2012–13 Sydney Sixers season

The 2012–13 Sydney Sixers season was the club's second consecutive season in the Big Bash League (BBL).

Sydney Sixers
2012–13 season
PresidentStuart Clark
CoachTrevor Bayliss (2nd season)
Captain(s)Brad Haddin (2nd season)
Home groundSydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
CLT20Champions
Big Bash League7th
BBL FinalsDNQ
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Players

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
16Daniel Hughes[1]Australia (1979-07-02) 2 July 1979Left-handedRight-arm fast medium
45Michael LumbEngland (1980-02-12) 12 February 1980Left-handedRight-arm mediumOverseas player
53Nic MaddinsonAustralia (1991-12-21) 21 December 1991Left-handedSlow Left-arm orthodox
17Kurtis PattersonAustralia (1993-05-05) 5 May 1993Left-handedRight-arm off breakNew signing, announced 18 July 2012[2]
31David WarnerAustralia (1986-10-27) 27 October 1986Left-handedRight-arm leg break
All-rounders
21Moisés Henriques [1]Australia (1987-02-01) 1 February 1987Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumRe-signed, announced 18 July 2012[2]
9Jeevan MendisSri Lanka (1983-01-15) 15 January 1983Left-handedRight-arm leg breakOverseas player
5Ian MoranAustralia (1979-08-16) 16 August 1979Right-handedRight-arm fast Medium
27Dominic ThornelyAustralia (1978-10-01) 1 October 1978Right-handedRight-arm medium & off spin
72Stephen O'Keefe[3]Australia (1984-12-09) 9 December 1984Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxRe-signed, announced 18 July 2012[2]
49Steve Smith [1]Australia (1989-06-02) 2 June 1989Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Wicket-keepers
24Brad Haddin[3]Australia (1977-10-23) 23 October 1977Right-handed–Captain, Re-signed, announced 18 July 2012[2]
13Daniel SmithAustralia (1982-03-17) 17 March 1982Right-handed–
Bowlers
22Luke Feldman[1]Australia (1984-08-01) 1 August 1984Right-handedRight-arm fast medium
8Josh HazlewoodAustralia (1991-01-08) 8 January 1991Left-handedRight-arm fast-mediumRe-signed, announced 18 July 2012[2]
2Josh LalorAustralia (1987-11-02) 2 November 1987Left-handedLeft-arm fastNew signing, announced 18 July 2012[2]
58Brett LeeAustralia (1976-11-08) 8 November 1976Right-handedRight-arm fast
56Mitchell StarcAustralia (1990-01-30) 30 January 1990Left-handedLeft-arm fast-medium
74Sunil NarineTrinidad and Tobago (1988-05-26) 26 May 1988Left-handedRight-arm Off SpinOverseas Player

Note: This table is for the 2012–13 Big Bash League season squad. See also 2012 Champions League Twenty20 squads#Sydney Sixers.

Transfers

Note: Transfers occurred after the Champions League Twenty20 tournament. Thus players listed as "Out" (excluding MacGill, Bravo and Cowan) competed in the CLT20 tournament and players listed as "In" did not. See also 2012 Champions League Twenty20 squads#Sydney Sixers.

Champions League Twenty20
Main article: 2012 Champions League Twenty20

As winners of the 2011–12 Big Bash League, the Sydney Sixers qualified for the 2012 Champions League Twenty20 series held in South Africa. Corey Richards was the caretaker coach of the Sixers for this tournament as Trevor Bayliss's Indian Premier League team, the Kolkata Knight Riders also qualified. The tournament would prove to be successful for the Sixers, winning the tournament in their first attempt.

