Sixers vs Hurricanes, 53rd Match at Hobart, BBL, Jan 23 2023 - Ball by Ball Commentary

dropped! Length ball heaved to deep midwicket, straightforward head height chance for Smith but he fumbles this badly with his hands in front of his face. It doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things though as the Sixers win by 24 runs.

length ball tapped away for one.

full on middle, heaves this high and deep over midwicket onto the grass bank.

yorker on fifth stump, Ellis misses trying to jam it out and it goes through to the keeper.

length ball on seventh stump, Silk was cheating in off the rope and tried to run back with a leaping effort but it just eludes him and lands for a one-bounce four.

full on the stumps, chipped over the bowler down the ground for two.

length ball on the stumps, tapped away for one.

yorker on off stump, jammed to long-on for a very tight two. The third umpire has a look and replays show that in fact Paris didn't make the ground coming back for the second before Kerr took the bails off.

length ball on fifth stump, goes to pul and a top edge swirls over short third man backspinning to the rope.

yorker jammed out into the feet and they scamper one.

length ball on sixth stump, slapped to wide midwicket for one.

full and wide, jammed out into the off side for one.

bouncer on fifth stump, pulls this toward deep midwicket but Silk ranges 15 yards to his left and takes a sliding catch that is about par for the course for his standards.

back of a length slower ball on fifth stump, goes to swipe across the line and misses.

back of a length on fifth stump, steered to deep third man for one.

slower ball lands back of a length on fourth stump, defended to backward point.

length ball on sixth stump, slaps this toward wide mid-off and Henriques dives to stop this on the ring. Doesn't look entirely comfortable getting to his feet and may have jarred his left shoulder.

bouncer outside off, goes to pull and is beaten.

Crawley holes out to deep midwicket one short of a half-century. Length ball on sixth stump, shuffled across and whacks this high but not very deep and is caught at chest height five yards inside the rope.

full on sixth stump, gets on a knee to slog sweep this and misses. The ball gets away from Philippe for them to take a bye.