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Though Vince stood unbeaten only two short of what would have been an outstanding century, his 98 not out certainly ensured that the Sixers grabbed the ticket to finals on the 6th of February 2021.

By Pratyay Tiwari

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James Vince and Josh Philippe outsmarted the Perth Scorchers in the most dominant style, if there ever was, in the Big Bash League (BBL) 2020-21 Qualifier at Canberra. Billed as the most-anticipated encounter of the season, the contest failed to live up to the expectations by a fair margin. After electing to bat, the Scorchers were underwhelming with the bat, to say the least.

Having made a slow start, the trouble arose for the Scorchers pretty quickly as Sean Abbott removed Jason Roy in the third over, when the right-hander gave him a simple reverse catch for the taking. Much like Roy, Liam Livingstone struggled in the search of momentum too, before picking the man at short extra cover off Carlos Brathwaite.

Scorchers’ underwhelming show

Colin Munro and Josh Inglis joined hands to give the team a semblance of recovery through their 42-run collaboration, although the pressure of expediting the scoring led to the fall of Munro (30 from 25), who holed out to deep midwicket off Jackson Bird in the 12th over.

It only took another over for the Sixers to strike as Mitchell Marsh – ridiculed by the umpire’s decision – was eventually shown the finger for a caught-behind appeal, when the ball, quite clearly, seemed to have been missing the wood.

The only hope for Scorchers was in Josh Inglis, who slammed five fours and a couple of sixes in his unbeaten knock of 69. Ashton Turner showed some intent too, hitting a couple of sixes en route to his 22-ball 33, taking the Scorchers to at least a score of some substance after the conclusion of their 20.

Clinical Sixers chase in a rush

The gulf between the two sides was starkly disappointing when the Sixers appeared with their response. Josh Philippe, the second-leading scorer of the tournament, started to dominate the opposition from the onset as he drove Richardson for a four before hammering a six in the 13-run first over. Slamming a couple of fours against Behrendorff, James Vince clarified what Sixer’s game plan was.

The duo continued rotating the strike with ease apart from getting the odd boundary, and even as a couple of quiet overs followed, they ensured to not lose their wicket, at any cost. It was the 8th over from Aaron Hardie when Vince once again shifted the gears, recording a hat-trick of boundaries before Philippe assaulted Fawad Ahmed in the succeeding over. However, Livingstone removed Philippe (45 from 28) in the 9th over, as he miscued a sweep to Ahmed at short fine leg.

The fall of Philippe notwithstanding, Vince continued his work from the other end and deposited Ashton Turner for a six over the long-on boundary to bring up his half-century. The new man Daniel Hughes, on the other hand, seemed content in playing the second fiddle to Vince, who slammed Tye for back-to-back boundaries in the 15th over, to enter into his 90s. Though Vince stood unbeaten only two short of what would have been an outstanding century, his 98 not out certainly ensured that the Sixers grabbed the ticket to finals on the 6th of February 2021.

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