2012–13 Sydney Sixers season

Sydney Sixers

2012–13 season
President	Stuart Clark
Coach	Trevor Bayliss (2nd season)
Captain(s)	Brad Haddin (2nd season)
Home ground	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
CLT20	Champions
Big Bash League	7th
BBL Finals	DNQ
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Sydney Sixers season was the club's second consecutive season in the Big Bash League (BBL).

Players

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nat	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
16	Daniel Hughes		(1979-07-02) 2 July 1979	Left-handed	Right-arm fast medium
45	Michael Lumb		(1980-02-12) 12 February 1980	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
53	Nic Maddinson		(1991-12-21) 21 December 1991	Left-handed	Slow Left-arm orthodox
17	Kurtis Patterson		(1993-05-05) 5 May 1993	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	New signing, announced 18 July 2012
31	David Warner		(1986-10-27) 27 October 1986	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break
All-rounders
21	Moisés Henriques		(1987-02-01) 1 February 1987	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Re-signed, announced 18 July 2012
9	Jeevan Mendis		(1983-01-15) 15 January 1983	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	Overseas player
5	Ian Moran		(1979-08-16) 16 August 1979	Right-handed	Right-arm fast Medium
27	Dominic Thornely		(1978-10-01) 1 October 1978	Right-handed	Right-arm medium & off spin
72	Stephen O'Keefe		(1984-12-09) 9 December 1984	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Re-signed, announced 18 July 2012
49	Steve Smith		(1989-06-02) 2 June 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Wicket-keepers
24	Brad Haddin		(1977-10-23) 23 October 1977	Right-handed	–	Captain, Re-signed, announced 18 July 2012
13	Daniel Smith		(1982-03-17) 17 March 1982	Right-handed	–
Bowlers
22	Luke Feldman		(1984-08-01) 1 August 1984	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium
8	Josh Hazlewood		(1991-01-08) 8 January 1991	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Re-signed, announced 18 July 2012
2	Josh Lalor		(1987-11-02) 2 November 1987	Left-handed	Left-arm fast	New signing, announced 18 July 2012
58	Brett Lee		(1976-11-08) 8 November 1976	Right-handed	Right-arm fast
56	Mitchell Starc		(1990-01-30) 30 January 1990	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
74	Sunil Narine		(1988-05-26) 26 May 1988	Left-handed	Right-arm Off Spin	Overseas Player

Note: This table is for the 2012–13 Big Bash League season squad. See also 2012 Champions League Twenty20 squads#Sydney Sixers.

Transfers

In:

Nat	Name	Role	Previous team
	Sunil Narine	Bowler	New player
	Jeevan Mendis	All-rounder	New player
	Kurtis Patterson	Batsmen	New player
	Daniel Hughes	Batsmen	New player
	David Warner	Batsmen	Sydney Thunder
	Daniel Smith	Wicket-keeper	Sydney Thunder
	Josh Lalor	Bowler	Perth Scorchers
	Luke Feldman	Bowler	Hobart Hurricanes

Out:

Nat	Name	Role	Going to
	Stuart MacGill	Bowler	Retired
	Pat Cummins	Bowler	Perth Scorchers
	Peter Nevill	Wicket-keeper	Melbourne Renegades
	Ben Rohrer	Batsmen	Melbourne Renegades
	Dwayne Bravo	All-rounder	Not re-signed
	Nathan McCullum	All-rounder	Not re-signed
	Ed Cowan	Batsmen	Hobart Hurricanes
	Shane Watson	All-rounder	Brisbane Heat

Note: Transfers occurred after the Champions League Twenty20 tournament. Thus players listed as "Out" (excluding MacGill, Bravo and Cowan) competed in the CLT20 tournament and players listed as "In" did not. See also 2012 Champions League Twenty20 squads#Sydney Sixers.

Champions League Twenty20

Main article: 2012 Champions League Twenty20

As winners of the 2011–12 Big Bash League, the Sydney Sixers qualified for the 2012 Champions League Twenty20 series held in South Africa. Corey Richards was the caretaker coach of the Sixers for this tournament as Trevor Bayliss's Indian Premier League team, the Kolkata Knight Riders also qualified. The tournament would prove to be successful for the Sixers, winning the tournament in their first attempt.

