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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, but they had to wait only one more year to collect a third. Can the Sixers make it four on the bounce with a win in BBL13?
Established: | 2011 |
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Home ground: | Sydney Cricket Ground |
Coach: | Greg Shipperd |
Captain: | Moises Henriques |
BBL titles: | 3 (BBL01, BBL09, BBL10) |
Opponent | Date | Venue | Time (AEDT) |
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Melbourne Renegades | Friday, December 8 | SCG, Sydney | 7:15pm |
Hobart Hurricanes | Monday, December 11 | University of Tasmania Stadium, Launceston | 7:15pm |
Adelaide Strikers | Friday, December 22 | SCG, Sydney | 7:15pm |
Melbourne Stars | Tuesday, December 26 | SCG, Sydney | 6:05pm |
Melbourne Stars | Saturday, December 30 | Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney | 7:15pm |
Brisbane Heat | Monday, January 01 | The Gabba, Brisbane | 7:15pm |
Brisbane Heat | Wednesday, January 03 | C.ex Coffs International Stadium, Coffs Harbour | 6:05pm |
Melbourne Stars | Saturday, January 06 | MCG, Melbourne | 7:15pm |
Sydney Thunder | Friday, January 12 | SCG, Sydney | 7:15pm |
Perth Scorchers | Tuesday, January 16 | Perth Stadium, Perth | 7:40pm |
Jack Edwards has had a phenomenal start to the 23/24 summer of cricket including a player of the match performance against Queensland where he took 6/36 in 15 overs and belted 87 with the bat. Several other performances show that Edwards has taken his game to another level this season and will be a handy all-rounder for the Sixers for many years to come.
Hayden Kerr had a below-average BBL12 compared to his breakout BBL11 competition and will be a vital part of any success the Sixers enjoy this season. The skilful way he can bowl off-pace variations, combined with his hard-hitting in the lower order, will be needed again this season to ensure the Sixers can challenge for another title.
19-year-old Rehan Ahmed was warned by the late, great Shane Warne in 2017 – “I’m going to keep a close eye on you”. The talented English leg spinner has already enjoyed limited overs success for the Southern Brave in the English T20 Blast and for the English men’s ODI and T20 sides. His partnership with veteran spinner Steven O’Keefe will be key to slowing the scoring rates of opposition batters in the middle overs while trying to take wickets along the way.
The Sixers occupy the second line of betting at $5.50 with the top online bookmakers to win BBL13. The biggest weakness of the Sixers is their lack of pace and aggression in their bowling attack that can push batters onto the back foot and put them in two minds when trying to score quickly.
The All-Time Sixers XI boasts some of the greatest fast bowlers and limited-overs bowlers, Australia has even produced with Lee, Starc, and Hazelwood with O’Keefe and Abbott rounding out a dangerous bowling attack.
Long-time fans of the BBL and Sixers will remember just how imposing and dangerous Michael Lumb was at the top of the order and Steve Smith has proved in recent years he can be the best domestic T20 batter in Australia along with Moses Henriques. Maddinson and Haddin are two incredibly elegant stroke makers, along with Silk who is one of the most underrated fielders in Australian cricket.
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