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When: Saturday January 16, 2021 at 6:40 pm
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Just three weeks ago this would have been a flogging, but tonight’s match between the table-topping Sixers and the resurgent Scorchers could very well now be the fixture of the season, and a preview of this year’s decider.
The Sixers are always there abouts, but there is no denying that this is one of their most consistent Big Bash campaigns to date, and they have stridden 6 points clear of the chasing pack following Wednesday night’s tight win over crosstown rivals the Thunder.
The Scorchers remain one of, if not the league’s most successful franchise, and after going 0-3 at the beginning of the season something clicked, and they simply haven’t looked back.
This market deserves to be a tight one but I am happy to continue backing the Scorchers until they give me a reason not to.
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Sydney Sixers vs Perth Scorchers Teams
Sydney Sixers squad Moises Henriques (c), Sean Abbott, Justin Avendano, Jake Ball (England), Nick Bertus (local replacement player), Jackson Bird, Carlos Brathwaite (West Indies), Dan Christian, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Mickey Edwards, Jason Holder (West Indies), Daniel Hughes, Hayden Kerr, Nathan Lyon, Ben Manenti, Lawrence Neil-Smith (local replacement player), Stephen O’Keefe, Josh Philippe, Lloyd Pope, Tom Rogers (local replacement player), Gurinder Sandhu (local replacement player), Jordan Silk, Mitchell Starc, James Vince (England)
Perth Scorchers squad Mitchell Marsh (c), Ashton Agar, Fawad Ahmed, Cameron Bancroft, Jason Behrendorff, Joe Clarke (England), Cameron Gannon, Cameron Green, Liam Guthrie (local replacement player), Aaron Hardie, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kelly, Liam Livingstone (England), Colin Munro (New Zealand), Joel Paris, Kurtis Patterson, Jhye Richardson, Corey Rocchiccioli (local replacement player), Jason Roy (England), Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye, Sam Whiteman
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WICKET! What an over from Jackson Bird
The big quick turns the screws and draws the error. Linvingstone hits out, gets the toppish edge and that’s well caught on the rope by Silk. He’s gone for 45 and it’s 3-95 off 11 overs, Mitch Marsh the new man and the key man for the Scorchers. O’Keefe straight back into the attack.
He finds the middle there…
That’s a big Nikki Sixx from Livingstone, 12 from the over and the Sixers are 2-91 after 10 overs. The Sixers probably just have their nose in front but this is a cracking final already.
Massive moment… as DCE CHUGS A BEER!
That just happened. Shake and bake.
It’s neck and neck at the SCG
Both sides were 2-71 at the exact moment in their innings. The Scorchers need to go on with things here because James Vince did just that for the Sixers. Braithwaite operating against Livingstone here, he’s 28 off 24 and hasn’t hit them really cleanly thus far tonight.
He finds the fence there, well played at the end of a decent over. Lovely ramp and creates runs were few were forthcoming. And then he nearly ramps it to the legside fielder! What is happening here. Appeal here for a run out after all of that but he looks safe and sound… and he is well home.
It’s 2-79 after nine overs.
WICKET! Abbott hits back for the Sixers
Munro gone for two, Sixers in charge here. Scorchers 2-56 as Josh ‘Greg’ Inglis makes his way to the middle. He doesn’t have much time to adjust the sights here as Abbott concedes just five runs and takes a wicket from that over.
O’Keefe having a trundle for the Sixers
He’ll throw in plenty of pace changes here, that’s his go in the short form of the game. He’s been very good at keeping runs to a minimum and is finding his spots here as well. Just four runs from that over, the Scorchers can’t afford too many more of those. Scorchers 1-53, advantage Sixers at the moment probably.
Bancroft goes for 30 off 19
Big, big wicket for the Sixers. Vince takes the easy grab in close and the Scorchers lose their first wicket. Munro joins the fray and Livingstone needs to start finding the middle. He does just that with a boundary to close out the fifth over. It’s 1-49 after five overs, still a huge task ahead of them.
Some curious shots from Livingstone
He’s lost the plot just for the moment, Scorchers going very well and he’s swinging and missing and trying obscene ramps from well outside off stump. Might be the time for a bit of orthodox cricket… and that’s orthodox enough.
It’s also OUT.
