2014–15 Sydney Sixers season

Sydney Sixers
2014–15 season
President	Stuart Clark
Coach	Trevor Bayliss (4th season)
Captain(s)	Brad Haddin (4th season)
Home ground	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
CLT20	DNQ
BBL	4th
BBL Finals	Runners-Up
Highest home attendance	36,487
Lowest home attendance	12,789
Average home attendance	24,023 (home matches)
Club membership	1,915
← 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	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
14	Jordan Silk	(1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	-
27	Ed Cowan	(1982-06-16) 16 June 1982 (age 42)	Left-handed	Right arm leg spin
45	Michael Lumb	(1980-02-12) 12 February 1980 (age 44)	Left-handed	Right arm medium	Overseas player
49	Steve Smith	(1989-06-02) 2 June 1989 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right arm leg spin
53	Nic Maddinson	(1991-12-21) 21 December 1991 (age 32)	Left-handed	Left arm orthodox
All-rounders
-	Dwayne Smith	(1983-04-12) 12 April 1983 (age 41)	Right-handed	Right arm medium	Overseas player. Initially announced as contracted player pre-season but was unable to participate in tournament.
21	Moises Henriques	(1987-02-01) 1 February 1987 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium
72	Stephen O'Keefe	(1984-12-09) 9 December 1984 (age 39)	Right-handed	Left arm orthodox
77	Sean Abbott	(1992-02-29) 29 February 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium
23	Ben Dwarshuis	(1994-06-23) 23 June 1994 (age 29)	Left-handed	Left arm fast medium
94	Simon Keen	(1987-10-04) 4 October 1987 (age 36)	Left-handed	Right arm medium	Injury replacement player for Trent Copeland
Wicketkeepers
24	Brad Haddin	(1977-10-23) 23 October 1977 (age 46)	Right-handed	–	Captain
1	Ryan Carters	(1990-07-25) 25 July 1990 (age 33)	Right-handed	–
50	Riki Wessels	(1985-11-12) 12 November 1985 (age 38)	Right-handed	–
Pace bowlers
58	Brett Lee	(1976-11-08) 8 November 1976 (age 47)	Right-handed	Right arm fast
56	Mitchell Starc	(1990-01-30) 30 January 1990 (age 34)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast medium
8	Josh Hazlewood	(1991-01-08) 8 January 1991 (age 33)	Left-handed	Right arm fast medium
4	Doug Bollinger	(1981-07-24) 24 July 1981 (age 42)	Left-handed	Left arm fast medium
9	Trent Copeland	(1986-03-14) 14 March 1986 (age 38)	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium
Spin bowlers
67	Nathan Lyon	(1987-11-20) 20 November 1987 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right arm off spin
-	Luke Doran	(1991-08-14) 14 August 1991 (age 32)	Right-handed	Left arm orthodox	Injury replacement player for Stephen O'Keefe

Transfers

In:

Name	Role	Previous team
Dwayne Smith	All-rounder	Perth Scorchers
Ryan Carters	Wicket-keeper	Sydney Thunder
Doug Bollinger	Bowler	Hobart Hurricanes
Luke Doran	Bowler	Sydney Thunder
Simon Keen	All-rounder	Uncontracted in BBL03
Riki Wessels	Wicket-keeper	Uncontracted in BBL03

Out:

Name	Role	Going to
Ravi Bopara	All-rounder	Not re-signed
Marcus North	Batsmen	Retired
Mark Cosgrove	Batsmen	Not re-signed
Charles Amini	All-rounder	Not re-signed
Daniel Smith	Wicket-keeper	Not re-signed
Chris Tremlett	Bowler	Not re-signed
Josh Lalor	Bowler	Not re-signed
Shane Cassel	Bowler	Not re-signed

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

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Adelaide Strikers	8	6	1	1	13	1.159	Advance to play-off phase
2	Perth Scorchers (C)	8	5	3	0	10	0.705
3	Melbourne Stars	8	5	3	0	10	0.336
4	Sydney Sixers	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]
(C) Champion

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	Melbourne Renegades 7/154 (20 overs)	v	(H) Sydney Sixers 2/158 (18.5 overs)	Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 12,789 Umpires: Ashley Barrow (Aus) and Damien Mealey (Aus) Player of the match: Nic Maddinson (Sixers)
19:40 (D/N) Scorecard	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	(H) Hobart Hurricanes 8/154 (19 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers 3/158 (18.1 overs)	Bellerive Oval, Hobart Umpires: Paul Wilson (Aus) and Michael Graham-Smith (Aus) Player of the match: Moises Henriques (Sixers)
19:10 (D/N) Scorecard	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	Sydney Sixers 7/180 (20 overs)	v	(H) Sydney Thunder 5/164 (20 overs)	Stadium Australia, Sydney Umpires: Paul Wilson (Aus) and Sam Nogajski (Aus) Player of the match: Aiden Blizzard (Thunder)
19:10 (D/N) Scorecard	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	Perth Scorchers 7/135 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers (H) 99 (17.3 overs)	Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 24,477 Umpires: Sam Nojagski (Aus) and Shawn Craig (Aus) Player of the match: Andrew Tye (Scorchers)
19:10 (D/N) Scorecard	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	Sydney Sixers 6/150 (20 overs)	v	Melbourne Stars (H) 4/150 (20 overs)	Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance: 22,098 Umpires: Sam Nojagski and Paul Wilson Player of the match: James Faulkner (Stars)
19:10 (D/N) Scorecard	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	(H) Brisbane Heat 6/147 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers 4/148 (17.4 overs)	The Gabba, Woolloongabba, Brisbane Attendance: 28,724 Umpires: Paul Wilson and Damien Mealey Player of the match: Doug Bollinger (Sixers)
18:10 (D/N) Scorecard	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	Adelaide Strikers 6/182 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers (H) 159 (19.4 overs)	Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 21,644 Umpires: Sam Nojagski and Michael Graham-Smith Player of the match: Johan Botha (Strikers)
19:10 (D/N) Scorecard	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 Thunder 4/154 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers (H) 6/155 (20 overs)	Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 36,487 Umpires: Geoff Joshua and Ashley Barrow Player of the match: Jordan Silk (Sixers)
19:40 (D/N) Scorecard	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	Sydney Sixers 4/181 (20 overs)	v	Adelaide Strikers (H) 94 (14.3 overs)	Adelaide Oval Attendance: 52,633 Umpires: Gerard Abood and Mick Martell Player of the match: Nic Maddinson (Sixers)
18:40 (D/N) Semi-final 1 Scorecard	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	Sydney Sixers 5/147 (20 overs)	v	Perth Scorchers 6/148 (20 overs)	Manuka Oval, Canberra Attendance: 11,741 Umpires: Mick Martell and Paul Wilson Player of the match: Shaun Marsh (Scorchers)
19:40 (D/N) Final Scorecard	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

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

External links

Official site

[1] "Big Bash: Brett Lee fails to deny Perth Scorchers".

[2] "Big Bash League Table – 2014–15". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 December 2017.

[Crowd-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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