- BATSMENRB4s6sSR3.3 chaos runout! Back of a length ball on off stump, Vince tries to flick to midwicket and inside edges it into his feet. Philippe calls him through for what would have been a tight but sure run as he was clearly beating Tye in the footrace to the striker's stumps. But Vince is more concerned locating the ball out of his sight and stays put. Both men are at the striker's end, but Tye fields and tries to rocket at the non-striker's stumps instead of tossing a gentle relay to two fielders standing nearby converging from midwicket and extra cover. Luckily mid-on backed it up properly and ran to the stumps to take the bails off. If Philippe had tried to get back, he might have made it due to Tye's sloppy throw initially. 28/115.1 caught at backward point! He misses out on another century! Good length leg break, he tried to create a cut shot but it wasn't short enough, he slices a thick edge to backward point and Marsh runs forward and takes this one easily 140/47.4 holes out to deep midwicket! Length ball tailing into the hips, tries to flick this over Munro on the rope who was cheating in a touch on the deep boundary to that side of the ground but he backpedals, takes the catch with a bunny hop and steadies himself a yard inside the rope. Looked like he might trip over to turn it into six but finished it coolly in the end. 66/212.6 Picks out mid off! Hardie takes it diving forward! Good length ball wide of off, Henriques leaned back to loft over cover, he hit it flat and hard to mid off and Hardie took a good catch moving low to his left 114/318.6 Christian holes out to deep midwicket but was it no-ball for a full toss above waist high? Christian walked at Tye, he got 2 metres down the track, so it's very hard to make a call because it's measured in his normal stance. It was above the waist when he made contact but he was way down. Christian nearly hit it for six but Munro leaned back on the rope and took a superb catch, holding his balance and staying inside. The TV umpire takes him time but it's confirmed out. 177/519.6 holes out to long off! Easy catch for Behrendorff. Full and wide, he tried to lift this over wide long off but got under it too much, Behrendorff cruised in and took the catch 188/6Extras6 (lb 4, w 2)TOTAL188/6 (20 Overs, RR: 9.4)Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Josh Philippe, 3.3 ov), 2-66 (Daniel Hughes, 7.4 ov), 3-114 (Moises Henriques, 12.6 ov), 4-140 (James Vince, 15.1 ov), 5-177 (Dan Christian, 18.6 ov), 6-188 (Carlos Brathwaite, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JP Behrendorff 4 0 36 0 9.00 8 1 3 0 0 JA Richardson 4 0 45 2 11.25 7 7 1 1 0 AJ Tye 4 0 29 2 7.25 11 3 0 1 0 Fawad Ahmed 3 0 16 1 5.33 5 0 0 0 0 AM Hardie 3 0 37 0 12.33 5 3 2 0 0 LS Livingstone 2 0 21 0 10.50 4 3 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR4.5 the short ball plan from Bird finally comes off! Bird has been consistently banging it on short and wide outside off, Bancroft's tendency to try to yank everything over the leg side instead of going with the angle produces a wicket. Instead of a cut, he tries to pull and it results in a top edge over midwicket. Very simple catch after jogging in from the ring. 45/110.6 holes out to Silk at deep midwicket! Bird won the battle! Short but wide of off, Livingstone wanted to launch everything over the leg side, he got it high on the bat trying to drag it over deep midwicket, Silk is patrolling and he rarely drops these. Easy catch. 95/36.4 length ball, Munro charges Abbott to flick over midwicket but a leading edge floats to Henriques on the ring at mid-off. Easy catch at head height. 56/214.4 miscue to Moises at mid off! Is that the game? Slower ball off cutter, Inglis tries to go down the ground but loses his shape and slices it to mid off and Henriques takes a simple catch 117/514.2 Vince takes a screamer at cover! And takes off! Huge celebration! Full outside off, Marsh leaned back and cracked a drive flat to cover, Vince flying to his right with two hands takes the catch and he takes off after hitting the deck. 116/417.1 leading edge straight up to cover and Bird takes the catch! Slower ball leg cutter, Turner tried to go over the leg side, he sliced a leading edge high to cover and Bird takes the catch 142/618.3 O'Keefe takes the catch at short third man running to his right! A length slower ball cutter again, he tried to go over deep midwicket against the angle, sliced a top edge to short third man, O'Keefe was nervous running and diving to his right and no one was more relieved or surprised when it stayed in his hands! 157/719.3 holes out to cover! Crowd is celebrating. Slower ball outside off, he tries to launch it down the ground but hits it straight up to cover, Henriques sits under it and takes the catch easily 159/819.5 caught at long on! Another slower ball Behrendorff lofts this high to long on and Abbott takes the catch comfortably 160/9Extras7 (lb 2, nb 1, w 4)TOTAL161/9 (20 Overs, RR: 8.05)Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Cameron Bancroft, 4.5 ov), 2-56 (Colin Munro, 6.4 ov), 3-95 (Liam Livingstone, 10.6 ov), 4-116 (Mitchell Marsh, 14.2 ov), 5-117 (Josh Inglis, 14.4 ov), 6-142 (Ashton Turner, 17.1 ov), 7-157 (Aaron Hardie, 18.3 ov), 8-159 (Andrew Tye, 19.3 ov), 9-160 (Jason Behrendorff, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JM Bird 3 0 14 2 4.66 8 1 0 0 0 BJ Dwarshuis 4 0 37 3 9.25 9 4 1 1 0 SA Abbott 3 0 33 2 11.00 3 3 1 0 0 DT Christian 4 0 25 2 6.25 10 0 1 3 1 SNJ O'Keefe 4 0 26 0 6.50 8 1 1 0 0 CR Brathwaite 2 0 24 0 12.00 2 3 1 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Perth Scorchers , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
Sydney Sixers won the 2020/21 Big Bash League
Season
Match days
06 February 2021 (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Sydney Sixers: JD Ball and L Pope
- Perth Scorchers: JS Paris and KR Patterson
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 4.0 (Mandatory - 31 runs, 1 wicket)
- Sydney Sixers: 50 runs in 5.6 overs (36 balls), Extras 1
- JM Vince: 50 off 31 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Sydney Sixers: 100 runs in 11.4 overs (70 balls), Extras 2
- Power Surge 2: Overs 16.1 - 18.0 (Batting side - 25 runs, 0 wicket)
- Sydney Sixers: 150 runs in 16.2 overs (98 balls), Extras 5
- Innings Break: Sydney Sixers - 188/6 in 20.0 overs (JC Silk 17)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 4.0 (Mandatory - 43 runs, 0 wicket)
- Perth Scorchers: 50 runs in 5.2 overs (33 balls), Extras 5
- Perth Scorchers: 100 runs in 11.6 overs (73 balls), Extras 6
- Power Surge 2: Overs 14.1 - 16.0 (Batting side - 12 runs, 2 wickets)
- Perth Scorchers: 150 runs in 17.5 overs (108 balls), Extras 7
Match Coverage
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