2012–13 Sydney Sixers season

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Sydney Sixers
2012–13 season
PresidentStuart Clark
CoachTrevor Bayliss (2nd season)
Captain(s)Brad Haddin (2nd season)
Home groundSydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
CLT20Champions
Big Bash League7th
BBL FinalsDNQ
← 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[1] Australia (1979-07-02) 2 July 1979 (age 42) Left-handed Right-arm fast medium
45 Michael Lumb England (1980-02-12) 12 February 1980 (age 42) Left-handed Right-arm medium Overseas player
53 Nic Maddinson Australia (1991-12-21) 21 December 1991 (age 30) Left-handed Slow Left-arm orthodox
17 Kurtis Patterson Australia (1993-05-05) 5 May 1993 (age 28) Left-handed Right-arm off break New signing, announced 18 July 2012[2]
31 David Warner Australia (1986-10-27) 27 October 1986 (age 35) Left-handed Right-arm leg break
All-rounders
21 Moisés Henriques [1] Australia (1987-02-01) 1 February 1987 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Re-signed, announced 18 July 2012[2]
9 Jeevan Mendis Sri Lanka (1983-01-15) 15 January 1983 (age 39) Left-handed Right-arm leg break Overseas player
5 Ian Moran Australia (1979-08-16) 16 August 1979 (age 42) Right-handed Right-arm fast Medium
27 Dominic Thornely Australia (1978-10-01) 1 October 1978 (age 43) Right-handed Right-arm medium & off spin
72 Stephen O'Keefe[3] Australia (1984-12-09) 9 December 1984 (age 37) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Re-signed, announced 18 July 2012[2]
49 Steve Smith [1] Australia (1989-06-02) 2 June 1989 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Wicket-keepers
24 Brad Haddin[3] Australia (1977-10-23) 23 October 1977 (age 44) Right-handed – Captain, Re-signed, announced 18 July 2012[2]
13 Daniel Smith Australia (1982-03-17) 17 March 1982 (age 39) Right-handed –
Bowlers
22 Luke Feldman[1] Australia (1984-08-01) 1 August 1984 (age 37) Right-handed Right-arm fast medium
8 Josh Hazlewood Australia (1991-01-08) 8 January 1991 (age 31) Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium Re-signed, announced 18 July 2012[2]
2 Josh Lalor Australia (1987-11-02) 2 November 1987 (age 34) Left-handed Left-arm fast New signing, announced 18 July 2012[2]
58 Brett Lee Australia (1976-11-08) 8 November 1976 (age 45) Right-handed Right-arm fast
56 Mitchell Starc Australia (1990-01-30) 30 January 1990 (age 32) Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium
74 Sunil Narine Trinidad and Tobago (1988-05-26) 26 May 1988 (age 33) 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[]

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
Australia Sydney Sixers 4 4 0 0 16 +1.656
South Africa Highveld Lions 4 3 1 0 12 +0.140
India Chennai Super Kings 4 2 2 0 8 -0.049
India Mumbai Indians 4 0 3 1 2 -0.471
England Yorkshire Carnegie 4 0 3 1 2 -1.791

Source: Wisden[6]

Matches[]

14 October
Sydney Sixers Australia
185/5 (20 overs)
v
India Chennai Super Kings
171/9 (20 overs)
Australia 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)
Suresh Raina 57 (33)
Moises Henriques 3/23 (3 overs)
16 October
Yorkshire Carnegie England
96/9 (20 overs)
v
Australia Sydney Sixers
98/2 (8.5 overs)
Australia 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 South Africa
137/9 (20 overs)
v
Australia Sydney Sixers
141/5 (19 overs)
Australia 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)
22 October
Sydney Sixers Australia
136/7 (20 overs)
v
India Mumbai Indians
124/8 (20 overs)
Australia 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)

Finals[]

Playoff tree[]

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

Semi-final[]

26 October
Nashua Titans South Africa
163/5 (20 overs)
v
Australia Sydney Sixers
164/8 (20 overs)
Australia 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 South Africa
121 (20 overs)
v
Australia Sydney Sixers
124/0 (12.3 overs)
Australia 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[]

Pos Team
 Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Melbourne Renegades 8 7 1 0 14 0.791
2 Perth Scorchers (RU) 8 5 3 0 10 1.322
3 Melbourne Stars 8 5 3 0 10 0.246
4 Brisbane Heat (C) 8 4 4 0 8 0.464
5 Adelaide Strikers 8 4 4 0 8 −0.162
6 Hobart Hurricanes 8 4 4 0 8 −0.569
7 Sydney Sixers 8 3 5 0 6 −0.380
8 Sydney Thunder 8 0 8 0 0 −1.360
Source: [7]
  •   The top four teams qualified for the semi finals.

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)
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)
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)
Steve O'Keefe 42 (35)
Shane Warne 2/32 (4 overs)
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)
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)
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)
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.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Buckle, Greg (1 July 2011). "Perth sign Gibbs for T20 season". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Brad Haddin re-signs with Sixers". Archived from the original on 2012-11-27. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
  3. ^ a b "Haddin joins Sixers". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  4. ^ Warner signs with Sydney Sixers
  5. ^ "Daniel Smith Profile". Archived from the original on 2012-12-31. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
  6. ^ "CLT20 2012 Group B points table". Wisden India. 9 October 2012. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  7. ^ "Big Bash League Table – 2012–13". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 December 2017.

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