Ladder
Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
Australia Sydney Sixers 440016+1.656
South Africa Highveld Lions 431012+0.140
India Chennai Super Kings 42208-0.049
India Mumbai Indians 40312-0.471
England Yorkshire Carnegie 40312-1.791

Source: Wisden[6]

Matches
14 October
Sydney Sixers Australia
185/5 (20 overs)
v
India Chennai Super Kings
171/9 (20 overs)
Australia Sydney Sixers won by 14 runs
  
 
13:30
Scorecard
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Marais Erasmus (SA)
Player of the match: Moises Henriques (Sydney Sixers)
Suresh Raina 57 (33)
Moises Henriques 3/23 (3 overs)
16 October
Yorkshire Carnegie England
96/9 (20 overs)
v
Australia Sydney Sixers
98/2 (8.5 overs)
Australia Sydney Sixers won by 8 wickets
  
 
13:30
Scorecard
Newlands, Cape Town
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: Brad Haddin (Sydney Sixers)
Joe Root 25 (24)
Mitchell Starc 3/22 (4 overs)
Michael Lumb 43* (24)
Azeem Rafiq 1/21 (1.5 overs)
18 October
Highveld Lions South Africa
137/9 (20 overs)
v
Australia Sydney Sixers
141/5 (19 overs)
Australia Sydney Sixers won by 5 wickets
  
 
13:30
Scorecard
Newlands, Cape Town
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (Sri) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: Mitchell Starc (Sydney Sixers)
Gulam Bodi 61 (44)
Mitchell Starc 3/19 (4 overs)
Shane Watson 47 (38)
Aaron Phangiso 3/14 (4 Overs)
22 October
Sydney Sixers Australia
136/7 (20 overs)
v
India Mumbai Indians
124/8 (20 overs)
Australia Sydney Sixers won by 12 runs
  
 
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kingsmead, Durban
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and S. Ravi (Ind)
Player of the match: Steve Smith (Sydney Sixers)
Steve Smith 41 (41)
Munaf Patel 2/17 (4 overs)
Dwayne Smith 26 (28)
Pat Cummins 2/16 (4 overs)

Playoff tree
Semifinals Final
      
A1 India Delhi Daredevils 117/9 (20 overs)
B2 South Africa Highveld Lions 139/5 (20 overs)
B2 South Africa Highveld Lions 121 (20 overs)
B1 Australia Sydney Sixers 124/0 (12.3 overs)
A2 Scotland Nashua Titans 163/5 (20 overs)
B1 Australia Sydney Sixers 164/8 (20 overs)

Semi-final
26 October
Nashua Titans South Africa
163/5 (20 overs)
v
Australia Sydney Sixers
164/8 (20 overs)
Australia Sydney Sixers won by 2 wickets
  
 
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Marais Erasmus (SA)
Player of the match: Stephen O'Keefe (Sydney Sixers)
David Wiese 61 (28)
Mitchell Starc 2/33 (4 overs)
Michael Lumb 33 (20)
Alfonso Thomas 2/36 (4 overs)
  • Nashua Titans won the toss and elected to bat
  • Sydney Sixers qualify for the Final and Nashua Titans are eliminated as a result of this match

Final
28 October
Highveld Lions South Africa
121 (20 overs)
v
Australia Sydney Sixers
124/0 (12.3 overs)
Australia Sydney Sixers won by 10 wickets
  
 
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Michael Lumb (Sydney Sixers)
Jean Symes 51 (46)
Josh Hazlewood 3/22 (4 overs)
Michael Lumb 82* (42)
Sohail Tanvir 0/16 (3 overs)
  • Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field
  • Sydney Sixers win the 2012 Champions League Twenty20 as a result of this match

Big Bash League
Main article: 2012–13 Big Bash League season

Ladder
Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1   Melbourne Renegades 8 7 1 0 14 0.791 Advance to play-off phase
2   Perth Scorchers 8 5 3 0 10 1.322
3   Melbourne Stars 8 5 3 0 10 0.246
4   Brisbane Heat (C) 8 4 4 0 8 0.464
5   Adelaide Strikers 8 4 4 0 8 −0.162
6   Hobart Hurricanes 8 4 4 0 8 −0.569
7   Sydney Sixers 8 3 5 0 6 −0.380
8   Sydney Thunder 8 0 8 0 0 −1.360
Source: [7]
(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.
8 December
Sydney Thunder
5/143 (20 overs)
v
(H) Sydney Sixers
3/147 (18.4 overs)
Sydney Sixers won by 7 wickets
  
 
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 15,279
Umpires: Ashley Barrow & Tony Ward
Player of the match: Brad Haddin (Sydney Sixers)
Ryan Carters 33* (24)
Luke Feldman 2/19 (4 overs)
Brad Haddin 59 (48)
Chris Tremain 2/27 (4 overs)
16 December
(H) Sydney Sixers
9/113 (20 overs)
v
Perth Scorchers
3/114 (19.2 overs)
Perth Scorchers won by 7 wickets
  
