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The 2nd Match of the Big Bash League 2023-24 was played today between Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Renegades at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney. In which Sydney Sixers beats Melbourne Renegades by 8 runs.
TOSS- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and opted to bowl.
Sydney Sixers Innings- Sydney Sixers batted first started the inning very brilliantly, Josh Philippe and Steven Smith came to start the inning and gave a brilliant start with a half-century partnership of 58 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has dismissed for 58 runs in first ball of the 6th over, Josh Philippe dismissed after scoring 29 runs with the help of 1 six and 5 boundaries in just 17 balls, next batsman James Vince came to bat and he was dismissed just for 1 run in 4 balls as second wicket in last ball of the 6th overs, the team score was 60 runs, next batsman Moises Henriques came to bat handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 69 runs with Steven Smith, the third wicket has dismissed for 129 runs in first ball of the 16th over, Moises Henriques dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 40 runs with the help of 4 boundaries in just 32 balls, next batsman Jordan Silk came to bat, after a few moments the fourth wicket also dismissed for 135 runs in first ball of the 17th over, Steven Smith dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 61 runs with the help of 1 six and 7 boundaries in just 42 balls, followed by Tom Curran came to bat and he was dismissed very quickly without scoring in just 1 ball as fifth wicket in 16.2 over, the team score was 135 runs, next batsman Jack Edwards came to bat and played well with Jordan Silk, the sixth wicket has dismissed for 173 runs in fifth ball of the final over, Jack Edwards dismissed for 14 runs in 10 balls, next batsman Ben Dwarshuis came to bat and he was remains unbeaten without playing a ball with Jordan Silk, and Jordan Silk played an unbeaten inning of 26 runs with the help of 2 sixes in just 14 balls. In this way, Sydney Sixers scored 175 runs for losing just 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a target of 176 runs in front of Melbourne Renegades.
Melbourne Renegades bowlers- Will Sutherland took 2 wickets just for 21 runs in his spell, Adam Zampa 2 wickets just for 24 runs in his spell, Kane Richardson 1 wicket for 47 runs in his spell, Mujeeb Ur Rahman wicketless for 35 runs in his spell, and Tom Rogers also wicketless for 47 runs in his spell.
Melbourne Renegades Inning- Melbourne Renegades chasing 176 runs in the second inning could manage just 167 runs in the stipulated 20 overs and lost the match by 8 runs. Melbourne Renegades started the inning not very well, Will Sutherland played a very brilliant unbeaten half-century inning of 51 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 1 boundary in just 30 balls, and Jake Fraser-McGurk played a very brilliant quick inning of 48 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 5 boundaries in just 24 balls, Aaron Finch scored 33 runs with the help of 3 boundaries in just 31 balls, apart from this, Tom Rogers dismissed just for 10 runs in 12 balls, Jonathan Wells 6 runs in 8 balls, Nic Maddinson 6 runs in 5 balls, Joe Clarke 6 runs in 8 balls, Jordan Cox dismissed without scoring in 3 balls, and Kane Richardson was remains unbeaten without playing a ball. In this way, Melbourne Renegades could manage just 167 runs after losing 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and lost the match by 8 runs.
Sydney Sixers bowlers- Ben Dwarshuis took 3 wickets for 46 runs in his spell, Steve OKeefe 1 wicket for 29 runs in his spell, Sean Abbott 1 wicket for 30 runs in his spell, Jackson Bird 1 wicket for 24 runs in 2 overs, Tom Curran was wicketless for 23 runs in his spell, Moises Henriques was wicketless for 12 runs in 1 over, and Jack Edwards also wicketless for 13 runs in 1 over.
PLAYER OF THE MATCH- Sydney Sixers batsman Steven Smith was selected as the player of the match, he played a very brilliant half-century inning of 61 runs with the help of 1 six and 7 boundaries in just 42 balls.
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