Wes Agar to Jack Edwards, no run, 132.8kph, with a slip in place, Agar starts with a full delivery, Edwards pushes it to cover

Wes Agar, right-arm fast, comes into the attack

McAndrew to Patterson, 2 runs, 132.9kph, short of a good length ball, turned through midwicket for a couple of runs

McAndrew to Patterson, no run, width offered, Patterson shapes to cut and gets an under-edge that goes to the right of the keeper. Billings makes a diving stop

McAndrew to Patterson, no run, 133kph, half an appeal.

McAndrew to Patterson, FOUR, width on offer, Patterson pounces. 131kph, short of length well outside off, Patterson stands tall to cut fiercely through point

McAndrew to Jack Edwards, 1 run, 135.4kph, hint of inswing, Edwards pushes with hard hands and inside-edges to midwicket

A new opening pair today with Jack Edwards batting at the top instead of Philippe

McAndrew to Patterson, 1 run, away-angler, Patterson pushes at it and outside-edges to the right of backward point who makes a diving stop

Patterson and Jack Edwards are at the crease. Patterson is on strike. McAndrew will open the attack

The Sydney Thunder players make their way out to the middle, followed by the Sixers' openers.

Teams:

Sydney Thunder (Playing XI): David Warner(c), Hugh Weibgen, Matthew Gilkes, Sam Billings(w), George Garton, Jason Sangha, Chris Green, Nathan McAndrew, Tom Andrews, Wes Agar, Tanveer Sangha

Sydney Sixers (Playing XI): Kurtis Patterson, Josh Philippe(w), Jack Edwards, Moises Henriques(c), Jordan Silk, Lachlan Shaw, Ben Dwarshuis, Hayden Kerr, Ben Manenti, Mitchell Perry, Jafer Chohan

Henriques: We got to be ready. Not the result we wanted the other day. It's our game to lose. We scored 220 against the Scorchers. We would have bowled first as well. No changes.

Sydney Thunder have won the toss and have opted to field

Warner: We'll have a bowl first. It's a nice wicket, won't change too much. It's been fantastic, it's about fans and entertainment. Great to be here at the SCG. We are good friends.

Sydney Thunder have won the toss and have opted to field

Josh Philippe receives a special cap as this will be his 100th game for the Sixers.

The Sixers, depleted by the departure of three main players (Smith, Abbott and Murphy), were competitive against the Canes in the Qualifier. They were poor in the powerplay in both the innings. While they conceded 47 runs with the ball, they lost three wickets with the bat while chasing a 170+ score. Their bowlers managed to pull things back and there was a fightback with the bat as well in the form of Jordan Silk and Kurtis Patterson. They'll be hoping for a better start today, especially from Josh Philippe who hasn't got to double-digits in his last five innings. The Thunder were also below-par with the bat in their previous outing but they were brilliant with the ball against a strong Melbourne Stars batting line-up as they defended 135 pretty comfortably. Warner has led this side superbly, he's also the second highest-run getter this season and he's no stranger to SCG. Promises to be a mouthwatering clash...