Group Stage

Ladder

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
Sydney Sixers	4	4	0	0	16	+1.656
Highveld Lions	4	3	1	0	12	+0.140
Chennai Super Kings	4	2	2	0	8	-0.049
Mumbai Indians	4	0	3	1	2	-0.471
Yorkshire Carnegie	4	0	3	1	2	-1.791

Source: Wisden

Matches

14 October	Sydney Sixers 185/5 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings 171/9 (20 overs)	Sydney Sixers won by 14 runs
13:30 Scorecard				New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Marais Erasmus (SA) Player of the match: Moises Henriques (Sydney Sixers)
	Moises Henriques 49* (23) Ravichandran Ashwin 2/32 (4 overs)		Suresh Raina 57 (33) Moises Henriques 3/23 (3 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field

16 October	Yorkshire Carnegie 96/9 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers 98/2 (8.5 overs)	Sydney Sixers won by 8 wickets
13:30 Scorecard				Newlands, Cape Town Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Brad Haddin (Sydney Sixers)
	Joe Root 25 (24) Mitchell Starc 3/22 (4 overs)		Michael Lumb 43* (24) Azeem Rafiq 1/21 (1.5 overs)
Yorkshire Carnegie won the toss and elected to bat

18 October	Highveld Lions 137/9 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers 141/5 (19 overs)	Sydney Sixers won by 5 wickets
13:30 Scorecard				Newlands, Cape Town Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (Sri) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Mitchell Starc (Sydney Sixers)
	Gulam Bodi 61 (44) Mitchell Starc 3/19 (4 overs)		Shane Watson 47 (38) Aaron Phangiso 3/14 (4 Overs)
Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field

22 October	Sydney Sixers 136/7 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 124/8 (20 overs)	Sydney Sixers won by 12 runs
17:30 (D/N) Scorecard				Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and S. Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Steve Smith (Sydney Sixers)
	Steve Smith 41 (41) Munaf Patel 2/17 (4 overs)		Dwayne Smith 26 (28) Pat Cummins 2/16 (4 overs)
Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat

Finals

Playoff tree

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	Delhi Daredevils	117/9 (20 overs)
	B2	Highveld Lions	139/5 (20 overs)
						B2	Highveld Lions	121 (20 overs)
						B1	Sydney Sixers	124/0 (12.3 overs)
	A2	Nashua Titans	163/5 (20 overs)
	B1	Sydney Sixers	164/8 (20 overs)

Semi-final

26 October	Nashua Titans 163/5 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers 164/8 (20 overs)	Sydney Sixers won by 2 wickets
17:30 (D/N) Scorecard				SuperSport Park, Centurion Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Marais Erasmus (SA) Player of the match: Stephen O'Keefe (Sydney Sixers)
	David Wiese 61 (28) Mitchell Starc 2/33 (4 overs)		Michael Lumb 33 (20) Alfonso Thomas 2/36 (4 overs)
Nashua Titans won the toss and elected to bat Sydney Sixers qualify for the Final and Nashua Titans are eliminated as a result of this match

Final

28 October	Highveld Lions 121 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers 124/0 (12.3 overs)	Sydney Sixers won by 10 wickets
17:30 (D/N) Scorecard				New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Michael Lumb (Sydney Sixers)
	Jean Symes 51 (46) Josh Hazlewood 3/22 (4 overs)		Michael Lumb 82* (42) Sohail Tanvir 0/16 (3 overs)
Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field Sydney Sixers win the 2012 Champions League Twenty20 as a result of this match

Big Bash League

Main article: 2012–13 Big Bash League season

Regular season

Ladder

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
Melbourne Renegades	8	7	1	0	14	+0.791	Teams qualified for the semi-finals
Perth Scorchers	8	5	3	0	10	+1.322
Melbourne Stars	8	5	3	0	10	+0.246
Brisbane Heat	8	4	4	0	8	+0.464
Adelaide Strikers	8	4	4	0	8	–0.162	Teams eliminated after regular season
Hobart Hurricanes	8	4	4	0	8	–0.569
Sydney Sixers	8	3	5	0	6	–0.380
Sydney Thunder	8	0	8	0	0	–1.360

Points table on ESPN Cricinfo

Matches

Times shown are in Australian Western Standard Time (UTC+08) for Perth, Australian Central Daylight Time (UTC+10:30) for Adelaide, Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10:00) for Brisbane and Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11:00) for all remaining venues.

