Twitter Reactions: Jos Phillippe, bowlers gift Sydney Sixers second BBL title
The Stars lost wickets in heaps and never looked like gaining the upper hand in the run-chase.
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There were all sorts of rain predictions prior to the 2019-20 BBL final. But the match between Melbourne Stars and Sydney Sixers at the Sydney Cricket Ground eventually took place, though a curtailed one. In the end, the Sixers, captained by Moises Henriques, cantered home by 19 runs, getting their hands on the BBL trophy since 2011-12. Meanwhile, the Stars lost back-to-back finals.
Phillippe shoulders the Sixers
In a game, pruned to 12 overs per side, the Stars elected to field, bearing in mind the weather. However, the hosts stepped on the gas from the outset and got 116. Their start wasn’t a great one as Daniel Worrall got rid of James Vince. Josh Phillipe and Steve Smith injected some momentum with a 34-run stand off 18 balls. Glenn Maxwell gave the Stars a breather, dismissing Smith.
Smith went after scoring 21 off 12. Moises Henriques and Daniel Hughes perished in quick succession as Maxwell along with Adam Zampa got a bit of a stranglehold. Phillipe got to his fifty off 27 balls and he got the apt support from Jordan Silk, who got a breezy 15-ball 27. Philippe eventually got out in the last ball of the innings after scoring 52 runs off 29 with four fours and three sixes.
Sixers scamper to glory
Marcus Stoinis carted Nathan Lyon away to the boundary a couple of times to commence the Stars’ chase. But Lyon made amends as Stoinis holed out to Sean Abbott in the deep. The Sixers’ bowlers inflicted a min-collapse as Glenn Maxwell, Nic Maddinson and Peter Handscomb had to go back without getting into the double figures. Ben Dunk smashed a six before Lyon nipped him out.
In the last five overs, the Stars needed 73 runs at 14.60 with half their side back to the hut. Ben Dwarshuis conceded five in the eighth over and the required-rate jumped to 17 in the last four overs. Boundaries were hard to come by as the Sixers marched towards victory. Nick Larkin (38*) and Nathan Coulter-Nile (19*) pulled off some lusty blows. To their sheer dismay, their efforts went in vain.
Here’s how Twitterati reacted to the Sixers’ triumph: –
Miracle workers 🤩
Meet the SCG grounds team who got the ground up for tonight’s BBL final despite more than 180mm of rain since Thursday #LoveOurSCG #BBL09Final #BBL pic.twitter.com/duYfirnGm5
— Sydney Cricket Ground (@scg) February 8, 2020
🙌🙌🙌 Happy skipper and WE'VE DONE IT #BBL09Final#smashemsixers 🏆 pic.twitter.com/jkWJYip3cZ
— Sydney Sixers (@SixersBBL) February 8, 2020
Different year, same result.#BBL09 #BBL09Final #BBLFinals pic.twitter.com/W9tkGbX6Hq
— CricBlog (@cric_blog) February 8, 2020
Congratulations Sydney 6ers @BBL Champions! #BBL09Final
— christopher lee (@leech1233) February 8, 2020
Sydney sixesrs win the final on the 19 runs #BBL09Final
— Abdul Samad🇵🇰 (@shalmeen24) February 8, 2020
Well this aged well. #BBL09Final #Sixers @SixersBBL https://t.co/IHxvS2QOeq
— Cate Caldwell (@catekcaldwell) February 8, 2020
Need to restructure this tournament . Final doesn't feel like final . #BBL09Final @BBL
— Aakash Koirala (@akoirala17) February 8, 2020
Yiew @SixersBBL #BBL09Final
— Lyndon Hall (@lp91hc) February 8, 2020
Good win for the Sixers but the #BBL09Final fizzled out rather than finishing with a bang. Of all the days to get the rain.
— AJ (@RalphJollyEsq) February 8, 2020
I randomly decided to support the Sydney Sixers because they have pink outfits, and now they've won the #bigbash final! #sydney #sydneysixers #sixers #BBL09 #BBL09Final #cricket #gosixers
— Karyn M. Cooke (@KarynCooke) February 8, 2020
SIXERS ARE CHAMPIONS! 🏆 The Sydney Sixers 🙌 win their second #BBL title by beating the Stars in the 12-over per side #BBL09Final at the SCG! 👏 #BBLFinal #BBL09 #BigBash #Cricket pic.twitter.com/95FGc4DLgY
— Cricket Central (@cricketcentral) February 8, 2020
What's the issue with @StarsBBL
Always lost at #BBLFinals #BBL2019 #BBL09Final #BBL09— Cricket Lover (@Sandy14999) February 8, 2020
Stars stay winless again #BBL09Final
— Vinay RKM (@vinzalwayz) February 8, 2020
CHAMPIONS!!!!! BBL is magenta!!!! #smashemsixers #BBL09Final
— Terri (@ItsMeTezz) February 8, 2020
The Sydney Sixers have won #BBL09!
They defeated the Melbourne Stars by 19 runs.#BBL09Final @SixersBBL pic.twitter.com/EjHg2LUfPU
— Sporting News Australia (@sportingnewsau) February 8, 2020
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