BBL 2016/17: Top 5 moments from the final between Perth Scorchers and Sydney Sixers

#3 “Australian” Johan Botha tries to repair the damage:

Johan Botha, the ex-South African off-spinner and captain who now is an Australian citizen and hence, plays as a local player for the Sydney Sixers, walked in to bat with the score reading 79 for five in the 12^th over, and set about doing what he does best; stabilise the innings.

The score soon became 80 for 6 in the same over and it was left entirely to Botha to try and get his team to a defendable score in the company of the tailenders, and he tried his best to do so. He scored an important 32 off 25 balls and had taken the score to 129 by the time he was dismissed in the 19^th over.

More performances like this and a call from the Australian selectors for limited overs cricket, since he’s an Australian now, won’t be too far!