Sydney Sixers betting

It was no great surprise when Sydney’s glamour team won in the inaugural T20 Big Bash League title in 2011/12. It took them eight years to add a second title, and now they will look to go back-to-back and defend their crown in BBL10.

About the Sydney Thunder

Established:	2011
Home ground:	Sydney Cricket Ground
Coach:	Greg Shipperd
Captain:	Moises Henriques
BBL titles:	2 (BBL01, BBL09)

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Sydney Sixers fixture

Opponent	Date	Venue	Time (local)
Hobart Hurricanes	Thursday, December 10	Blundstone Arena	7:15pm AEDT
Melbourne Renegades	Sunday, December 13	Blundstone Arena	7:15pm AEDT
Adelaide Strikers	Sunday, December 20	Blundstone Arena	11:10am AEDT
Melbourne Stars	Saturday, December 26	Metricon Stadium	8:20pm AEST
Melbourne Renegades	Tuesday, December 29	Metricon Stadium	5:10pm AEST
Brisbane Heat	Saturday, January 2	The Gabba	7:15pm AEST
Adelaide Strikers	Sunday, January 3	Metricon Stadium	6:15pm AEST
Perth Scorchers	Wednesday, January 6	Optus Stadium	4:15pm AWST
Brisbane Heat	Sunday, January 10	Metricon Stadium	6:15pm AEST
Sydney Thunder	Wednesday, January 13	Sydney Showgrounds	7:15pm AEDT
Perth Scorchers	Saturday, January 16	SCG	6:40pm AEDT
Sydney Thunder	Friday, January 22	SCG	7:15pm AEDT
Hobart Hurricanes	Sunday, January 24	SCG	7:15pm AEDT
Melbourne Stars	Tuesday, January 26	MCG	7:50pm AEDT

Sydney Sixers squad

Sean Abbott, Jake Ball (Eng), Nick Bertus, Carlos Brathwaite (WI), Jackson Bird, Dan Christian, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Mickey Edwards, Moises Henriques, Jason Holder (WI), Daniel Hughes, Hayden Kerr, Nathan Lyon, Ben Manenti, Lawrence Neil-Smith, Steve O’Keefe, Josh Philippe, Lloyd Pope, Tom Rogers, Gurinder Sandhu, Jordan Silk, Mitchell Starc, James Vince (Eng).

Sydney Sixers odds and betting tips

Having won the title last summer, the Sydney Sixers comes into BBL10 as one of the favourites. Most of Australia’s top cricket bookmakers have them on the second line of BBL outright betting, behind only the highly fancied Melbourne Stars.

Sixers top batsman tips
Daniel Hughes is a consistent accumulator who has amassed 200+ runs in each of the past three BBL seasons. Moises Henriques is another solid performer, but the young guns look like the way to go this season. Keeper-bat Josh Philippe is the standout after a breakout season in BBL9.

Sixers top bowler betting
The core quartet of Sean Abbott, Jackson Bird, Ben Dwarshuis and Steve O’Keefe will be broken up due to Abbott and Bird’s representative duties. With Tom Curran out of the tournament, it looks like Dwarshuis will lead the Sixers attack for much of the campaign.

All-time Sydney Sixers XI

1. Nic Maddinson
2. Brad Haddin
3. Steve Smith
4. Michael Lumb
5. Moises Henriques
6. Johan Botha
7. Sean Abbott
8. Mitchell Starc
9. Brett Lee
10. Nathan Lyon
11. Josh Hazlewood

The Sixers batting order just about picks itself. Nic Maddinson, Moises Henriques and Michael Lumb have contributed more than 3000 runs between them, Brad Haddin was excellent value at the top of the order during his time in the BBL, and Steve Smith – what more needs to be said?

From six through nine we have four excellent all-round talents. Sean Abbott is a prolific wicket-taker at this level, Johan Botha was one of the most consistent performers in the competition, Brett Lee was always a menace with the white ball and Mitch Starc is much the same.

Test off-spinner Nathan Lyon does not get much recognition for his work in the Twenty20 arena, but his impressive BBL record suggests the national selectors should revisit that matter. The same could be said of Josh Hazlewood.