Top effort by the Scorchers. Get a good start and you will win a majority of the time. Sixers were winning when Philippe and the Englishman Vince were getting us off to flyers. Those two had a good relationship.
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Sydney Thunder faced Adelaide Strikers on Sunday night in the Knockout at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The Strikers won the toss and batted first, Ian Cockbain led the way for the Strikers with 65 runs off 38 balls, Matt Short continued his good form with 39 off 28 balls as the Strikers notched up a very good score of 6/184 from their 20 overs. Tanveer Sangha bowled very well for the Thunder with 2/15 off four overs to be the pick of the Thunder's bowlers.
In reply, the Thunder lost Alex Hales early for nine before Usman Khawaja was dismissed for 23 runs from 17 balls, leaving the Thunder at 2/56 after 6.3 overs. Jason Sangha and Alex Ross combined for a 90 run partnership and looked set to steer the Thunder home with 39 runs required from 23 balls. But Sangha fell to Peter Siddle in the 17th over and when Daniel Sams was trapped LBW four balls later for just one run, the Thunder suddenly needed 35 runs from the final three overs.
Some late hitting from Ross and Ben Cutting got the equation down to 14 runs from the final over but Ross' dismissal off the third last delivery proved pivotal and Ben Cutting being dismissed from the very next ball left the Thunder needing nine runs off the final ball for victory. In the end, The Thunder finished on 6/178 from their 20 overs as the Strikers won by six runs. Peter Siddle and Harry Conway both picked up two wickets for the Strikers with the ball. The Strikers now progress through to the Challenger while it is season over for the Thunder.
The Challenger is set to take place on Wednesday with Sydney Sixers hosting the Strikers at the Sydney Cricket Ground. That game gets underway at 4:25pm AWST (7:25pm AEDT, 8:15am AEDT).
In reply, the Thunder lost Alex Hales early for nine before Usman Khawaja was dismissed for 23 runs from 17 balls, leaving the Thunder at 2/56 after 6.3 overs. Jason Sangha and Alex Ross combined for a 90 run partnership and looked set to steer the Thunder home with 39 runs required from 23 balls. But Sangha fell to Peter Siddle in the 17th over and when Daniel Sams was trapped LBW four balls later for just one run, the Thunder suddenly needed 35 runs from the final three overs.
Some late hitting from Ross and Ben Cutting got the equation down to 14 runs from the final over but Ross' dismissal off the third last delivery proved pivotal and Ben Cutting being dismissed from the very next ball left the Thunder needing nine runs off the final ball for victory. In the end, The Thunder finished on 6/178 from their 20 overs as the Strikers won by six runs. Peter Siddle and Harry Conway both picked up two wickets for the Strikers with the ball. The Strikers now progress through to the Challenger while it is season over for the Thunder.
The Challenger is set to take place on Wednesday with Sydney Sixers hosting the Strikers at the Sydney Cricket Ground. That game gets underway at 4:25pm AWST (7:25pm AEDT, 8:15am AEDT).
A good start is key and certainly helps when setting or chasing a total. Dan Hughes would be worth a go opening I would have thought, seems they'll have a decision to make on that tomorrow after Hughes was a very late withdrawal against the Scorchers on Saturday after tripping over the boundary rope.
Wednesday night saw Sydney Sixers face Adelaide Strikers in the Challenger final at the Sydney Cricket Ground. An injury/COVID-19 depleted Sydney Sixers won the toss and sent the Strikers into bat, a decision which looked very good early on as the Strikers slipped to 3/21 inside 3.4 overs. A strong partnership of 83 between English import Ian Cockbain and Jon Wells helped the Strikers recover before some lusty hitting from Matt Renshaw propelled the Strikers to 4/167 from their 20 overs. Wells finished with 62 not out from 47 balls, Renshaw compiled 36 not out from 20 balls while Ian Cockbain's 48 from 42 balls helped steady the ship earlier in the innings. Sean Abbott did the damage with the ball for the Sixers with 3/27 off four overs while Steve O'Keefe picked up 1/21 from his four overs.
Hayden Kerr was promoted to open with Justin Avendano for the Sixers and he was the glue that held the Sixers together in the chase, the Sixers lost fairly regular wickets but Kerr's innings kept them going throughout and he eventually found an ally in Sean Abbott who smashed 41 from 20 balls, combining with Kerr to get the Sixers back into the contest after being behind the required rate for most of the innings.
