2014–15 Sydney Sixers season

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Sydney Sixers
2014–15 season
PresidentStuart Clark
CoachTrevor Bayliss (4th season)
Captain(s)Brad Haddin (4th season)
Home groundSydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
CLT20DNQ
BBL4th
BBL FinalsRunners-Up
Highest home attendance36,487
Lowest home attendance12,789
Average home attendance24,023 (home matches)
Club membership1,915
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Sydney Sixers season was the club's fourth consecutive season in the Big Bash League (BBL).

Sydney Sixers came fourth overall after the regular season, qualifying for the finals series. The club reached the final at Manuka Oval in Canberra, but was defeated by 4 wickets on the last ball of the match by Perth Scorchers. The final was also the last match of Brett Lee's career as a cricketer.[1]

Players[]

Squad[]

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No. Name Nat Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
14 Jordan Silk Australia (1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 29) Right-handed -
27 Ed Cowan Australia (1982-06-16) 16 June 1982 (age 39) Left-handed Right arm leg spin
45 Michael Lumb England (1980-02-12) 12 February 1980 (age 41) Left-handed Right arm medium Overseas player
49 Steve Smith Australia (1989-06-02) 2 June 1989 (age 32) Right-handed Right arm leg spin
53 Nic Maddinson Australia (1991-12-21) 21 December 1991 (age 29) Left-handed Left arm orthodox
All-rounders
- Dwayne Smith Barbados (1983-04-12) 12 April 1983 (age 38) Right-handed Right arm medium Overseas player. Initially announced as contracted player pre-season but was unable to participate in tournament.
21 Moises Henriques Australia (1987-02-01) 1 February 1987 (age 34) Right-handed Right arm fast medium
72 Stephen O'Keefe Australia (1984-12-09) 9 December 1984 (age 36) Right-handed Left arm orthodox
77 Sean Abbott Australia (1992-02-29) 29 February 1992 (age 29) Right-handed Right arm fast medium
23 Ben Dwarshuis Australia (1994-06-23) 23 June 1994 (age 27) Left-handed Left arm fast medium
94 Simon Keen Australia (1987-10-04) 4 October 1987 (age 33) Left-handed Right arm medium Injury replacement player for Trent Copeland
Wicketkeepers
24 Brad Haddin Australia (1977-10-23) 23 October 1977 (age 43) Right-handed – Captain
1 Ryan Carters Australia (1990-07-25) 25 July 1990 (age 31) Right-handed –
50 Riki Wessels Australia (1985-11-12) 12 November 1985 (age 35) Right-handed –
Pace bowlers
58 Brett Lee Australia (1976-11-08) 8 November 1976 (age 44) Right-handed Right arm fast
56 Mitchell Starc Australia (1990-01-30) 30 January 1990 (age 31) Left-handed Left-arm fast medium
8 Josh Hazlewood Australia (1991-01-08) 8 January 1991 (age 30) Left-handed Right arm fast medium
4 Doug Bollinger Australia (1981-07-24) 24 July 1981 (age 40) Left-handed Left arm fast medium
9 Trent Copeland Australia (1986-03-14) 14 March 1986 (age 35) Right-handed Right arm fast medium
Spin bowlers
67 Nathan Lyon Australia (1987-11-20) 20 November 1987 (age 33) Right-handed Right arm off spin
- Luke Doran Australia (1991-08-14) 14 August 1991 (age 30) Right-handed Left arm orthodox Injury replacement player for Stephen O'Keefe

Transfers[]

Champions League Twenty20[]

As the Sydney Sixers lost in the semi-finals to the Perth Scorchers, they did not qualify for the 2014 Champions League Twenty20 tournament.

Big Bash League[]

Main article: 2014–15 Big Bash League season

Ladder[]

Pos Team
 Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Adelaide Strikers 8 6 1 1 13 1.159
2 Perth Scorchers (C) 8 5 3 0 10 0.705
3 Melbourne Stars 8 5 3 0 10 0.336
4 Sydney Sixers (RU) 8 5 3 0 10 −0.014
5 Hobart Hurricanes 8 3 5 0 6 −0.280
6 Melbourne Renegades 8 3 5 0 6 −0.331
7 Sydney Thunder 8 2 5 1 5 −0.485
8 Brisbane Heat 8 2 6 0 4 −1.116
Source: [2]
  •   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.
19 December
Melbourne Renegades
7/154 (20 overs)
v
(H) Sydney Sixers
2/158 (18.5 overs)
Sydney Sixers won by 8 wickets
  
