Big Bash League 2020-21 (BBL 10), Qualifier: Sydney Sixers vs Perth Scorchers – Match Preview And Prediction

On Saturday (30th January), Sydney Sixers will compete against Perth Scorchers in the Qualifier of the Big Bash League 2020/21 (BBL 10) at Manuka Oval (Canberra). It will be their third meeting of this season while both teams have already managed to beat each other once in this season.

They finished the BBL 10 league stage as the best two teams. While Sydney Sixers got 36 points in 14 matches and finished as the points-table topper, Perth Scorchers just finished behind of them with 32 points in 14 matches.

Big Bash League 2020-21 (BBL 10), Qualifier: Sydney Sixers vs Perth Scorchers – Match Preview

Sydney Sixers

The defending champions Sydney Sixers managed to claim nine victories in the league stage of this season while they suffered only five defeats.

Josh Philippe, Jordan Silk and James Vince are the strongest names in their batting list. While Philippe has scored 454 runs in 14 innings, Silk and Vince have scored 365 and 344 runs respectively. Philippe has scored three fifties, including one nervous-ninety (95), Vince has scored two half-centuries and Silk has hit is once.

Also, Daniel Hughes and Daniel Christian have scored 297 and 252 runs respectively with the help of two half-centuries each. Meanwhile, Moises Henriques recently joined the side and has scored 137 runs in three innings, including one half-century.

Among their bowlers, Ben Dwarshuis has got 19 wickets while Carlos Brathwaite has taken 15 wickets and Stephen O’Keefe has picked up 14 wickets. Also, Daniel Christian and Jake Ball have scalped 13 and 9 wickets each.

As they have many consistent performers, there is no doubt why Sydney Sixers are the most consistent side in this BBL season.

Latest full available squad

Sean Abbott, Justin Avendano, Jake Ball, Nick Bertus, Jackson Bird, Carlos Brathwaite, Daniel Christian, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Moises Henriques, Daniel Hughes, Hayden Kerr, Ben Manenti, Stephen O’Keefe, Josh Philippe, Lloyd Pope, Gurinder Sandhu, Jordan Silk, James Vince

Forms in the last 5 matches (Oldest to latest): Won, Won, Lost, Lost and Won

Perth Scorchers

Perth Scorchers had a poor start as they didn’t manage to win a match in the first four matches in this season (3 loses and 1 no result). But they have remarkably made a comeback as they have ultimately won eight games in the league stage of this tournament, while they only suffered two more defeats since their early bad run in this tournament.

Colin Munro is their leading run-scorer in this tournament with 411 runs, including four half-centuries, out of which three came in consecutive innings. Also, Jason Roy has scored 352 runs while Josh Inglis has scored 322 runs. Moreover, Liam Livingstone and Mitche Marsh have scored 289 and 253 runs respectively. While Marsh has hit three half-centuries, Roy, Inglis and Livingstone have managed to hit two fifties each. Captain Ashton Turner has also scored 184 runs, including his best knock of this season 39 runs.

Pacer Jhye Richardson is the leading wicket-taker in this tournament as he has picked up 27 wickets in 14 games. On the other hand, Andrew Tye has bagged 17 wickets while Jason Behrendorff and Fawad Ahmed picked up 14 and 12 wickets respectively.

Latest full available squad

Ashton Turner (C), Fawad Ahmed, Cameron Bancroft, Jason Behrendorff, Aaron Hardie, Josh Inglis, Matt Kelly, Liam Livingstone, Mitchell Marsh, Colin Munro, Joel Paris, Kurtis Patterson, Jhye Richardson, Corey Rocchiccioli, Jason Roy, Andrew Tye

Forms in the last 5 matches (Oldest to latest): Lost, Won, Won, Won and Lost

Big Bash League 2020-21 (BBL 10), Qualifier: Sydney Sixers vs Perth Scorchers – Match Prediction

In their two meetings in this BBL season, both Sydney Sixers and Perth Scorchers won once each. While Scorchers won the first meeting by 86 runs, Sixers won the last battle by 7 wickets.

As both teams are strong enough, it is difficult to choose the favourite of this match. So, cricket fans can expect an exciting contest on Saturday.