SS vs HH

This will also mark the end of our live coverage. We hope you were thoroughly entertained throughout the course of the match. Mark your calendars, as we have a big final coming up this Sunday, where the Perth Scorchers will be taking on the Sydney Sixers in their own backyard. It promises to be a thriller, and we will be with you to take you through the ebbs and flows of that game. For now, this is Datrim Ray signing off on behalf of the Sportskeeda Team. Thank you and goodbye! 

10:25 PM Local Time (4:55 PM IST): Sydney Sixers win by 57 runs and advance into the finals!

Steve Smith - 65 (43) | Ben Dwarshuis 3/26
Ben McDermott - 40 (26) | Rishad Hossain 2/33

Heartbreak for the Hobart Hurricanes as their dream for a second straight BBL title is all but shattered! The defending champions seemed to be on track all the way through. But chasing a daunting 199 in a knockout match was always going to be a tough ask. It was a clinical all-round performance from the Sydney Sixers, and they have booked their spot in the final along with the Perth Scorchers. Smith did the damage with the bat, scoring a sublime 65 to power the Sixers close to 200. The Hurricanes' bowlers failed to execute their plans and went for plenty initially before restricting the Sixers’ aggression. 

However, they had a chance of getting it right with the bat. Owen and Ward got the Hurricanes off to an electrifying start. But the sparkling flair did not last long as Abbott provided the first breakthrough. That wicket opened the door for the Sixers as the Hurricanes kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Webster, McDermott, and other Hurricanes batters made steady starts, but none of them were able to go the distance. The 48-run stand between the two kept the Hurricanes in the hunt, but Davies’ double-wicket over completely derailed them to a point of no return. 

There was hardly any resistance from the middle and lower order batters, including Jordon, who supposedly played today as a batter. Ben Dwarshuis emerged as the pick of the bowlers, finishing with figures of 3/26, while both Starc and Abbott bowled well with the new ball and finished with two wickets apiece. In the end, the Sixers were able to restrict the Hurricanes easily to 141 and power themselves into the final, due to be played this Sunday. 

17.2 Jack Edwards to Rishad Hossain, ALL OVER! Hurricanes have been bundled out, and the Sixers prevail! Length ball outside off. Edwards made Rishad reach out for it. He gets some bat on it, but not enough, as the ball comfortably settles into the safe hands of Silk. 

17.1 Jack Edwards to Rishad Hossain, late flourish from Hossain! Overpitched half volley on off. Hossain goes downtown and gets plenty on it to deposit it over the sightscreen for a six. 

16.6 Ben Dwarshuis to Billy Stanlake, High in the air but safe! Length ball into the body. Stanlake is cramped for room and gets a leading edge. The ball pops up in the air before landing safely in the fine leg region. 

16.5 Ben Dwarshuis to Billy Stanlake, put away for four! Slightly shorter outside off. Stanlake swings across the line and manages ti place it into the gap between midwicket and mid on for a four. 

16.4 Ben Dwarshuis to Rishad Hossain, length ball on middle. Rishad looks to swing it away on the leg side but gets a thick inside edge onto his pads. Reluctantly takes a run!

16.2 Ben Dwarshuis to Riley Meredith, Another one bites the dust! Dwarshuis gets two in two! Back of a length ball into the pitch. Meredith looks to go big on the leg side, but ends up chipping it a long way up in the air instead. he fails to get the required distance, and Jordan Silk takes a comfortable catch inside the 30-yard circle. Dwarshuis is on a hat-trick!

16.1 Ben Dwarshuis to Will Prestwidge, CAUGHT! Prestwidge goes and this could be the final nail in the coffin for the Hurricanes! A slow leg cutter outside off stump. Prestwidge throws the kitchen sink at it but only manages to find a faint edge through to the keeper, who takes a good diving catch forward. 

15.6 Mitchell Starc to Will Prestwidge, back of a length ball tucked into the pads. Prestwidge tries to get some bat on it but he does not and he steals a leg bye instead.