 
19:40 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 12,789
Umpires: Ashley Barrow (Aus) and Damien Mealey (Aus)
Player of the match: Nic Maddinson (Sixers)
Callum Ferguson 40 (32)
Sean Abbott 2/20 (4 overs)
Nic Maddinson 84* (54)
Nathan Rimmington 1/22 (3 overs)
  • Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field
  • Ben Dwarshuis (Sixers) made his Twenty20 debut
23 December
(H) Hobart Hurricanes
8/154 (19 overs)
v
Sydney Sixers
3/158 (18.1 overs)
Sydney Sixers won by 7 wickets
  
 
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Umpires: Paul Wilson (Aus) and Michael Graham-Smith (Aus)
Player of the match: Moises Henriques (Sixers)
George Bailey 71 (44)
Brett Lee 3/34 (4 overs)
Michael Lumb 44 (31)
Cameron Boyce 1/24 (4 overs)
  • Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat
  • Match reduced to 19 overs per side due to rain
  • Sydney Sixers took a team hat-trick
27 December
Sydney Sixers
7/180 (20 overs)
v
(H) Sydney Thunder
5/164 (20 overs)
Sydney Sixers won by 16 runs
  
 
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard
Stadium Australia, Sydney
Umpires: Paul Wilson (Aus) and Sam Nogajski (Aus)
Player of the match: Aiden Blizzard (Thunder)
Rikki Wessels 50 (33)
Gurinder Sandhu 2/28 (4 overs)
Aiden Blizzard 80 (42)
Sean Abbott 2/28 (4 overs)
  • Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bowl
29 December
Perth Scorchers
7/135 (20 overs)
v
Sydney Sixers (H)
99 (17.3 overs)
Perth Scorchers won by 36 runs
  
 
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 24,477
Umpires: (Aus) and Shawn Craig (Aus)
Player of the match: Andrew Tye (Scorchers)
Marcus Harris 36 (26)
Mitchell Starc 2/21 (4 overs)
Riki Wessels 28 (26)
Ashton Turner 2/3 (1 over)
  • Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat
5 January
Sydney Sixers
6/150 (20 overs)
v
Melbourne Stars (H)
4/150 (20 overs)
Scores level;Stars won the Super Over
  
 
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance: 22,098
Umpires: and Paul Wilson
Player of the match: James Faulkner (Stars)
Michael Lumb 80 (61)
Scott Boland 2/19 (4 overs)
Kevin Pietersen 54 (43)
Ben Dwarshuis 2/31 (4 overs)
  • Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
11 January
(H) Brisbane Heat
6/147 (20 overs)
v
Sydney Sixers
4/148 (17.4 overs)
Sydney Sixers won by 6 wickets
  
 
18:10 (D/N)
Scorecard
The Gabba, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
Attendance: 28,724
Umpires: Paul Wilson and Damien Mealey
Player of the match: Doug Bollinger (Sixers)
Peter Forrest 62* (56)
Brett Lee 2/29 (4 overs)
Ryan Carters 30* (21)
James Hopes 2/23 (3 overs)
  • Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field
14 January
Adelaide Strikers
6/182 (20 overs)
v
Sydney Sixers (H)
159 (19.4 overs)
Adelaide Strikers won by 23 runs
  
 
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 21,644
Umpires: and Michael Graham-Smith
Player of the match: Johan Botha (Strikers)
Craig Simmons 46 (34)
Steve O'Keefe 1/21 (4 overs)
Jordan Silk 67 (34)
Johan Botha 2/27 (4 overs)
  • Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat
22 January
Sydney Thunder
4/154 (20 overs)
v
Sydney Sixers (H)
6/155 (20 overs)
Sydney Sixers won by 4 wickets
  
 
19:40 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 36,487
Umpires: Geoff Joshua and Ashley Barrow
Player of the match: Jordan Silk (Sixers)
Jacques Kallis 56 (43)
Nathan Lyon 3/19 (4 overs)
Jordan Silk 69* (43)
Josh Lalor 4/29 (4 overs)
  • Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field
  • The crowd of 36,487 was the highest in NSW domestic cricket history beating the previous record (32,823) set earlier in the season between the same teams.[3]
  • Jake Doran and Chris Green (both Thunder) made their Twenty20 debuts

Finals[]

The top four teams from the group stage qualified for the semi finals.

