2011–12 Sydney Sixers season

The 2011–12 Sydney Sixers season was the club's inaugural season in the Big Bash League (BBL) as the league adopted city-based teams rather than the traditional state representative team format of previous years. This was to align itself with the structure of the Indian Premier League for the ongoing Champions League Twenty20 competition. The Sixers were the inaugural champions of the Big Bash League, thus earning the right to compete in the 2012 Champions League Twenty20 in October 2012. The Sixers went on to win this tournament in their first effort.

Sydney Sixers
2011–12 season
PresidentStuart Clark
CoachTrevor Bayliss (1st season)
Captain(s)Brad Haddin (1st season)
Home groundSydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
CLT20DNQ
Big Bash League3rd
BBL FinalsChampions
Leading Run ScorerNic Maddinson (275)
Leading Wicket TakerMitchell Starc (13)
Highest home attendance27,520 (Round 3 v Melbourne Stars)
Lowest home attendance12,285 (Round 1 v Brisbane Heat)

Players

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No. Name Nat Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
7Dominic Thornely (1978-10-01) 1 October 1978Right-handedRight-arm medium & off spin
35Ed Cowan (1982-06-16) 16 June 1982Left-handedRight-arm leg break
45Michael Lumb (1980-02-12) 12 February 1980Left-handedRight-arm mediumOverseas player
53Nic Maddinson (1991-12-21) 21 December 1991Left-handedSlow Left-arm orthodox
99Ben Rohrer (1981-03-26) 26 March 1981Left-handed-
All-rounders
5Ian Moran (1979-08-16) 16 August 1979Right-handedRight-arm fast Medium
15Nathan McCullum (1980-09-01) 1 September 1980Right-handedRight-arm off breakOverseas Player (replaced Dwayne Bravo mid-season)
19Steve Smith [1] (1989-06-02) 2 June 1989Right-handedRight-arm leg break
21Moisés Henriques [1] (1987-02-01) 1 February 1987Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
33Shane Watson (1981-06-17) 17 June 1981Right-handedRight-arm seam bowling
47Dwayne Bravo (1983-10-07) 7 October 1983Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumOverseas Player (left mid-season to join national team)
72Stephen O'Keefe[2] (1984-12-09) 9 December 1984Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Wicket-keepers
20Peter Nevill (1985-10-13) 13 October 1985Right-handed
24Brad Haddin[2] (1977-10-23) 23 October 1977Right-handedCaptain
Bowlers
8Josh Hazlewood (1991-01-08) 8 January 1991Left-handedRight-arm fast-medium
11Stuart MacGill (1971-02-25) 25 February 1971Right-handedRight-arm leg break
27Pat Cummins (1993-05-08) 8 May 1993Right-handedRight-arm fast
58Brett Lee (1976-11-08) 8 November 1976Right-handedRight-arm fast
56Mitchell Starc (1990-01-30) 30 January 1990Left-handedLeft-arm fast-medium

Review

In an exciting time for the league with the introduction of city-based teams, the Sydney Sixers were chosen to host the first game of this new format. The game was played on December 16, 2011 at the historical Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). The Sixers opponents were Brisbane Heat. After losing the toss, the Sixers were asked to field first. The Sixers bowlers did a capable job of restricting the Heat to 8/139 from their allotted 20 overs. Stuart MacGill showed his class, coming out of retirement for this tournament, to end with the best figures from a Sixers bowler with 2/21. The Sixers easily chased down the runs with 8 balls to spare. Skipper and opening batsmen Brad Haddin got the Sixers off to a flying start, scoring 76 from 59 balls, allowing Steve Smith and Moises Henriques to pick up the final runs for the Sixers. The batting performance from Haddin earned him the Player of the Match award.

The Sixers then traveled down to Hobart to meet the Hurricanes. The Hurricanes dominated the match and won by 42 runs. After scoring at 6-runs per over with the loss of one wicket after 10 overs, Phil Jaques and Travis Birt unleashed a flurry of boundaries and scoring shots to amass a 107 wicket partnership. This was broken by the ever-willing wicket-taker Mitchell Starc. The Hurricanes made 3/169 and this total was seemingly unreachable for the Sixers after losing some early wickets. A fantastic spell of seam bowling from cult-hero Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, including 4 wickets for 6 runs from 11 balls at the death was enough to kill of the game. Hurricanes top order batsmen Birt was named Player of the Match.[3]

A return to the SCG brought a return to the winners' circle for the Sixers. A standout performance with the bat from West Indian import Dwayne Bravo assured the win for the Sixers. The Sixers won the toss, batted and scored 9/166 in their 20 overs. Melbourne Stars all-rounder David Hussey was their best with ball (2/25) and bat (42 runs), but his performance was not enough to get the Stars over the line. The Stars fell 2 runs short in an exciting run chase.

