Sydney Sixers
Match Complete
Hobart Hurricanes
| 1/173 Sydney Sixers win by 9 wickets |
| 0/42 (3.1) | *Meredith | O: 17.1 | Vince* | 74 (50) |
| 0/34 (4.0) | Archer | RR:8.72 | Philippe | 86 (49) |
| c. Botha b. Faulkner |  | 0.4 1/6 |  | Hughes 6(4) |
| First Innings: Hobart Hurricanes | 4/172 | RR: 7.37 | O: 20.0 |
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| First Innings: Hobart Hurricanes | 4/172 | RR: 7.37 | O: 20.0 |
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| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M.S. Wade*+ c. Hughes b. Abbott | 64 | 51 | 4 | 2 | 125.49 |
D.J.M. Short c. Silk b. Manenti | 32 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 123.08 |
C.P. Jewell b. Dwarshuis | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
B.R. McDermott c. Abbott b. Curran | 41 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 132.26 |
G.J. Bailey not out | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 244.44 |
S. Milenko not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
J.P. Faulkner | |||||
J. Botha | |||||
J.C. Archer | |||||
C.A. Rose | |||||
R.P. Meredith | |||||
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 9, nb 1) | 12 | ||||
| Total | 172 | ||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Ec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.A.D. Manenti | 4.0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 7.25 |
| B.J. Dwarshuis | 3.0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 8.33 |
| S.A. Abbott | 3.0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 8.67 |
| T.K. Curran | 4.0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 9.00 |
| L.A.J. Pope | 3.0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 11.00 |
| S.N.J. O'Keefe | 3.0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 7.00 |
| First Innings: Sydney Sixers | 1/173 | RR: 8.72 | O: 17.1 |
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| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D.P. Hughes c. Botha b. Faulkner | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 150.00 |
J. Philippe+ not out | 86 | 49 | 9 | 3 | 175.51 |
J.M. Vince not out | 74 | 50 | 6 | 2 | 148.00 |
M.C. Henriques* | |||||
J.C. Silk | |||||
T.K. Curran | |||||
S.A. Abbott | |||||
S.N.J. O'Keefe | |||||
L.A.J. Pope | |||||
B.A.D. Manenti | |||||
B.J. Dwarshuis | |||||
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 6, nb 0) | 7 | ||||
| Total | 173 | ||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Ec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.P. Faulkner | 3.0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 7.33 |
| R.P. Meredith | 3.1 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 13.26 |
| C.A. Rose | 3.0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 13.33 |
| J.C. Archer | 4.0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 8.50 |
| D.J.M. Short | 2.0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 11.00 |
| J. Botha | 2.0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6.00 |
The Sydney Sixers play host to the table-topping Hobart Hurricanes in the 40th game of the Big Bash League. This match will be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground and will begin at 7:15pm (AEDT). Join The Roar for live scores and coverage from 7:15pm (AEDT).
The Hurricanes are coming into this game on the back of a win that should put every other team on alert. That’s if the seven previous wins from eight games hadn’t done it already.
Playing against the defending champions, the Adelaide Strikers, they restricted them to 5/154 from 20 overs. Now with the likes of Rashid Khan and Billy Stanlake in the Adelaide bowling, one would have thought it was at least a fighting score until they met the indestructible force of the Hurricanes openers.
Both Matthew Wade and D’Arcy Short are in the form of their lives, and both showed why.
Wade went hammer and tongs, Short supported him nicely and what was most impressive to watch was the manner in which they blunted someone like Rashid Khan.
Rashid bowled a couple of overs in the powerplay itself, opening the bowling too and proved to be ineffective against the Hurricanes duo. And later, when he came on to bowl his final over, he was thrashed around the park in what was a rare show of aggression against him.
The target was chased down in the 17th over with no wickets lost.
The Sixers have had a decent start too, five wins from 10 matches for their third spot, but they are two aspects to that.
One was their showing in the previous game against the Brisbane Heat which should hold them in a very good stead – James Vince bolstered their batting by smashing 75 and guiding them to 177 before Sean Abbott and Tom Curran’s three-for sent the Heat packing to 98 all out in a very convincing victory.
The other thing to watch out is their previous game against the Hurricanes in this season. As has been the case with almost every other team, it ended in a defeat for the Sixers thanks to a Short 64.
First Johan Botha picked up three wickets and then Short chipped in with a half-century to complete a five-wicket win in the final over. That wasn’t, however, as straightforward as it came, with the Hurricanes needing 17 to win from the final two overs.
Can the Sixers take some confidence from that defeat too? Or will the Hurricanes run away to another victory?
Be sure to join The Roar for live coverage of this Sixers v Hurricanes game in the BBL08 from 7:15pm (AEDT) and don’t forget to drop a comment in the section below.
