2011–12 Sydney Sixers season

Inaugural season of Australian cricket team April 2022 Sydney Sixers 2011–12 Stuart Clark Trevor Bayliss (1st season) Brad Haddin (1st season) Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney CLT20 DNQ Big Bash League 3rd BBL Finals Champions Nic Maddinson (275) Mitchell Starc (13) 27,520 (Round 3 v Melbourne Stars) 12,285 (Round 1 v Brisbane Heat) 2012–13 The 2011–12 Sydney Sixers season was the club's inaugural season in the Big Bash League (BBL) as the league adopted city-based teams rather than the traditional state representative team format of previous years. This was to align itself with the structure of the Indian Premier League for the ongoing Champions League Twenty20 competition. The Sixers were the inaugural champions of the Big Bash League, thus earning the right to compete in the 2012 Champions League Twenty20 in October 2012. The Sixers went on to win this tournament in their first effort. Players Squad Players with international caps are listed in bold. Ages are given as of 16 December 2011, the date of the first match played during the tournament No.NameNationalityDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleNotes Batsmen7 Dominic Thornely AUS 2011 12 16 1978 10 1 y Right-handed Right-arm medium & off spin 35 Ed Cowan AUS 2011 12 16 1982 6 16 y Left-handed Right-arm leg break 45 Michael Lumb ENG 2011 12 16 1980 02 12 y Left-handed Right-arm medium Overseas player53 Nic Maddinson AUS 2011 12 16 1991 12 21 y Left-handed Slow Left-arm orthodox 99 Ben Rohrer AUS 2011 12 16 1981 3 26 y Left-handed – All-rounders5 Ian Moran AUS 2011 12 16 1979 08 16 y Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 15 Nathan McCullum NZL 2011 12 16 1980 09 01 y Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas Player (replaced Dwayne Bravo mid-season)19 Steve Smith AUS 2011 12 16 1989 6 2 y Right-handed Right-arm leg break 21 Moisés Henriques Buckle Greg Perth sign Gibbs for T20 season http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/perth-sign-gibbs-for-t20-season-20110701-1gutv.html 1 July 2011 The Sydney Morning Herald 1 July 2011 AUS 2011 12 16 1987 2 1 y Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 33 Shane Watson AUS 2011 12 16 1981 6 17 y Right-handed Right-arm medium 47 Dwayne Bravo WIN 2011 12 16 1983 10 7 y Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas Player (left mid-season to join national team)72 Stephen O'KeefeHaddin joins Sixers http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/current/story/523920.html Cricinfo 20 July 2011 AUS 2011 12 16 1984 12 9 y Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Wicket-keepers20 Peter Nevill AUS 2011 12 16 1985 10 13 y Right-handed – 24 Brad Haddin AUS 2011 12 16 1977 10 23 y Right-handed – Captain Bowlers8 Josh Hazlewood AUS 2011 12 16 1991 1 8 y Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium 11 Stuart MacGill AUS 2011 12 16 1971 2 25 y Right-handed Right-arm leg break 27 Pat Cummins AUS 2011 12 16 1993 5 8 y Right-handed Right-arm fast 58 Brett Lee AUS 2011 12 16 1976 11 08 y Right-handed Right-arm fast 56 Mitchell Starc AUS 2011 12 16 1990 1 30 y Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium Review In an exciting time for the league with the introduction of city-based teams, the Sydney Sixers were chosen to host the first game of this new format. The game was played on 16 December 2011, at the historical Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). The Sixers opponents were Brisbane Heat. After losing the toss, the Sixers were asked to field first. The Sixers bowlers did a capable job of restricting the Heat to 8/139 from their allotted 20 overs. Stuart MacGill showed his class, coming out of retirement for this tournament, to end with the best figures from a Sixers bowler with 2/21. The Sixers easily chased down the runs with 8 balls to spare. Skipper and opening batsmen Brad Haddin got the Sixers off to