The Sixers then picked up three wins on the road against the Melbourne Renegades, Sydney Thunder and Adelaide Strikers before battling out a hard fought win against the Perth Scorchers at home. After losing a couple of early wickets, a steadying partnership from Henriques and Maddinson followed. A fantastic exhibition of ball striking from Smith in his 51 from 25 balls boosted the Sixers run rate. The final two overs saw the Sixers lose 5 for 8 and bowled out for 176. In the end this was enough as the Scorchers failed to achieve the target by the narrowest of margins. The run chase began well with the Scorches 0/32 from the first four overs. Mitchell Starc then claimed three wickets in five balls with some magnificent swinging deliveries. A calming performance from Marcus North assured Perth of securing top spot on the ladder, needing only 151 runs to do so. With one over to go, Perth needed 13 runs for victory. Brett Lee was the bowler for the Sixers. After a one, four, one from the first three balls, Perth now needed seven runs from three balls. Lee bowled a dot ball as Nathan Coulter-Nile swung and missed a full ball outside off stump. Lee then bowled Coulter-Nile out, but the umpire called no-ball. Replays suggested it was a legal delivery. Lee's next delivery was a wide. In what probably should have been an unbeatable seven from the last ball, now became five from two balls. Coulter-Nile scored two runs off the next ball. The final ball saw Coulter-Nile drive to Steve Smith at long on and as the batsmen tried to make two runs for a draw the result was inevitable. Smith's throw was accurate to Lee, who was able to knock off the bails, running North out. The Scorchers fell one run short. The stunning spell of swing by Starc earned him the Player of the Match.[4][5]

Big Bash League

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Perth Scorchers (RU) 7 5 2 0 10 0.626
2 Hobart Hurricanes 7 5 2 0 10 0.569
3 Sydney Sixers (C) 7 5 2 0 10 0.262
4 Melbourne Stars 7 4 3 0 8 0.254
5 Brisbane Heat 7 3 4 0 6 0.324
6 Adelaide Strikers 7 2 5 0 4 −0.338
7 Melbourne Renegades 7 2 5 0 4 −0.582
8 Sydney Thunder 7 2 5 0 4 −1.250
Source: [6]
  •   The top four teams qualified for the semi finals.

Matches

Playoff tree

Semi Finals Final
      
1 Perth Scorchers 3/174 (20)
4 Melbourne Stars 8/163 (20)
1 Perth Scorchers 5/156 (20)
3 Sydney Sixers 3/158 (18.5)
2 Hobart Hurricanes 7/146 (20)
3 Sydney Sixers 6/153 (20)

Matches

Player Statistics

  • All statistics includes the two finals games against the Hurricanes and Scorchers.
  • Key: No. = Player Number, Apps = Appearances, Inn = Innings in bat, NO = Not Outs, SR = Strike Rate, Avg = Average, C = Caught, RO = Run Outs, St = Stumpings, Mdns = Maidens, Wkts = Wickets, Econ = Economy Rate.
Player Batting Fielding Bowling
No. Name Apps Inn NO Runs Balls SR Avg C RO St Balls Mdns Runs Wkts Econ Avg
5Ian Moran3101333.3301.00c003604737.8315.67
7Dominic Thornely8528148168.7516.20c0090010236.8034.00
8Josh Hazlewood3102633.3302.00c006007237.2024.00
11Stuart MacGill81165120.00-c00150016676.6423.71
15Nathan McCullum321232495.8311.50c004805236.5017.33
19Steve Smith991166127130.7120.75c1096012968.0621.50
20Peter Nevill7335846126.0919.33c1200000.000.00
21Moises Henriques991232189122.7525.78c00600112111.20112.00
24Brad Haddin2207661124.5938.0000000000.000.00
27Pat Cummins000000.000.0000000000.000.00
33Shane Watson000000.000.0000000000.000.00
35Ed Cowan100000.000.0000000000.000.00
45Michael Lumb7709081111.1112.86c0000000.000.00
47Dwayne Bravo4306154112.9620.33c003605519.1755.00
53Nic Maddinson990275219125.5730.56c1000000.000.00
56Mitchell Starc6331010100.00-c001290176138.1913.54
58Brett Lee941151693.7505.00c10200021686.4827.00
72Stephen O'Keefe4407872108.3319.50c007807735.9225.67
99Ben Rohrer76111682141.4619.33c1000000.000.00

Champions League Twenty20

As winners of the 2011–12 Big Bash League season, the Sixers earned the right to compete in the 2012 Champions League Twenty20 tournament. Please see 2012–13 Sydney Sixers season#Champions League Twenty20 for more details.

References

  1. Buckle, Greg (1 July 2011). "Perth sign Gibbs for T20 season". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  2. "Haddin joins Sixers". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  3. All-round Hurricanes ease to big win
  4. Big Bash League Sixer v Scorchers Commentary
  5. Sixers clinch thriller but Scorchers get home semi-final
  6. "Big Bash League Table – 2011–12". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
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