Sydney Sixers
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.
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References
- ^ http://bigbash.com.au/announcements/bbl-team-names
- ^ Trevor Bayliss announced as coach of Sydney Sixers
- ^ Stuart Clark named General Manager
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Hodge, Hussey to be Twenty20 rivals". ESPN Cricinfo. http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/521932.html. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Haddin joins Sixers". Cricinfo. http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/current/story/523920.html. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ "Watson joins Sixers". Cricinfo. http://www.espncricinfo.com/big-bash-league-2011/content/story/523784.html. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/cricket/stuart-macgill-signs-on-with-sixers/story-fn6w5lwh-1226212487310
See also
Sydney Sixers – current squad
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