a flying start, scoring 76 from 59 balls, allowing Steve Smith and Moises Henriques to pick up the final runs for the Sixers. The batting performance from Haddin earned him the Player of the Match award. The Sixers then traveled down to Hobart to meet the Hurricanes. The Hurricanes dominated the match and won by 42 runs. After scoring at 6-runs per over with the loss of one wicket after 10 overs, Phil Jaques and Travis Birt unleashed a flurry of boundaries and scoring shots to amass a 107 wicket partnership. This was broken by the ever-willing wicket-taker Mitchell Starc. The Hurricanes made 3/169 and this total was seemingly unreachable for the Sixers after losing some early wickets. A fantastic spell of seam bowling from cult-hero Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, including 4 wickets for 6 runs from 11 balls at the death was enough to kill of the game. Hurricanes top order batsmen Birt was named Player of the Match.All-round Hurricanes ease to big win A return to the SCG brought a return to the winners' circle for the Sixers. A standout performance with the bat from West Indian import Dwayne Bravo assured the win for the Sixers. The Sixers won the toss, batted and scored 9/166 in their 20 overs. Melbourne Stars all-rounder David Hussey was their best with ball (2/25) and bat (42 runs), but his performance was not enough to get the Stars over the line. The Stars fell 2 runs short in an exciting run chase.November 2024 The Sixers then picked up three wins on the road against the Melbourne Renegades, Sydney Thunder and Adelaide Strikers before battling out a hard-fought win against the Perth Scorchers at home. After losing a couple of early wickets, a steadying partnership from Henriques and Maddinson followed. A fantastic exhibition of ball striking from Smith in his 51 from 25 balls boosted the Sixers run rate. The final two overs saw the Sixers lose 5 for 8 and bowled out for 176. In the end this was enough as the Scorchers failed to achieve the target by the narrowest of margins. The run chase began well with the Scorches 0/32 from the first four overs. Mitchell Starc then claimed three wickets in five balls with some magnificent swinging deliveries. A calming performance from Marcus North assured Perth of securing top spot on the ladder, needing only 151 runs to do so. With one over to go, Perth needed 13 runs for victory. Brett Lee was the bowler for the Sixers. After a one, four, one from the first three balls, Perth now needed seven runs from three balls. Lee bowled a dot ball as Nathan Coulter-Nile swung and missed a full ball outside off stump. Lee then bowled Coulter-Nile out, but the umpire called no-ball. Replays suggested it was a legal delivery. Lee's next delivery was a wide. In what probably should have been an unbeatable seven from the last ball, now became five from two balls. Coulter-Nile scored two runs off the next ball. The final ball saw Coulter-Nile drive to Steve Smith at long on and as the batsmen tried to make two runs for a draw the result was inevitable. Smith's throw was accurate to Lee, who was able to knock off the bails, running North out. The Scorchers fell one run short. The stunning spell of swing by Starc earned him the Player of the Match.Big Bash League Sixer v Scorchers CommentarySixers clinch thriller but Scorchers get home semi-final Big Bash League 2011–12 Big Bash League season Regular season Ladder Matches match1 16 December 2011 yes 19:00 UTC+11 Brisbane Heat Sydney Sixers (H) 8/139 (20 overs) 3/140 (18.4 overs) Dan Christian 32 (22) Stuart MacGill 2/21 (4 overs) Brad Haddin 76 (59) Dan Christian 1/20 (4 overs) Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyAttendance: 12,285 Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat Brad Haddin (Sydney Sixers) Bruce Oxenford & Paul Reiffel Scorecard Sydney Sixers won by 7 wickets W yes match6 21 December 2011 yes 19:00 UTC+11 Hobart Hurricanes (H) Sydney