10:10pm A real dampener for the thousands that had gathered at the Sydney Showground Stadium. We were just one over away from constituting a game but in the end, the rain won. The Sydney Sixers will feel hard done by, but it is what it is. A point for the Sydney Thunder and that takes them up to sixth, level on points with the Melbourne Stars but ahead on NRR.

That's it from us for this game. Hope you enjoyed it while it was on, and we will be back with more BBL action tomorrow. Until then, this is goodbye from Shashwat, Sudeep and everyone else at ESPNcricinfo. Take care!

10:06pm It is official. The game has been called off. A bit of a shame for the sold-out crowd, given the action they had seen and how the match was shaping up. The Sixers and the Thunder get a point each.

9:55pm The cut-off time for the game to restart is 10:23pm local time, and the umpires reckon that it needs to stop raining by 10:03pm local time for the ground to be ready for play.

DaWolf: "Only one over away from making it a game, surely unless it's a complete downpour they should try to get that last over in before taking the players off?" -- That would be my thinking too. But the umpires felt it was heavy enough to come off, and the rain has only grown in intensity since.

9:30pm No positive update yet. The rain continues to fall, and the covers are firmly in place. If anything, the rain seems to have gotten heavier than when the players came off. And for what it is worth, we have already started losing overs.

9:20pm Uh-oh, the umpires have decided to take the players off. It is a drizzle at the moment, and we are just one over away from constituting a game. The players are walking off, rather than rushing off, and that indicates the rain might not be very heavy. The pitch has been covered and the square is being covered too.

8:45pm So, the Sydney Thunder end up with 151. Their innings did not really take off at any point. There were spurts, most notably when Ross and Sams shared a 70-run stand. Sams, though, fell just before the onset of the death overs, while Ross departed just prior to the last over. Green's 8-ball 17 did get the Thunder past 150, however, it remains to be seen if that is enough on a surface that has been a little sluggish but does not have any demons as such.

The Sixers, on the other hand, will be thrilled with their bowling effort. They kept chipping away, and the constant wicket-taking meant that the Thunder never generated a head of steam. Edwards was the pick of the bowlers, scalping three wickets. Bird bagged a couple, while Dwarshuis popped up with the wicket of Davies.

At the half-way stage, they will be confident of chasing this down, although they will be wary of the quality in the Thunder's bowling attack. Join us in a bit for the second innings!

Green back on strike. Can he find the fence?

Sandhu walks in. It is Green on strike for now. Abbott will bowl the last over

Right. Two overs left. How many can the hosts get from here? Can they get to 160?

Skipper Green in at 8