BBL 2016/17: Top 5 moments from the Adelaide Strikers-Sydney Sixers clash

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 31: Johan Botha of the Sydney Sixers leaves the field after getting out to Ben Laughlin of the Adelaide Strikers during the Big Bash League match between the Adelaide Strikers and Sydney Sixers at Adelaide Oval on December 31, 2016 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Morne de Klerk/Getty Images) — Adelaide Strikers humbled the Sydney Sixers by 48 runs

#4 Wickets in heaps

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 31: Sean Abbott of the Sydney Sixers celebrates after getting the wicket of Travis Head of the Adelaide Strikers during the Big Bash League match between the Adelaide Strikers and Sydney Sixers at Adelaide Oval on December 31, 2016 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Morne de Klerk/Getty Images) — Sean Abbott’s spell of 4-0-16-5 was stupendous, but couldn’t fetch a win for the Sixers

Brad Hodge and Ben Dunk were taking the game by the scruff of the neck and threatened to tee off. Against the run of play, Dunk bit the dust, holding out to covers. But it was the twelfth over of the game from Sean Abbott that turned the game on its head.

Aided by two screamers on the outfield, first by Johan Botha at deep mid-wicket and then by William Somerville at fine-leg, Abbott snapped the wickets of Brad Hodge and Travis Head. Out of the blue, things turned on its head for the Strikers.

The insult to injury was perpetrated by Somerville, now with the ball, foxing Jake Lehmann to play a false shot and disturbing the timber. From 2/91, the Strikers slumped to 5/102 in a space of 17 balls. Abbott, eventually, stormed his way to the best figures by a Sydney Sixers bowler surpassing Nathan Lyon.

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Edited by Staff Editor