Sydney Sixers

Sydney Sixers
Coach: Trevor Bayliss
Captain: Brad Haddin
Colours:      Pink
Founded: 2011
Home ground: Sydney Cricket Ground
Capacity: 46,000
Big Bash League wins: 2
Official website: Official Website

The Sydney Sixers are a franchise in Australia's newly announced Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash League.[1]

Along with the Sydney Thunder, the Sixers will be the successors of the New South Wales Blues who played in the now-defunct KFC Twenty20 Big Bash.

The Sixers will represent eastern Sydney and their home ground will be the Sydney Cricket Ground while the Thunder will play out of ANZ Stadium in Sydney's west.

The inaugural coach is Trevor Bayliss[2] and Stuart Clark is the General Manager.[3] The Sixers' inaugural captain is Australian wicket-keeper Brad Haddin.

While a spokesperson from Cricket NSW admitted that the team's colours may have some connection with the "Pink dollar" and Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, pink was chosen for reasons more related to McGrath Foundation, and to create a new and vibrant "really rock star, high-profile cricket team".[4]

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No. Name Nat Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
Ed Cowan 16 June 1982 (1982-06-16) (age 29) Left-handed Right arm leg break
Michael Lumb 12 February 1980 (1980-02-12) (age 32) Left-handed Right-arm medium Overseas Player
Nic Maddinson 21 December 1991 (1991-12-21) (age 20) Left-handed Slow Left-arm orthodox
Ben Rohrer [5] 26 March 1981 (1981-03-26) (age 30) Left-handed -
Dominic Thornely 1 October 1978 (1978-10-01) (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium & off spin
All-rounders
47 Dwayne Bravo 7 October 1983 (1983-10-07) (age 28) Right-Handed Right-Arm Medium-Fast Overseas Player
Moisés Henriques [6] 1 February 1987 (1987-02-01) (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Stephen O'Keefe[7] 9 December 1984 (1984-12-09) (age 27) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
19 Steve Smith [6] 2 June 1989 (1989-06-02) (age 22) Right-handed Right-arm leg break Cricket Australia contract
Shane Watson[8] 17 June 1981 (1981-06-17) (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm fast medium Cricket Australia contract
Wicket-keepers
57 Brad Haddin[7] 23 October 1977 (1977-10-23) (age 34) Right-handed – Captain, Cricket Australia contract
Peter Nevill 13 October 1985 (1985-10-13) (age 26) Right-handed –
Bowlers
Patrick Cummins 8 May 1993 (1993-05-08) (age 18) Right-handed Right-arm fast Cricket Australia contract
Josh Hazlewood 8 January 1991 (1991-01-08) (age 21) Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Brett Lee 8 November 1976 (1976-11-08) (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm fast Cricket Australia contract
11 Stuart MacGill[9] 25 February 1971 (1971-02-25) (age 41) Right-handed Right-arm Leg Spin
Mitchell Starc 30 January 1990 (1990-01-30) (age 22) Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium

Source(s):

References

  1. ^ http://bigbash.com.au/announcements/bbl-team-names
  2. ^ Trevor Bayliss announced as coach of Sydney Sixers
  3. ^ Stuart Clark named General Manager
  4. ^ Wu, Andrew. "Sydney Thunder to clash with Sixers in Big Bash". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/sydney-thunder-to-clash-with-sixers-in-big-bash-20110314-1bulc.html. Retrieved 15 March 2011. 
  5. ^ "Hodge, Hussey to be Twenty20 rivals". ESPN Cricinfo. http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/521932.html. Retrieved 4 July 2011. 
  6. ^ a b Buckle, Greg. "Perth sign Gibbs for T20 season". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/perth-sign-gibbs-for-t20-season-20110701-1gutv.html. Retrieved 1 July 2011. 
  7. ^ a b "Haddin joins Sixers". Cricinfo. http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/current/story/523920.html. Retrieved 20 July 2011. 
  8. ^ "Watson joins Sixers". Cricinfo. http://www.espncricinfo.com/big-bash-league-2011/content/story/523784.html. Retrieved 20 July 2011. 
  9. ^ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/cricket/stuart-macgill-signs-on-with-sixers/story-fn6w5lwh-1226212487310

See also

Sydney Sixers – current squad
National Federation
National Teams
State Federations
State Teams
Big Bash League City Teams
Competitions
Honours
Other