Big Bash League, 2016-17 have been started.A great match was played between Sydney Thunder vs Sydney Sixers.That was 1st match of this BBL 2016-2017.The match was played at Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney.The match Umpires were Paul Wilson, John Ward.Third Umpire Phillip Gillespie and Peter Marshall was match Referee.The teams for both sides were below down there.
Sydney Thunder
Kurtis Patterson, Ryan Gibson, Eoin Morgan, Ben Rohrer (c), Andre Russell, Jake Doran (wk), Chris Green, Pat Cummins, Clint McKay, Gurinder Sandhu, Fawad Ahmed BenchShane Watson, Chris Hartley, Usman Khawaja, Alister McDermott, Aiden Blizzard, Nathan McAndrew, Arjun Nair
Bench
Shane Watson, Chris Hartley, Usman Khawaja, Alister McDermott, Aiden Blizzard, Nathan McAndrew, Arjun Nair.
Sydney Sixers
Jason Roy, Daniel Hughes, Moises Henriques (c), Brad Haddin (wk), Sam Billings, Johan Botha, Steve O'Keefe, Sean Abbott, Ben Dwarshuis, Joe Mennie, Doug Bollinger BenchJackson Bird, Ryan Carters, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon, Nic Maddinson, Jordan Silk, Mitchell Starc
Bench
Jackson Bird, Ryan Carters, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon, Nic Maddinson, Jordan Silk, Mitchell Starc.
Sydney Sixers had won the toss and opt to bowl.Sudney Thunder scored 159/8 in 20 overs.Ryan Gibson scored 53 runs,Pat Cummins scored 30 runs and Eoin Morgan also scored 26 runs.Ben Dwarshuis,Joe Mennie,Doug Bollinger they took 2,2,2 wickets for Sydney sixers.
On that front Sydney Sixers achieve this target by losing just one wicket.Daniel Hughes scored 54 runs,Moises Henriques (c) scored 76 runs and Jason Roy scored 27 runs.So,won this match easily by 9 wickets.So, the Sydney Sixers' campaign is off to a rollicking start. Not a bad game to kick things off in the BBL either.