Stars vs Sixers, 28th Match at Melbourne, BBL 2023, Jan 06 2024 - Match Result

there it is! Victory secured for the Sixers, and it is their first win in the BBL since December 22! Very full at the stumps. Silk sits back in his crease and clips it neatly off his toes through the square leg region. Hugs and embraces all around in the Sixers camp - they have thoroughly deserved the two points tonight!

length delivery on the pads. Silk advances and helps it round the corner to fine leg. Scores level!

four more! Shortish on off stump. Silk opens up his stance and smears it towards deep square leg. Cartwright flies like Superman to his left but cannot get there!

back of a length on leg stump. Henriques glances it off his hips towards fine leg

into single digits now! Dug into the track but this sits up to be hit. Henriques picks it up beautifully and dumps it over mid wicket!

off-pace on a back of a length on middle and leg. Silk swipes across the line and misses, getting rapped on the pads. Gets called through for a single and is a tad sluggish in taking off. Makes it in the end, though

speared down the leg side. Silk, having advanced, cannot make contact and the umpire has no qualms in calling it a wide

hard length on middle and leg. Rushes Henriques into his stroke and he can only jam it off the inside edge into his body. Trickles away far enough past the stumps to allow a single

fullish and angling into off stump. Silk gets forward and clips it over mid wicket for another brace

shortish outside off. Silk cuts it into the turf and the ball bounces above backward point. Silk has enough time to gallop back for the second

back of a length on off stump. Silk waits in his crease and turns it towards short mid wicket

full just outside off. Silk comes half forward and pokes it to mid on

edged and taken! Vince departs but not before bringing the Sixers to the cusp of victory! Length outside off, and Vince thinks he can slam this over long off. Loses his shape for the first time, though, and tries to hit it too hard. All he does is nick it through to Handscomb. Is there a twist or two left in this tale?

what timing, what power! Half-tracker on off stump. Vince rolls his wrists superbly and clatters it, all along the carpet past deep backward square leg!

back of a length on off. Vince camps in his crease and stabs it down the ground to long off

back of a length on leg. Vince backs away further and punches it crisply past extra cover for a couple of runs

fired in quick on a length on middle and leg. Henriques drives it down to long off

back of a length on leg stump. Vince tucks it off his pads towards deep mid wicket

tossed up full on middle and off. Henriques skips down the track and chips it to long off

shortish on off stump. Vince goes back and eases it down the ground to long off