Marcus North has been the Cowan to Gibbs’ Warner.
Then there’s Brad Hogg. The 40 year-old Chinaman is mesmerising opposition batsmen like Michael Bevan bowling to West Indians.
Combine that with Mitchell Marsh’s ability to win a match with bat or ball, old combatants Katich and Collingwood and a mixed young bowling line-up and they’re top of the tree for a reason.
Like Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory, the Sixers join the Stars as the glamour team of the competition.
Test stars Watson and Haddin will be looking for form in their returns, joining Maddinson as the keys with the stick.
The Sixers injury and Test list means you never know who will turn out, but Stuey MacGill is likely. With runs on the board and pressure building, Magilla’s big leggies can get the Sixers across the line.
Will the Scorchers go well away from the WACA? Can the Sixers find 11 players fit and in-form enough to topple the league leaders?
Throw your comments on this or the progression of the match in the section below.
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10:46pm
Dixie said | 10:46pm | Report comment
Great game. The Scorchers may have missed the points but they finish top of the table, so grab the home semi. The Sixers will rue their missed opportunities, a few bad moments in the last five overs saw them leave the door open.
Steve Smith (51 from 25) was great with the bat for the Sixers, and his dynamic fielding (as ever) is often the difference in these sorts of tight ones.
Marcus North anchored the Scorcher’s innings (59 from 52), but without Herschelle Gibbs, they lacked a sparring partner to get them across the line.
The performances of the returning Test players was mixed – Shaun Marsh never got into gear and is lacking his usual balance, Brad Haddin’s knockers would go to sleep happy, more dropped catches than runs is not a good stat for a wicket-keeper.
The flipside was Mitchell Starc. I still have question marks about his consistency, but his 3 wickets in one over here was another improvement from the greap leap he made in Perth. Marsh, Marsh and Collingwood in one over for 2 runs in such a close game, that over was just about the difference between the two sides.
Thanks to ETrain and Red Kev for sharing their thoughts, see you semi-final time!
10:34pm
Dixie said | 10:34pm | Report comment
Sixers win! Coulter-Nile goes one bounce to long on, throw comes back and gets North. Brett Lee celebrates like he’s won the Superbowl. That was a terrific match. Sixers by 1 run
10:39pm
Oracle said | 10:39pm | Report comment
Was listening on ABC Digital, and with two balls to go, they cut the coverage, and go to some boring diatribe and interview with that Scottish former Unionist red-ragger now Senator Doug Cameron carping on about jobs and the Carbon Tax.
Not good enough ABC, either broadcast it all or don’t bother,and especially don’t bother making us endure that boor Doug Cameron, when the match is a cliff-hanger.
10:48pm
Dixie said | 10:48pm | Report comment
If only they’d cut it earlier – more people would have come to this blog. Nothing more frustrating. Great game.
2:30pm
Dixie said | 2:30pm | Report comment
Heard audio of where ABC cut off yesterday’s game – wow, 3 balls to go in a tight one and it went to some half-finished sentence from a political commentator. In the words of Phil Gould “no no no no no”.
10:33pm
Red Kev said | 10:33pm | Report comment
Wow, what a finish, crazy.
10:32pm
Dixie said | 10:32pm | Report comment
2 to Coulter-Nile. Need three from last ball
10:31pm
Dixie said | 10:31pm | Report comment
Wow! Lee rissoles Coulter-Nile, but umpire has called it a no-ball. 6 off 2 with a free hit. And it’s shown on replay that his foot was grounded behind the line before shifting. Yikes!
Another no-ball from Lee and free hit again
10:29pm
Dixie said | 10:29pm | Report comment
Play and miss. Unforgiveable. Dot bll. 7 off 2. North stranded
10:28pm
Dixie said | 10:28pm | Report comment
North mishits to long on, wants 2 to retain strike, not on Steve Smith, Coulter-Nile calls no, North just in on retreat. 7 off 3
10:26pm
Dixie said | 10:26pm | Report comment
There ya go! North pogos over cover one bounce 4. 8 off 4
10:25pm
Dixie said | 10:25pm | Report comment
Single first rock, 12 off 5
10:25pm
Dixie said | 10:25pm | Report comment
13 needed from last over. Brett Lee to bowl.
