- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.2 chop on! Back of a length on fifth stump, Philippe tries to pull this into the leg side rather than going for the cut shot with the angle, he winds up bottom edging a pull onto the stumps. 29/13.6 length ball on off stump, goes to pul this and top edges it into no man's land over square leg. Gilkes hustles out from behind the stumps and covers 25 yards to his right to take this catch safely in stride. 32/2Extras5 (w 5)TOTAL187/2 (19 Overs, RR: 9.84)Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Josh Philippe, 3.2 ov), 2-32 (Kurtis Patterson, 3.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB GS Sandhu 4 0 42 2 10.50 8 4 2 3 0 CJ Green 4 0 32 0 8.00 5 1 1 0 0 DR Sams 4 0 47 0 11.75 5 1 4 0 0 Usman Qadir 4 0 35 0 8.75 7 1 2 1 0 J Davies 2 0 23 0 11.50 2 0 2 1 0 BCJ Cutting 1 0 8 0 8.00 1 0 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.3 soft dismissal! Full delivery just outside off stump. Gilkes looks to go downtown but does not quite get the contact he desires. The bat face opens up and he slices it straight down mid off's throat! 3/19.1 Warner perishes! Back of a length delivery fired across the batter outside off stump. Warner shuffles across and looks to access the leg side but for the umpteenth time this innings, the ball holds in the surface. Warner does not have a full swing at it and ends up chipping it straight to deep mid wicket. A troubled stay comes to an end! 38/54.5 in the air, and taken! Length delivery just outside off stump that holds in the surface. Nikitaras looks to tonk it into next week but loses his shape completely. He has to reach out in front and is also early into the stroke, meaning that he clinks it straight to mid off 14/25.3 is that out? Back of a length delivery outside off stump. Davies dangles his bat and seems to nick it through to the keeper, who performs a sweet, little juggling act but manages to hold on. Rather surprisingly, the umpire is unmoved. To add to the drama, though, Davies starts walking off as soon as the Sixers opt for the review! All a bit strange but replays confirm that Davies has nicked it, and Sydney Thunder are three down now! 17/38.2 holes out to deep square leg! Length delivery outside off stump that holds in the surface again. Ross has to check his swing a touch but still tries to muscle it over deep square leg. The lack of pace, though, means that he hits it towards deep square leg, where Dwarshuis runs in from the fence and completes a smart take! 32/49.5 chops it on, this is getting from bad to worse for Sydney Thunder! Length delivery outside off stump that comes on a lot slower than Sams expects. He has a waft at it but is again through into the stroke, meaning that the ball kisses the inside edge and smashes into the stumps! 40/611.5 Cutting bites the dust! Looped up on a full length outside off stump, and that is just far enough away from Cutting's hitting arc. He has to fetch it and in that pursuit, he slices it towards long on, where Silk settles himself and completes the catch comfortably! 48/713.4 straight to fine leg! Length delivery down the leg side, and Davies could have hit that anywhere. Today, though, he can only arrow it straight down fine leg's throat, who after a momentary wobble, holds on! Sums up Sydney Thunder's batting display! 59/814.4 that will be that! Leg-cutter on a length on off stump that grips in the surface and deviates a touch. Green has a very loose waft at it and is beaten all ends up as the ball breezes past the outside edge and pegs back off stump! 62/1014.2 high in the air and safely pouched! Dug into the track on middle and leg stump. Sandhu backs away and has a massive yahoo at it. Unfortunately for him, he slices it straight up. Henriques settles himself and mid on and does the rest! 61/9Extras3 (w 3)TOTAL62 all out (14.4 Overs, RR: 4.22)Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Matthew Gilkes, 1.3 ov), 2-14 (Blake Nikitaras, 4.5 ov), 3-17 (Oliver Davies, 5.3 ov), 4-32 (Alex Ross, 8.2 ov), 5-38 (David Warner, 9.1 ov), 6-40 (Daniel Sams, 9.5 ov), 7-48 (Ben Cutting, 11.5 ov), 8-59 (Joel Davies, 13.4 ov), 9-61 (Gurinder Sandhu, 14.2 ov), 10-62 (Chris Green, 14.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB T Murphy 4 0 18 1 4.50 12 2 0 0 0 SA Abbott 2.4 0 11 3 4.12 9 1 0 0 0 BJ Dwarshuis 3 0 14 2 4.66 10 1 0 2 0 SNJ O'Keefe 3 0 10 4 3.33 10 0 0 1 0 H Kerr 2 0 9 0 4.50 3 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Sydney Sixers , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
21 January 2023 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Sydney Sixers 2, Sydney Thunder 0
Match Notes
- Rain: Sydney Sixers - 0/0
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 4.0 (Mandatory - 32 runs, 2 wickets)
- Sydney Sixers: 50 runs in 7.5 overs (47 balls), Extras 1
- Drinks: Sydney Sixers - 65/2 in 9.0 overs (SPD Smith 39, MC Henriques 12)
- SPD Smith: 50 off 31 balls (3 x 4, 3 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 40 balls (SPD Smith 32, MC Henriques 21, Ex 1)
- Sydney Sixers: 100 runs in 12.1 overs (73 balls), Extras 2
- Powerplay 2: Overs 12.1 - 12.6 (Batting side - 11 runs, 0 wicket)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 66 balls (SPD Smith 71, MC Henriques 29, Ex 1)
- Sydney Sixers: 150 runs in 16.4 overs (100 balls), Extras 2
- SPD Smith: 100 off 56 balls (3 x 4, 8 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 88 balls (SPD Smith 101, MC Henriques 45, Ex 4)
- Innings Break: Sydney Sixers - 187/2 in 19.0 overs (SPD Smith 125, MC Henriques 45)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 4.0 (Mandatory - 13 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 5.3: Review by Sydney Thunder (Batting), Umpire - PJ Gillespie, Batter - O Davies (Upheld)
- Drinks: Sydney Thunder - 38/4 in 9.0 overs (DA Warner 16, DR Sams 5)
- Sydney Thunder: 50 runs in 12.2 overs (74 balls), Extras 2
- Powerplay 2: Overs 14.1 - 14.6 (Batting side - 2 runs, 2 wickets)
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