A calamitous piece of fielding cost the Sydney Sixers the chance to upset the Perth Scorchers at Optus Stadium and sent the reigning champions through to another Big Bash final. The four-time champions restricted the Sixers to 151-8 before replying with 154-3 in 18.3 overs. Skipper Ashton Turner led from the front with a powerful 84 not out from 47 balls, ably supported by Cameron Bancroft, who added 53 as the duo put together a match-winning 132-run partnership. 'It was a bit of a clinic from those two tonight,' Sixers seamer Sean Abbott said of Turner and Bancroft. The Scorchers opened their run chase in disastrous fashion, reduced to 22-3 after Sixers' seamer Sean Abbott (3-25) repeatedly induced catching opportunities.

Source: Daily Mail January 28, 2023 13:56 UTC