Big Bash League 2024: Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Sixers Match Preview, Big Bash League 2024

2nd T20 • Sydney Cricket Ground • Sydney

Melbourne Renegades

169/7 (20)

Sydney Sixers

172/5 (18.3)

SS won by 5 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Table

Date & Time

16 Dec, 01:45 PM IST

Venue

Sydney Cricket Ground

TV/Streaming

Disney+Hotstar

Match

2nd T20,

Umpires

Phillip Gillespie (Australia), Sam Nogajski (Australia), Ben Treloar (Australia, TV)

Referee

Bob Parry (Australia)

Toss

Sydney Sixers elected to bowl

Pitch Report

PitchFlat Track Pitch

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

157Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

133.74Avg SR

2nd Innings

136Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

130.15Avg SR

Playing XILineups Out

Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

SIX

8- 1

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Sydney Sixers

Melbourne Renegades

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Fantasy Top Picks

Expert Team 1

M Henriques

W Sutherland

Expert Team 2

J Fraser McGurk

A Zampa

Venue Details

Sydney Cricket Ground

PitchFlat Track Pitch

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

157Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

133.74Avg SR

2nd Innings

136Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

130.15Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

37%Bat First Bowl First63%

Team Batting First

50%Wins Losses50%

Recent Matches on venue

Final • Jan 24 • Big Bash League

SIX 112/10 (17.3)

HEA 166/8 (20)

HEA won by 54 runs

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34th Match • Jan 12 • Big Bash League

SIX 151/7 (20)

ST 132/10 (19.5)

SIX won by 19 runs

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14th Match • Dec 26 • Big Bash League

SIX 154/8 (20)

MS 155/6 (19.3)

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11th Match • Dec 22 • Big Bash League

SIX 155/7 (20)

STR 154/6 (20)

SIX won by 1 run

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2nd Match • Dec 8 • Big Bash League

SIX 175/6 (20)

MR 167/7 (20)

SIX won by 8 runs

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Challenger • Feb 2 • Big Bash League

SIX 116/9 (20)

HEA 117/6 (18.2)

HEA won by 4 wickets

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50th Match • Jan 21 • Big Bash League

SIX 187/2 (19)

ST 62/10 (14.4)

SIX won by 125 runs

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43rd Match • Jan 15 • Big Bash League

SIX 151/5 (20)

PS 145/7 (20)

SIX won by 6 runs

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18th Match • Dec 28 • Big Bash League

SIX 149/8 (20)

MR 115/10 (19)

SIX won by 34 runs

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15th Match • Dec 26 • Big Bash League

SIX 151/3 (19.1)

MS 150/5 (20)

SIX won by 7 wickets

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Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Sydney Sixers

Melbourne Renegades

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

SIX

8- 1

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

154

Average Score

152

201/7

Highest Score

183/5

112/10

Lowest Score

97/7

Player of the Match Moises Henriques

53(27)

Info

Melbourne Renegades

169/7 (20)

Batters

Jake Fraser McGurk

175.00

c BJ Dwarshuis b S Abbott

Josh Brown

220.00

c JC Silk b Joel Davies

Tim Seifert

130.95

c JR Philippe b BJ Dwarshuis

Mackenzie Harvey

137.50

c JR Philippe b S Abbott

Laurie Evans

12.50

c M Henriques b J Edwards

Hassan Khan

150.00

c S Abbott b BJ Dwarshuis

Will Sutherland

(C)

128.57

Not out

Fergus O'Neill

150.00

b H Kerr

Tom Stewart Rogers

166.67

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 1, W: 0)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8.45)

169/7

Did not Bat

Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa

Bowlers

EXT

10.50

8.33

8.50

9.00

6.00

7.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Jake Fraser McGurk

c BJ Dwarshuis b S Abbott

1-22

2.1

Josh Brown

c JC Silk b Joel Davies

2-60

5.6

Mackenzie Harvey

c JR Philippe b S Abbott

3-81

8.3

Laurie Evans

c M Henriques b J Edwards

4-85

10.3

Hassan Khan

c S Abbott b BJ Dwarshuis

5-92

11.2

Tim Seifert

c JR Philippe b BJ Dwarshuis

6-142

16.6

Fergus O'Neill

b H Kerr

7-162

19.2

Sydney Sixers

172/5 (18.3)

Batters

Josh Philippe

100.00

c LJ Evans b TS Rogers

James Vince

137.93

b W Sutherland

Jack Edwards

132.14

c TS Rogers b KW Richardson

Moises Henriques

(C)

196.30

Not out

Jordan Silk

50.00

c W Sutherland b Hassan Khan

Joel Davies

200.00

c TL Seifert b W Sutherland

Hayden Kerr

57.14

Retired hurt

Ben Dwarshuis *

233.33

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 0, W: 5)

TOTAL

(18.3 Ov, RR: 9.3)