Playoff tree[]

Semifinals Final
      
4 Sydney Sixers 4/181 (20 ov)
1 Adelaide Strikers (H) 94 (14.3 ov)
4 Sydney Sixers 5/147 (20 ov)
2 Perth Scorchers 6/148 (20 ov)
2 Perth Scorchers (H) 7/144 (20 ov)
3 Melbourne Stars 126 (19.5 ov)

Matches[]

24 January
Sydney Sixers
4/181 (20 overs)
v
Adelaide Strikers (H)
94 (14.3 overs)
Sydney Sixers won by 87 runs
  
 
18:40 (D/N)

Semi-Final 1

Scorecard
Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 52,633
Umpires: Gerard Abood and Mick Martell
Player of the match: Nic Maddinson (Sixers)
Nic Maddinson 85 (48)
Shaun Tait 1/30 (4 overs)
Ben Laughlin 22 (10)
Doug Bollinger 3/21 (3 overs)
  • Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
  • The crowd of 52,633 was the highest for any sport at the re-developed Adelaide Oval. It was also the highest ever Australian domestic cricket crowd.[citation needed]
28 January
Sydney Sixers
5/147 (20 overs)
v
Perth Scorchers
6/148 (20 overs)
Perth Scorchers won by 4 wickets
  
 
19:40 (D/N)

Final

Scorecard
Manuka Oval, Canberra
Attendance: 11,741
Umpires: Mick Martell and Paul Wilson
Player of the match: Shaun Marsh (Scorchers)
Moises Henriques 77 (57)
Jason Behrendorff 1/19 (4 overs)
Shaun Marsh 73 (59)
Brett Lee 3/25 (4 overs)
  • Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat

Player Statistics[]

  • Statistics include all finals games
  • Key: Hover over heading for tooltips
Player Batting Fielding Bowling
# Name M I NO R B SR Ave HS 50 6s C S O M R W Eco Ave BBI SR
1 Ryan Carters 10 8 3 112 90 124.44 22.40 35* 0 2 13 0 - - - - - - - -
4 Doug Bollinger 10 2 0 1 2 50.00 0.50 1 0 0 6 0 34.0 0 294 9 8.64 32.66 3/21 22.6
6 Luke Doran 4 2 1 2 4 50.00 2.00 1* 0 0 1 0 8.0 0 69 3 8.62 32.66 2/22 16.0
8 Josh Hazlewood 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 Trent Copeland 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
14 Jordan Silk 10 9 4 272 199 136.68 54.40 69* 2 9 4 0 - - - - - - - -
21 Moises Henriques 9 9 2 245 205 119.51 35.00 77 1 6 5 0 24.0 0 153 5 6.37 30.60 2/22 28.8
23 Ben Dwarshuis 3 - - - - - - - - - 1 0 10.0 0 95 4 9.50 23.75 2/31 15.0
24 Brad Haddin 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 Ed Cowan 2 2 1 1 5 20.00 1.00 1* 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - - -
45 Michael Lumb 10 10 0 265 215 123.25 26.50 80 1 9 4 0 - - - - - - - -
49 Steve Smith 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
50 Riki Wessels 9 9 0 205 182 112.63 22.77 50 1 4 2 0 - - - - - - - -
53 Nic Maddinson 10 10 1 284 193 147.15 31.55 85 2 16 2 0 - - - - - - - -
56 Mitchell Starc 2 2 1 3 4 75.00 3.00 3* 0 0 1 0 8.0 0 57 3 7.12 19.00 2/21 16.0
58 Brett Lee 10 2 1 14 9 155.55 14.00 7* 0 0 2 0 39.0 0 279 13 7.15 21.46 3/25 18.0
67 Nathan Lyon 4 1 1 4 4 100.00 - 4* 0 0 1 0 15.0 0 107 8 7.13 13.37 3/19 11.2
72 Stephen O'Keefe 6 3 2 14 8 175.00 14.00 9* 0 0 0 0 19.3 0 126 3 6.46 42.00 2/17 39.0
77 Sean Abbott 10 5 0 33 33 100.00 6.60 21 0 1 4 0 35.0 0 274 9 7.82 30.44 2/14 23.3
94 Simon Keen 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 0 1.0 0 10 0 10.00 - - -

Source: Cricinfo

Popularity[]

The 2014-15 Big Bash League season saw a significant increase in crowds as well as TV viewership on Network Ten for the Sydney Sixers matches. Major statistics for the season were as follows:[4]

  • Total Sixers membership tally was 1915, an increase of 25% compared to 2013-14 season.
  • The crowd of 36,487 for the derby match against Sydney Thunder on January 22, 2015 was the highest ever in NSW domestic cricket history beating the previous record crowd of 32,823 set earlier in the season between the same teams.
  • Average home crowd of 24,023, an increase of 22% compared to 2013-14 season.
  • The Sixers matches during the Big Bash League had an average viewership of 1,000,072 for each game on TV. These are the highest average ratings for any sports club which is based in Sydney.

References[]

  1. ^ "Big Bash: Brett Lee fails to deny Perth Scorchers".
  2. ^ "Big Bash League Table – 2014–15". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Jordan Silk leads Sydney Sixers to win over Sydney Thunder in Big Bash derby". ABC News. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  4. ^ LETTER OF THANKS TO SIXERS MEMBERS FROM THE GM Sydney Sixers. Retrieved on 26 Nov, 2015.

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