| Match 1 : Sydney Thunder v Sydney Sixers |
| Spotless Stadium, Sydney |
| Tue, 20 Dec 2016 | 19:40 local (08:40 GMT | 14:10 IST) |
1st match of Big Bash League 2016-17 has been played between Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder today. Sixers won the toss and put Thunders into bat first. Thunders put good totals of 159 run in 20 overs. RJ Gibson played good innings of 53 runs in 43 balls for Thunder. Sixers in reply chased the given target in 18 overs and won the match by huge margins of 9 wickets (with 12 balls remaining). Sixers skipper MC Henriques played super quick inning of 76 runs of just 41 balls with 7 fours and 4 massive sixes. DP Hughes also played good inning of 54 runs.
MC Henriques declared man of the match for his 76 unbeaten runs and led the team to win the 1st BBL 2016-17 match and open an account in points tally as well.
Score : Thunder 1598 & Sixer 160/1
Man of the match :- MC Henriques (SIX) |
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| Points - Sydney Sixers 2, Sydney Thunder 0 |
