Match Details

HBH vs SYS 53rd Match, BBL 2022-23

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HBH
156-820.0
Sydney Sixers won by 24 runs 🏆
SYS
20.0180-7
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18th Over:
0
1
0
1
0
W
 
= 2
Last Over:
1
1
1
4
1W
1
 
= 9
This Over:
2
4
0
6
1
1
 
= 14
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Player of the Match

Steve Smith
66(33)
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Steve Smith Jersy
R(B)4S6SSR
20 (9)1 (1)2 0 1 0 222.22 100.00
P'ship : 15(7)
Last Wkt :   Joel Paris 3(4)
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0-364.0 9.00
HBHHBH - 2nd Innings
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6 Over 4742
10 Over 7784
15 Over 131119
SYSSYS - 1st Innings
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6 Over 4756
10 Over 8791
15 Over 131122
20 Over 166180

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That brings an end to our coverage for this game. This is me, Akshay Bhide, signing off, on behalf of my co-commentator Wali Parvez and scorer Manish Bishnoi. Until next time, cheers and goodbye.
Steve Smith (Player of the Match): "Just help the boys win the title. We have a game against the Scorchers in Perth and that will be my last game. Hopefully, we will step up again. Just score runs. It’s a different surface in Perth and I’m looking forward to it. I’m playing for a reason and I’m enjoying this. Hopefully, one more win for us."

Steve Smith is named the Player of the Match.
05:20 PM IST | Akshay: That’s the end of this game. A solid all-round effort from the Sydney Sixers sees them defeat the Hobart Hurricanes convincingly. After posting a mammoth total on the board, their bowlers bowled beautifully to restrict the Hurricanes to 156 to win the game by 24 runs. The Hurricanes suffer their eighth loss of the competition and will have to win their last league game by a big margin to qualify for the finals.

It was an uphill task for the Hurricanes to chase 181. They didn’t have the best of starts as they lost Ben McDermott in the third over on 13. Caleb Jewell (7) and Matthew Wade (14) also struggled to get going as they were struggling at 52/3 in the eighth over. Tim David joined Zak Crawley and played some aggressive strokes. He was looking good in the middle before he holed out in the deep on 24.

Regular wickets meant that the Hurricanes were falling behind the required run rate. Crawly played some good shots and tried hard but was dismissed on one short of his half-century. It was too much to do in the end for the Hurricanes as they finished their innings on 156/8 to lose the game by 24 runs. Jackson Bird, Sean Abbott and Hayden Kerr picked up two wickets each as they defended the total successfully.

Earlier, the Sixers were asked to bat first. They got off to a flying start, courtesy of Steven Smith’s blazing knock at the top of the order. He continued his rich form with the bat and played some fantastic shots against the new ball. Josh Philippe struggled at the other end but there was no stopping Smith. He brought up his fifty off just 22 balls. They were going at 10 runs per over before Smith was trapped in front of the stumps on a 33-ball 66. He hit 4 fours and 6 maximums in his blistering knock.

The wicket of Smith helped the Hurricanes pull back things. They kept picking wickets at regular intervals and kept a lid on the scoring rate. Moises Henriques along with Ben Dwarshuis hit cameos in the end to help their side post 180 on the board. Henriques remained unbeaten on 23 and Dwarshuis scored 30 off just 14 balls to help their side finish on a high. Patrick Dooley for the Hurricanes picked up three wickets.
OVER 20
Hobart Hurricanes
156/8
Nathan Ellis
20(9)
Patrick Dooley
1(1)
Ben Dwarshuis
0-36(4.0)
19.6 B Dwarshuis to P Dooley
1 Full and straight by Dwarshuis, Dooley tries going big over mid wicket, Steve Smith is standing underneath it but drops it. Nevertheless, it's the SYDNEY SIXERS who have secured the win by 24 runs!
19.5 B Dwarshuis to N Ellis
1 Bowls it slow, keeps it short, Ellis inside edges the ball to the fielder at short fine leg for one. 
19.4 B Dwarshuis to N Ellis
6 THAT'S SIX! In the slot, at middle and Ellis gets underneath it as he smashes this one over the deep mid wicket for a maximum. 
19.3 B Dwarshuis to N Ellis
0 A yorker length delivery, slightly outside off and Ellis fails to connect as he attempts to play it late. 
19.2 B Dwarshuis to N Ellis
4 FOUR RUNS!! Slower, shorter, pitched at middle and Dwarshuis goes through his pull as the fielder at deep mid wicket attempts to take a stunning catch with one hand while diving to his left but is unable to. 
19.1 B Dwarshuis to N Ellis
2 Dwarshuis bowls it full and follows the batter who shuffles away. Ellis chips the ball over mid on and runs for two. 
OVER 19
Hobart Hurricanes
142/8
Patrick Dooley
0(0)
Nathan Ellis
7(4)
Hayden Kerr
2-34(4.0)
18.6 H Kerr to N Ellis
1 Slow and short by Ellis and it's been powered away along the carpet by Ellis to long-on for a single. The Sixers are cruising their way to a sixth straight win!
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  • MATCHES11
  • RUNS28
  • SR84.00
  • AVG28.00
Run Out Check. Paris is well short of the crease when the bails are dislodged and he has to depart. OUT is displayed on the big screen.
18.5 H Kerr to N Ellis
1W RUN OUT! Full and straight on the stumps, Ellis hits it straight down the ground and calls for two. Abbott from long on is quick to get to the ball and fires in a throw at the non-striker's end. Kerr collects it and dislodges the bails. Paris is well short of the crease when the bails are dislodged and he has to depart.
18.4 H Kerr to N Ellis
4 FOUR RUNS! Bowled at a 101 kmp/h, slightly short and angled away from the batter who goes for the hoik and top edges it over the short third-man fielder's head for a boundary.
18.3 H Kerr to J Paris
1 A perfect yorker by Kerr at middle and Paris manages to get his bat down in time while scampering for one. 
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