- BATSMENRB4s6sSR4.2 picks out deep square leg! That's very careless. Short of a length from Curran, he eyed up the short boundary with a pull but couldn't get the distance. A safe catch from the debutant Hayden Kerr 26/30.5 given lbw, a debut duck! Trapped on the crease, ball keeps a touch low, heading for middle and off but that looks to have pitched outside leg. We'll need another look at that 2/11.1 brilliant work behind the stumps, he's gone! Bancroft uses his feet, O'Keefe sees him coming and slips it down the leg side. Philippe is very quick with the gloves, brings it back from quite wide and Bancroft is miles out 4/215.3 taken at long-on! That's a massive blow. Aiming to go straight down the ground, got too far underneath it and only gets height rather than distance 98/65.3 that's a tight second run! Short, straight, pulled to deep square leg and Turner takes on the arm. And he's short! Excellent throw from Dwarshuis, pitching in the sandy outfield took some pace off it but Philippe did very well to complete the run out 29/413.6 the full toss strikes this time! Awful ball, really, but they work a fair bit...big full toss, he went to clear the big leg side and couldn't get the distance. Taken by deep square running in. They are checking the height and it's fine 87/516.2 finds deep square! The shot looked good off the bat, a elegant flip-pull, but it's towards the long boundary and ends up being a comfortable catch. Been some poor decision-making this innings 101/717.1 miles in the air, and taken! A full slower delivery, Jordan launches it straight up in the air, Abbott calls early for it and makes the ground towards midwicket 106/818.2 excellent catch at long leg! A short ball, Richardson goes for the hook, can't get over the top of it...O'Keefe takes it very low, but barely had to move 109/919.6 finds mid-off and the innings ends with a slower short ball which he chips to mid-off 131/10Extras4 (nb 1, w 3)TOTAL131 all out (20 Overs, RR: 6.55)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Liam Livingstone, 0.5 ov), 2-4 (Cameron Bancroft, 1.1 ov), 3-26 (Josh Inglis, 4.2 ov), 4-29 (Ashton Turner, 5.3 ov), 5-87 (Cameron Green, 13.6 ov), 6-98 (Mitchell Marsh, 15.3 ov), 7-101 (Ashton Agar, 16.2 ov), 8-106 (Chris Jordan, 17.1 ov), 9-109 (Jhye Richardson, 18.2 ov), 10-131 (Fawad Ahmed, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB BJ Dwarshuis 4 0 15 2 3.75 15 0 1 1 0 SNJ O'Keefe 4 0 29 1 7.25 9 3 0 1 0 TK Curran 4 0 32 3 8.00 10 1 2 0 1 SA Abbott 4 0 28 1 7.00 7 3 0 1 0 H Kerr 1 0 6 0 6.00 3 1 0 0 0 BAD Manenti 3 0 21 2 7.00 4 1 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR7.4 dragged on! Finally something for the Scorchers. A slower ball from Jordan, an off cutter, Hughes aims to the leg side and gets an inside edge into the stumps 73/112.1 this looks like a great catch! Vince whips across the line of a full delivery, sounds like an inside out, Inglis grabs it one-handed, low to his left. The umpires converge. The soft signal is out. Well, not sure Vince has hit this, might have hit the ground. Hang on, it may have clipped leg stump! It's been taken cleanly. This isn't DRS, remember, it's just the umpires checking. And third umpire confirms the out decision. That will keep the umpiring debate going! 108/2Extras5 (lb 1, w 4)TOTAL137/2 (15 Overs, RR: 9.13)Fall of wickets: 1-73 (Daniel Hughes, 7.4 ov), 2-108 (James Vince, 12.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB AC Agar 3 0 35 0 11.66 6 4 1 1 0 JA Richardson 3 0 37 0 12.33 7 3 3 0 0 M Kelly 2 0 16 0 8.00 7 3 0 0 0 CJ Jordan 3 0 13 2 4.33 8 1 0 0 0 Fawad Ahmed 4 0 35 0 8.75 4 3 1 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Sydney Sixers , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
18 December 2019 - day/night match (20-over match)
Twenty20 debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Sydney Sixers 2, Perth Scorchers 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 31 runs, 4 wickets)
- Perth Scorchers: 50 runs in 9.1 overs (55 balls), Extras 2
- Strategic Timeout: Perth Scorchers - 79/4 in 13.0 overs (MR Marsh 24, C Green 29)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 45 balls (MR Marsh 21, C Green 29, Ex 0)
- Perth Scorchers: 100 runs in 15.5 overs (95 balls), Extras 3
- Innings Break: Perth Scorchers - 131/10 in 20.0 overs (M Kelly 3)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 58 runs, 0 wicket)
- Sydney Sixers: 50 runs in 5.3 overs (33 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (JR Philippe 33, DP Hughes 18, Ex 1)
- JR Philippe: 50 off 30 balls (9 x 4)
- Sydney Sixers: 100 runs in 11.1 overs (67 balls), Extras 5
- Strategic Timeout: Sydney Sixers - 108/1 in 12.0 overs (JR Philippe 68, JM Vince 13)
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