- BATSMENRB4s6sSR1.3 another chip from Edwards, but third time isn't the charm apparently. Full and slanted across, sliced towards extra cover where Ashton Agar slides across to his left and snaffles it 13/14.5 shovelled straight to midwicket. That just had to stick on.. there was no way else he could've got that. Pulled fiercely, with extreme power, and it goes flat and at chest-height to Cartwright 30/33.3 has he taken it, Yeah, he has! Good diving catch. Another chip from the batsman, this time to a fuller one outside off. Henriques looks to go over mid-on but doesn't manage to get underneath that. Willey dives forward and takes it inches from the ground 26/219.2 short of a length, slower, swings at it but doesn't get enough meat on the shot as the ball dies down towards long-on who bends forward and snaffles it. End of a monumental stand 154/4Extras4 (b 1, lb 3)TOTAL164/4 (20 Overs, RR: 8.2)Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Jack Edwards, 1.3 ov), 2-26 (Moises Henriques, 3.3 ov), 3-30 (Joe Denly, 4.5 ov), 4-154 (Daniel Hughes, 19.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB NM Coulter-Nile 4 0 34 0 8.50 6 4 0 0 0 JP Behrendorff 4 0 28 2 7.00 9 3 0 0 0 JA Richardson 4 0 25 1 6.25 6 1 0 0 0 AJ Turner 1 0 7 0 7.00 0 0 0 0 0 AC Agar 4 0 31 0 7.75 1 1 0 0 0 AJ Tye 3 0 35 1 11.66 5 1 3 0 0
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- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.1 oh, tame! That was so easy. He's given it away first ball. Length ball, slid across, Whiteman advances, expecting the ball to spin into him but it goes on straight with the angle and beats the outside edge for Phillipe to complete a straightforward stumping 0/12.6 looks plumb and given. O'Keefe turning the heat on the Scorchers. Closes the face to one that drifts in subtly, but the ball straightens, beats the inside edge and pins him in front of middle and leg 9/32.3 great, great catch at the boundary! Willey comes down the ground and goes big straight down the ground. Doesn't get as much of the bat behind it as he would've liked and Joe Denly at long-on sprints to his right and slides across the turn to snaffle it just in front 7/214.4 straight to point. Gets up on the toes to a short one and swipes at it but the ball sails flat and straight into the hands of debutant Edwards 108/417.3 full toss, slapped to deep point. No-ball called but there could be a run out here. Cartwright pushes back for the second. Dicey. Leans forward and stretches and even the drag of the bat can't save him 126/715.5 fuller ball, drifts back in in the air and then further after pitching to beat the closing face of the bat and ping the pad before deflecting onto the stumps 115/516.1 oh, what a catch! Hughes pulls off a stunner at short midwicket. This was a shortish delivery outside off, giving him room to free up and pull. Hughes jumps with the right hand outstretched, doesn't manage to hold on, but as the ball drops down to his left, holds on with his left hand out on the second attempt 116/618.5 short, no room, swings looking for a pull and gets a top-edge that the keeper settles under 136/8Extras10 (lb 2, nb 1, w 7)TOTAL147/8 (20 Overs, RR: 7.35)Did not bat: JP BehrendorffFall of wickets: 1-0 (Sam Whiteman, 0.1 ov), 2-7 (David Willey, 2.3 ov), 3-9 (Michael Klinger, 2.6 ov), 4-108 (Ashton Turner, 14.4 ov), 5-115 (Ashton Agar, 15.5 ov), 6-116 (William Bosisto, 16.1 ov), 7-126 (Hilton Cartwright, 17.3 ov), 8-136 (Nathan Coulter-Nile, 18.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SNJ O'Keefe 4 0 19 3 4.75 13 1 0 3 0 BJ Dwarshuis 4 0 25 1 6.25 9 1 0 1 0 SA Abbott 4 0 29 3 7.25 6 2 0 1 0 TK Curran 4 0 32 0 8.00 7 3 0 0 1 L Pope 3 0 32 0 10.66 3 3 1 0 0 JL Denly 1 0 8 0 8.00 1 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Sydney Sixers , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
15.30 start, First Session 15.30-16.50, Interval 16.50-17.10, Second Session 17.10- 18.30
Match days
22 December 2018 (20-over match)
Twenty20 debut
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Sydney Sixers 2, Perth Scorchers 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 39 runs, 3 wickets)
- Sydney Sixers: 50 runs in 7.4 overs (46 balls), Extras 3
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 43 balls (DP Hughes 14, JC Silk 33, Ex 3)
- Sydney Sixers: 100 runs in 13.6 overs (84 balls), Extras 3
- JC Silk: 50 off 39 balls (3 x 4)
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 74 balls (DP Hughes 45, JC Silk 52, Ex 3)
- DP Hughes: 50 off 37 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Sydney Sixers: 150 runs in 18.2 overs (110 balls), Extras 3
- Innings Break: Sydney Sixers - 164/4 in 20.0 overs (JC Silk 67, JR Philippe 3)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 30 runs, 3 wickets)
- Perth Scorchers: 50 runs in 9.2 overs (56 balls), Extras 2
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 41 balls (AJ Turner 27, HWR Cartwright 24, Ex 1)
- Perth Scorchers: 100 runs in 13.6 overs (84 balls), Extras 6
- HWR Cartwright: 50 off 36 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Total attendance: 17,436
Match Coverage
All Match NewsO'Keefe, record stand give Sixers opening win
O'Keefe's three-wicket burst in his first two overs helped Sixers defend 165, which had been built on a record fourth-wicket stand of 124 between Jordan Silk and Daniel Hughes