{ "id": "71215", "author": "21", "cnmid": "0", "title": "Sydney Sixers Beat Perth Scorchers To Win 3rd BBL Final", "lang": "en", "series": "426", "cup_year": "2021", "article_type": "General", "excerpt": "Sydney Sixers defeated Perth Scorchers to win their 3rd Big Bash League(BBL) title on Saturday.\u00a0 Perth Scorchers got off to a brilliant start chasing 189 as they scored 43 in the powerplay. Cameron B", "subtype": "", "editor1": "

Sydney Sixers defeated Perth Scorchers to win their 3rd Big Bash League(BBL) title on Saturday. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

Perth Scorchers got off to a brilliant start chasing 189 as they scored 43 in the powerplay. Cameron Bancroft, after giving a powerful start to the innings, got out on 30. Colin Munro failed to get going and got out soon on 2. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

Liam Livingstone continued to keep Scorchers in the hunt as he scored 45 off 35 balls with the help of three fours and two sixes. The middle-order couldn't give justice to the start as none of the batters got going. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

Aaron Hardie was left with too much in the end as he got out after scoring a fighting 26 off 13 balls. Perth remained short of the BBL title by 27 runs. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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For Sixers, the bowling was led by Ben Dwarshuis as he picked up three wickets. Jackson Bird, Sean Abbott, and Daniel Christian got two wickets each. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

Earlier, James Vince smacked 95 runs in the first innings to help Sydney reach 188\/6. Vince hit ten fours and three sixes during his knock. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

None of the batsmen, barring Vince, got more than 20 runs. Daniel Christian, Jordan Silk, and Carlos Braithwaite played cameos to give the finishing touch. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

James Vince got awarded Man of the Match. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Soak it up, @SixersBBL<\/a> fans #BBL10<\/a> | #BBLFinals<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/UkmmMtsZFF<\/a><\/p>\r\n— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) February 6, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n