10:24pm
Red Kev said | 10:24pm | Report comment
Well Starc will not be getting any offers to play soccer.
10:35pm
Dixie said | 10:35pm | Report comment
Over kick from Starc more than overthrow. A few bonehead plays from the Sixers
10:24pm
Dixie said | 10:24pm | Report comment
Starc on fire, 3 dots, then the mid-pitch conference, Coulter-Nile hits the next for four, then an overthrow after Coulter-Nile drops one at the stumps, before Starc drops a tough caught and bowled. This game has it all.
10:18pm
Dixie said | 10:18pm | Report comment
20 off 12. I’m on the Sixers
10:26pm
Red Kev said | 10:26pm | Report comment
How dare you bet against a team wearing such a lovely orange uniform.
10:17pm
Dixie said | 10:17pm | Report comment
Scorchers will have a home final, more than likely finish top of the table (168 or more)
10:16pm
Dixie said | 10:16pm | Report comment
Wow, Ronchi caught at cover, Rohrer ice-creams it, might have touched the deck but TV ump gives it. Ronchi gone, this is the most action-packed over in the competition. 23 off 16, Coulter-Nile steps in
10:15pm
Red Kev said | 10:15pm | Report comment
Wow Henriques has gifted the game to the Scorchers with that bowling early in his over.
10:13pm
Dixie said | 10:13pm | Report comment
6 more to Ronchi. 18 off 1
10:13pm
Dixie said | 10:13pm | Report comment
Two no-balls gone for 4 and 6. That’s 12 off the score with no balls off the count
10:11pm
Dixie said | 10:11pm | Report comment
Crucial, ha! Henriques bowls a leg-stump beamer, Ronchi helps himself to 6 and gets a re-bowl. Game on
10:10pm
Dixie said | 10:10pm | Report comment
North brings up his 50 (53 from 47). 41 off 18 to win, he needs to get busy. Ronchi doing his bit.
Let’s state the obvious: this over is crucial
10:04pm
Dixie said | 10:04pm | Report comment
60 off 30. If I do my sums correctly, that’s two a ball. Ronchi fighting hard
10:00pm
Dixie said | 10:00pm | Report comment
Katich run out after brilliant throw from Moises. That man’s a gun! 69 from 6 overs – Ronchi in.
9:56pm
Dixie said | 9:56pm | Report comment
Good overs from O’Keefe and Henriques offset by 5 wides from O’Keefe. Game within a game – Scorchers need 10+ an over, now the finals equations are set. Scorchers need 152 and they can lose and host a final, if the Sixers can restrict them below that, they get a final at the G.
9:44pm
Dixie said | 9:44pm | Report comment
There’s the Haddin drop all the Had-haters have been waiting for. North’s Perth’s biggest chance of getting the Scorchers home, big edge, Haddin moves pretty well but can’t hold on. The whispers get louder. Reprieve for North, PS need 10 an over
9:42pm
Red Kev said | 9:42pm | Report comment
I called it (back in my comment at 7:16)! i knew Haddin would drop a catch!
He dropped it exactly like he dropped the two in the tests – he wasn’t moving his feet, instead he went for the big showboating dive.
SURELY this match (a two-ball duck and a dropped catch) is the death knell of Brad Haddin’s international career (in every form of the game).
9:45pm
Dixie said | 9:45pm | Report comment
You just said can’t compare across different forms!?!
9:48pm
Red Kev said | 9:48pm | Report comment
For batting no, for bowling no, but fielding never changes and that is all wicketkeeping is – catching, which Haddin can no longer do.
