Big Bash League 2024: Sydney Thunder vs Sydney Sixers Match Preview, Big Bash League 2024

8th T20 • Sydney Showground Stadium • Sydney

Sydney Thunder

163/5 (20)

Sydney Sixers

164/5 (20)

SS won by 5 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Table

Date & Time

21 Dec, 01:45 PM IST

Venue

Sydney Showground Stadium

TV/Streaming

Disney+Hotstar

Match

8th T20,

Umpires

Greg Davidson (Australia), Shawn Craig (Australia), S Patel (India, TV)

Referee

Dave Gilbert (Australia)

Toss

Sydney Sixers elected to bowl

Pitch Report

PitchSpinning Pitch

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingSlow Spin

1st Innings

149Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

129.81Avg SR

2nd Innings

124Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

129.46Avg SR

Playing XILineups Out

Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

7- 2

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Sydney Sixers

Sydney Thunder

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Moises Henriques

SS . ALL

53 Runs

1 Match

James Vince

SS . BAT

40 Runs

1 Match

Jack Edwards

SS . ALL

37 Runs

1 Match

Top Bowlers

Sean Abbott

SS . BOWL

2 Wkts

1 Match

Ben Dwarshuis

SS . BOWL

2 Wkts

1 Match

Joel Davies

SS . BAT

1 Wkt

1 Match

Playing XILineups Out

Fantasy Top Picks

Expert Team 1

Ben Dwarshuis

J Edwards

Expert Team 2

S Abbott

M Henriques

Venue Details

Sydney Showground Stadium

PitchSpinning Pitch

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingSlow Spin

1st Innings

149Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

129.81Avg SR

2nd Innings

124Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

129.46Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

41%Bat First Bowl First59%

Team Batting First

48%Wins Losses52%

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Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Sydney Sixers

Sydney Thunder

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

7- 2

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

153

Average Score

145

201/7

Highest Score

200/7

112/10

Lowest Score

52/1

Player of the Match Ben Dwarshuis

2/26

Info

Sydney Thunder

163/5 (20)

Batters

David Warner

(C)

170.00

c Joel Davies b S Abbott

Sam Konstas

0.00

b AJ Hosein

Cameron Bancroft

134.62

Not out

Oliver Davies

138.24

c JC Silk b AJ Hosein

Sherfane Rutherford

88.89

b BJ Dwarshuis

Daniel Sams

100.00

c S Abbott b BJ Dwarshuis

Sam Billings

150.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 3)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8.15)

163/5

Did not Bat

Chris Green, Nathan McAndrew, Lockie Ferguson, Tanveer Sangha

Bowlers

EXT

5.75

6.50

7.75

12.00

6.50

20.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Sam Konstas

b AJ Hosein

1-1

0.4

David Warner

c Joel Davies b S Abbott

2-23

3.2

Oliver Davies

c JC Silk b AJ Hosein

3-111

13.3

Sherfane Rutherford

b BJ Dwarshuis

4-129

16.2

Daniel Sams

c S Abbott b BJ Dwarshuis

5-131

16.4

Sydney Sixers

164/5 (20)

Batters

Josh Philippe

129.63

c T Sangha b DR Sams

James Vince

92.86

runout (T Sangha / S Billings)

Jack Edwards

155.56

runout (D Warner)

Moises Henriques

(C)

77.27

c CT Bancroft b L Ferguson

Jordan Silk

144.00

Not out

Lachlan Shaw

114.29

b L Ferguson

Ben Dwarshuis *

250.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 1, W: 4)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8.2)

164/5

Did not Bat

Joel Davies, Sean Abbott, Akeal Hosein, Todd Murphy

Bowlers

EXT

7.00

8.00

11.50

7.25

6.75

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

James Vince

runout (T Sangha / S Billings)

1-35

4.3

Josh Philippe

c T Sangha b DR Sams

2-59

7.6

Jack Edwards

runout (D Warner)

3-87

11.1

Moises Henriques

c CT Bancroft b L Ferguson

4-108

15.2

Lachlan Shaw

b L Ferguson

5-140

18.1

Match Info

Date & Time

21 Dec, 01:45 PM IST

Venue

Sydney Showground Stadium

TV/Streaming

Disney+Hotstar

Match

8th T20,

Umpires

Greg Davidson (Australia), Shawn Craig (Australia), S Patel (India, TV)

Referee

Dave Gilbert (Australia)

Toss

Sydney Sixers elected to bowl

1 1 6 4 4 1

Over 17

Runs: 17

0 1 0 1 0 4

Over 18

Runs: 6

W 6 1 0 1 1

Over 19

Runs: 9

2 2 1 1wd 1wd 1 6 1

Over 20

Runs: 15

All Overs

Player of the Match Ben Dwarshuis

2/26

Commentary

That brings us to the end of our coverage of this particular encounter. This is myself (Arya Sekhar Chakraborty) signing off also on behalf of my fellow commentator and good mate Soumarya Dutta.

