Global InformationSydney Sixers information
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| League | Big Bash League | ||
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| Personnel | |||
| Captain | Moises Henriques | ||
| Coach | Greg Shipperd | ||
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| City | Sydney | ||
| Colours | Magenta | ||
| Founded | 2011 | ||
| Home ground | Sydney Cricket Ground North Sydney Oval | ||
| Capacity | 48,601 20,000 | ||
| History | |||
| BBL wins | 3: BBL01, BBL09, BBL10 | ||
| Official website | sydneysixers.com.au | ||
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The Sydney Sixers is an Australian professional franchise men's cricket team, competing in Australia's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash League (BBL).[1] Along with the Sydney Thunder, the Sixers are the successors of the New South Wales Blues who played in the now-defunct KFC Twenty20 Big Bash. The Sixers play at Sydney Cricket Ground at Moore Park in Sydney's eastern suburbs, whilst the Thunder play at the Sydney Showground Stadium in the city's western suburbs. The inaugural coach was Trevor Bayliss,[2] who was replaced in 2015 by current coach Greg Shipperd.[3] The Sixers' inaugural captain was Australian wicket-keeper Brad Haddin. Both Steve Smith and Moises Henriques have also spent time captaining the team.
Competing in the inaugural Big Bash League, the Sydney Sixers went on to win the tournament. After finishing third in the regular season games, the Sixers defeated the Hobart Hurricanes in the semi-final at Bellerive Oval. This facilitated a show-down with the Perth Scorchers in the final. They defeated the Scorchers on 28 January 2012, at the WACA Ground, thus becoming the inaugural champions of the Big Bash League.[4] Their second championship came in the ninth BBL season in 2019–20,[5] and was followed by another title in the 2020–2021 season,[6] making the Sixers the second most successful BBL franchise, behind the Perth Scorchers.
As a result of their successful Big Bash League grand final win in BBL01, the Sixers competed for the first time in the Champions League Twenty20 tournament. The tournament was held in October 2012 in South Africa. Again, the Sixers made history by winning this tournament on their first attempt. The Sixers were top of their group going into the finals of the tournament. They went on to defeat the Nashua Titans in the semi-finals and then the Highveld Lions in the final of the tournament to be crowned champions.
- ^ "T20 Big Bash – Season Starts December 2011". Archived from the original on 10 April 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ^ "Trevor Bayliss announced as coach of Sydney Sixers". Espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ^ "Sixers lure Shipperd north for BBL|05". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "Moises leads Sixers to glory". ABC Radio Grandstand. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 29 January 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ 7 Digital Staff (8 February 2020). "Sydney Sixers defeat Melbourne Stars to win rain-hit Big Bash League final". 7 News. Seven Network (Operations) Limited. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Sixers defend BBL title". Sydney Sixers. Retrieved 7 February 2021.