The Sixers started the final over needing 12 runs with six wickets in hand but Abbott was out on the first ball of the over and then Ben Dwarshius was run out for a diamond duck attempting a non-existent second run from the next ball. Suddenly, the Sixers needed 11 from four balls with four wickets in hand as Jordan Silk limped to the middle, having injured himself while fielding earlier in the evening. Silk managed a run from his first delivery before Kerr hit the next ball four six with the equation narrowed down to four runs off two balls. The fifth ball of the innings was flicked away into the leg side for a couple with Silk managing to limp home to make his ground at the non-striker's end. Given his injury, Silk then retired hurt with the Sixers requiring two runs from the final ball to win with Kerr on strike as Jay Lenton walked to the crease having only come into the side that morning as a COVID-19 replacement player.
The last ball saw Kerr work the delivery into the leg side gap at mid-wicket with Jon Wells rushing to field the ball, unfortunately Wells misfielded and it went for four (although they likely would have got two runs anyway) to hand the Sixers a famous four wicket win. Kerr finished on 98 not out from 58 balls with his previous best score being 22 (usually batting in the bottom four most games). Harry Conway and Henry Thornton picked up two wickets for the Strikers while Peter Siddle claimed one wicket.
The Sixers' win sees them progress to the BIG Final against Perth Scorchers at Docklands Stadium in Melbourne on Friday night. That match gets underway at 4:40pm AWST (7:40pm AEDT, 8:40am UTC).
Hayden Kerr was promoted to open with Justin Avendano for the Sixers and he was the glue that held the Sixers together in the chase, the Sixers lost fairly regular wickets but Kerr's innings kept them going throughout and he eventually found an ally in Sean Abbott who smashed 41 from 20 balls, combining with Kerr to get the Sixers back into the contest after being behind the required rate for most of the innings.
The Sixers started the final over needing 12 runs with six wickets in hand but Abbott was out on the first ball of the over and then Ben Dwarshius was run out for a diamond duck attempting a non-existent second run from the next ball. Suddenly, the Sixers needed 11 from four balls with four wickets in hand as Jordan Silk limped to the middle, having injured himself while fielding earlier in the evening. Silk managed a run from his first delivery before Kerr hit the next ball four six with the equation narrowed down to four runs off two balls. The fifth ball of the innings was flicked away into the leg side for a couple with Silk managing to limp home to make his ground at the non-striker's end. Given his injury, Silk then retired hurt with the Sixers requiring two runs from the final ball to win with Kerr on strike as Jay Lenton walked to the crease having only come into the side that morning as a COVID-19 replacement player.
The last ball saw Kerr work the delivery into the leg side gap at mid-wicket with Jon Wells rushing to field the ball, unfortunately Wells misfielded and it went for four (although they likely would have got two runs anyway) to hand the Sixers a famous four wicket win. Kerr finished on 98 not out from 58 balls with his previous best score being 22 (usually batting in the bottom four most games). Harry Conway and Henry Thornton picked up two wickets for the Strikers while Peter Siddle claimed one wicket.
The Sixers' win sees them progress to the BIG Final against Perth Scorchers at Docklands Stadium in Melbourne on Friday night. That match gets underway at 4:40pm AWST (7:40pm AEDT, 8:40am UTC).
Perth Scorchers hosted Sydney Sixers at Docklands on Friday night in the BBL Final for 2021/22. The match was a clash of the BBL titans in a sense with both clubs on three championships each with the Scorchers and Sixers meeting for the fifth time in a BBL Grand Final with the ledger squared at 2-2. The Sixers were also going for a "threepeat" of titles having won the previous two championships in 2019/20 and 2020/21.
The Sixers won the toss and sent the Scorchers into bat, a move which looked very good early on as the Scorchers slumped to 4/25 after six overs with Kurtis Patterson, Josh Inglis, Mitch Marsh and Colin Munro all falling cheaply. That brought Ashton Turner to the crease with Laurie Evans, both players decided to counterattack against the Sixers, flaying 33 runs in 13 balls from the get-go as they combined for a partnership of 104 before Turner fell for a well made 54 from 35 balls at the end of the 16th over. Ashton Agar came to the crease and scored a brisk 15 off nine balls but it was Laurie Evans who starred for the Scorchers with 76 not out from 41 balls to propel the Scorchers to 6/171 from 20 overs. Steven O'Keefe and Nathan Lyon both took two wickets for the Sixers as the spinners had a lot of success early on in the innings.