Sydney Sixers won by 5 wickets (on the final delivery of the match)

Jordan Silk 36*(25) | Akeal Hosein 2/23(4)
Cameron Bancroft 70(52) | Lockie Ferguson 2/32(4)

The Sydney Sixers continued their dominant run over the Sydney Thunder, defeating them by 5 wickets in the final delivery of the over. At the halfway stage, it looked just an above-par score and the Sixers needed to bat well to chase this down. The opening duo of Josh Philippe and James Vince provided a steady start with a partnership of 34 runs before a terrible mix up between the two resulted in the departure of Vince.

Philippe took his time initially but started looking much more confident of his strokeplay as the innings progressed. He smacked a couple of fours and sixes each en route to his knock of 35 off 27 deliveries before Philippe was sent back to the pavilion by Daniel Sams. Jack Edwards and Moises Henriques joined hands to resurrect the innings. The captain didn't manage to find the boundaries in the middle overs.

Edwards slowly started getting into his groove but just when he looked like turning towards the Sixers, it was a brilliant direct throw from David Warner which brought about his downfall. Henriques struggled his way to a 22 ball 17 before Lockie Ferguson got the important wicket. Jordan Silk was out in the middle and needed to rise to the occasion. However, he wasn't getting enough support from the other end.

That is when Ben Dwarshuis came out in the middle and took the Thunder bowling attack by the scruff of the neck. He smashed a lusty blow to get underway and then smacked a massive six off the penultimate over of the match to see their side through. With this victory, the Sixers have extended their head-to-head record to 9-2.

Ben Dwarshuis (Sydney Sixers) - " Silk and I were trying to enjoy ourselves and have a good game. It worked well for us. It was nice to get some of the middle of the bat. Green bowled really well so credit to him. I was waiting for him to make the mistake. These bats from NB are working well for me. I was a bit disappointed with my first two overs and wanted to bounce back later. Was good to take those two wickets. There is a lot to this rivalry and always special to get in the win."

The Sydney Sixers have won here in the most dramatic of circumstances. What an incredible little cameo from Ben Dwarshuis. Good presence of mind to knock it around for a single and get it done. Chris Green almost pulled it off but it wasn't to be in the end. The Sixers again managing to hold their nerves and deliver the killer punch.

overs

164 /5 score

1wd

runs

Ben Dwarshuis *

20 (8)

Jordan Silk

36 (25)

Chris Green

0 /46

19.6 Chris Green to Ben Dwarshuis, SINGLE TAKEN AND DWARSHUIS HITS THE WINNING RUNS! The SYDNEY SIXERS WIN BY 5 WICKETS! It was a flatter delivery and around the middle stump line. Dwarshuis goes for the glance of his pads and he gets it behind square on the on side for a single to close out the game for his side.

1 needed off 1 ball. Will it be Chris Green who bowls a dot ball and takes it to a super over?

19.5 Chris Green to Ben Dwarshuis, SIXXXXX!! BOOM!! Green bowls the full toss under pressure and Dwarshuis gets underneath that one. He launches it miles back into the night sky and it goes well over deep mid wicket for a MAXIMUM.

19.4 Chris Green to Jordan Silk, bowled full and right into the base of off stump. Silk slashes at it and gets an outside edge towards short third. Will be a single.

19.3 Chris Green to Jordan Silk, ANOTHER ONEE!! This one was full and outside off stump again. The umpire thought it was outside the wide line.

19.3 Chris Green to Jordan Silk, WIDE!! This one is too full and outside the line of off stump. Green will need to re-bowl that one.

19.3 Chris Green to Ben Dwarshuis, too full and right into the block hole outside off stump. Dwarshuis smashes it to extra cover for a single.

19.2 Chris Green to Ben Dwarshuis, fuller and pushed through quicker at over 100 clicks outside off. Dwarshuis slashes it away towards deep cover and picks up a couple.

19.1 Chris Green to Ben Dwarshuis, tossed up and wide outside off stump at 97 kmph. Dwarshuis slices it away over the backward point region. There was no timing but it fell in no man's land. Will be a brace.

Just 9 runs coming off that Lockie Ferguson over which has made things pretty interesting. 15 more needed off the final over which will be bowled by Chris Green.

overs

149 /5 score

runs

Ben Dwarshuis *

8 (3)

Jordan Silk

35 (24)

Lockie Ferguson

2 /32

18.6 Lockie Ferguson to Ben Dwarshuis, overpitched and outside the line of off stump. Dwarshuis drills it down to mid off for a single.

18.5 Lockie Ferguson to Jordan Silk, pace off again and short of a good length. Silk looks to pull but he gets an inside edge down to fine leg for a single.

18.4 Lockie Ferguson to Jordan Silk, pitched up and pace off, around middle stump line. Silk tries to go across the stumps but he misses it. Dot ball.

18.3 Lockie Ferguson to Ben Dwarshuis, full and bowled in the block hole around middle. Dwarshuis jams it out towards mid wicket for a single.