Cricket Highlights, 30 Dec: BBL 2022/23 (Match 21) – Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Sixers

Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Sixers (Match 21) – Highlights

Yesterday (Friday) Melbourne Renegades and Sydney Sixers met in the 21st match of BBL 2022/23. Batting first in that match, Melbourne Renegades set a low-scoring target in the allotted 20 overs. But in the 2nd innings, Sydney Sixers reached the mark before the scheduled 20 overs were completed. Also, Sydney Sixers are in the 3rd place in the points table after winning this match and Melbourne Renegades are in the 5th place after losing the match. Besides, Chris Jordan won the man-of-the-match title for Sydney Sixers due to his excellent bowling.

Melbourne Renegades won the toss, elected to bat first, and invited the Sydney Sixers to bowl. Batting first, Melbourne Renegades couldn’t get off to a good start after falling under the bowling of Sydney Sixers. Captain Nick Maddinson returned to the dressing room without opening the run book after playing 6 balls. Then their 2nd wicket fell at the head of the team’s 28 runs. Martin Guptill left the field after being caught out. He scored 12 runs in 18 balls. After that, both Shaun Marsh and Aaron Finch were on the field for some time, but Shaun Marsh was caught out on the 4th ball of the 10th over and left the field. He scored the most runs for them. He scored 35 runs off 29 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six. Then their 4th wicket fell at the head of the team‘s 82 runs. Aaron Finch left the field after playing 15 balls with 17 runs. Then Will Sutherland left the field with 6 runs off 8 balls. Jonathan Wells was caught out on the 1st ball of the 19th over and returned to the dressing room. He scored 28 runs off 31 balls with the help of 2 fours. Peter Handscomb who scored 5 runs from 3 balls was caught out after 1 over. Apart from this, Akeal Hossain remained unbeaten for 11 runs from 6 balls and Tom Rogers remained unbeaten for 6 runs from 4 balls.

Chris Jordan and Hayden Kerr took 2 wickets each for Sydney Sixers. Besides, Jackson Bird, Ben Dwarshuis, and Izharul Haque Naveed took 1 wicket each.

Batting for a target of 125 runs, Sydney Sixers in reply lost just 4 wickets and reached the port of victory with 2.1 overs in hand. James Vince scored the most runs for them. He scored 39 runs off 31 balls with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes. Curtis Patterson scored 38 runs off 35 balls. He also hit 3 fours and 1 six. Daniel Christian scored 21 runs in 15 balls with the help of 4 fours. Jordan Silk scored 15 runs from 19 balls. Besides, Josh Philippe scored 2 runs and captain Moises Henriques scored 2 runs. In the end, they left the field with a victory and with 9 runs extra.

Akela Hossain took 2 wickets for 24 runs in 4 overs for Melbourne Renegades. Besides, Tom Rogers and Will Sutherland took 1 wicket each.

Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Sixers Scoreboard

Melbourne Renegades – 124/7 (20.0)

Sydney Sixers – 126/4 (17.5) 

Result – Sydney Sixers won by 6 wickets  

Player of the match – Chris Jordan  

Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Sixers Playing XIs