O'Keefe, record stand give Sixers opening win
O'Keefe's three-wicket burst in his first two overs helped Sixers defend 165, which had been built on a record fourth-wicket stand of 124 between Jordan Silk and Daniel Hughes
21/12Result
4th Match, Big Bash League at Sydney, Dec 22 2018
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![Sydney Sixers]( "Sydney Sixers")
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![Perth Scorchers]( "Perth Scorchers")
147/8 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
21/12Result
4th Match, Big Bash League at Sydney, Dec 22 2018
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![Sydney Sixers]( "Sydney Sixers")
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![Perth Scorchers]( "Perth Scorchers")
147/8 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
Best performances - Bowlers
SNJ O'Keefe
- O4
- M0
- R19
- W3
- Eco4.75
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
SA Abbott
- O4
- M0
- R29
- W3
- Eco7.25
| 3W |
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Match Details
Series
Toss
Sydney Sixers , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
15.30 start, First Session 15.30-16.50, Interval 16.50-17.10, Second Session 17.10- 18.30
Match days
22 December 2018 (20-over match)
Twenty20 debut
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Sydney Sixers 2, Perth Scorchers 0
Scorecard Summary
SYDNEY SIXERS 164/4 (20 OVERS)
- Jordan Silk*67 (49)
- Daniel Hughes62 (44)
- Jason Behrendorff2/28 (4)
- Jhye Richardson1/25 (4)
PERTH SCORCHERS 147/8 (20 OVERS)
- Ashton Turner49 (39)
- Hilton Cartwright53 (39)
- Steve O'Keefe3/19 (4)
- Sean Abbott3/29 (4)
Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: Akshay Gopalakrishnan
END OF OVER:20 | 10 Runs | PS: 147/8 (18 runs required, RR: 7.35)
- Jhye Richardson15 (10b)
- Andrew Tye1 (1b)
- Tom Curran4-0-32-0
- Sean Abbott4-0-29-3
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
Curran to Richardson, FOUR, swings wildly at a fuller one and gets an inside edge to fine leg
19.5
1
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
Curran to 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
Curran to Richardson, FOUR, slower short ball, swivels and pulls to deep square leg where Edwards lets it go through the legs as he dives
19.2
0
Curran to Richardson, no run, yorker outside off, jams the bat down but gets beaten
19.1
0
Curran to Richardson, no run, back of a length, slower, from the back of the hand, keeps low and he swings and misses
Match Coverage
All Match NewsO'Keefe, record stand give Sixers opening win
O'Keefe's three-wicket burst in his first two overs helped Sixers defend 165, which had been built on a record fourth-wicket stand of 124 between Jordan Silk and Daniel Hughes