Shout here? Not out
Dan Christian fanced that LBW shout against Bancroft but it’s adjudged to be going a little high. And the crowd hate this… Christian pinged for a wide for dropping one short, the Sixers didn’t seem to get that sort of decision earlier. Anyway, free hit, fun and games, just the single after the messy sweep attempt. Super over from the veteran and it’s 0-43.
Runs here for the Scorchers
Back-to-back boundaries for Bancroft off Abbott. And that’s a SIX. Sean Abbott getting a proper tonking here in his first over. Just a single there off the full toss but now Livingstone gets in on the act, slices that to the fence and Abbott goes for 19 from his opener. Scorchers race to 0-36 after three.
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The Perth Scorchers wore black armbands during Saturday evening’s Big Bash League final against the Sydney Sixers in honour of former Australian bowler Sam Gannon, who passed away aged 73 this week.
Gannon played three Tests for Australia in the 1970s during the World Series Cricket saga, making his international debut against India in 1977.
The left-armer claimed 4/77 on debut in the second innings, finishing with 11 Test scalps.
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“I got seven wickets (on debut) and my good mate Tony Mann got a century and to do it in front of a home crowd was fantastic,” Gannon said in 2000.
“The public response was outstanding and people would stop you in the street to wish you well.”
He also took 117 first-class wickets for Western Australia, winning three Sheffield Shield titles during a stellar 12-year playing career.
Following his retirement, Gannon became heavily involved in cricket administration, serving as chair of the Western Australian Cricket Association between 2013 and 2015.
In 2017, Gannon was made an OAM for services to cricket and business.
“Australian and Western Australian cricket has lost one of its great leaders in Sam Gannon and, on behalf of everyone at Cricket Australia, we send our sincere condolences to Sam’s family and friends,” CA chair Earl Eddings said in a statement.
“As a deft left-arm quick, a giant of the business community, a leader of charitable causes and a brilliant cricket administration, Sam was known and loved across Australia and particularly in his home state of WA, where his positive impact on the community will be felt for many generations to come.
“As the Perth Scorchers take the field tonight wearing black armbands in Sam’s memory, we should all take a moment to reflect on his enormous contribution to our great game.”
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WACA chair Tuck Waldron said in a statement: “The Board, Management, staff and players of the WACA are very saddened with the passing of Sam Gannon.
“Sam has made an outstanding contribution to cricket in WA, during his time as a Player, Vice President and Chair of the Board.
“Having served on the WACA Board for more than a decade, Sam was committed to ensuring the continued success of the WACA and was dedicated to growing cricket in WA.
“On behalf of everyone at the WACA and the WA cricket community we send our deepest sympathies to his family and closest friends.”
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SCG will play host to Saturday”s
BBL Big Bash 2021 game between Sydney Sixers and
Perth Scorchers. The game kicks off at 7:40 pm with Perth Scorchers heading into the game as favourites with the bookmakers. Continue reading for our in-depth preview of the Sydney Sixers vs.
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When: Saturday February 6, 2021 at 7:40 pm
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The Sixers and the Scorchers have been the top two sides all season as they prepare to meet for the fourth time in the Big Bash Final on Saturday night.
With home ground advantage and some extra rest, you might expect to find Sydney as the slight favourites in the market, but given how unpredictable this season has been, the bookies seem to be having a tough time separating these two sides.
Fortunately, we don’t have to rewind very far to find the last meeting between these two sides.
The Sixers earned the right to host the final with their nine-wicket win in the Qualifier over Perth, which in turn sent the Scorchers packing to Canberra on Thursday night to face the Heat in the Challenger.
Plenty of people doubted the Scorchers’ chances on the neutral turf, but a classy 77 run knock from Liam Livingstone did the trick as Perth cruised to a comfortable win.
Adam Voges will be hoping his side can carry that momentum into Sydney on short rest, but unfortunately Perth’s track record at the SCG makes them a tough team to trust.
The Scorchers have won only two of their last five games against the Sixers in Sydney, while their record on the road this year is also questionable.
When these two sides last met the Sixers did a fantastic job of limiting Jason Roy and Liam Livingstone to less than 20 runs each atop, while on the other side, James Vince fell just two runs shy of a century. If the Sixers can repeat that effort, they’ll surely be on their way to another trophy.
Overall, there’s no question Perth is capable of winning after putting up over 170 runs in four of their last five games.
The only team to limit the Scorchers to less than 170 twice this season has been the Sixers though, so based on that and their overall track record against Perth of late, Sydney appears to have the slight edge.