9:56pm
Oracle said | 9:56pm | Report comment
To make the selectors look even more silly, they have named Haddin captain of the PM’s X1 for the Feb match against Sri Lanka.
Reward for incompetence.
What does this goat have to do to get the bullet?
10:01pm
Red Kev said | 10:01pm | Report comment
I assume it is his swansong, a PMs XI captaincy gig.
9:57pm
Dixie said | 9:57pm | Report comment
Fair play
10:15pm
Chris said | 10:15pm | Report comment
He’s had a shocker all round. Poor batting, bad keeping and very ordinary captaincy.
9:39pm
Dixie said | 9:39pm | Report comment
Perth 3/60 after 8. Henriques starts the 9th over with a half volley, Marcus North plays a superb cover drive. When in touch, he is a player to watch.
9:32pm
Dixie said | 9:32pm | Report comment
Katich batting more and more like Shiv Chanderpaul every game. Not a bad thing though. I wonder if the Kat will be fired up paying at the same ground nemesis Clarke belted 329 on.
9:34pm
Red Kev said | 9:34pm | Report comment
When they both retire from cricket I reckon the two skinny whippets should have an exhibition boxing match – I’d pay to see a Katich v Clarke punch on.
9:41pm
Dixie said | 9:41pm | Report comment
Rather see Border v McDermott – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUW7SsvuYu4
9:25pm
Dixie said | 9:25pm | Report comment
Shaun Marsh’s dismissal worrying. Bit of a swish, wide of off stump and he’s caught playing away from his body and played on. Ugly. Mitch Marsh just got absolutely cleaned up, full ball trying to drive, castled, and Collingwood did not want to be there. 3/34 after 5, in comes Katich
9:22pm
Dixie said | 9:22pm | Report comment
Make that 3 for the over! Starc brings one back, Collingwood caught on the crease, Paul Wilson tells the Pom to get out of his house. Starc a confident bowler at the moment. I guess he’s at the oposite end of the spectrum to Marsh. Scorchers in disarray
9:18pm
Red Kev said | 9:18pm | Report comment
Awwww there goes Shaun Marsh. Starc clean (okay so it was an inside edge onto off-stump) bowls him.
And then adds little brother clean bowled next ball.
Go Starc!
(I will admit to disappointment that Shaun Marsh made it to double figures, but you can’t have everything).
9:20pm
Dixie said | 9:20pm | Report comment
Misses hat-trick ball as Collingwood obviously hits it, but that doesn’t stop Haddin from going up. Fair play Hads…
9:22pm
Red Kev said | 9:22pm | Report comment
Yeah that hat-trick appeal was insane – I knew Haddin would make this game worth watching – comedy value!
9:13pm
Dixie said | 9:13pm | Report comment
Few wides from Bing there, Perth solid start 23 off 3
9:09pm
Dixie said | 9:09pm | Report comment
Umpire Paul Wilson is the heaviest umpire Australia has seen since Peter Parker. Difference being Blocker’s about 190cm, Parker was about 45cm.
9:05pm
Dixie said | 9:05pm | Report comment
Marsh edges Starc straight to gully. No gully – four biscuits. Big chance – can he make them pay?
8:59pm
Red Kev said | 8:59pm | Report comment
Almost … almost a first baller for Marsh from Binga Lee. But he survives.
9:02pm
Dixie said | 9:02pm | Report comment
Wow. And then a ball goes past Haddin for four as he unsuccessfully appeals for LBW. Here they come…
9:04pm
Red Kev said | 9:04pm | Report comment
I’ll give Brad Haddin this – he’s good entertainment value.
9:06pm
Dixie said | 9:06pm | Report comment
What will he do next?
8:48pm
Dixie said | 8:48pm | Report comment
Nice catch by Shaun Marsh on the last ball leaves the Sixers with 176. Good score, mainly set up by the explosive Steve Smith. The short boundary will come into play. The out-of-form Marsh has replaced the in-form Herschelle Gibbs, a lot depends on him.
