Sydney Sixers Chase Down 172 To Beat Melbourne Renegades By Three Wickets :Big Bash League

The Sydney Sixers accept produced the better run hunt in aggregation history to exhausted the Melbourne Renegades by three wickets at Docklands Stadium

Set 173 to win, the Sixers got off to a abominable alpha if Brad Haddin was bent abaft for a avoid off just the additional brawl of the innings but, afterwards a abrupt adornment from Nic Madison (17 off 17), captain Moises Henriques abutting opener Michael Lumb at the crease.

That brace put on 101 for the third wicket, including 23 off one Chris T remain (2 for 48) over, afore Lumb flashed at a advanced Nathan Rimmington (4 for 26) supply and feathered it through to wicket keeper Matthew Wade, abandonment for a ablaze 63 off 35.

The Sixers still bare 51 for achievement and Henriques ambience about accepting them in quick fashion, extensive 62 off just 38 deliveries, but he went for one attic too abounding in the 16th over and was bent on the braiding by Tom Cooper.

It appeared the skipper had done abundant as the Sixers still had six wickets in duke with just 20 runs appropriate off the final 24 balls, but the run out of Johan Botha afterwards a ailing accomplished individual in the next over fabricated things interesting.

Jordan Silk slapped the next brawl collapsed through aboveboard leg and was advantageous Tom Beaton not alone alone the catch, but bunted it over the braiding for six acute runs.

One of the endure recognized batsmen in the line-up, Silk (14) fell LBW to a Rimmington slower brawl on the next supply but the Renegades still bare something akin a miracle.

Rimmington best up his fourth attic if Steve O'Keeffe approved to drove a beneath brawl through the leg ancillary to end the over, alone to be bent at abbreviate mid-wicket by Renegades skipper Aaron Finch with the Sixers still defective eight runs off 13 balls.

But Sean Abbott and Tom Law ford managed to calm their fretfulness and get the aggregation over the line.

The Sixers' ample ambition was set by a Renegades aggregation led by its West Indian imports.

The hosts were accustomed a abundant alpha by brilliant opener Chris Gayle's 46 runs off 33 deliveries and his above Test team-mate, Dwayne Bravo (45 not out off 29) accumulated with Beaton (41 off 23) to account 68 runs in the endure 5 overs, appropriation the Renegades to 4 for 172.