KFC BBL season 12: Adelaide Strikers start with a commanding win over the Sydney Sixers
The Adelaide Strikers rolled over the Sydney Sixers, defeating them by 51 runs in the first game of BBL 12. Veteran captain Peter Siddle was the home side's leader of a strong bowling performance
Adelaide Strikers beat Sydney SixersAdelaide have one of the season's most dangerous three-person lines in Matthew Short, Jake Weatherald, and former Brisbane Heat captain Chris Lynn.
Short's blistering 84 from 53 balls, supported by Chris Lynn's 41 (34) and Adam Hose's 40 (22), took the Strikers to an impressive score of 6/184.
Shaun Abbott took three poles but was very expensive with 3-37 from his four overs. Young Afghan star Izharulhaq Naveed also showed promise with 2-25 from four overs.
The sixers were on the defensive from the first ball and could not find the momentum to get the result. Three wickets fell for just over a run per ball in the first nine overs.
Kurtis Patterson was the first to fall when he guided a drive from seamer Henry Thornton to keeper Harry Nielsen (9).
Jordan Silk was the top scorer with 36 (33), while captain Moises Henriques24 (29), and Josh Phillipe 26 (23) were the only other batsmen not to get into the teens.
Thornton was the best bowler, taking 4-20, while leg-spinner Rashid Khan took 3-21.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thornton's 4-20 (his best BBL spell!) puts him at the top of the BKT Golden Arm leaderboard 👑 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BBL12?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BBL12</a> <a href="https://t.co/5WfZXDz4Yy">pic.twitter.com/5WfZXDz4Yy</a></p>— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) <a href="https://twitter.com/BBL/status/1602989935887233024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
The Sixers ran out of time at 7-133 as the home team's bowlers scored just 6.65 per over.
MAN OF THE MATCH- Matthew Short (84 Off 53 balls)
Big Bash League 2022-23 live broadcast
In India: Sony Sports Network will broadcast the BBL 2022-23 matches live on TV. Sony Six and Sony Six HD channels will live stream the matches. Sony Liv will stream the games live.