BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Brendon McCullum	c Starc b MacGill	5	12	17	1	0	41.66

Matthew Hayden	b MacGill	29	28	56	4	0	103.57

James Hopes (c)	c Lumb b Bravo	18	20	20	3	0	90.00

Chris Lynn	c Henriques b Hazlewood	2	3	1	0	0	66.66

Dan Christian	c Smith b Starc	32	22	43	1	2	145.45

Andrew Robinson	lbw b Smith	22	12	12	3	1	183.33

Peter Forrest	c Smith b Starc	16	14	17	1	1	114.28

Chris Hartley †	not out	7	4	8	1	0	175.00
Nick Buchanan	c Lee b Hazlewood	1	5	6	0	0	20.00

Extras	(lb 2, w 5)	7
TOTAL	20 Ov (RR: 6.95, 94 Mins)	139/8
Did not bat: Nathan Hauritz, Alister McDermott
Fall of wickets: 0-12, 1-42 (James Hopes, 6.5 ov), 2-44 (Brendon McCullum, 7.6 ov), 3-46 (Chris Lynn, 8.3 ov), 4-62 (Matthew Hayden, 11.5 ov), 5-103 (Andrew Robinson, 14.5 ov), 6-127 (Dan Christian, 18.1 ov), 7-131 (Peter Forrest, 18.3 ov), 8-139 (Nick Buchanan, 19.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Brett Lee	4	0	19	0	4.75	15	3	0	0	0
Mitchell Starc	4	0	28	2	7.00	14	5	0	1	0
18.1 to DT Christian, full delivery and Christian hits it high in the air straight down the throat of Smith at long on.. 127/6 18.3 to PJ Forrest, hits it high in the air to long on and Smith is waiting for the catch, takes it and in the process of going over the ropes, releases the ball in the field of play and comes back in and takes the catch, wonderful stuff from Smith.. 131/7
Josh Hazlewood	4	0	24	2	6.00	10	3	0	0	0
8.3 to CA Lynn, Hazlewood strikes, a short delivery and Lynn goes for the hook shot, miscues it high in the air to deep square leg and Henriques takes the catch. The Heats are facing the heat.. 46/3 19.6 to ND Buchanan, full delivery and Buchanan mistimes to mid-off and Lee takes an easy catch.. 139/8
Dwayne Bravo	2	0	20	1	10.00	3	1	1	1	0
6.5 to JR Hopes, slower delivery and Hopes goes for the big shot, miscues it high in the air to long off and Lumb judges it well and takes the catch.. 42/1
Stuart MacGill	4	0	21	2	5.25	14	0	1	2	0
a wicket for MacGill, charges down the track and hits in the air down to long off and Straight into the hands of Starc.. 12/0 7.6 to BB McCullum, a wicket for MacGill, charges down the track and hits in the air down to long off and Straight into the hands of Starc.. 44/2 11.5 to ML Hayden, MacGill picks up his second wicket, tossed up higher and outside the off stump, spins in and Hayden misses the sweep shot and the stumps are rattled.. 62/4
Steven Smith	2	0	25	1	12.50	3	2	2	0	0
14.5 to AW Robinson, this time Robinson misses the sweep shot and is struck right in front of the stumps, loud appeal and given.. 103/5

Sydney Sixers (T: 140 runs from 20 ovs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Brad Haddin (c)†	c Hayden b Christian	76	59	70	5	5	128.81

Michael Lumb	c McCullum b Hopes	18	12	17	3	0	150.00

Nic Maddinson	b McDermott	28	32	43	1	0	87.50

Steven Smith	not out	11	7	11	1	0	157.14
Moises Henriques	not out	5	2	2	1	0	250.00
Extras	(w 2)	2
TOTAL	18.4 Ov (RR: 7.50, 73 Mins)	140/3
Did not bat: Brett Lee, Dwayne Bravo, Ed Cowan, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, Stuart MacGill
Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Michael Lumb, 4.3 ov), 2-117 (Nic Maddinson, 16.2 ov), 3-133 (Brad Haddin, 17.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Nathan Hauritz	3	0	23	0	7.66	7	0	2	0	0
Alister McDermott	3	0	33	1	11.00	7	3	2	1	0
16.2 to NJ Maddinson, McDermott keeps it full and Maddinson looking to drive through the off side, drags it back onto the stumps.. 117/2
Dan Christian	4	0	20	1	5.00	12	2	0	0	0
17.6 to BJ Haddin, a soft dismissal, short delivery and Haddin plays too early, mistimes the pull to Hayden at midwicket, the ball came slowly off the track.. 133/3
James Hopes	3.4	0	29	1	7.90	6	4	0	0	0
4.3 to MJ Lumb, Hopes strikes, Lumb looking to work it through the onside, gets a leading edge in the air to McCullum at short extra cover.. 38/1
Nick Buchanan	2	0	21	0	10.50	3	2	1	1	0
Chris Lynn	3	0	14	0	4.66	6	0	0	0	0

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Brisbane Heat innings
BB McCullum retired hurt on 4* from 12/0 to 42/1

Sydney Sixers innings
BJ Haddin 50 off 35 balls in 41 mins, 3x4, 5x6

MATCH DETAILS

Sydney Cricket Ground
Toss	Brisbane Heat, elected to bat first
Series	Big Bash League
Season	2011/12
Player Of The Match	Brad Haddin
Hours of play (local time)	19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.15, Interval 20.15-20.30, Second Session 20.30-21.50
Match days	16 December 2011 - night (20-over match)
T20 debut	Andrew Robinson Nick Buchanan
Umpires	Bruce Oxenford Paul Reiffel
TV Umpire	Ian Lock
Match Referee	Peter Marshall
Points	Sydney Sixers 2, Brisbane Heat 0

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Over 19 • SS 140/3

Sixers won by 7 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)

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Sixers Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
BJ Haddin	caught	76	59
MJ Lumb	caught	18	12
NJ Maddinson	bowled	28	32
SPD Smith	not out	11	7
MC Henriques	not out	5	2
Extras	(w 2)
Total	140(3 wkts; 18.4 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	R	W	Econ
NM Hauritz	3	23	0	7.66
AC McDermott	3	33	1	11
DT Christian	4	20	1	5
JR Hopes	3.4	29	1	7.9
ND Buchanan	2	21	0	10.5
CA Lynn	3	14	0	4.66

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	38	Brad Haddin	Michael Lumb
2nd	79	Brad Haddin	Nic Maddinson
3rd	16	Brad Haddin	Steven Smith
4th	7	Moises Henriques	Steven Smith

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Big Bash League

TEAM	M	W	L	PT	NRR
PS	7	5	2	10	0.626
HH	7	5	2	10	0.569
SS	7	5	2	10	0.262
MS	7	4	3	8	0.254
BH	7	3	4	6	0.324
AS	7	2	5	4	-0.338
MR	7	2	5	4	-0.582
ST	7	2	5	4	-1.250

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