Kopa Shamsu
Guest
I am still trying to figure out what the heck happened there!! I thought canes got this in bag after 170+.!
Suneer Chowdhary
Roar Guru
An indicator how tough reading pitches is. Right from the start, the experts were speaking of that being a dry, slow pitch. And for some time it looked like that as well. However, Matthew Wade and D'Arcy Short ensured the Hurricanes got off to a flier and then McDermott and Bailey ended rather well for them to take them to what looked like a match-winning score of 172. And when Dan Hughes fell in the first over of the chase, it looked like they had got themselves started for their ninth win. Philippe and Vince had other ideas though. They went bang-bang early in the Powerplay and even after the restrictions were done, there was no looking back. Philippe ended on 86, Vince made 74 as the Sixers reached their target in 17.1 overs with nine wickets standing. Sixth win for the Sixers and they look good to join the Hurricanes in the semis.
Suneer Chowdhary
Roar Guru
That is that, Philippe takes a single to win it for the Sixers. He finishes with 86 not-out off 49 balls. A partnership of 167 runs from just 99 balls helps the Sixers do to the Hurricanes what they had done to the Strikers recently.
Suneer Chowdhary
Roar Guru
Eight from the Archer over. He finishes with figures of 0/34 from four overs. 1/172 in 17.
Suneer Chowdhary
Roar Guru
Archer returns but Philippe has scooped him over short fine-leg for a four. Think he anticipated that slower ball and adjusted his shot well. A bouncer follows and pulled away for a single. 3 needed off 21.
Suneer Chowdhary
Roar Guru
Faulkner comes back on and for a moment it looks like he is doing what he can, just five singles from the five balls... ...but off the final ball, a slower ball, Philippe gives himself room and whacks it over the extra-cover for a SIX! 11 off the over. Both batsmen in the 70s. 1/164 in 16.
Suneer Chowdhary
Roar Guru
Shot, four. Short of length from Archer and Vince thumps it over mid-off for a four. That shot aside, no real risks taken now that the target's all but reached. Eight from the over. 1/153 in 15.
Suneer Chowdhary
Roar Guru
The Sixers are cruising along. Geoge Bailey is on microphone with the TV comms who ask him whether these are desperate times. He says, "we are past that." 27 needed off 34.
KenoathCarnt
Roar Rookie
Bad captaincy not bowling Faulkner out. Why save him for later when the game is already over.
Suneer Chowdhary
Roar Guru
Nine from the Rose over. 1/40 from his three overs. 1/109 in 11. 64 from 54 needed.
Suneer Chowdhary
Roar Guru
Rose continues but it's thorns all the way for him... ...first ball and Philippe whacks it over mid-wicket for a six! What form. What hitting. Follows it up with a wide down the leg-side. 1/107 in 10.2
Suneer Chowdhary
Roar Guru
Johan Botha comes in to offer some control and in his first over, he restricts them to just six. Still, only 73 needed from 10 overs.
KenoathCarnt
Roar Rookie
Philipe should be the T20 Aus WK he has more fire power then Carey and can bat all round the order. Carey only seems effective as an opener which is a waste of a position considering the openers we already have.
Suneer Chowdhary
Roar Guru
Oh my, the slogging continues. A smack over the leg-side gets Vince a six and a solid stop by the fielder at wide long-on prevents the four and restricts to two. 12 from that Clive Rose over. Interestingly, one would have thought that Rose's style of bowling would be apt for this pitch and he's gone for 31 runs from his two overs. 1/94 in 9
Suneer Chowdhary
Roar Guru
11 from Short's first over. So that change of pace doesn't do much to change the rate. 1/82 in 8.
Suneer Chowdhary
Roar Guru
50 for Philippe! Short of length from Short and gets whacked through the leg-side for a four. 25 balls to get to his first T20 50!
Suneer Chowdhary
Roar Guru
D'Arcy Short, left-arm wrist spinner, comes on.
Suneer Chowdhary
Roar Guru
A much better over from Archer, his second, after the Powerplay overs had finished. Just the four singles off it. 1/71 in 7
Suneer Chowdhary
Roar Guru
Four off the final four balls of the Meredith over but that still means they have scored 12 off it. That takes the Sixers to 1/67 from six. With that kind of a start, the Sixers only need 106 from 84. RPO needed off 7.6. Not a lot.
Suneer Chowdhary
Roar Guru
Meredith continues and gets welcomed by Vince with a four. Short of length and upper-cut to the fence. The third-man was inside the circle and the two fielders outside were at deep square-leg and fine-leg... ...and the next ball, Vince pulls it between those very two fielders. Length ball, pulled. Two off two. Beaten off the third. 1/63 in 5.2