BBL12 Match 50: Sixers win ‘Sydney Smash’ beating Thunder by a massive 125 runs

It was the 'Steve Sixers Show,’ in the Sydney Smash derby match, in the BBL, at the SCG today, with first Steve Smith 125* and then Steve O'Keefe 4-10, the heroes with bat and ball respectively, to give the Sixers a resounding 125 run win.

 

Match Summary

Sydney Sixers vs Sydney Thunder, 50th Match, Big Bash League

Sydney Sixers 187/2 (19 ov)

Sydney Thunder 62/10 (14.4 ov)

Result - Sydney Sixers won by 125 runs

SCORECARD

That right there is a Sydney SMASHING ??#BBL12 pic.twitter.com/xPI77Zdyyj

— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) January 21, 2023

Match Stats

Sydney Sixers Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Josh Philippe - 3.2 ov), 2-32 (Kurtis Patterson - 3.6 ov)

Sydney Thunder Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Matthew Gilkes - 1.3 ov), 2-14 (Blake Nikitaras - 4.5 ov), 3-17 (Oliver Davies - 5.3 ov), 4-32 (Alex Ross - 8.2 ov), 5-38 (David Warner - 9.1 ov), 6-40 (Daniel Sams - 9.5 ov), 7-48 (Ben Cutting - 11.4 ov), 8-59 (Joel Davies - 13.4 ov), 9-61 (Gurinder Sandhu - 14.2 ov),10-62 (Chris Green - 14.4 ov)

Playing XIs

Sydney Sixers:  Josh Philippe(WK), Kurtis Patterson, Moises Henriques(C), Steven Smith, Jordan Silk, Sean Abbott, Daniel Christian, Hayden Kerr, Steve O'Keefe, Ben Dwarshuis, Todd Murphy

Sydney Thunder: David Warner, Matthew Gilkes(WK), Alex Ross, Oliver Davies, Blake Nikitaras, Daniel Sam, Ben Cutting, Chris Green(C), Usman Qadir, Gurinder Sandhu, Joel Davies

Match Details:

Date: Saturday, January 21, 2023 08:05

Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Sydney

Toss: Sydney Sixers won the toss & elected to bat