Sixers break losing streak in incredible finish

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The Sydney Sixers person hung connected to triumph what looked similar a comfy situation, until the past 2 overs astatine the SCG descended into chaos.

The rain-affected lucifer was contested successful conscionable 14 overs apiece, and though the location broadside stumbled midway done their innings erstwhile they mislaid 4 wickets for conscionable 2 runs, the aboriginal fireworks of Kurtis Patterson and Josh Philippe, on with immoderate precocious powerfulness hitting from Hayden Kerr, allowed them to station a full of 6-137.

The adjacent ten-an-over pursuit looked similar it would beryllium excessively overmuch for the Hurricanes from the get-go, who mislaid D'arcy Short and Ben McDermott aboriginal connected - but cipher told Asif Ali.

The right-handed Pakistan planetary came to the crease with three-and-a-half overs to spare, and his squad needing 66 to win.

In the penultimate over, Ali blasted 3 sixes and a 4 disconnected the past 4 deliveries from Kerr, and it was the past that brought immense contention - though it went for six, it was intelligibly supra waist-height and should person been called a nary ball.

The commentary booth was incensed arsenic to wherefore the 3rd umpire couldn't get involved.

"Should we beryllium utilizing the exertion for that? It takes 2 seconds," Adam Zampa said.

"If that was caught and fixed out, they would person checked it - truthful I don't spot the difference. The adjacent shot goes for six it makes conscionable arsenic overmuch quality to the crippled arsenic a wicket."

Instead, Ali was caught inches wrong the bound enactment by Jordan Silk with 5 balls remaining, and the Sixers won by six runs.

"If there's 1 bloke you privation nether it successful that situation, it's Jordan Silk," Zampa said.

Ali ended with 41 disconnected 13, including 4 boundaries and 3 sixes. Had that wicket shot been deed conscionable a metre longer, it would person near the red-hot batter connected strike, and his squad needing conscionable 10 from 4 balls.

"It conscionable came from nowhere, that innings from Asif Ali - I deliberation we're each inactive a spot stunned," Mark Howard said connected commentary.

It was the Sixers' archetypal triumph of the year, aft dropping some of their archetypal 2 games to the Strikers and Scorchers.

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