Steven Smith's 66(33) powers Sydney Sixers defeated Hobart Hurricanes by 24 run.
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The 53rd Match of the Big Bash League 2022-23 was played today between Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Sixers at Bellerive Oval, Hobart. In which Sydney Sixers defeated Hobart Hurricanes by 24 runs.
Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and invited Sydney Sixers to bat first, Sydney Sixers batted first, started the inning very brilliantly, Josh Philippe and Steven Smith came to start the inning and gave a very brilliant start with a half-century partnership of 55 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has gone for 55 runs in 5.4 over, Josh Philippe dismissed just for 8 runs in 16 balls, next batsman Kurtis Patterson came to bat and played well with Steven Smith, the second wicket has gone for 87 runs in last ball of the 9th over, Steven Smith dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick half-century inning of 66 runs with the help of 6 sixes and 4 boundaries in just 33 balls, next batsman Hayden Kerr came to bat and he dismissed very quickly just for 2 runs as third wicket in first ball of the 11th over, the team score was 91 runs, followed by Daniel Christian came to bat and he aslo dismissed very quickly just for 8 runs in 9 ball as fourth wicket in last ball of the 13th over, the team score was 106 runs, next batsman Moises Henriques came to bat, after a while the fifth wicket has also gone for 112 runs in 13.4 over, Kurtis Patterson dismissed after scoring 18 runs in 20 balls, next batsman Jordan Silk came to bat and he also dismissed very quickly just for 2 runs as sixth wicket in 14.5 over, the team score was 121 runs followed by Ben Dwarshuis came to bat and handled the inning with Moises Henriques, the seventh wicket has gone for 155 runs in 17.5 over, Ben Dwarshuis dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick inning of 30 runs with the help of 1 six and 4 boundaries in just 14 balls, followed by Sean Abbott came to bat and he remains unbeaten for 13 runs in just 7 balls with Moises Henriques, and Moises Henriques played a brilliant unbeaten inning of 23 runs with the help of 3 boundaries in just 16 balls. In this way, Sydney Sixers scored 180 runs after losing 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a target of 181 runs for Hobart Hurricanes.
Hobart Hurricanes bowlers Patrick Dooley took 3 wickets for 42 runs, and Riley Meredith, Joel Paris, Nathan Ellis, and Faheem Ashraf got 1-1 wickets.
Hobart Hurricanes chasing 181 runs in the second inning they could manage just 156 runs after losing 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Hobart Hurricanes started the inning not very well, Zak Crawley played a brilliant inning of 49 runs with the help of 1 six and 4 boundaries in just 45 balls, Tim David 24 runs in just 13 balls, and Nathan Ellis played an unbeaten inning of 20 runs in just 9 balls, apart from this no batsman could play well and stay in the crease, D Arcy Short dismissed just for 15 runs, Matthew Wade 14 runs, Ben McDermott 13 runs, Caleb Jewell 7 runs, Faheem Ashraf 3 runs, Joel Paris 3 runs, and Patrick Dooley remains unbeaten for 1 run. In this way, Hobart Hurricanes could manage just 156 runs after losing 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and lost the match by 24 runs.
Sydney Sixers bowlers Jackson Bird took 2 wickets for 26 runs, Sean Abbott 2 wickets for 32 runs, Hayden Kerr 2 wickets for 24 runs, and Izharulhaq Naveed got 1 wicket for 21 runs.
Sydney Sixers batsman Steven Smith was selected as the best player of the match, he played a very brilliant quick half-century inning of 66 runs with the help of 6 sixes and 4 boundaries in just 33 balls.
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