2014–15 Sydney Sixers season

No.	Name	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
14	Jordan Silk	(1992-04-13) 13 April 1992	Right-handed	-
27	Ed Cowan	(1982-06-16) 16 June 1982	Left-handed	Right arm leg spin
45	Michael Lumb	(1980-02-12) 12 February 1980	Left-handed	Right arm medium	Overseas player
49	Steve Smith	(1989-06-02) 2 June 1989	Right-handed	Right arm leg spin
53	Nic Maddinson	(1991-12-21) 21 December 1991	Left-handed	Left arm orthodox
All-rounders
-	Dwayne Smith	(1983-04-12) 12 April 1983	Right-handed	Right arm medium	Overseas player. Initially announced as contracted player pre-season but was unable to participate in tournament.
21	Moises Henriques	(1987-02-01) 1 February 1987	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium
72	Stephen O'Keefe	(1984-12-09) 9 December 1984	Right-handed	Left arm orthodox
77	Sean Abbott	(1992-02-29) 29 February 1992	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium
23	Ben Dwarshuis	(1994-06-23) 23 June 1994	Left-handed	Left arm fast medium
94	Simon Keen	(1987-10-04) 4 October 1987	Left-handed	Right arm medium	Injury replacement player for Trent Copeland
Wicketkeepers
24	Brad Haddin	(1977-10-23) 23 October 1977	Right-handed	–	Captain
1	Ryan Carters	(1990-07-25) 25 July 1990	Right-handed	–
50	Riki Wessels	(1985-11-12) 12 November 1985	Right-handed	–
Pace bowlers
58	Brett Lee	(1976-11-08) 8 November 1976	Right-handed	Right arm fast
56	Mitchell Starc	(1990-01-30) 30 January 1990	Left-handed	Left-arm fast medium
8	Josh Hazlewood	(1991-01-08) 8 January 1991	Left-handed	Right arm fast medium
4	Doug Bollinger	(1981-07-24) 24 July 1981	Left-handed	Left arm fast medium
9	Trent Copeland	(1986-03-14) 14 March 1986	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium
Spin bowlers
67	Nathan Lyon	(1987-11-20) 20 November 1987	Right-handed	Right arm off spin
-	Luke Doran	(1991-08-14) 14 August 1991	Right-handed	Left arm orthodox	Injury replacement player for Stephen O'Keefe

Transfers

In:

Name	Role	Previous team
Dwayne Smith	All-rounder	Perth Scorchers
Ryan Carters	Wicket-keeper	Sydney Thunder
Doug Bollinger	Bowler	Hobart Hurricanes
Luke Doran	Bowler	Sydney Thunder
Simon Keen	All-rounder	Uncontracted in BBL03
Riki Wessels	Wicket-keeper	Uncontracted in BBL03

Out:

Name	Role	Going to
Ravi Bopara	All-rounder	Not re-signed
Marcus North	Batsmen	Retired
Mark Cosgrove	Batsmen	Not re-signed
Charles Amini	All-rounder	Not re-signed
Daniel Smith	Wicket-keeper	Not re-signed
Chris Tremlett	Bowler	Not re-signed
Josh Lalor	Bowler	Not re-signed
Shane Cassel	Bowler	Not re-signed

Champions League Twenty20

As the Sydney Sixers lost in the semi-finals to the Perth Scorchers, they did not qualify for the 2014 Champions League Twenty20 tournament.

Big Bash League

Regular season

Times shown are in Australian Western Standard Time (UTC+08) for Perth, Australian Central Daylight Time (UTC+10:30) for Adelaide, Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10:00) for Brisbane and Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11:00) for all remaining venues.

19 December
19:40 (D/N)
Scorecard

Melbourne Renegades 7/154 (20 overs)	v	(H) Sydney Sixers 2/158 (18.5 overs)
Callum Ferguson 40 (32) Sean Abbott 2/20 (4 overs)		Nic Maddinson 84* (54) Nathan Rimmington 1/22 (3 overs)

Sydney Sixers won by 8 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 12,789
Umpires: Ashley Barrow (Aus) and Damien Mealey (Aus)
Player of the match: Nic Maddinson (Sixers)

Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field
Ben Dwarshuis (Sixers) made his Twenty20 debut

23 December
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Hobart Hurricanes 8/154 (19 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers 3/158 (18.1 overs)
George Bailey 71 (44) Brett Lee 3/34 (4 overs)		Michael Lumb 44 (31) Cameron Boyce 1/24 (4 overs)

Sydney Sixers won by 7 wickets
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Umpires: Paul Wilson (Aus) and Michael Graham-Smith (Aus)
Player of the match: Moises Henriques (Sixers)

Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat
Match reduced to 19 overs per side due to rain
Sydney Sixers took a team hat-trick

27 December
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard

Sydney Sixers 7/180 (20 overs)	v	(H) Sydney Thunder 5/164 (20 overs)
Rikki Wessels 50 (33) Gurinder Sandhu 2/28 (4 overs)		Aiden Blizzard 80 (42) Sean Abbott 2/28 (4 overs)

Sydney Sixers won by 16 runs
Stadium Australia, Sydney
Umpires: Paul Wilson (Aus) and Sam Nogajski (Aus)
Player of the match: Aiden Blizzard (Thunder)

Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bowl

29 December
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard

Perth Scorchers 7/135 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers (H) 99 (17.3 overs)
Marcus Harris 36 (26) Mitchell Starc 2/21 (4 overs)		Riki Wessels 28 (26) Ashton Turner 2/3 (1 over)

Perth Scorchers won by 36 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 24,477
Umpires: Sam Nojagski (Aus) and Shawn Craig (Aus)
Player of the match: Andrew Tye (Scorchers)

Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat

5 January
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard

Sydney Sixers 6/150 (20 overs)	v	Melbourne Stars (H) 4/150 (20 overs)
Michael Lumb 80 (61) Scott Boland 2/19 (4 overs)		Kevin Pietersen 54 (43) Ben Dwarshuis 2/31 (4 overs)

Scores level;Stars won the Super Over
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance: 22,098
Umpires: Sam Nojagski and Paul Wilson
Player of the match: James Faulkner (Stars)

Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field

Super Over
Delivery	Melbourne Stars			Sydney Sixers
Delivery	Bowler	Batsman	Runs	Bowler	Batsman	Runs
1	Brett Lee	James Faulkner	1	John Hastings	Nic Maddinson	2
2	Brett Lee	Luke Wright	2	John Hastings	Nic Maddinson	0 W
3	Brett Lee	Luke Wright	1	John Hastings	Michael Lumb	1
4	Brett Lee	James Faulkner	6	John Hastings	Moises Henriques	2
5	Brett Lee	James Faulkner	1wd	John Hastings	Moises Henriques	0 W
6	Brett Lee	James Faulkner	2	John Hastings	Michael Lumb	4
7	Brett Lee	James Faulkner	6
		Total	0/19		Total	2/9

11 January
18:10 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Brisbane Heat 6/147 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers 4/148 (17.4 overs)
Peter Forrest 62* (56) Brett Lee 2/29 (4 overs)		Ryan Carters 30* (21) James Hopes 2/23 (3 overs)

Sydney Sixers won by 6 wickets
The Gabba, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
Attendance: 28,724
Umpires: Paul Wilson and Damien Mealey
Player of the match: Doug Bollinger (Sixers)

Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field

14 January
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard

Adelaide Strikers 6/182 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers (H) 159 (19.4 overs)
Craig Simmons 46 (34) Steve O'Keefe 1/21 (4 overs)		Jordan Silk 67 (34) Johan Botha 2/27 (4 overs)

Adelaide Strikers won by 23 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 21,644
Umpires: Sam Nojagski and Michael Graham-Smith
Player of the match: Johan Botha (Strikers)

Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat

22 January
19:40 (D/N)
Scorecard

Sydney Thunder 4/154 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers (H) 6/155 (20 overs)
Jacques Kallis 56 (43) Nathan Lyon 3/19 (4 overs)		Jordan Silk 69* (43) Josh Lalor 4/29 (4 overs)

Sydney Sixers won by 4 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 36,487
Umpires: Geoff Joshua and Ashley Barrow
Player of the match: Jordan Silk (Sixers)

Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field
The crowd of 36,487 was the highest in NSW domestic cricket history beating the previous record (32,823) set earlier in the season between the same teams.^[1]
Jake Doran and Chris Green (both Thunder) made their Twenty20 debuts

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
Adelaide Strikers	8	6	1	1	13	+1.159
Perth Scorchers (W)	8	5	3	0	10	+0.705
Melbourne Stars	8	5	3	0	10	+0.336
Sydney Sixers (R)	8	5	3	0	10	-0.014

Hobart Hurricanes	8	3	5	0	6	-0.280
Melbourne Renegades	8	3	5	0	6	-0.331
Sydney Thunder	8	2	5	1	5	-0.485
Brisbane Heat	8	2	6	0	4	-1.116

Finals

Semifinals			Final


4	Sydney Sixers	4/181 (20 ov)

1	Adelaide Strikers (H)	94 (14.3 ov)
			4	Sydney Sixers	5/147 (20 ov)

			2	Perth Scorchers	6/148 (20 ov)
2	Perth Scorchers (H)	7/144 (20 ov)

3	Melbourne Stars	126 (19.5 ov)

Semi Finals

The top four teams from the group stage qualified for the semi finals.

