Complete
Big Bash League 2023-24, 28th Match, Melbourne, Jan 6th, 2024

Melbourne Stars

(19.6 ov) 156/4

Sydney Sixers

(18.1 ov) 160/3

Complete Sydney Sixers won by 7 wkts

Player of Match: James Vince

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James Vince, Player of the Match: I think the bowlers did a fantastic job. I think restricting them to 155 was a great effort from the bowlers. Was a kind of a wicket where we didn't want the required run rate to get soaring high. 12-13 runs per over at the back end would have been tough. Would like to get a few more runs in this competition. It was nice to spend some time in the middle. You want to peak at the back end of the competition. Hopefully we save our best cricket for the back end. We don't play until next Friday, and then we have a game on Sunday, hopefully we have saved our best for the finals. He (Murphy) is a top-class bowler. The lengths he hits and the way he found something from the wicket, bowled beautifully along with other bowlers. Maybe Smudge (Smith) can play in the middle-order. Will be great to have him back.
22:21 Local Time, 11:21 GMT, 16:51 IST: A comfortable win for the Sydney Sixers who move back to the number second spot in the points table. It was a commendable effort by the Sixers bowlers to restrict the Stars to a below par total and their top-order batters made sure to complement those bowling efforts. Boland bowled Phillipe with a nip-backer, however, Hughes and Vince had a match defining partnership thereafter. They mixed caution and aggression and kept getting boundaries at regular intervals. The Power Surge fetched 29 runs and that made the run chase even easier. Both the batters departed after making significant contributions, while the batters who followed next completed the formalities without any hassle, finishing the chase in the 19th over..
18.1
Joel Paris to Silk, FOUR, Sydney Sixers beat Melbourne Stars by 7 wickets. Silk hits the winning runs. A full length delivery on the pads and Silk flicks it through square leg as the ball races away to the fence. A clinical performance by the Sydney boys..
Joel Paris [2.0-0-21-0] is back into the attack
18.1
Joel Paris to Silk, FOUR, to backward square leg
Joel Paris [2.0-0-21-0] is back into the attack
17.6
Webster to Silk, 1 run, down the wicket to nudge this away to fine leg for one
17.5
Webster to Silk, FOUR, to deep square leg
17.4
Webster to Henriques, 1 run, slower delivery on leg,
17.3
Webster to Henriques, FOUR,
17.2
Webster to Silk, leg byes, 1 run, back o fa length on middle and leg, Silk gets hit on the pads and they sneak in with a leg bye
17.2
Webster to Silk, wide
17.1
Webster to Henriques, 1 run, short of a length around middle and leg, Henriques gets an inside edge next to the pitch and takes a single
Beau Webster [2.0-0-10-1] is back into the attack
Equation: 14 runs required in 3 overs..
16.6
Boland to Silk, 2 runs, to deep mid-wicket
16.5
Boland to Silk, 2 runs, to deep backward point
16.4
Boland to Silk, no run, on a length around middle and leg, nudged to mid-wicket by Silk
16.3
Boland to Silk, no run