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In the 18th match of the ongoing Big Bash League (BBL) 2022-23, Sydℱney Sixers thrashed Melbourne 🔜Renegades at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesdayꦑ. It was Sixers’ third victory in the tournament, wh🌠ich put them in fourth place in the points table.
After being asked to bat first, the Sixers posted a competitive 149/8 on the board, thanks to a brilliant knock from opening batter Josh Philippe. The wicketkeeper-batter held one end and kept the run-rate high. He smashed a fabulous half-century and scored 💯55 off 40 deliveries with the help of five fours and a couple of sixes.
Apart from Philippe, no other batter from the Sixers got the momentum, with James Vince being the second top-scorer (26). For the Renegades, Mujeeb Ur Rahman picked up three wickets while conceding 29 in his quo🏅ta of 4 overs.
In response, the Nic Maddinson-led side never really got going and got bundled out for a mere 115 in 19 overs to lose the contest by 34 runs. The senior batting duo of Aaron Finch (36) and Shaun Marsh (28) did stay for a while and added a crucial stand of 55 runs for the third wicket. But as soon as Hayden Kerr dismissed Marsh, the 𝔍batting unit of Renegadꩲes fell like a pack of cards.
Ben Dwarshuis was the chief destroyer, bagging a remarkable four-wicket haul for just 17 runs in his quota of 4 overs, including a maiden. Apart from Dwarshuis, Kerr (2/30) and Sean Abbott (2/17) picked up two scalps each.
Here is how Twitter reacted
Unplayable tonight 🔥 |
— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL)
3 WINS IN A ROW AT HOME! 🏠😍
— Sydney Sixers (@SixersBBL)
Sixers too good.
— Melbourne Renegades (@RenegadesBBL)
Dwarshuis.
One of the most underrated performers🔥 in BBL history.
What a spell.
— Tim Michell (@tim_michell)
Ben Dwarshuis getting some demons o🌞ut of this SCG pitch.
Lance Morris would be licking his lips.
Pitch for the New Year's Test is two along from this one.
— Lachlan McKirdy (@LMcKirdy7)
B💛en Dwarshuis claims the six votes tonight in t🌞he best & fairest count 🗳
— 7Cricket (@7Cricket)
Ben Dwarshu💖is bowling the BBL spell of his life tonight!!!
— Karl Seed ⚡️ (@KarlSeed29)
In what world are Jackson Bird and Ben Dwarshu🧸is not attempting a two on that last ball?
— Matt Parker (@zoonmattau)
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Left arm pacer in Ben Dwarshuis in v MLR
0,0🎃,0,Wd,W,1,0,0,0,0,💜0,0,0,1,0,0,0,W,0,6,W,L1,W,4,4
He was just unplayable🔥
— Varun Giri (@Varungiri0)