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Sixers vs Scorchers, 4th Match at Sydney, BBL, Dec 22 2018 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
4th Match, Sydney, December 22, 2018, Big Bash League
(20 ov, T:165) 147/8

Sixers won by 17 runs

Player Of The Match
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end of over 2010 runs
PS: 147/8CRR: 7.35 
Jhye Richardson15 (10b 2x4)
Andrew Tye1 (1b)
Tom Curran 4-0-32-0
Sean Abbott 4-0-29-3

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.

19.6
4
Tom Curran to Jhye Richardson, FOUR runs

swings wildly at a fuller one and gets an inside edge to fine leg

19.5
1
Tom Curran to Tye, 1 run

low full toss, smashes it straight into the stumps. Curran has his hand out but has it grazed the fingers?

19.4
1lb
Tom Curran to Jhye Richardson, 1 leg bye

walks across to a fuller one and gets hit on the pad outside the line of off stump

19.3
4
Tom Curran to Jhye Richardson, FOUR runs

slower short ball, swivels and pulls to deep square leg where Edwards lets it go through the legs as he dives

19.2
Tom Curran to Jhye Richardson, no run

yorker outside off, jams the bat down but gets beaten

19.1
Tom Curran to Jhye Richardson, no run

back of a length, slower, from the back of the hand, keeps low and he swings and misses

end of over 197 runs • 1 wicket
PS: 137/8CRR: 7.21 RRR: 28.00
Jhye Richardson7 (5b)
Andrew Tye0 (0b)
Sean Abbott 4-0-29-3
Tom Curran 3-0-23-0
18.6
1
Abbott to Jhye Richardson, 1 run

short around off, backs away and carves it to deep cover

18.5
W
Abbott to Coulter-Nile, OUT

short, no room, swings looking for a pull and gets a top-edge that the keeper settles under

Nathan Coulter-Nile c †Philippe b Abbott 9 (9b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100
18.4
2
Abbott to Coulter-Nile, 2 runs

shortish outside off, pulls off the bottom half of the bat to deep square leg

18.3
1
Abbott to Jhye Richardson, 1 run

backs away to a short one and slaps it to long-off

18.2
2
Abbott to Jhye Richardson, 2 runs

short of length, pulled to deep midwicket

18.1
1
Abbott to Coulter-Nile, 1 run

pulls with no room and gets a top edge down to long-on

end of over 189 runs • 1 wicket
PS: 130/7CRR: 7.22 RRR: 17.50
Nathan Coulter-Nile6 (6b)
Jhye Richardson3 (2b)
Tom Curran 3-0-23-0
Sean Abbott 3-0-22-2
17.6
1
Tom Curran to Coulter-Nile, 1 run

full toss on off, carved away to point

17.5
1
Tom Curran to Jhye Richardson, 1 run

punches a full toss to extra cover

17.4
2
Tom Curran to Jhye Richardson, 2 runs

full, nips away outside off, reaches out and chips it over mid-off

17.4
2nb
Tom Curran to Cartwright, (no ball) OUT

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

Hilton Cartwright run out (sub [D Fallins]/†Philippe) 53 (39b 4x4 1x6) SR: 135.89
17.3
1
Tom Curran to Coulter-Nile, 1 run

yorker, jams the bat down just in the nick of time to get an inside edge.. that was heading straight for middle stump

17.2
2
Tom Curran to Coulter-Nile, 2 runs

short of good length, outside off, drags a pull wide of long-on

17.1
Tom Curran to Coulter-Nile, no run

slower ball, swings and misses as the ball goes over middle stump

end of over 175 runs • 1 wicket
PS: 121/6CRR: 7.11 RRR: 14.66
Hilton Cartwright52 (38b 4x4 1x6)
Nathan Coulter-Nile2 (2b)
Sean Abbott 3-0-22-2
Ben Dwarshuis 4-0-25-1
16.6
2
Abbott to Cartwright, 2 runs

short of length outside off, slapped down to long-on for a brace

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Over 20 • PS 147/8

Sixers won by 17 runs
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TEAMMWLPTNRR
HH14104200.603
MR1486160.173
SS1486160.047
MS147714-0.062
BH1467130.249
ST1467130.000
AS146812-0.473
PS144108-0.502