Sydney Sixers storm into home BBL final as Melbourne Stars fold for 99
Having been held to 142, the Sixers produced an outstanding bowling display as the Stars' late-season form slump continued
31/01Result
Qualifier, Big Bash League at Melbourne, Jan 31 2020
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![Sydney Sixers]( "Sydney Sixers")
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![Melbourne Stars]( "Melbourne Stars")
99 (18/20 ov)
Player of the Match
31/01Result
Qualifier, Big Bash League at Melbourne, Jan 31 2020
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![Sydney Sixers]( "Sydney Sixers")
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![Melbourne Stars]( "Melbourne Stars")
99 (18/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
JR Philippe
34(28) 4x4 - 0x6
Control %82%
- Productive Shot
- pull
- 11 runs
- 2x4 - 0x6
Best performances - Bowlers
A Zampa
- O4
- M0
- R21
- W3
- Eco5.25
| 1W | 2W | |||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
SA Abbott
- O4
- M0
- R23
- W3
- Eco5.75
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | 1W | |||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Match Details
Series
Toss
Melbourne Stars , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Sydney Sixers advanced
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.15 start, First Session 19.15-20.45, Interval 20.45-21.05, Second Session 21.05-22.35
Match days
31 January 2020 (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
SYDNEY SIXERS 142/7 (20 OVERS)
- Jordan Silk*25 (21)
- Josh Philippe34 (28)
- Marcus Stoinis1/9 (1)
- Adam Zampa3/21 (4)
MELBOURNE STARS 99 (18 OVERS)
- Nic Maddinson16 (19)
- Clint Hinchliffe*25 (25)
- Josh Hazlewood2/14 (3)
- Sean Abbott3/23 (4)
Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: Alex Malcolm
END OF OVER:18 | 5 Runs 2 Wkts | MS: 99/10 (44 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 5.50, RRR: 22.00)
- Clint Hinchliffe25 (25b)
- Sean Abbott4-0-23-3
- Ben Dwarshuis3-0-17-1
The Sixers win by 43 runs and will host the BBL final! The Stars are all out for 99. That is a the Stars lowest score in their history surpassing the previous worst score of 115 that came against the Heat in their last game. What a disaster for the Stars. They will now host the winner of the Adelaide Strikers and Sydney Thunder on Thursday. The Sixers host the BBL final on Saturday next week. Josh Hazlewood: "Pretty much the perfect bowling performance. We did a lot of things right and we can improve on a couple of things for next week."
Steve O'Keefe is Player of the Match for his 2 for 22 from four including the key wicket of Maxwell.
The Stars need to regroup quickly. Thanks for your company on a hectic night of cricket. Join us tomorrow from Adelaide as the Strikers host the Thunder in the Knockout.
17.6
W
Abbott to Haris Rauf, OUT, Plumb lbw! That finishes it! A superb slower ball! A brilliant slower ball yorker on that drops on Rauf and pins him on the toe infront of middle.
Haris Rauf lbw b Abbott 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
17.5
W
Abbott to Worrall, 1 run, OUT, Worrall run out trying for two! He angled this to third man and took on Hazlewood for two, the big quick fired a superb return over the bails and he was caught well short.
DJ Worrall run out 5 (5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100.00
17.4
1
Abbott to Hinchliffe, 1 run, shorter length, he gets inside the line and pulls to fine leg
17.3
1
Abbott to Worrall, 1 run, 126kph, length ball, he tries to heave and gets it off the toe to mid off, he's slow to move and Henriques fires and he would have been out!
17.2
0
Abbott to Worrall, no run, good length, on off, he stays leg side but he's beaten
17.1
2
Abbott to Worrall, 2 runs, shorter length, he's back and guiding this past backward point for a couple
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