Semi-Final 1
24 January
18:40 (D/N)
Scorecard

Sydney Sixers 4/181 (20 overs)	v	Adelaide Strikers (H) 94 (14.3 overs)
Nic Maddinson 85 (48) Shaun Tait 1/30 (4 overs)		Ben Laughlin 22 (10) Doug Bollinger 3/21 (3 overs)

Sydney Sixers won by 87 runs
Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 52,633
Umpires: Gerard Abood and Mick Martell
Player of the match: Nic Maddinson (Sixers)

Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
The crowd of 52,633 was the highest for any sport at the re-developed Adelaide Oval. It was also the highest ever Australian domestic cricket crowd.

Final

Final
28 January
19:40 (D/N)
Scorecard

Sydney Sixers 5/147 (20 overs)	v	Perth Scorchers 6/148 (20 overs)
Moises Henriques 77 (57) Jason Behrendorff 1/19 (4 overs)		Shaun Marsh 73 (59) Brett Lee 3/25 (4 overs)

Perth Scorchers won by 4 wickets
Manuka Oval, Canberra
Attendance: 11,741
Umpires: Mick Martell and Paul Wilson
Player of the match: Shaun Marsh (Scorchers)

Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat

Player Statistics

Statistics include all finals games
Key: Hover over heading for tooltips

Player			Batting									Fielding		Bowling
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1	Ryan Carters	10	8	3	112	90	124.44	22.40	35*	0	2	13	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	Doug Bollinger	10	2	0	1	2	50.00	0.50	1	0	0	6	0	34.0	0	294	9	8.64	32.66	3/21	22.6
6	Luke Doran	4	2	1	2	4	50.00	2.00	1*	0	0	1	0	8.0	0	69	3	8.62	32.66	2/22	16.0
8	Josh Hazlewood	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	Trent Copeland	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
14	Jordan Silk	10	9	4	272	199	136.68	54.40	69*	2	9	4	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
21	Moises Henriques	9	9	2	245	205	119.51	35.00	77	1	6	5	0	24.0	0	153	5	6.37	30.60	2/22	28.8
23	Ben Dwarshuis	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0	10.0	0	95	4	9.50	23.75	2/31	15.0
24	Brad Haddin	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
27	Ed Cowan	2	2	1	1	5	20.00	1.00	1*	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
45	Michael Lumb	10	10	0	265	215	123.25	26.50	80	1	9	4	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
49	Steve Smith	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
50	Riki Wessels	9	9	0	205	182	112.63	22.77	50	1	4	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
53	Nic Maddinson	10	10	1	284	193	147.15	31.55	85	2	16	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
56	Mitchell Starc	2	2	1	3	4	75.00	3.00	3*	0	0	1	0	8.0	0	57	3	7.12	19.00	2/21	16.0
58	Brett Lee	10	2	1	14	9	155.55	14.00	7*	0	0	2	0	39.0	0	279	13	7.15	21.46	3/25	18.0
67	Nathan Lyon	4	1	1	4	4	100.00	-	4*	0	0	1	0	15.0	0	107	8	7.13	13.37	3/19	11.2
72	Stephen O'Keefe	6	3	2	14	8	175.00	14.00	9*	0	0	0	0	19.3	0	126	3	6.46	42.00	2/17	39.0
77	Sean Abbott	10	5	0	33	33	100.00	6.60	21	0	1	4	0	35.0	0	274	9	7.82	30.44	2/14	23.3
94	Simon Keen	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0	1.0	0	10	0	10.00	-	-	-

Source: Cricinfo

References

↑ "Jordan Silk leads Sydney Sixers to win over Sydney Thunder in Big Bash derby". ABC News. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

External links

Official site

Sydney Sixers

Players Seasons Honours Records

Club	History

Home stadium	Sydney Cricket Ground

Leagues	Big Bash League Champions League Twenty20

Seasons	2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Coaches	Trevor Bayliss (2011–current)

Captains	Brad Haddin (2011–current)

Rivalries	Sydney Derby

Big Bash League

Seasons	2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Participating teams	Adelaide Strikers Brisbane Heat Hobart Hurricanes Melbourne Renegades Melbourne Stars Perth Scorchers Sydney Sixers Sydney Thunder

Venues	Adelaide Oval ANZ Stadium Blundstone Arena Etihad Stadium #TheFurnace The Gabba Manuka Oval Melbourne Cricket Ground Spotless Stadium Sydney Cricket Ground

Related Topics	Champions League Twenty20 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash Sheffield Shield Matador BBQs One-Day Cup Women's Big Bash League