In reply, the Sixers lost Hayden Kerr early for two with Nick Bertus following at the end of the fifth over for 15. The dangerous Moises Henriques was dismissed next for seven after falling LBW to Agar with Dan Christian holing out for three after Kurtis Patterson took a brilliant diving catch off the bowling of Andrew Tye at deep square leg to leave the Sixers 4/62 from 9.4 overs. The wicket of Daniel Hughes, who was still not 100% fit after suffering an ankle injury in the Qualifier a week ago proved to be the knockout blow for the Sixers with Hughes runout for 42 off 33 balls after a quick Mitch Marsh throw to keeper Inglis from backward point. That wicket signalled the end of the Sixers' chances with the tail cleaned up by Tye and Jhye Richardson as the Sixers were bowled out for 92, handing the Scorchers a 79 run victory and their fourth BBL championship.
Andrew Tye claimed 3/15 for the Scorchers with Richardson finishing with figures of 2/20 from 3.3 overs. Jason Behrendorff, Turner, Agar and Peter Hatzoglou all finished with a wicket each for the Scorchers. The capped off a successful summer for the Perth Scorchers with the Scorchers women's side winning the WBBL in November 2021, the women's side first ever title.
That concludes the BBL season for 2021/22 with the Scorchers deserving champions. Attention will now turn to the Sheffield Shield and Marsh Cup seasons as they are set to resume in February.
Highlights: https://www.cricket.com.au/video/bb...lights-evans-turner-richardson-tye/2022-01-28
The Sixers won the toss and sent the Scorchers into bat, a move which looked very good early on as the Scorchers slumped to 4/25 after six overs with Kurtis Patterson, Josh Inglis, Mitch Marsh and Colin Munro all falling cheaply. That brought Ashton Turner to the crease with Laurie Evans, both players decided to counterattack against the Sixers, flaying 33 runs in 13 balls from the get-go as they combined for a partnership of 104 before Turner fell for a well made 54 from 35 balls at the end of the 16th over. Ashton Agar came to the crease and scored a brisk 15 off nine balls but it was Laurie Evans who starred for the Scorchers with 76 not out from 41 balls to propel the Scorchers to 6/171 from 20 overs. Steven O'Keefe and Nathan Lyon both took two wickets for the Sixers as the spinners had a lot of success early on in the innings.
In reply, the Sixers lost Hayden Kerr early for two with Nick Bertus following at the end of the fifth over for 15. The dangerous Moises Henriques was dismissed next for seven after falling LBW to Agar with Dan Christian holing out for three after Kurtis Patterson took a brilliant diving catch off the bowling of Andrew Tye at deep square leg to leave the Sixers 4/62 from 9.4 overs. The wicket of Daniel Hughes, who was still not 100% fit after suffering an ankle injury in the Qualifier a week ago proved to be the knockout blow for the Sixers with Hughes runout for 42 off 33 balls after a quick Mitch Marsh throw to keeper Inglis from backward point. That wicket signalled the end of the Sixers' chances with the tail cleaned up by Tye and Jhye Richardson as the Sixers were bowled out for 92, handing the Scorchers a 79 run victory and their fourth BBL championship.
Andrew Tye claimed 3/15 for the Scorchers with Richardson finishing with figures of 2/20 from 3.3 overs. Jason Behrendorff, Turner, Agar and Peter Hatzoglou all finished with a wicket each for the Scorchers. The capped off a successful summer for the Perth Scorchers with the Scorchers women's side winning the WBBL in November 2021, the women's side first ever title.
That concludes the BBL season for 2021/22 with the Scorchers deserving champions. Attention will now turn to the Sheffield Shield and Marsh Cup seasons as they are set to resume in February.
Highlights: https://www.cricket.com.au/video/bb...lights-evans-turner-richardson-tye/2022-01-28
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Evans is one of the Scorchers' overseas players from England, currently playing for Surrey. His T20 record is very good.
Smith should not have played, not contracted so the Sixers should have contracted him in hindsight. Realistically, CA should be fixturing the BBL so that the international players can play as much of the tournament as possible once the tests, ODI's, T20I's are finished.