Big Bash League 2023: Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Sixers Match Preview, Big Bash League 2023

39th T20 • Perth Stadium • Perth

Perth Scorchers

197/4 (20)

Sydney Sixers

201/7 (20)

SIX won by 3 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Playing XI

Table

Date & Time

16 Jan, 02:10 PM IST

Venue

Perth Stadium

Match

39th T20,

Umpires

Nathan Johnstone (Australia), Sam Nogajski (Australia), Simon Lightbody (Australia, TV)

Referee

Kent Hannam (Australia)

Toss

Perth Scorchers elected to bat

Pitch Report

PitchFast & Bounce

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionHigh Scoring

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

164Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

137.53Avg SR

2nd Innings

144Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

132.41Avg SR

Playing XILineups Out

Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

6- 4

SIX

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Perth Scorchers

Sydney Sixers

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Aaron Hardie

PS . ALL

287 Runs

8 Matches

James Vince

SIX . BAT

222 Runs

8 Matches

Josh Inglis

PS . WK

203 Runs

8 Matches

Top Bowlers

Jason Behrendorff

PS . BOWL

11 Wkts

7 Matches

Lance Morris

PS . BOWL

10 Wkts

6 Matches

Ben Dwarshuis

SIX . BOWL

9 Wkts

8 Matches

Player of the Match Daniel Hughes

74(43)

SIX

Info

Perth Scorchers

197/4 (20)

Batters

Stephen Eskinazi

53.85

Retired hurt

Sam Whiteman

141.67

c JR Philippe b JM Bird

Aaron Hardie

(C)

133.33

c JR Philippe b BJ Dwarshuis

Josh Inglis

112.50

c JR Philippe b TR Murphy

Laurie Evans

211.76

c JC Silk b BJ Dwarshuis

Cooper Connolly

205.56

Not out

Nick Hobson

200.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 1, W: 2)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 9.85)

197/4

Did not Bat

Ashton Agar, Andrew Tye, Jason Behrendorff, Lance Morris

Bowlers

EXT

10.25

7.00

13.50

15.50

8.50

5.75

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Sam Whiteman

c JR Philippe b JM Bird

1-26

3.6

Josh Inglis

c JR Philippe b TR Murphy

2-52

7.5

Aaron Hardie

c JR Philippe b BJ Dwarshuis

3-137

15.3

Laurie Evans

c JC Silk b BJ Dwarshuis

4-174

18.2

Sydney Sixers

201/7 (20)

Batters

Daniel Hughes

172.09

c A Agar b AM Hardie

James Vince

146.67

c C Connolly b AM Hardie

Josh Philippe

139.13

c A Agar b JP Behrendorff

Moises Henriques

(C)

235.00

Not out

Jordan Silk

107.69

c J Inglis b JP Behrendorff

Jack Edwards

0.00

c A Tye b JP Behrendorff

Hayden Kerr

100.00

runout (JP Behrendorff / AM Hardie)

Ben Dwarshuis

0.00

runout (J Inglis)

Sean Abbott *

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 1, W: 5)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 10.05)

201/7

Did not Bat

Jackson Bird, Todd Murphy

Bowlers

EXT

8.75

12.00

8.00

10.75

10.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

James Vince

c C Connolly b AM Hardie

1-65

6.2

Josh Philippe

c A Agar b JP Behrendorff

2-124

12.4

Daniel Hughes

c A Agar b AM Hardie

3-146

14.4

Jordan Silk

c J Inglis b JP Behrendorff

4-181

18.1

Jack Edwards

c A Tye b JP Behrendorff

5-181

18.2

Hayden Kerr

runout (JP Behrendorff / AM Hardie)

6-185

18.6

Ben Dwarshuis

runout (J Inglis)

7-186

19.1

Match Info

Date & Time

16 Jan, 02:10 PM IST

Venue

Perth Stadium

Match

39th T20,

Umpires

Nathan Johnstone (Australia), Sam Nogajski (Australia), Simon Lightbody (Australia, TV)

Referee

Kent Hannam (Australia)

Toss

Perth Scorchers elected to bat

Player of the Match Daniel Hughes

74(43)

Commentary

That's it from this match, folks! Thank you for sticking around for the madness with me (Rudransh) and Bidipto. The top-four are finalised now and the last four matches of the tournament would hopefully only get better. We'll see you soon, have a good rest of your day!

Daniel Hughes is the Player of the Match! Here is what he has to say.

Daniel Hughes: This game is right up there as far as the great BBL matches are concerned! But then, it was a tremendous effort from Moises Henriques to hold his nerves and finish it for us. It's not easy winning over here, maybe my second win in my entire career right here, but, that was special! It will be a big game against the Heat in the Qualifier, and we are definitely looking forward to that now. Really happy to contribute to this kind of a win, surely!

