Sydney Sixers were denied a third-straight crown by the rampant Perth Scorchers on Friday night in the Big Bash League (BBL) final.
The Perth Scorchers are BBL champions for a fourth time in record after over coming the COVID-19 and injury-hit Sixers by 79 runs.
The Sixers making it to the final at Marvel Stadium despite a player crisis and that saw them filling in an assistant coach to play, while their requests to pick Steve Smith were repeatedly declined by the Cricket Association.
The Sixers were without three players due to COVID 19, Jordan Silk missing through a hamstring complaint, while Daniel Hughes was called even though still recovery from an angle injury.
The Sixers entered the final as serious underdogs against the Scorchers. With both teams having three tittles and hoping to get the fourth but the sixers fell short.
Sixers XI: Hayden Kerr, Nick Bertus, Daniel Hughes, Moises Henriques (c), Dan Christian, Sean Abbott, Ben Dwarshuis, Jay Lenton (wk), Jackson Bird, Nathan Lyon, Steve O’Keefe
X-factor subs: Justin Avendano, Lloyd Pope
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Scorchers XI: Josh Inglis (wk), Kurtis Patterson, Mitch Marsh, Colin Munro 🇳🇿, Ashton Turner (c), Laurie Evans 🏴, Ashton Agar, Jhye Richardson, Andrew Tye, Jason Behrendorff, Peter Hatzoglou
X-factor subs: Aaron Hardie, Matthew Kelly
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The most dominant franchises in BBL history battled it out in the final for the fifth time in 11 seasons, with the Scorchers recovering from an early stumble on neutral territory at Docklands Stadium to clinch their first title since 2016-17.
In the last four times these two have face off was in a thrilling and nail biting matches.
Before tonight’s edition of The Final, let’s look back at the last FOUR times these two faced off in the big dance… 🏆 #BBL11 pic.twitter.com/o2Esvh3mCZ
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