Sydney Sixers lost their second consecutive match as they were outplayed by Perth Scorchers at their own home ground in S.C.G. The Scorchers, after electing to bowl first, restricted the Sixers to a modest total of 132 and then comfortably chased down the target to win the match by 6 wickets. Andrew Tye and Ashton Turner were the two standout performers for the Scorchers. While Tye picked up his second BBL hat-trick (third overall), Turner smashed a 27-ball fifty to guide the Scorchers to victory.
PART-1
Jhye Richardson provided the Scorchers with a terrific start by getting rid of both the openers for just 28 runs on the board. Despite losing the wickets, the Sixers batsmen continued to play their shots and scored at around 8 RPO. But the next three overs changed the complexion of the game as they lost a wicket each in every over and were reduced to 46 for 5 at the end of 7 overs.
PART-2
After that, it was Nic Maddinson and Peter Nevill, who tried to rebuild the innings, but they couldn’t add more than 37 runs to the total as both of them were dismissed by Mitchell Johnson in his last over.
Six overs were still remaining in the Sixers’ innings, but they were left with only 3 wickets in hand. They needed a cameo from somebody to help them reach at least 120-130 and the same was provided by Sean Abbot and Steve O’Keefe, who added 48 runs for the 8th wicket. Courtesy of their partnership, the Sixers managed to score 131 in 18 overs and now had a chance to post 150 on the board.
However, the penultimate over from Andrew Tye spoilt all their hopes as he picked up a hat-trick – his second in BBL history – and wrapped up the Sixers innings for 132.
After the terrific job by their bowlers, the onus was now on the Scorchers’ batsmen to chase down the total and start off the season with a win. Their openers were off to a quiet, but steady start as they scored 27 runs in the first four overs. However, both, Josh Philippe and William Bosisto, were dismissed in the very next over with Sean Abbot picking up the wickets.
The Sydney Sixers’ bowlers kept things tight as there was only one boundary conceded in the next 6 overs. It was also smart captaincy from Moises Henriques as he kept rotating his bowlers, which didn’t allow the Perth batsmen to line them up and play the big shots.
Hilton Cartwright tried to up the ante as he hammered a six and a four on the bowling of Doug Bollinger, but unfortunately for the Scorchers, he was out in the very same over. With the wickets falling around, the batting side was only able to score 78 runs in 14 overs.
The game was nicely poised at this stage, as the Scorchers needed another 55 runs to win off the last 6 overs, while the Sixers needed 6 more wickets. Adam Voges and Ashton Turner were out there in the middle and a lot depended on this pair to take their team through.
Turner, who had scored only 4 runs off his first 10 balls, decided to change the gears as he went after Daniel Sams in the 15th over. 16 runs came off the left-arm seamer’s over and it changed the equation drastically in Perth’s favour. Turner also gave a thrashing to Sean Abbot – Sixers best bowler – as he smashed him for a couple of huge sixes. It was a game-changing knock from the all-rounder, which helped his team to get over the finishing line with 11 balls to spare.
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