SIXERS WIN A LAST-BALL THRILLER! IN A BATTLE OF CAPTAINS, IN A BATTLE OF ABSOLUTE TITANS OF THIS COMPETION, IT'S THE SIXERS WHO COME ON TOP AND WILL DESERVEDLY TAKE A SECOND PLACE FINISH. AND THEY CHASE A RECORD HIGH TOTAL!

Sixers win by three wickets!

Daniel Hughes 74 (43) | Ben Dwarshuis (2/23)
Laurie Evans 72 (34) | Jason Behrendorff (3/35)

This match swung here there and everywhere. At the end it was neck and neck with the scores tied on the very last ball and the Sixers would thank all of the smallest of margins that went their way today. It is such a big, pivotal and historic win for the Sixers where everyone chipped in magnificently. It's the kind of wins that propel you to win tournaments and they'll now have two shots at reaching that final.

The Scorchers would have thought they had more than enough on board in the first innings and they did. The Sixers just weren't having any of it. They went hard from the get go. Helped by a bit of luck, Richardson's absence and a lot of skill the openers got them off to a flying start. Everyone who came through then just kept that intent going.

Hughes held one end like a beast and just never let his strike rate down aiming to anchor or something like that. Phillips came in and helped him by not playing a second fiddle. Hardie came out to take out Hughes and the Sixers wobbled a bit before Bherendorff struck twice in one over.

Henriques had been threatening a big innings all season but was wasting his starts but today he had a different determination. He was on it from ball one seeing the opportunity to do something special and mauled the bowlers all around the park. He ran out of the partners in the last over and almost sold his team down on the last ball of the 19th over but when he came back on strike, the match was only going one way!

overs

201 /7 score

1wd

runs

Moises Henriques *

47 (20)

Sean Abbott

1 (1)

Aaron Hardie

2 /32

19.6 Aaron Hardie to Moises Henriques, SYDNEY SIXERS ARE GOING TO THE QUALIFIER FOR A FACE OFF AGAINST BRISBANE HEAT! THEIR SKIPPER ENSURES THAT! Short around off-stump. Henriques stayed on the back foot and slashed it away over the left of backward point. The ball sped away after that to the third man fence and hand the Scorchers their second defeat at home this season!

We checked for a short run but Henriques was safe. Imagine getting a short run at that stage! Now he has time to catch his breath and the Scorchers are doing a billion discussions. Sometimes they do it to keep the batter thinking. Almost all fielders are inside. JUST DEEP MID-WICKET AND LONG ON are out now.

19.5 Aaron Hardie to Moises Henriques, length ball around off-stump. Punched to the deep cover point fielder's right on the up for another well-run couple here! The throw to the bowler was the wrong choice here! No run out, no short-run either. Both got checked and are fine. 1 run to get now off 1 ball!

AND HE QUIETENS THE CROWD IN STYLE! SIXERS CAPTAIN'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SIXES IN BBL!

19.4 Aaron Hardie to Moises Henriques, SIX RUNS! SIX PRECIOUS RUNS AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME FOR THE SIXERS! Short and slow on middle-and-leg. Pummeled over deep backward square-leg on the back foot for a maximum! 3 runs to get off 2 balls!

Boooooos go around the ground as Henriques takes some time to get ready

19.3 Aaron Hardie to Moises Henriques, low full toss again, on middle-stump. Pumped out to the wide long-on region from deep in the crease for a well-run two! 9 runs remaining off 3 balls now!

CAPTAIN V CAPTAIN

19.2 Aaron Hardie to Sean Abbott, over the wicket, low full toss around off-stump. Punched down to long-off from deep in the crease for a single. 11 runs to get off 4 balls now....

Sean Abbott, RHB, is here with a job to do

HAVEN'T THE SIXERS CAPITULATED HERE? THIS IS MADNESS! Henriques is still not on strike and he's losing balls.

19.1 Aaron Hardie to Ben Dwarshuis, DWARSHUIS IS RUN OUT! Full, slow and wide outside off-stump. A big swing and a miss this time through the line. Dwarshuis wandered out of his crease for no reason and Inglis hit the stumps direct to get him going back to the pavilion!

Ben Dwarshuis run out (Josh Inglis) 0 (1b, 0x4, 0x6)

The captain who picked two massive wickets in the day is here

19.1 Aaron Hardie to Ben Dwarshuis, round the wicket, full and too WIDE outside off-stump! Will have to bowl it again. 12 runs to get off 6 balls!

Hardie will bowl this

Ben Dwarshuis, LHB, comes in and is on strike

So much happened there. They should have tried to keep Moises on strike and the third run just didn't make any sense. They were so far away from it and it's not a three-run ground either at the moment. Now the new batter will be on strike.

overs

185 /6 score

runs

Hayden Kerr *

4 (4)

Moises Henriques

33 (16)

Jason Behrendorff

3 /35

18.6 Jason Behredorff to Hayden Kerr, RUN OUT THIS TIME! KERR GOES! Length ball slowed down around off-stump. Lifted on the up over extra cover for a couple of runs but the suicidal third run costs Kerr his wicket this time! Moises will remain off strike.

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