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Sydney Sixers squad Moises Henriques (c), Sean Abbott, Justin Avendano, Jake Ball (England), Nick Bertus (local replacement player), Jackson Bird, Carlos Brathwaite (West Indies), Dan Christian, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Mickey Edwards, Jason Holder (West Indies), Daniel Hughes, Hayden Kerr, Nathan Lyon, Ben Manenti, Lawrence Neil-Smith (local replacement player), Stephen O’Keefe, Josh Philippe, Lloyd Pope, Tom Rogers (local replacement player), Gurinder Sandhu (local replacement player), Jordan Silk, Mitchell Starc, James Vince (England)
Perth Scorchers squad Mitchell Marsh (c), Ashton Agar, Fawad Ahmed, Cameron Bancroft, Jason Behrendorff, Joe Clarke (England), Cameron Gannon, Cameron Green, Liam Guthrie (local replacement player), Aaron Hardie, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kelly, Liam Livingstone (England), Colin Munro (New Zealand), Joel Paris, Kurtis Patterson, Jhye Richardson, Corey Rocchiccioli (local replacement player), Jason Roy (England), Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye, Sam Whiteman
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BBL final, Sydney Sixers vs Perth Scorchers at Sydney Cricket Ground (7.40pm AEDT) —
The Big Bash League’s two best teams — this season, and historically — will take their rivalry to the next step on Saturday night in the BBL|10 final at the SCG.
While the competition’s other rivalries were created, and maintained, by geographical reasons, the friction between the Sydney Sixers and Perth Scorchers is very real.
It bubbled beneath the surface for years but can no longer be hidden as the franchises prepare to meet in a final for the fourth time in BBL history.
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So successful have the Sixers and the Scorchers been that only three BBL finals have come and gone without either taking part.
The Sixers have won two titles and are the league’s defending champions. The Scorchers are its most-successful team with three championships, but none since 2016-17.
Perth can end that mini-drought on Saturday night in their first trip to the final in four seasons.
Despite comfortably losing to the Sixers in last weekend’s Qualifier, the Scorchers are oozing confidence after crushing the Brisbane Heat on Thursday at Manuka Oval.
“The confidence within the camp is pretty special … we’ve almost played the perfect game (against Brisbane),” opener Liam Livingstone said, according to AAP.
“I hope they were watching and they’re running scared. No, the Sixers have played great cricket.”
There’s undoubtedly history between the two teams. Most notably, when they played the greatest BBL match of all time in 2014-15, when the Scorchers won the title off a fumbled run-out on the last ball.
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Moises Henriques was the man who made the error, and will have a shot at redemption on Saturday night.
But the elephant in the room pertains to what happened last time the two teams met.
The Sixers cruised to victory, but the match was marred on the last ball when James Vince was left stranded on 98 not out because AJ Tye bowled a wide for the winning run.
Tye pleads innocence and, despite claims of unsportsmanlike conduct from the likes of Michael Vaughan, there’s no reason to not believe the quick; an upstanding servant of the game.
But mistake or not, neither camp has forgotten the unpleasantness of the incident.
Livingstone believes the extra heat in the rivalry will play into the hands of the Scorchers, who finished second on the ladder, behind the Sixers.
“I guess it’ll be a bit bigger after what happened in the last game, which is great for us,” he said. “The better we (play) … when we get in a fight. So hopefully we can bring our A-game on Saturday and come out on top.”
If that plays into the Scorchers hands, the Sixers can at least count on having the home ground advantage, and a week of rest heading into the blockbuster.
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Scorchers opener Jason Roy is in a race to be fit for the final after rolling his ankle before Thursday night’s Challenger final. He was replaced at the top of the order by Cameron Bancroft, who will likely keep his spot after making an unbeaten 58 against the Heat.
The Scorchers are otherwise in good health.
As are the Sixers, who haven’t felt the need to call on Australia gun Mitchell Starc for the final.
Starc became available for the match but he and the Sixers mutually agreed to not change the squad that reached the final, the club said.
“The guys have done so well this year and I think it’s in everyone’s best interests to stick with the guys that have worked so hard to get to this point,” Starc said.
WEATHER UPDATES
There’s a small sense of deja vu with Sydney’s weather forecast once again a concerning one for the BBL final.
As of Friday night, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) was forecasting an 80 per cent chance of 5-15mm of rain in Sydney, with the showers most likely in the afternoon and evening, as well as a thunderstorm.