 
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 9,057
Umpires: Gerard Abood & Tony Ward
Player of the match: Michael Beer (Perth Scorchers)
Stephen O'Keefe 29 (34)
Michael Beer 2/19 (4 overs)
Herschelle Gibbs 40 (42)
Luke Feldman 1/13 (3.2 overs)
21 December
(H) Melbourne Stars
6/177 (20 overs)
v
Sydney Sixers
5/156 (20 overs)
Melbourne Stars won by 21 runs
  
 
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Attendance: 10,260
Umpires: Ashley Barrow & Tony Ward
Player of the match: Glenn Maxwell (Melbourne Stars)
Glenn Maxwell 82 (50)
Ian Moran 3/30 (3 overs)
Steve O'Keefe 42 (35)
Shane Warne 2/32 (4 overs)
23 December
Sydney Sixers
6/135 (20 overs)
v
(H) Adelaide Strikers
1/136 (15.5 overs)
Adelaide Strikers won by 9 wickets
  
 
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 5,892
Umpires: Simon Fry & Sam Nogajski
Player of the match: Tim Ludeman (Adelaide Strikers)
Steve Smith 58 (43)
Shaun Tait 2/13 (3 overs)
Tim Ludeman 71 (43)
Steve O'Keefe 1/24 (2.5 overs)
26 December
(H) Sydney Sixers
8/154 (20 overs)
v
Hobart Hurricanes
3/158 (19.5 overs)
Hobart Hurricanes won by 7 wickets
  
 
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 11,005
Umpires: Steve Davis & Damien Mealey
Player of the match: Ricky Ponting (Hobart Hurricanes)
Michael Lumb 34 (22)
Ben Laughlin 4/31 (4 overs)
Ricky Ponting 63 (52)
Luke Feldman 2/21 (4 overs)
30 December
(H) Sydney Thunder
6/132 (20 overs)
v
Sydney Sixers
6/136 (19 overs)
Sydney Sixers won by 4 wickets
  
 
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Stadium Australia, Sydney
Attendance: 20,986
Umpires: Gerard Abood & Ashley Barrow
Player of the match: Daniel Hughes (Sydney Sixers)
Usman Khawaja 66 (47)
Josh Lalor 2/20 (4 overs)
Daniel Hughes 51 (36)
Dirk Nannes 3/24 (4 overs)
7 January
(H) Brisbane Heat
9/127 (20 overs)
v
Sydney Sixers
5/128 (19 overs)
Sydney Sixers won by 5 wickets
  
 
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
The Gabba, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
Attendance: 14,362
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford & Damien Mealey
Player of the match: Michael Lumb (Sydney Sixers)
Luke Pomersbach 37 (33)
Stephen O'Keefe 3/21 (4 overs)
Michael Lumb 61* (55)
Ben Cutting 2/9 (3 overs)
  • Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat
9 January
Melbourne Renegades
5/178 (20 overs)
v
Sydney Sixers (H)
149 (20 overs)
Melbourne Renegades won by 29 runs
  
 
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 17,801
Umpires: Gerard Abood & Ashley Barrow
Player of the match: Alex Hales (Melbourne Renegades)
Alex Hales 89 (52)
Moisés Henriques 1/9 (1 over)
Stephen O'Keefe 41 (29)
Nathan Rimmington 3/27 (4 overs)
  • Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat
  • Twenty20 debut: Fawad Ahmed (Melbourne Renegades)

Finals

The Sixers poor season saw them finish seventh with only three wins. This was not good enough to qualify for the finals series and thus also ensuring they would not be able to defend their Champions League Twenty20 title.

References
  1. Buckle, Greg (1 July 2011). "Perth sign Gibbs for T20 season". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  2. "Brad Haddin re-signs with Sixers". Archived from the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  3. "Haddin joins Sixers". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  4. Warner signs with Sydney Sixers
  5. "Daniel Smith Profile". Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  6. "CLT20 2012 Group B points table". Wisden India. 9 October 2012. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  7. "Big Bash League Table – 2012–13". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
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