Perth Scorchers v Sydney SixersFriday 28 January, 08:40TV: live on BT Sport Hot Scorchers Scorchers topped the league and made it to the final at the first attempt after beating Sixers in the qualifier. No team has scored more runs and one (Thunder) batted at a faster rate – and only then at a smidge.
Big Bash
Sydney Sixers v Adelaide Strikers Wednesday, 08:15, Live on Sky Sports Sixers need to recover quickly The Sixers had a disastrous day at the office against the Scorchers. Bowling first, they allowed the Perth openers to get off to a flyer, Kurtis Patterson getting 64 and Josh Inglis 79. The brilliant Mitch Marsh played a
Sydney Thunder v Adelaide StrikersSunday, 08:15 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket The Big Bash play-offs have already produced a huge-priced winner with Ben Dwarshuis landing odds of 100/1 as Top Sydney Sixers runscorer earlier today. Next, Adelaide Strikers bid to take another step towards landing a miraculous comeback. Earlier in the tournament, they were matched
Perth Scorchers v Sydney SixersSaturday January 22nd, 08:15 GMTLive on Sky Sports Cricket Scorching a path to the qualifier Despite appearing in front of empty stadiums before being shunted across Australia to play their ‘home’ games, Perth Scorchers topped the regular season table with a cushion of five points over the chasing pack. Ashton Turner’s
Adelaide Strikers v Hobart HurricanesTuesday 18 January 08.30TV: live on Sky Sports Strikers boosted The Strikers qualified a comfortable fourth in the end. They get every ounce from their ability and are now in a stronger position personnel wise. Travis Head and Alex Carey, the Ashes heroes, are back at just the right time. This
Melbourne Stars v Hobart Hurricanes Wednesday, 08:50, Live on Sky Sports Stars left to rue missed opportunities The Stars are out. No play-off spot for them. The Renegades losing (the manner of which is described below) to the Hurricanes made sure of that. When you look at their players, it almost doesn’t seem possible. Glenn
Sydney Thunder v Melbourne RenegadesWednesday, 04:45 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket It is tempting to view the penultimate match of the group stages as a mismatch. A yawning gap of 15 points separate Thunder and Renegades and there is a motivation gap. Thunder must win to move into a critically important top-two slot and may
Brisbane Heat v Sydney SixersWednesday, 02:05 GMTLive on Sky Sports Cricket Sixers rally after mini slump This game was originally scheduled to take place on January 4 at which point I’d tipped James Vince as the man to make the difference for the Sixers. Vince has subsequently left for England international duty and his place
Adelaide Strikers v Sydney SixersMonday 17 January 23.40TV: live on Sky Sports Strikers in the hunt The Strikers are making a late charge for the play-offs. They have won their last three, including a sensational, formbook-toppling success over Perth Scorchers and then beating Melbourne Stars. They now sit in fourth position and are locked in
Melbourne Renegades v Hobart Hurricanes Tuesday 8:15, Live on Sky Sports Hurricanes in the hunt for Playoff spot With two wins from their last four, the Hurricanes are still on track to make the Playoffs. The good news is that their two remaining fixtures are against out-of-form and struggling sides in the two Melbournes. Last
Sydney Sixers v Sydney ThunderSaturday January 15th, 07:40 GMTLive on Sky Sports Cricket Sixers in late season slump Defending BBL champions the Sydney Sixers made a fast start to this season’s tournament but two straight defeats to Perth Scorchers has seen them surrender their place in the top two. It could be argued that most
Adelaide Strikers v Perth ScorchersThursday 13 January 23:40TV: live on Sky Sports No Rashid Khan for hosts Adelaide Strikers found themselves bottom of the pile not so long ago. But they now find themselves in fifth position (before the result of the Melbourne derby). We’ve never been entirely convinced they are worthy of the lowly
Sydney Thunder v Hobart HurricanesThursday, 04:45 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket Sydney Thunder are the form team following six straight wins. The latest came against Hobart Hurricanes by a facile nine-wicket margin at the MCG and they face off again tomorrow morning at another Melbourne venue, the Marvel Stadium. We discussed the Big Bash state
Melbourne Renegades v Melbourne Stars Thursday, 8:35, Live on Sky Sports Renegades looking to avoid another wooden spoon After being fortunate in winning two matches in a row against Covid-stricken sides, the Renegades’ run came to an end against the Sixers. They bowled pretty well to restrict the Sixers to 150 and were pretty strong
Brisbane Heat v Adelaide StrikersWednesday, January 12th, 08:15 GMTLive on Sky Sports Cricket Heat hang on It’s not been the best of campaigns for Brisbane Heat but they are managing to hang on to the fifth and final playoff place. If Tom Cooper’s men are to make it into the postseason, they will need to