The weather forecast last year was far more grim, leading to just 10,121 people watching the Sixers lift their second trophy in a 12-over-a-side game against the Melbourne Stars. Had the match been washed out — which appeared to be the likely outcome for most of the day — the Sixers would have won the title due to their higher spot on the ladder.
Big Bash officials have introduced a reserve day on Sunday this year after the near miss in 2020.
LAST TIME THEY MET
The Scorchers and Sixers have met three times this year, with Sydney winning the past two encounters.
The Sixers claimed a big nine-wicket win in last weekend’s Qualifier at Manuka Oval, two weeks after winning by seven wickets at the same venue.
Perth won their first clash of the season by 86 runs at Optus Stadium.
The two teams have met 19 times in the BBL, with the Scorchers leading the head-to-head 11-8.
TEAMS
Sydney Sixers (possible): Josh Philippe, James Vince, Daniel Hughes, Moises Henriques (c), Jordan Silk, Dan Christian, Carlos Brathwaite, Sean Abbott, Steve O’Keefe, Ben Dwarshius, Jackson Bird
Perth Scorchers (possible): Cameron Bancroft, Liam Livingstone, Colin Munro, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Marsh, Ashton Turner, Aaron Hardie, Jhye Richardson, Andrew Tye, Fawad Ahmed, Jason Behrendroff
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James Vince has piloted defending champions Sydney Sixers into another Big Bash League final at the SCG, making a mockery of a target of 168 in his side’s qualifying final against Perth Scorchers.
The table-topping Sixers were forced to host the clash in Canberra, having failed to play a single game at home this season because of border closures.
Vince ensured the only drama at the end of the game revolved around whether he would reach three figures.
The Englishman was stranded on 98 not out when AJ Tye ended the game with an anticlimactic bouncer that was rightly called wide.
The Sixers wrapped up a nine-wicket win with 18 balls remaining at Manuka Oval, thanks largely to a dominant opening stand of 92 runs between Vince and Josh Philippe (45).
It was the first of their two wins on Saturday night, with Cricket Australia confirming the SCG will host the season decider regardless of the Sixers’ opposition.
“Our fans have shown tremendous support for us as we’ve travelled around the country — and deserve the chance to see us in action at our home ground,” Sixers general manager Jodie Hawkins said.
The Scorchers have been given the green light to host their semi-final, against either Sydney Thunder or Brisbane Heat, at Perth Stadium on Thursday night.
Vince made Perth pay for putting down chances he offered on four and 23.
Vince brought up his half-century when a scrambling Richardson failed to stop a six, although it would be tough to call it a dropped catch.
Philippe, who earned man-of-the-match honours in last year’s final, played a classy knock after dropping a costly catch in the first innings that helped Josh Inglis lift Perth to 6-167.
The dashing keeper-batsman set the tone at the start of the chase.
Philippe scored 13 runs off Jhye Richardson’s opening over of the innings, flicking a 148.3 km/h bouncer from the BBL’s leading wicket-taker over the leg-side rope.
Sydney’s victory equation was 78 runs from 67 balls after Philippe’s dismissal, leaving Perth with limited room for error as they attempted to build pressure on Vince.
Earlier, Jordan Silk lived up to his reputation as one of the BBL’s best fielders by calmly pocketing catches on the rope to remove dangerous batsmen Ashton Turner (33) and Colin Munro (30).
The Scorchers lost key wickets at key moments.
Inglis finished 69 not out after being dropped on 40 by Philippe.
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Sydney Sixers 168-1 (17 overs): Vince 98* (53), Philippe 45 (28)
Sydney Sixers won by nine wickets
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England batsman James Vince’s unbeaten 98 off 53 balls helped Sydney Sixers thrash Perth Scorchers to reach the Big Bash League final.
The opener hit 14 fours and one six as the Sixers chased 168 with nine wickets in hand and three overs to spare.
But he was denied the chance of a century when Andrew Tye bowled a wide with the scores level in Canberra.
Asked if Tye had done it intentionally, Vince said: “I guess only he will know.”
He told BT Sport: “A hundred would’ve been nice but I’m just happy to be there at the end and be in the final.”
The Scorchers, who finished second behind the Sixers in the league stage, have another chance to qualify for the final at the SCG on 6 February.
They play the winners of Sunday’s Knockout between Brisbane Heat or Sydney Thunder in the Challenger on Thursday to decide who will face the Sixers.