8 December	Sydney Thunder 5/143 (20 overs)	v	(H) Sydney Sixers 3/147 (18.4 overs)	Sydney Sixers won by 7 wickets
19:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 15,279 Umpires: Ashley Barrow & Tony Ward Player of the match: Brad Haddin (Sydney Sixers)
	Ryan Carters 33* (24) Luke Feldman 2/19 (4 overs)		Brad Haddin 59 (48) Chris Tremain 2/27 (4 overs)
Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field

16 December	(H) Sydney Sixers 9/113 (20 overs)	v	Perth Scorchers 3/114 (19.2 overs)	Perth Scorchers won by 7 wickets
19:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 9,057 Umpires: Gerard Abood & Tony Ward Player of the match: Michael Beer (Perth Scorchers)
	Stephen O'Keefe 29 (34) Michael Beer 2/19 (4 overs)		Herschelle Gibbs 40 (42) Luke Feldman 1/13 (3.2 overs)
Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field

21 December	(H) Melbourne Stars 6/177 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers 5/156 (20 overs)	Melbourne Stars won by 21 runs
19:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Attendance: 10,260 Umpires: Ashley Barrow & Tony Ward Player of the match: Glenn Maxwell (Melbourne Stars)
	Glenn Maxwell 82 (50) Ian Moran 3/30 (3 overs)		Stephen O'Keefe 42 (35) Shane Warne 2/32 (4 overs)
Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field

23 December	Sydney Sixers 6/135 (20 overs)	v	(H) Adelaide Strikers 1/136 (15.5 overs)	Adelaide Strikers won by 9 wickets
19:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Adelaide Oval Attendance: 5,892 Umpires: Simon Fry & Sam Nogajski Player of the match: Tim Ludeman (Adelaide Strikers)
	Steve Smith 58 (43) Shaun Tait 2/13 (3 overs)		Tim Ludeman 71 (43) Steve O'Keefe 1/24 (2.5 overs)
Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat

26 December	(H) Sydney Sixers 8/154 (20 overs)	v	Hobart Hurricanes 3/158 (19.5 overs)	Hobart Hurricanes won by 7 wickets
19:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 11,005 Umpires: Steve Davis & Damien Mealey Player of the match: Ricky Ponting (Hobart Hurricanes)
	Michael Lumb 34 (22) Ben Laughlin 4/31 (4 overs)		Ricky Ponting 63 (52) Luke Feldman 2/21 (4 overs)
Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field

30 December	(H) Sydney Thunder 6/132 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers 6/136 (19 overs)	Sydney Sixers won by 4 wickets
19:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Stadium Australia, Sydney Attendance: 20,986 Umpires: Gerard Abood & Ashley Barrow Player of the match: Daniel Hughes (Sydney Sixers)
	Usman Khawaja 66 (47) Josh Lalor 2/20 (4 overs)		Daniel Hughes 51 (36) Dirk Nannes 3/24 (4 overs)
Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat

7 January	(H) Brisbane Heat 9/127 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers 5/128 (19 overs)	Sydney Sixers won by 5 wickets
19:00 (D/N) Scorecard				The Gabba, Woolloongabba, Brisbane Attendance: 14,362 Umpires: Bruce Oxenford & Damien Mealey Player of the match: Michael Lumb (Sydney Sixers)
	Luke Pomersbach 37 (33) Stephen O'Keefe 3/21 (4 overs)		Michael Lumb 61* (55) Ben Cutting 2/9 (3 overs)
Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat

9 January	Melbourne Renegades 5/178 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers (H) 149 (20 overs)	Melbourne Renegades won by 29 runs
19:00 (D/N) Scorecard				Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 17,801 Umpires: Gerard Abood & Ashley Barrow Player of the match: Alex Hales (Melbourne Renegades)
	Alex Hales 89 (52) Moisés Henriques 1/9 (1 over)		Stephen O'Keefe 41 (29) Nathan Rimmington 3/27 (4 overs)
Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat Twenty20 debut: Fawad Ahmed (Melbourne Renegades)

Finals

The Sixers poor season saw them finish seventh with only three wins. This was not good enough to qualify for the finals series and thus also ensuring they would not be able to defend their Champions League Twenty20 title.

External links

• Official site