Sixers 3/169 (20 overs) 9/127 (20 overs) Phil Jaques 73 (55) Mitchell Starc 2/35 (4 overs) Nic Maddinson 33 (27) Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 4/22 (4 overs) Bellerive Oval, Hobart Attendance: 8,298 Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat Travis Birt (Hobart Hurricanes) Simon Fry & Geoff Joshua Scorecard Hobart Hurricanes won by 42 runs L yes match9 27 December 2011 yes 19:00 UTC+11 Sydney Sixers (H) Melbourne Stars 9/166 (20 overs) 8/164 (20 overs) Dwayne Bravo 51 (39) David Hussey 2/25 (4 overs) David Hussey 42 (30) Steve Smith 2/27 (4 overs) Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyAttendance: 27,520 Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat Dwayne Bravo (Sydney Sixers) Gerard Abood & Bruce Oxenford Scorecard Sydney Sixers won by 2 runs W yes match14 2 January 2012 yes 19:00 UTC+11 Sydney Sixers Melbourne Renegades (H) 6/161 (20 overs) 2/164 (17.4 overs) Moises Henriques 41 (30) Shane Harwood 2/28 (3 overs) Brad Hodge 72* (51) Josh Hazlewood 1/19 (2 overs) Docklands Stadium, MelbourneAttendance: 12,238 Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat Andrew McDonald (Melbourne Renegades) Mick Martell & Paul Reiffel Scorecard Melbourne Renegades won by 8 wickets L yes 8 January 2012 18:00 UTC+11 yes Sydney Sixers 7/117 (16 overs) 4/29 (5.3 overs) Sydney Thunder (H) Ben Rohrer 38 (24) Sean Abbott 2/17 (2 overs) Jason Floros 15 (10) Mitchell Starc 3/17 (2.3 overs) Sydney Sixers wins by 17 runs (D/L) Scorecard ANZ Stadium, SydneyAttendance: 31,262 Bruce Oxenford and Paul Reiffel Mitchell Starc (Sydney Sixers) Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat. Rain ended the match during the Sydney Thunder's innings after 5.3 overs. W yes 10 January 2012 19:00 UTC+10:30 yes Sydney Sixers 8/151 (20 overs) 87 (18.4 overs) Adelaide Strikers (H) Moises Henriques 42 (37) Alfonso Thomas 3/24 (4 overs) Aiden Blizzard 27 (21) Steve O'Keefe 3/20 (4 overs) Sydney Sixers won by 64 runs Scorecard Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Attendance: 26,837 Ashley Barrow and Mick Martell Stephen O'Keefe (Sydney Sixers) Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat. W yes 18 January 2012 19:00 UTC+11 yes Sydney Sixers (H) 176 (20 overs) 6/175 (20 overs) Perth Scorchers Steve Smith 51 (25) Nathan Coulter-Nile 3/38 (4 overs) Marcus North 59 (52) Mitchell Starc 3/28 (4 overs) Sydney Sixers won by 1 run Scorecard Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyAttendance: 20,400 Simon Fry and Paul Wilson Mitchell Starc (Sydney Sixers) Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat W no Finals Playoff tree Semi-finals Final 100 1 Perth Scorchers 3/174 (20) 4 Melbourne Stars 8/163 (20) 2 Hobart Hurricanes 7/146 (20) 3 Sydney Sixers 6/153 (20) 1 Perth Scorchers 5/156 (20) 3 Sydney Sixers 3/158 (18.5) Matches 22 January 2012 19:00 UTC+11 yes Sydney Sixers 6/153 (20 overs) 7/146 (20 overs) Hobart Hurricanes Nic Maddinson 68 (51) Ben Laughlin 2/25 (4 overs) Phil Jaques 63 (48) Brett Lee 2/22 (4 overs) Sydney Sixers won by 7 runs Scorecard Blundstone ArenaAttendance: 14,185 Mick Martell and Paul Reiffel Nic Maddinson (Sydney Sixers) Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat W yes 28 January 2012 17:00 UTC+8 yes Perth Scorchers 8/156 (20 overs) 3/158 (18.5 overs) Sydney Sixers Mitchell Marsh 77 (57) Brett Lee 2/21 (4 overs) Moisés Henriques 70 (41) Ben Edmondson 2/25 (3.5 overs) Sydney Sixers won by 7 wickets Scorecard WACA GroundAttendance: 16,255 Paul Reiffel and John Ward Moisés Henriques (Sydney Sixers) Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat Final W no Champions League Twenty20 As winners of the 2011–12 Big Bash League season, the Sixers earned the right to compete in the 2012 Champions League Twenty20 tournament. Please see 2012–13 Sydney Sixers season#Champions League Twenty20 for more details. References 2 External links Official site Category:Sydney Sixers seasons