Vince, dropped by Australia bowler Tye on 23, shared an opening stand of 92 in 8.1 overs with Josh Philippe, who made 45 off 25 balls.
Vince added a further 76 with Daniel Hughes, who hit Jyhe Richardson for four in the 17th over to tie the scores and prompt ironic boos from the Sixers fans at the Manuka Oval.
Hughes was cheered after choosing not to score off the final three balls of the over, but Tye’s bouncer down the leg side off the first ball of the next sealed the Sixers’ victory.
The Scorchers’ total of 167-6 was built around Josh Inglis’ unbeaten 69 off 41 balls, while England’s Liam Livingstone and Jason Roy made 15 and three respectively at the top of the order.
Tye (right) apologised to Vince at the end of the game
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The cricket world has come down hard on Perth Scorchers bowler Andrew Tye after he bowled a wide to finish the BBL Qualifier — and cost the Sydney Sixers’ James Vince a chance at bringing up a century.
The Scorchers were never really in the same game, despite hitting 6/167, as the Sixers reached the total one wicket down and with three overs remaining.
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Englishman Vince had led the way and was on 98, just short of the Sixers first ever century as a franchise.
But the game has ended in a wild anticlimax after the first ball of the 18th over from Tye sailed way over Vince’s head.
In the previous over, Vince was on 98 with five runs needed when Daniel Hughes hit a four to square leg leaving just one run needed.
The crowd booed the Sixers star, while Hughes then blocked and looked to run the next ball.
It was crazy scenes as the fans cheered the last three balls as Hughes blocked them out.
In commentary, Adam Gilchrist said: “What about a wide, how nasty could (Jhye) Richardson be here?”
Blocking out the rest of the over, the crowd was thrilled with one of the biggest cheers of the night.
But as Tye came in to bowl the first ball of the 18th over, he bowled a massive bouncer that went way over Vince’s head.
Vince stared down the bowler and headed out to point to shake hands before coming back near Tye where he put on a smile and appeared to say “it’s all good” and shook his hand.
“I reckon he’s just dragged that down AJ Tye,” Mark Waugh said.
“Yeah, he’s turned around pretty quickly and come down to Vince …” Gilchrist said.
“Accidental,” Waugh concluded.
Gilchrist said: “Not for a moment did I think AJ Tye meant that but it was a bit of an anticlimax. He deserved a hundred. Maybe Dan Hughes needed to show more awareness of it the over before.”
Asked if he had somewhere to be tonight, Vince joked: “There’s not much to do here.”
But when the discussion moved from his innings to the finish, Vince himself didn’t seem too sold on the fact that it was completely accidental.
“To be honest, it would have been nice to get a hundred,” he said. “It was only when Hughesy blocked out a couple that I started thinking about it. In hindsight, it took one off Richo to cover which I probably shouldn’t have taken but just focused on getting it done, just happy to be there at the end and get the guys home.
When asked about Tye, he said: “I don’t want to point fingers, it almost hit him on the toe, so it was pretty short so I hope he didn’t mean it anyway.”
Social media was quick to react with Australian and English fans slamming the ball.
The Barmy Army official account was quick to tweet: “James Vince denied Hundred points symbol in the cruellest of ways. What have you done AJ Tye?!”
Former English captain Michael Vaughan was fuming: “No one can tell me that he didn’t mean to do that … !! Poor form from AJ Tye”.
Manchester Evening News writers Tyrone Marshall and Dominic Booth also slammed the ball.
Marshall wrote of Vince’s suggestion it almost hit him on the toe: “Think we can take that as a yes (it was deliberate). Classic Aussie s***housery from AJ Tye,” while Booth added: “Just seen it. Dreadful form from Tye.”
Former AFL star Jude Bolton wrote was also spewing over the ball.
It was just the start of the reaction as the cricket world was quick to slam the ball.
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Manuka Oval will play host to Saturday”s
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When: Saturday January 30, 2021 at 7:16 pm
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It’s fair to say this might be the most exciting game of the entire season when the top two sides meet in Canberra on Saturday night.
Perth’s shock loss to Brisbane on Tuesday saw them finish second on the ladder, while the Sixers wound up four points clear at the top after taking care of the Stars.
These two sides have split their two meetings one win apiece this season and it appears the bookies are having a tough time separating them as a result.
Both sides have strengths on either side of the ball. Josh Phillipe finished the season ranked second in runs scored, while Jyhe Richardson led the competition comfortably in wickets taken.