Is 176 enough? If Marsh is to score runs here, does that rectify his recent Test failures. Discuss these as well as the second half in a couple of minutes.
8:51pm
Red Kev said | 8:51pm | Report comment
I don’t like using T20 form to look at test players to be honest, far too different. Marsh’s 99* before the Boxing Day test is a case in point. I rate Marsh as a limited overs cricketer, not a test match player (interestingly his old man was a far better ODI player too).
9:01pm
Dixie said | 9:01pm | Report comment
I agree, different games, brings up the debate on the timing of the tournament. He’s been found pushing at the ball since returning to Test cricket. I’ve changed on Marsh in the medium term though. I didn’t think he deserved selection in Sri Lanka with his FC record, but he proved me wrong. I think he has the game but needs to be fit and in form.
9:03pm
Red Kev said | 9:03pm | Report comment
No way he deserves any chances or faith ahead of Khawaja. I’d be happy if Ponting was gone and both were in the (test) side, but with room for only one Marsh is not even close to the player Khawaja is. Mickey Arthur’s love affair with Marsh sickens me.
9:18pm
Dixie said | 9:18pm | Report comment
I’m concerned with Arthur having a vote, and Clarke for same reason, Arthur spent seasons with WA, it’s natural for him to have knowledge and perceptions about them – his job was previously about getting players up to the next level, if he thinks he’s half good he must think have Marsh on his list. Can’t be neutral.
8:42pm
Dixie said | 8:42pm | Report comment
Brett Lee and Rohrer must be good mates. O’Keefe misses one, runs out Rohrer, Lee comes in, having none of it, misses, runs out O’Keefe. Under 180 likely now.
8:40pm
Dixie said | 8:40pm | Report comment
Sixers leaving nothing in the tank. McCullum gone, Rohrer out to the old under 10s dismissal trying to steal a bye and Ronchi was up to it, throwing down the pegs. 175 with 3 balls left, under/over 180?
8:34pm
Dixie said | 8:34pm | Report comment
Thornely goes down swinging, Coulter-Nile has 3. McCullum (not Brendon) enters. Well played Thornely (19 off 8), got the Sixers above par
8:27pm
Dixie said | 8:27pm | Report comment
What would I know. Thornely spanks two 6s in his first three balls. I’ve got the reverse mock going now? Sixers 5/157 (17)
8:25pm
Dixie said | 8:25pm | Report comment
Smith whacks 23 from his last 7 rocks before Coulter-Nile grabs him, played on. 51 from 25, Thornely subs in, hardly a fair swap
8:27pm
Red Kev said | 8:27pm | Report comment
A seriously unlucky dismissal.
8:34pm
Dixie said | 8:34pm | Report comment
Great knock, books a spot in both short forms…
8:13pm
Dixie said | 8:13pm | Report comment
Hoggy! Henriques squeezes one to short third man, just as the Sixers were about to send the rate spiralling, Grandpa Hogg strikes with the last ball of his spell, 2/22 from his 4 – superb. Sixers 4/113 from 13, Rohrer in.
8:07pm
Dixie said | 8:07pm | Report comment
Smith firing up (22 from 12). Likes the look of the 40 year-old Chinaman. Sixers 3/108 in the 14th
8:13pm
Red Kev said | 8:13pm | Report comment
Smith has got to be the most unconventional batsman I have ever seen. He looks right at home in a T20 game, but when I saw him in tests the other year I fell over from shock. Half his shots look like they are adapted from other games (tennis, baseball) with a few pure cricket shots thrown in for good measure. I like to watch him play though.
8:36pm
Dixie said | 8:36pm | Report comment
Eye like a dead fish. Like Hughes, Warner and all these less technical players, great to watch in full flight but when it goes bad it can get ugly.
8:05pm
Dixie said | 8:05pm | Report comment
Edmondson returns – same result. 3rd six off as many balls. Last bowler to do that – I’ll go with Mike Yardy, he bowled pies.
