bullseye! Fullish length ball skidding in toward off stump, goes for a leg side heave and misses, off stump is knocked back three-quarters of the way up to end the match.
Sixers vs Strikers, 45th Match at Coffs Harbour, BBL, Jan 17 2023 - Ball by Ball Commentary
10.30 pm So a resounding 59-run win in the end for Sixers as Steven Smith scores the first ever century for a Sixers player. Strikers were still in the game at the halfway stage, but the mounting required run rate forced their hand with more heaves to the boundary that only managed to find fielders inside the rope.
Sixers captain Moises Henriques: "It was a good game for us. When you score over 200, they usually go one of two ways. Either a really close one or a blowout. Steve was amazing tonight, would've gone even further if we didn't run him out. I probably cost him 30 or 40 runs. He had some nice catches. He was on tonight. Hopefully we see him around in the magenta a little more often."
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back of a length on fifth stump, goes to play this off the back foot through cover and misses.
yorker on off stump, jammed out for none to Abbott.
short on the body, pulled to deep fine leg for one.
good length on middle, tap and run into midwicket for one.
back of a length on the body, misses a flick and hits him in the ribs before fluttering into midwicket for one.
back of a length on sixth stump, opens the face to guide this past the keeper to deep third man for two.
back of a length on sixth stump, shuffles across his stumps and leaves this alone.
length ball on sixth stump, tries to drive this inside out over cover but picks out the sweeper on the rope at head height taking the catch a yard in from the line.
back of a length on fifth stump, goes to punch off the back foot and is beaten.
fullish length on sixth stump, goes to drive and is beaten.
full and wide on sixth stump, goes to drive and is beaten.
full and wide, driven through extra cover for one to the sweeper again.
full on the wide guideline, slices a drive over cover for one to the sweeper.
full outside leg stump, flicked flat to short fine leg for a tight single.
length ball hit through extra cover for one.
length ball on fifth stump, goes to slog sweep and miscues this nearer the toe of the bat as it floats toward deep midwicket. Smith charges in 20 yards and takes a catch tumbling forward inches from the turf. It's his night tonight.
full and wide, driven through extra cover for one.
length ball on fifth stump, miscues a drive over extra cover for two.
yorker down the leg side, goes across the stumps to flick but misses, no wide called because the ball went just past leg stump after Agar went past off stump to play the shot.
Over 19 • AS 144/10