Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

Babar Azam
Babar Azam
58(46) 4x4 - 1x6
Control %85%
  • Productive Shot
  • on drive
  • 14 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
5 0 4 1 13 6 14 15
JSC Brown
43(19) 3x4 - 4x6
Control %63%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 21 runs
  • 2x4 - 2x6
5 0 0 4 13 6 0 15

Best performances - Bowlers

SA Abbott
SA Abbott
O4
M0
R16
W3
Eco4
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
J Edwards
O4
M0
R23
W2
Eco5.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: K Vairavan | Commentator: Shashwat Kumar

7:11pm That will be all for this game. But this New Year's Day just keeps getting better in the BBL, with the Hobart Hurricanes welcoming the Perth Scorchers. Join Alex Malcolm for all the action there. Until next time, from Raghav, Vairavan and myself (Shashwat), it is goodbye!

Sean Abbott, Player of the Match: I felt it was a bowling-friendly wicket. They (the Renegades) showed good signs of keeping the score up. The way they (Babar and Davies) batted at the end, thought they went about it really well. Good to see him (Davies) go out there and get the runs. We know how talented he is. I felt it was a tough wicket. Babar had to go through a stage (at the start where he found it tough).

7:07pm A comfortable run-chase in the end. Babar, of course, will take a few of the plaudits for his fifty but this chase was as much about the cameos around him as it was about Pakistan's batting superstar. Davies' cameo, in particular, knocked the stuffing out of the Renegades. Henriques did his bit too, especially during the Power Surge and that meant Babar could bat inside his bubble, free of the stress of the scoring rate.

The Renegades, as it turned out, just did not have enough runs on the board. They tried to put pressure on the Sixers by restricting the run-rate early but when the Sixers, armed with great batting depth, came at the hosts, there was not much they could do.

19.1
4
Tye to Babar Azam, FOUR, up and over, and Babar takes the Sixers past the finish line on the first day of the year! Back of a length outside off. Babar stands up tall and muscles it over mid off. Not his most elegant stroke or his most free-flowing innings but he has gotten the job done, and he was there right at the end to seal the deal too!

END OF OVER:
19 | 6 Runs | SS: 164/4 (1 run required from 6 balls, RR: 8.63, RRR: 1.00)

  • Babar Azam54 (45b)
  • Joel Davies34 (15b)
  • Gurinder Sandhu4-0-23-2
  • Andrew Tye3-0-35-0
18.6
1
Sandhu to Babar Azam, 1 run, very full outside off. Babar clinks it out towards sweeper cover. Just a single but the scores are now level

Sixers still need two

18.5
0
Sandhu to Babar Azam, no run, low full toss speared into middle stump. Babar chunks it off the toe-end towards mid wicket
18.4
0
Sandhu to Babar Azam, no run, very full on middle and off. Babar digs it out towards mid wicket
18.3
2
Sandhu to Babar Azam, 2 runs, full outside off. Babar leans forward and chips it over extra cover for another brace
18.2
2
Sandhu to Babar Azam, 2 runs, fifty for Babar! Full outside off. Babar flicks it effortlessly towards mid on and races back for two. Raises his bat, soaks in the applause and he has played this anchor role to perfection today, with help from those around him!

Babar back on strike, one run from his fifty. Sixers one hit away from just their second win this season

Sixers 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st46Babar AzamDP Hughes
2nd20Babar AzamJR Philippe
3rd42MC HenriquesBabar Azam
4th9Babar AzamBJ Dwarshuis
5th51Babar AzamJ Davies

Big Bash League

TeamMWLPTNRR
PS1073141.363
SS1063130.605
HH1063130.331
MS1064120.759
BH105510-0.431
AS10468-0.231
MR10376-1.202
ST10284-1.212