swings wildly at a fuller one and gets an inside edge to fine leg
Sixers vs Scorchers, 4th Match at Sydney, BBL, Dec 22 2018 - Ball by Ball Commentary
6.31pm Sydney Sixers open their campaign with a canter, and it's two defeats in two for last-year's table-toppers, the Scorchers. A record stand between Daniel Hughes and Jordan Silk set this victory up and then the bowlers kept the pressure on with some good intelligent slower bowling and variations in pace. O'Keefe led that effort with his best BBL figures, and for that he's been named Player of the Match. Scorchers could've been chasing a lot lesser and were almost equal at the halfway mark, but that stand made all the difference.
That will be a wrap of this game then. But stick around, for this is a double-header Saturday and Heat v Hurricanes isn't far away. But from here, goodbye.
low full toss, smashes it straight into the stumps. Curran has his hand out but has it grazed the fingers?
walks across to a fuller one and gets hit on the pad outside the line of off stump
slower short ball, swivels and pulls to deep square leg where Edwards lets it go through the legs as he dives
yorker outside off, jams the bat down but gets beaten
back of a length, slower, from the back of the hand, keeps low and he swings and misses
short around off, backs away and carves it to deep cover
short, no room, swings looking for a pull and gets a top-edge that the keeper settles under
shortish outside off, pulls off the bottom half of the bat to deep square leg
backs away to a short one and slaps it to long-off
short of length, pulled to deep midwicket
pulls with no room and gets a top edge down to long-on
full toss on off, carved away to point
punches a full toss to extra cover
full, nips away outside off, reaches out and chips it over mid-off
full toss, slapped to deep point. No-ball called but there could be a run out here. Cartwright pushes back for the second. Dicey. Leans forward and stretches and even the drag of the bat can't save him
yorker, jams the bat down just in the nick of time to get an inside edge.. that was heading straight for middle stump
short of good length, outside off, drags a pull wide of long-on
slower ball, swings and misses as the ball goes over middle stump
short of length outside off, slapped down to long-on for a brace
Over 20 • PS 147/8
Sixers won by 17 runs