James Vince's unbeaten 98 earns Sydney Sixers BBL final at the SCG
Aside from Josh Inglis, Perth Scorchers had a poor day but they will get a second chance to reach the final
30/01Result
Qualifier (N), Big Bash League at Canberra, Jan 30 2021
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![Perth Scorchers]( "Perth Scorchers")
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![Sydney Sixers]( "Sydney Sixers")
168/1 (17/20 ov)
Player of the Match
30/01Result
Qualifier (N), Big Bash League at Canberra, Jan 30 2021
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![Perth Scorchers]( "Perth Scorchers")
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![Sydney Sixers]( "Sydney Sixers")
168/1 (17/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
JM Vince
98(53) 14x4 - 1x6
Control %87%
- Productive Shot
- pull
- 25 runs
- 5x4 - 0x6
JP Inglis
69(41) 5x4 - 2x6
Control %83%
- Productive Shot
- flick
- 23 runs
- 0x4 - 1x6
Match Details
Series
Toss
Perth Scorchers , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
30 January 2021 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
PERTH SCORCHERS 167/6 (20 OVERS)
- Ashton Turner33 (22)
- Josh Inglis*69 (41)
- Steve O'Keefe1/20 (4)
- Ben Dwarshuis2/40 (4)
SYDNEY SIXERS 168/1 (17 OVERS)
- James Vince*98 (53)
- Josh Philippe45 (28)
- Jason Behrendorff0/30 (3)
- Liam Livingstone1/16 (2)
Scorer: Venkat Raghav | Commentator: @vishal1686
10.24pm It's a clinical win for the Sixers, what a season they're having. Vince gets a lot of handshakes and taps on the back from opposition and his team-mates. It's now confirmed that the Sydney Sixers will host the final at the SCG. The Sixers players come out on the field and thank the crowd, they've been on the road this season and will be happy to head to the SCG for the final.
They dominated most parts of the game tonight, right from the first few overs to the entire chase in which Philippe and Vince took on the bowlers from the very first overs. Richardson and Behrendorff leaked runs early which meant the Scorchers didn't have many options to fall back on. It was only the clean hitting of Inglis that gave the Scorchers some hope when they batted, otherwise they had a pretty underwhelming day, including some sloppy fielding. But they have another chance, they'll take on the winner of Brisbane Heat and Sydney Thunder in the Challenger on February 4 at the Optus Stadium. And the Sixers now have a week's break before they play the final. That's all from me, Vishal Dikshit, today. Do tune in again for the match tomorrow, between Heat and Thunder on the same ground at the same time. Goodbye and good luck!
James Vince: We weren't quite sure of the conditions early in the chase. We got a good first over with the bat, a few boundaries. I love batting with him (Philippe), he gets the pressure off me. Ya, two more would have been nice but it's nice to go unbeaten. Only he will know (if the wide was intentional from Tye). A hundred would have been nice but happy to be there and in the grand final. It's amazing for us to get back to SCG after being on the road for so long. We've had some games that were straightforward and some were tight to get over the line.
Prasu: "SS reminding me of TKR in cpl, much stronger in the league than any of their opponents "
Andrew Palmer: ""Big cheer from the crowd". Can you remind us in the UK what a "crowd" is again?" It's something like people sitting in their own houses and watching the TV
17.1
1w
Tye to Vince, 1 wide, oh, that's a bouncer down the leg side for a wide! The umpires wait for a few seconds and it's obviously a wide, it's that far down the leg side. Vince looks back at Tye immediately after it goes past him and gives him a blank stare, probably wondering why he did that. At the end, the Sixers are in the final for the second season in a row
Where will he go for the boundary? Tye runs in
END OF OVER:17 | 9 Runs | SS: 167/1 (1 run required from 18 balls, RR: 9.82, RRR: 0.33)
- Daniel Hughes21 (21b)
- James Vince98 (53b)
- Jhye Richardson4-0-36-0
- Liam Livingstone2-0-16-1
16.6
0
Richardson to Hughes, no run, rising short ball jut outside off, and Hughes drops his hands to let this go outside off. Big cheer from the crowd
16.5
0
Richardson to Hughes, no run, he's going for the dots - low full toss on off, and he gently taps it to cover
16.4
0
Richardson to Hughes, no run, right in the block hole, Hughes blocks it out
Three dots if Vince wants a century
16.3
4
Richardson to Hughes, FOUR, short and pulled for four! Rising short ball from Richardson, Hughes hooks and sends that crashing between fine leg and deep square leg
16.2
1
Richardson to Vince, 1 run, little too full again, and driven straight to cover this time
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