Sean Abbott stars with bat and ball as Sixers squeak through
Chasing just 106, Sixers were lurching at 8 for 47 before Abbott capped his remarkable performance with a match-winning 37
29/12Result
25th Match (N), Big Bash League at Sydney, Dec 29 2021
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![Brisbane Heat]( "Brisbane Heat")
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![Sydney Sixers]( "Sydney Sixers")
106/8 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
29/12Result
25th Match (N), Big Bash League at Sydney, Dec 29 2021
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![Brisbane Heat]( "Brisbane Heat")
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![Sydney Sixers]( "Sydney Sixers")
106/8 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
SA Abbott
37(43) 2x4 - 2x6
Control %62%
- Productive Shot
- slog shot
- 12 runs
- 0x4 - 2x6
Match Details
Series
Toss
Brisbane Heat , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
29 December 2021 - night match (20-over match)
Brisbane Heat replacement
JD Wildermuth for MP Kuhnemann (Brisbane Heat innings, 10.1 ov)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Sydney Sixers 3, Brisbane Heat 1
Scorecard Summary
BRISBANE HEAT 105 (19.1 OVERS)
- Jack Wildermuth27 (26)
- Max Bryant22 (23)
- Sean Abbott4/31 (4)
- Ben Dwarshuis2/13 (4)
SYDNEY SIXERS 106/8 (20 OVERS)
- Sean Abbott*37 (43)
- Ben Dwarshuis*23 (20)
- Jack Wildermuth2/18 (4)
- James Bazley2/19 (4)
Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: @himanshu_a30
END OF OVER:20 | 2 Runs | SS: 106/8 | RR: 5.30
- Sean Abbott37 (43b)
- Ben Dwarshuis23 (20b)
- Xavier Bartlett4-0-22-2
- Jack Wildermuth4-0-18-2
And with that, we wrap up an exciting contest that went down all the way to the final ball of the chase. But don't forget to tune in to the ongoing match between Hobart Hurricanes and Melbourne Renegades. Until next time, it is goodnight and goodbye from Thilak, Peter and me, Himanshu!
Krish: "Terrific over from Bartlett. "
Saravana Ub: "And that is the match worth paying to watch for."
Dwarshius: "Just run as fast as you can! It was a pretty unique situation, but you train for it in the nets."
Sean Abbott is the Player of the Match: "It was a tough wicket to bat on. Trying to take it deep... We made the same mistakes with the bat. Benny came out and got a few boundaries. The last over was a hell of an over. [About that catch] Lynny doesn't give you time to move"
Greg Eccleston: "Didn't the final ball go to the rope? If so, surely it's 4" --- The rule states that if the winning run(s) was completed before the ball crossed the fence, then it is not given four. Only the runs that were taken are counted.
9.22pm What a game of cricket! This way and that, as the pendulum kept swinging. Sixers steal it in the end with a lot of huff and puff! Phew. Full credit to Dwarshius and Abbott for pulling it off with a 59-run stand, but hey, take nothing away from Heat's bowlers, who did all they could to try and defend 105.
19.6
1
Bartlett to Abbott, 1 run, and that is flicked away to deep midwicket! This is remarkable from Sixers. What a win after they were 47 for 8 at one stage. Take a bow Abbott and Dwarshius! It was again an attempted yorker on off, as Abbott dared to skip down the pitch and flick that across the line. The man in at midwicket dived to his left but didn't get a hand, and that raced away. The Sixers' dugout was pumped, with Bartlett dejected and down
1 off 1... Super Over maybe?
19.5
0
Bartlett to Abbott, no run, another yorker, and it is down to 1 off 1! Massive delivery this one. Absolutely nails that yorker on off, as Abbott gets that off the bottom of the bat
Abbott is ready with his new bat...
1 from 2... Pressure on here...
Uzair: "Bring all the fielders up "
19.4
0
Bartlett to Abbott, no run, yorker on off, and his bat is broken there! The ball was nailed right on off, as he did well to bring the bat down to jam that off the splice, as the broken part flew off
19.3
0
Bartlett to Abbott, no run, yorker-length ball dipping on to his pads on middle, and he misses his slog. The ball strikes his front pad outside leg. Dot ball
1 to win now...
19.2
1
Bartlett to Dwarshuis, 1 run, a bit of yes-no, but a single in the end. Yorker and a slower ball on off, and jammed toward mid-off. Abbott got stuck midway, but they eventually got that run
19.1
0
Bartlett to Dwarshuis, no run, beaten! That was very close to the leg stump as well as the inside edge. Good length ball outside leg, and he made room but the ball passed between bat and stumps
Bartlett will bowl the final over. Over the stumps to Dwarshius.
Right then. 2 to win from 6 balls. If Heat manage a wicket here, who knows where this goes? Anyone for a tie?
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Chasing just 106, Sixers were lurching at 8 for 47 before Abbott capped his remarkable performance with a match-winning 37
