on the roof of the ladies stand! What a way to finish it That's a thunderous blow to secure a crushing victory. The ball is lodged into the gutter, Philippe picking this off the stumps and whipping it miles over deep midwicket. What a shot, what an innings
Scorchers vs Sixers, 2nd Match at Sydney, BBL, Dec 18 2019 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Sixers won by 8 wickets (with 30 balls remaining)
Sydney Sixers win by eight wickets with five overs to spare. An almost perfect all-round display. Josh Philippe will take the headlines, and rightly so, but it was an excellent performance in the field that set up the match. All the Sixers bowlers played their part and they were very good in the field. The Scorchers just not at the races today. Plenty of them to think about. "He's a freak," Daniel Hughes says of Philippe. So the Sixers have laid down an early marker. I'll wrap things up there for tonight. We'll be back tomorrow as the defending champions Melbourne Renegades face Sydney Thunder. Until then, it's goodbye and thanks for joining us.
an appeal for lbw as he aim for a repeat of the previous shot, maybe outside the line
great shot! Immense power from the bottom hand as he whips a full, straight delivery to deep midwicket
length ball, squeezed through square leg
clears deep square! Picks this up very sweetly and pulls it over the rope
back of a length, heaved over midwicket
driven to deep midwicket with a straight bat
deep in the crease, flicks into midwicket and the weight of the shot is perfect for a second
comes down the pitch and drives to long-on
worked off the pads into midwicket
brings out the reverse sweep, takes this from outside leg but doesn't really time it
full, opens the face as he drives through cover
another yorker, outside off, defended
back of a length at off stump, angled behind point
works a full ball outside off to deep square
driven to mid-off
terrific yorker, does well to keep it out
this looks like a great catch! Vince whips across the line of a full delivery, sounds like an inside out, Inglis grabs it one-handed, low to his left. The umpires converge. The soft signal is out. Well, not sure Vince has hit this, might have hit the ground. Hang on, it may have clipped leg stump! It's been taken cleanly. This isn't DRS, remember, it's just the umpires checking. And third umpire confirms the out decision. That will keep the umpiring debate going!
And the timeout is called. If I'm honest, can't see it making a massive difference
another magnificent shot! As good as the one he played a little while ago, down the pitch and inside-out over cover. Could watch those all day. Wonderful batting
makes contact this time, cuts to deep point
Over 15 • SS 137/2
Sixers won by 8 wickets (with 30 balls remaining)