2012–13 Sydney Sixers season

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

Players

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nat	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
16	Daniel Hughes [1]		(1979-07-02) 2 July 1979	Left-handed	Right-arm fast medium
45	Michael Lumb		(1980-02-12) 12 February 1980	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
53	Nic Maddinson		(1991-12-21) 21 December 1991	Left-handed	Slow Left-arm orthodox
17	Kurtis Patterson		(1993-05-05) 5 May 1993	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	New signing, announced 18 July 2012[2]
31	David Warner		(1986-10-27) 27 October 1986	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break
All-rounders
21	Moisés Henriques [1]		(1987-02-01) 1 February 1987	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Re-signed, announced 18 July 2012[2]
9	Jeevan Mendis		(1983-01-15) 15 January 1983	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	Overseas player
5	Ian Moran		(1979-08-16) 16 August 1979	Right-handed	Right-arm fast Medium
27	Dominic Thornely		(1978-10-01) 1 October 1978	Right-handed	Right-arm medium & off spin
72	Stephen O'Keefe[3]		(1984-12-09) 9 December 1984	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Re-signed, announced 18 July 2012[2]
49	Steve Smith [1]		(1989-06-02) 2 June 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Wicket-keepers
24	Brad Haddin[3]		(1977-10-23) 23 October 1977	Right-handed	–	Captain, Re-signed, announced 18 July 2012[2]
13	Daniel Smith		(1982-03-17) 17 March 1982	Right-handed	–
Bowlers
22	Luke Feldman [1]		(1984-08-01) 1 August 1984	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium
8	Josh Hazlewood		(1991-01-08) 8 January 1991	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Re-signed, announced 18 July 2012[2]
2	Josh Lalor		(1987-11-02) 2 November 1987	Left-handed	Left-arm fast	New signing, announced 18 July 2012[2]
58	Brett Lee		(1976-11-08) 8 November 1976	Right-handed	Right-arm fast
56	Mitchell Starc		(1990-01-30) 30 January 1990	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
74	Sunil Narine		(1988-05-26) 26 May 1988	Left-handed	Right-arm Off Spin	Overseas Player

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

Transfers

In: Nat Name Role Previous team Sunil Narine Bowler New player Jeevan Mendis All-rounder New player Kurtis Patterson Batsmen New player[2] Daniel Hughes Batsmen New player David Warner Batsmen Sydney Thunder[4] Daniel Smith Wicket-keeper Sydney Thunder[5] Josh Lalor Bowler Perth Scorchers[2] Luke Feldman Bowler Hobart Hurricanes

Out: Nat Name Role Going to Stuart MacGill Bowler Retired Pat Cummins Bowler Perth Scorchers Peter Nevill Wicket-keeper Melbourne Renegades Ben Rohrer Batsmen Melbourne Renegades Dwayne Bravo All-rounder Not re-signed Nathan McCullum All-rounder Not re-signed Ed Cowan Batsmen Hobart Hurricanes Shane Watson All-rounder Brisbane Heat

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

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.

Group Stage

Ladder

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
Sydney Sixers	4	4	0	0	16	+1.656
Highveld Lions	4	3	1	0	12	+0.140
Chennai Super Kings	4	2	2	0	8	-0.049
Mumbai Indians	4	0	3	1	2	-0.471
Yorkshire Carnegie	4	0	3	1	2	-1.791

Source: Wisden^[6]

Matches

14 October	Sydney Sixers 185/5 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings 171/9 (20 overs)	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)
	Moises Henriques 49* (23) Ravichandran Ashwin 2/32 (4 overs)		Suresh Raina 57 (33) Moises Henriques 3/23 (3 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field

16 October	Yorkshire Carnegie 96/9 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers 98/2 (8.5 overs)	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)
Yorkshire Carnegie won the toss and elected to bat

18 October	Highveld Lions 137/9 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers 141/5 (19 overs)	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)
Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field

22 October	Sydney Sixers 136/7 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 124/8 (20 overs)	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)
Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat

Finals

Playoff tree

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

Semi-final

26 October	Nashua Titans 163/5 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers 164/8 (20 overs)	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 121 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers 124/0 (12.3 overs)	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

Regular season

Ladder

Points table on ESPN Cricinfo

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.

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

External links

• Official site

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