Melbourne Renegades v Sydney SixersTuesday 11 January 08.15TV: live on Sky Sports Renegades revert Normal service has resumed for Renegades. They got lucky facing teams who were ravaged by Covid but when they came up against a reasonably healthy side they were smashed. Sydney Thunder, increasingly looking like the best team in it, made 209
Melbourne Stars v Adelaide StrikersMonday, 08:15 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket Driven in no small part by Covid chaos, a two-tier points table has opened up. A top-four cruising into the play-offs, jostling for position. And a bottom-four, battling for the fifth and final spot. These two, placed in the bottom two spots but with
Sydney Sixers v Perth ScorchersSunday January 9th, 08:15 GMTLive on Sky Sports Cricket Sixers stutter It’s been a frustrating period for the Sydney Sixers who have played just once since December 29th. Postponements and a rain-ruined game against bottom side Melbourne Renegades has suddenly put their top two finish under threat. Sixers’ only action in
Brisbane Heat v Hobart HurricanesSaturday 8 January, 07:00TV: live on Sky Sports Heat remain ravaged Heat remain ravaged by Covid. This is a second-string team, made up of late call-ups from Melbourne club cricket. Unsurprisingly, they were well-beaten by Renegades last time out in a mismatch. They are without (deep breath): Chris Lynn, Xavier Bartlett,
Melbourne Renegades v Sydney Thunder Saturday, 7:05, Live on Sky Sports Renegades making the most of it We all know luck has a big part to play in cricket when it comes to umpiring decisions, tosses, dropped catches, weather and a load of other factors. But over the past week or so, the Renegades have
Melbourne Renegades v Brisbane Heat Thursday 6 January 07.00TV: live on BT Sport Heat ravaged Brisbane Heat’s match with the Sydney Sixers was postponed at the last-minute on Wednesday as the Heat were unable to field a team due to Covid. This fixture could still go ahead, however. Those who are well enough have flown
Perth Scorchers v Sydney Thunder Thursday, 10:15, Live on Sky Sports Scorchers negotiating all obstacles Given the circumstances, the Scorchers are having an excellent season. That they played and won on Tuesday, having been asked to play the Sixers at such short notice after the Heat had a Covid outbreak in the camp, is sign
Adelaide Strikers v Hobart HurricanesWednesday, 07:05 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket Venue switched to Adelaide Oval Covid is playing havoc with this Big Bash renewal, forcing a series of last-minute changes to the schedule and venues. Three fixtures were altered after a quartet of Brisbane Heat players tested positive but, at the time of writing,
Brisbane Heat v Sydney SixersTuesday January 4th, 08:15 GMTLive on Sky Sports Cricket Heat breeze past the Hurricanes It’s been a mixed start for Brisbane Heat but victory over Hobart on Saturday has lifted Jimmy Peirson’s side back into playoff contention. The Heat have picked up just three wins from eight games but fast starts
Melbourne Stars v Melbourne RenegadesMonday 3 January, 08:10TV: live on Sky Sports Stars horribly depleted Melbourne Stars were beaten by Perth Scorchers on Sunday by 50 runs. But it was not the thrashing it seems. Stars have been badly hit by Covid and were without ten first-team players against the Scorchers. Marcus Stoinis, Andre Russell,
Sydney Thunder v Adelaide StrikersSunday, 08:15, Live on Sky Sports Strikers in a world of trouble I previewed the first edition of this match in the 2021-22 BBL season a couple of days ago and warned Betting.betfair readers that things weren’t going to get any easier for the Strikers. And so it proved. This time
Hobart Hurricanes v Brisbane HeatSaturday 1 January, 05:00TV: live on Sky Sports Hobart on a roll Hobart Hurricanes have four wins from seven and were it not for the form of the Sixers and Scorchers would fancy a tilt at the top two. They have won their last three as their batting has fired spectacularly.
Sydney Sixers v Melbourne RenegadesSaturday, January 1st 08:30 GMTLive on Sky Sports Cricket Sixers dig deep T20 cricket isn’t always about 200-plus scores and marginalising the bowlers. Sometimes, the lowest scoring matches can be the most exciting as the Sydney Sixers proved against Brisbane last time out. Just 211 runs were scored in the game
Adelaide Strikers v Perth Scorchers Friday, 8:15, Live on Sky Sports Strikers really up against it The Strikers can consider themselves pretty fortunate that the Renegades have managed to be even worse than them this season. Without the Melbourne side in the competition they’d be rock bottom. They’ve won just one match out of six,
Perth Scorchers v Melbourne StarsThursday, 08:15 BSTLive on Sky Sports Cricket Scorchers usurped at top by Sixers after defeat Perth Scorchers’ 100% record was busted on Tuesday by Sydney Thunder, which means they’ve ceded top spot to Sydney Sixers on net run-rate, with Hobart Hurricanes now within striking distance, four points back. They will be