168/4 (19.1)
CR : 8.77
164/9 (20.0)
CR : 8.20
Sydney Sixers won by 6 wickets 🏆
Player of the Match
Sean Anthony Abbott
3/16
Over 19
Sydney Sixers 164/4
Joel Davies34(15)
Babar Azam54(45)
Gurinder Sandhu2-23(4.0)
Scores level. Babar has the chance to hit the winning runs.
19.1
4
A Tye to B Azam
FOUR RUNS!! Fittingly, it is Babar Azam with the winning boundary!!! Over the wicket. Good length outside the off stump. 129.2 kph. Babar stays leg side of it, gets onto the front foot and hits on the up. Smashes a lofted drive on the up and sends it sailing over mid off for a boundary. Both the batters don't bother to run! Sydney Sixers start the New Year with a thumping six-wicket win over Melbourne Renegades!
Over 20
Sydney Sixers 168/4
Babar Azam58(46)
Joel Davies34(15)
Andrew Tye0-39(3.1)
SYS won by 6 wickets
1:36 PM IST, 6:36 PM local time: Sydney Sixers win by 6 wickets.
In cricket, much like in life, sometimes it isn't the methodology used, but the result what actually matters. On a tacky wicket, both innings played out in contrasting styles. Being put into bat, Renegades went hammers and tongs upfront. Josh Brown launched a blitzkrieg, slamming a 19-ball-43 to get them up and running.
However, Sixers pulled it back in the middle. Some hard lengths and a bunch of off-pace deliveries came in handy as they put the squeeze on. As a result, despite being 54/2 in 5 overs and scoring at over 10 rpo, Renegades could only manage 164/9 in 20. Apart from Brown, Jake Fraser-McGrurk and Hassan Khan made notable contributions, but not quite at an enviable strike-rate.
Sean Abbott starred with the ball, picking 3/16, while Jack Edwards, Ben Dwarshuis and Hayden Kerr picked 2 wickets each.
The run chase bagan in a sedate manner. While Daniel Hughes took some time before launching some big hits, Babar Azam was happy to hold one end up — till the 12th over, he had only scored one boundary, that too off the outside edge of the bat.
When wickets started falling, it appeared as if the visitors were getting themselves into a hole. The turning point came in the 13th over, when Sixers opted for the Power Surge and Babar hit mode turbo. He hit two four and a six in that over and there was no looking back.
An effervescent cameo from Joel Davies further sealed the deal. The southpaw came out all guns blazing as he notched up a 15-ball-34* to take them over the line. Gurinder Sandhu, with his 2/23, was the pick of the Renegades bowlers.
In cricket, much like in life, sometimes it isn't the methodology used, but the result what actually matters. On a tacky wicket, both innings played out in contrasting styles. Being put into bat, Renegades went hammers and tongs upfront. Josh Brown launched a blitzkrieg, slamming a 19-ball-43 to get them up and running.
However, Sixers pulled it back in the middle. Some hard lengths and a bunch of off-pace deliveries came in handy as they put the squeeze on. As a result, despite being 54/2 in 5 overs and scoring at over 10 rpo, Renegades could only manage 164/9 in 20. Apart from Brown, Jake Fraser-McGrurk and Hassan Khan made notable contributions, but not quite at an enviable strike-rate.
Sean Abbott starred with the ball, picking 3/16, while Jack Edwards, Ben Dwarshuis and Hayden Kerr picked 2 wickets each.
The run chase bagan in a sedate manner. While Daniel Hughes took some time before launching some big hits, Babar Azam was happy to hold one end up — till the 12th over, he had only scored one boundary, that too off the outside edge of the bat.
When wickets started falling, it appeared as if the visitors were getting themselves into a hole. The turning point came in the 13th over, when Sixers opted for the Power Surge and Babar hit mode turbo. He hit two four and a six in that over and there was no looking back.
An effervescent cameo from Joel Davies further sealed the deal. The southpaw came out all guns blazing as he notched up a 15-ball-34* to take them over the line. Gurinder Sandhu, with his 2/23, was the pick of the Renegades bowlers.
Player of the Match: Sean Abbott
Sean Abbott (POTM): "I think it was a bit of a bowling-friendly surface, at least to start with. Credit to Renegades. They scored a bit in the middle phase. They showed good signs of keeping the score up but we pulled it back.
Then it was a good finish from Davies and Babar as they took us home. I thought they went about it really well. Good to see Davies go out there and get the runs. We know how talented he is.
I felt it was a tough wicket. Babar had to go through a stage. Nice to get some wickets tonight as well."
Then it was a good finish from Davies and Babar as they took us home. I thought they went about it really well. Good to see Davies go out there and get the runs. We know how talented he is.
I felt it was a tough wicket. Babar had to go through a stage. Nice to get some wickets tonight as well."
Sydney Sixers have kicked off 2026 on the right note. They notch-up a win and climb up to no. 5 on the points table. Meanwhile, Melbourne Renegades find themselves at no. 7.
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But that is not it for BBL action today. Defending champions Hobart Hurricanes are currently in action, locking horns with Perth Scorchers. Switch tabs to tune into that feed.
From this window, this is Darpan Tikiya signing off on the behalf of Akshay Bhide, AkshayaKrisha Polya and Dushyant Madhukar. Cheers!