Sixers vs Hurricanes, Challenger at Sydney, BBL, Jan 23 2026 - Squads

RESULT

Challenger (N), Sydney, January 23, 2026, Big Bash League

#2

198/8

Hobart Hurricanes

#3

(17.2/20 ov, T:199) 141

Sixers won by 57 runs

Player Of The Match

, SS

27 (12), 2/17 & 3 catches

Cricinfo's MVP

, SS

64.05 ptsImpact List

	Hobart Hurricanes	Sydney Sixers
1	Nathan Ellis (c) bowler	Moises Henriques (c) allrounder
2	Marcus Bean bowler	Sean Abbott bowling allrounder
3	Jackson Bird bowler	Babar Azam batter
4	Hugo Burdon batter	Jafer Chohan bowler
5	Iain Carlisle bowler	Sam Curran allrounder
6	Nikhil Chaudhary batting allrounder	Joel Davies bowler
7	Chris Jordan bowler	Ben Dwarshuis bowler
8	Ben McDermott wicketkeeper batter	Jack Edwards allrounder
9	Riley Meredith bowler	Harjas Singh top-order batter
10	Mitchell Owen middle-order batter	Daniel Hughes opening batter
11	Will Prestwidge bowler	Hayden Kerr allrounder
12	Rehan Ahmed bowling allrounder	Riley Kingsell
13	Rishad Hossain allrounder	Ben Manenti bowler
14	Billy Stanlake bowler	Todd Murphy bowler
15	Matthew Wade wicketkeeper batter	Mitchell Perry bowler
16	Tim Ward top-order batter	Josh Philippe wicketkeeper batter
17	Jake Weatherald top-order batter	Kane Richardson bowler
18	Beau Webster allrounder	Lachlan Shaw middle-order batter
19	Macalister Wright middle-order batter	Jordan Silk middle-order batter
20	-	Steven Smith top-order batter
21	-	Mitchell Starc bowler
22	-	Charlie Stobo bowling allrounder

Oct 25, 2025 | Last modified at Dec 12, 2025

Language

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Win Probability

SS 100%

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Over 18 • HH 141/10

Rishad Hossain c sub (JC Silk) b Edwards 11 (8b 0x4 1x6) SR: 137.5

W

Sixers won by 57 runs

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