8:02pm
Dixie said | 8:02pm | Report comment
Beer gets Henriques, caught contentiously at long-off. India would go home for less than that. Edmondson does the ? face, not out – Sixers 3/89 off 12.
7:57pm
Dixie said | 7:57pm | Report comment
Big Bash trivia: Which player’s last name is also an Eric Clapton song title?
Clue: It’s not Peter Tears in Heaven
7:56pm
ETrain said | 7:56pm | Report comment
Henriques needs to get some positive body language!
7:54pm
Dixie said | 7:54pm | Report comment
Hogg strikes! Vintage Hoggy, half tracker heaved straight to the man on the backward square boundary. Good knock Maddinson (49 from 31), easy to see why there’s a bit of baggygreen love about him. Sixers 3/78 in the 10th, Henriques going run a ball, joined by Steve Smith. He used to play for Australia you know.
7:50pm
Dixie said | 7:50pm | Report comment
Just to explain, the pitch is on the western edge of the SCG square tonight meaning 6 overthrows is a possibility. An extremely short hit to the Members side of the ground.
Those corporations that support charities for each six have just called a crisis meeting. 2012 Christmas bonuses unlikely.
7:44pm
Dixie said | 7:44pm | Report comment
Hogg on for a roll, Maddinson can heave to short leg-side boundary
7:54pm
ETrain said | 7:54pm | Report comment
You killed him!
7:55pm
Dixie said | 7:55pm | Report comment
The Dix curse is simply unstoppable. No wonder Phil Hughes isn’t answering my calls.
7:41pm
Dixie said | 7:41pm | Report comment
Sixers 2/52 after 6 and the power play. Maddinson hitting zacs for fun, 41 from 24. Haddin’s early dismissal seems a masterstroke
7:38pm
Dixie said | 7:38pm | Report comment
Maddinson makes the most of the short off-side boundary, snicking Edmonson for consecutive sixes over third man. The first a big juicy one that went ten rows back, the second more a result of an overly exuberant Lalor at third man charging in to see it sail over his head. Sixers hitting sixes
7:38pm
Red Kev said | 7:38pm | Report comment
2-52 off 6 in the powerplay.
Maddinson is hammering sixes for the sixers.
7:39pm
Dixie said | 7:39pm | Report comment
You did not just beat me to that comment!?! Soooo lame
7:27pm
Dixie said | 7:27pm | Report comment
The curse strikes. But not Big Ears, it’s Lumb who goes. I decided to make him my Fantasy captain this round. That means I get 2×3. Brilliant!
7:24pm
Dixie said | 7:24pm | Report comment
Warnie’s boy Beer get bashed by Big Ears Maddinson. He looks good tonight (insert curse here)
7:21pm
Dixie said | 7:21pm | Report comment
!2 off. Even keel now. Seems some good bounce here.
7:20pm
Dixie said | 7:20pm | Report comment
Beer 1-2 off the first, now Lalor. The boy from Sydney’s West moves out further!
7:16pm
Red Kev said | 7:16pm | Report comment
AHAHAHAHA!
Great work by Brad Haddin, out for a duck. I bet the Sixers are glad they dropped Nevill for him. I bet he drops a catch now too (as long as it’s not Marsh who it would also be great to see fail).
7:45pm
Dixie said | 7:45pm | Report comment
Sensing Red Kev’s a tad on the cynical side…
9:27pm
Oracle said | 9:27pm | Report comment
Would be enough to strengthen Haddin’s claim for the national T20 team , if this summer’s form is anything to go by.
Naturally he will appeal for things that aren’t out which has been standard all season.
7:16pm
Dixie said | 7:16pm | Report comment
Haddin keeps his run tally for the year intact, 0. Beer slid one off the edge. Can anyone else hear the screams of “Wade” from Mexico?
7:15pm
Dixie said | 7:15pm | Report comment
Welcome to the SCG for the 6ers and Scorchers. 6ers bat first with Haddin to face Beer. Game on