172/5

Did not Bat

Daniel Hughes, Sean Abbott, Todd Murphy

Bowlers

EXT

10.33

11.67

9.00

8.50

7.67

2.3

8.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Josh Philippe

c LJ Evans b TS Rogers

1-19

1.4

Jack Edwards

c TS Rogers b KW Richardson

2-81

9.4

James Vince

b W Sutherland

3-99

11.4

Jordan Silk

c W Sutherland b Hassan Khan

4-104

12.3

Joel Davies

c TL Seifert b W Sutherland

5-126

14.2

Match Info

Date & Time

16 Dec, 01:45 PM IST

Venue

Sydney Cricket Ground

TV/Streaming

Disney+Hotstar

Match

2nd T20,

Umpires

Phillip Gillespie (Australia), Sam Nogajski (Australia), Ben Treloar (Australia, TV)

Referee

Bob Parry (Australia)

Toss

Sydney Sixers elected to bowl

4 1 1 1 2 1

Over 16

Runs: 10

0 3 0 4 2 1

Over 17

Runs: 10

6 2 1 1 6 0

Over 18

Runs: 16

6 0 4

Over 19

Runs: 10

All Overs

Player of the Match Moises Henriques

53(27)

Commentary

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Moises Henriques is the Player of the Match: I think I said it before that we have had lots of nerve wracking games. We have had many balls flying off thickish edges. I felt they got 10-15 runs more than what they deserved but it was a great pitch. Today I was thinking about watching the ball and target the short boundary. The ball was sliding on pretty well. They bowled the tough overs, late in the powerplay. As I said, the boys bowled a lot better than what their figures suggest.

22:33 Local Time (17:03 IST): Sydney Sixers won by 5 wickets with 9 balls remaining

Moises Henriques 53*(27) | Sean Abbott 2/34(4)
Tim Seifert 55(42) | Will Sutherland 2/20(2.3)

Led by a high-quality unbeaten knock from their skipper Moises Henriques, Sydney Sixers have won their season opener against Melbourne Renegades and are off the mark in their first game itself.

Chasing a par 170 on a good SCG track, Sixers lost Josh Phillipe early as the opener nicked off in the second over with the team score at 19. That did not deter his partner James Vince and number 3 Jack Edwards from keeping the temp going as they stitched up a 62-run stand for the second wicket.

Both the batters were taking the game away from the Renegades and that is when Kane Richardson broke the partnership dismissing Edwards. Two more fell as Sixers went from 81/1 to 104/4 and then 126/5 with Renegades' skipper Sutherland leading the charge with a couple of wickets.

The match was placed in a precarious position when Moises Henriques decided to take matter in his own hands and he showed all his experience and range as he thrashed the bowlers and paced his innings beautifully. The power surge, taken in the 17th over, turned out to be the game changer and those two overs yielded 26 runs for the Sixers which got them really close to the finish line.

In the end, Ben Dwarishus sealed the deal with a couple of hits and got the two points for the Sixers.

18.3 Will Sutherland to Ben Dwarshuis, FOUR! That's game set and match as the Sydney Sixers win by 5 wickets. On a length a shade outside off, Dwarshuis holds his shape and slaps it down the ground, finds the straight boundary.

18.2 Will Sutherland to Ben Dwarshuis, on a good-length angling across Dwarshuis, a shade outside off, he goes flashing at that without making contact.

18.1 Will Sutherland to Ben Dwarshuis, SIX! This time Dwarshuis gets it from the middle of the bat. That was in the slot around middle and leg, Dwarshuis clears his front leg and swipes it across the line for a massive 108 metre six.

Will Sutherland [2.0-0-10-2] to bowl

16 off the over and the game is almost over. 8 needed off the final 2 overs and you can place your bets on the Sixers now, surely there are no more twists

overs

163 /5 score

runs

Moises Henriques *

54 (27)

Ben Dwarshuis

4 (3)

Adam Zampa

0 /35

17.6 Adam Zampa to Moises Henriques, digs out the yorker-length delivery a shade outside off, down towards the extra cover fielder.

26-ball fifty for Moises Henriques, that is one hell of a knock from the Sixers' skipper and he brings it up with the shot of the night

17.5 Adam Zampa to Moises Henriques, SIX! Sublime hitting from Henriques. Comes down the track toa good-length leg break around middle and launches it inside out, makes exceptional contact and comfortably clears the extra cover fence.

17.4 Adam Zampa to Ben Dwarshuis, Dwarshuis gets away with a false shot. On a fuller-length around off, Dwarshuis slices it towards the mid-off fielder, a one handed attempt goes in vain.

17.3 Adam Zampa to Moises Henriques, flatter on a length a shade outside off, carved away towards the point region for a single.

16 off 16 now, run-a-ball

17.2 Adam Zampa to Moises Henriques, works away the flatter good-length delivery around middle, towards the square leg region and comes back for a brace.

96-m biggie, you don't do that to Zampa, Moises! This is certainly Sixers' game to lose now

17.1 Adam Zampa to Moises Henriques, SIX! Henriques comes dancing down the track to a flighted delivery around middle, in the slot and Henriques swings it across the line, /from the centre of the bat and comfortably clears the deep midwicket fence.

Adam Zampa [3.0-0-18-0] for his final over

10 off the over and Moises keeps the strike with the single off the last ball! This is all going as per plans for the Sixers so far but there are still 24 runs to be scored in 3 overs. Renegades want Moises desperately