Ben Dwarshuis bowls Sydney Sixers to comfortable win

Ben Dwarshuis sacked a four-wicket pull after Josh Philippe struck 50 years as they featured in Sydney Sixers' 34-run triumph against Melbourne Mavericks. Having been confined to 149/8, the Sixers bowled the Mavericks out for 115 to enroll an agreeable success at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday (December 28).

Having been approached to bat, Philippe and Kurtis Patterson got the Sixers looking consistent so far before Mujeeb ur Rahman finished the initial stand worth 32 in the fifth over. Philippe then, at that point, managed in a whirlwind of hits to and over the wall as he fueled the Sixers to 80 by the midway phase of the innings. He raised a 37-ball fifty preceding Will Sutherland finished his visit in the twelfth over.

The Mavericks bowlers were significantly more tight in the last part as they struck at normal stretches and kept the Sixers from having a prospering completion. Just four fours were scored after the tenth over till the finish of the innings, with 58 runs coming in the last eight overs, as Mujeeb, Sutherland and Kane Richardson divided seven wickets among them.

The Mavericks experienced early mishaps in the pursuit, losing Martin Guptill and Nic Maddinson inside the initial four overs. They oversaw just 15 in the initial five, and regardless of Shaun Bog and Aaron Finch dealing with a couple of limits, they could get to 58 toward the finish of 10 overs.

With the asking rate going up, the Mavericks hitters attempted to play their shots however wound up losing their wickets in the process as they slipped to 77/6 toward the finish of the fifteenth over. Requiring 66 to win off the last four overs, there were a couple of successes from any semblance of Sutherland and Tom Rogers however wickets proceeded to tumble and the Mavericks turned out to be dumbfounded out in the penultimate.

Brief scores: Sydney Sixers 149/8 in 20 overs (Josh Philippe 55; Mujeeb Ur Rahman 3-29, Kane Richardson 2-22) beat Melbourne Renegades 115 in 19 overs (Aaron Finch 36; Ben Dwarshuis 4-17, Sean Abbott 2-17) by 34 runs.