Perhaps the one deciding factor here will be the neutral ground of Manuka Oval, a venue Perth has struggled at all season.
The Scorchers lost comfortably to the Thunder in Canberra early in the season, before losing by 86 runs to the Sixers here earlier in the month.
Sydney, meanwhile, has firmly enjoyed their time in Canberra playing to a perfect 2-0 record.
The Scorchers have also shown a tendency to struggle following defeat playing to a 2-3 record in their last five games.
Like Friday’s game, this one could really go either way, but the Sixers do look the safer bet when it comes to trends and form.
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Sydney Sixers vs Perth Scorchers Teams
Sydney Sixers squad Moises Henriques (c), Sean Abbott, Justin Avendano, Jake Ball (England), Nick Bertus (local replacement player), Jackson Bird, Carlos Brathwaite (West Indies), Dan Christian, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Mickey Edwards, Jason Holder (West Indies), Daniel Hughes, Hayden Kerr, Nathan Lyon, Ben Manenti, Lawrence Neil-Smith (local replacement player), Stephen O’Keefe, Josh Philippe, Lloyd Pope, Tom Rogers (local replacement player), Gurinder Sandhu (local replacement player), Jordan Silk, Mitchell Starc, James Vince (England)
Perth Scorchers squad Mitchell Marsh (c), Ashton Agar, Fawad Ahmed, Cameron Bancroft, Jason Behrendorff, Joe Clarke (England), Cameron Gannon, Cameron Green, Liam Guthrie (local replacement player), Aaron Hardie, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kelly, Liam Livingstone (England), Colin Munro (New Zealand), Joel Paris, Kurtis Patterson, Jhye Richardson, Corey Rocchiccioli (local replacement player), Jason Roy (England), Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye, Sam Whiteman
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Sydney Sixers are out to make the most of finishing top of the BBL ladder as they seek to defend the title they won for the second time last year.
Key points:
Sydney Sixers are one win away from the BBL final after finishing top of the ladder
Sixers have played two games in Canberra this season, winning both
Hobart Hurricanes, Melbourne Stars and Melbourne Renegades missed out on finals
The Sixers confirmed first place and home ground advantage for the finals with a five-wicket bonus point win over Melbourne Stars at the MCG on Tuesday night.
The result means they will host Perth Scorchers in the first-versus-second ‘qualifier’ final on Saturday, with the winner advancing directly to the season decider.
But the match will be played at Canberra’s Manuka Oval because of travel restrictions around Sydney, which has not hosted a BBL match all season.
Sydney Sixers and Perth Scorchers will meet in the ‘qualifier’ for a spot in the final.(AAP: Lukas Coch)
Brisbane Heat and Adelaide Strikers meet in the ‘eliminator’ at the Gabba on Friday, with Sydney Thunder hosting the winner of that match in Canberra on Sunday.
“It is pretty close and I think anyone can win it from here, so the placings are really important,” Sixers fast bowler Ben Dwarshuis said.
“If you’re fourth or fifth you’ve got to win four games in a row to end up winning it.
“[Finishing top] is a big advantage and hopefully we can make the most of it.”
Dwarshuis said his teammates are “optimistic” about home games in Canberra, where they boast a 2-0 record this season.
“We would’ve taken a lot out of those games in regards to what works on that particular wicket and that size ground,” Dwarshuis said.
“Traditionally the wicket might play a bit slower and be a bit more spin friendly, and I think we’ve got some really talented spinners.
“We’ve got some quicks who take the pace off the ball really nicely and bowl some nice cutters, so I think it’s a wicket that we can definitely go well on and hopefully go the whole way.”
Sydney Thunder captain Callum Ferguson is equally as buoyant about the prospect of a home final in Canberra for his side.
“We get really well supported there, it’s a second home for us,” he said.
Marnus Labuschagne scored 46 runs and took 3-35 in the Heat’s 6-run victory.(AAP: Rob Prezioso)
Brisbane Heat batsman Marnus Labuschagne, who has become an increasingly dangerous part-time leg-spinner, declared his side was right in the title hunt after beating the Scorchers by six runs on Tuesday.
That’s despite the Heat needing to win three straight knockout matches just to reach the final on February 6.
“It feels great to actually get into the finals, we have been close the last few years,” Labuschagne said.
“And it wasn’t the perfect game today but that is also an exciting thing for us going into the finals — that we haven’t put the perfect game in yet and we snuck in.
“We’re a big threat.”
AAP
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