2012–13 Sydney Sixers season

The 2012–13 Sydney Sixers season was the club's second consecutive season in the Big Bash League (BBL).

Sydney Sixers
2012–13 season
PresidentStuart Clark
CoachTrevor Bayliss (2nd season)
Captain(s)Brad Haddin (2nd season)
Home groundSydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
CLT20Champions
Big Bash League7th
BBL FinalsDNQ
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Players

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No. Name Nat Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
16Daniel Hughes [1] (1979-07-02) 2 July 1979Left-handedRight-arm fast medium
45Michael Lumb (1980-02-12) 12 February 1980Left-handedRight-arm mediumOverseas player
53Nic Maddinson (1991-12-21) 21 December 1991Left-handedSlow Left-arm orthodox
17Kurtis Patterson (1993-05-05) 5 May 1993Left-handedRight-arm off breakNew signing, announced 18 July 2012[2]
31David Warner (1986-10-27) 27 October 1986Left-handedRight-arm leg break
All-rounders
21Moisés Henriques [1] (1987-02-01) 1 February 1987Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumRe-signed, announced 18 July 2012[2]
9Jeevan Mendis (1983-01-15) 15 January 1983Left-handedRight-arm leg breakOverseas player
5Ian Moran (1979-08-16) 16 August 1979Right-handedRight-arm fast Medium
27Dominic Thornely (1978-10-01) 1 October 1978Right-handedRight-arm medium & off spin
72Stephen O'Keefe[3] (1984-12-09) 9 December 1984Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxRe-signed, announced 18 July 2012[2]
49Steve Smith [1] (1989-06-02) 2 June 1989Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Wicket-keepers
24Brad Haddin[3] (1977-10-23) 23 October 1977Right-handed–Captain, Re-signed, announced 18 July 2012[2]
13Daniel Smith (1982-03-17) 17 March 1982Right-handed–
Bowlers
22Luke Feldman [1] (1984-08-01) 1 August 1984Right-handedRight-arm fast medium
8Josh Hazlewood (1991-01-08) 8 January 1991Left-handedRight-arm fast-mediumRe-signed, announced 18 July 2012[2]
2Josh Lalor (1987-11-02) 2 November 1987Left-handedLeft-arm fastNew signing, announced 18 July 2012[2]
58Brett Lee (1976-11-08) 8 November 1976Right-handedRight-arm fast
56Mitchell Starc (1990-01-30) 30 January 1990Left-handedLeft-arm fast-medium
74Sunil Narine (1988-05-26) 26 May 1988Left-handedRight-arm Off SpinOverseas Player

Note: This table is for the 2012–13 Big Bash League season squad. See also 2012 Champions League Twenty20 squads#Sydney Sixers.

Transfers

Note: Transfers occurred after the Champions League Twenty20 tournament. Thus players listed as "Out" (excluding MacGill, Bravo and Cowan) competed in the CLT20 tournament and players listed as "In" did not. See also 2012 Champions League Twenty20 squads#Sydney Sixers.

Champions League Twenty20
Main article: 2012 Champions League Twenty20

As winners of the 2011–12 Big Bash League, the Sydney Sixers qualified for the 2012 Champions League Twenty20 series held in South Africa. Corey Richards was the caretaker coach of the Sixers for this tournament as Trevor Bayliss's Indian Premier League team, the Kolkata Knight Riders also qualified. The tournament would prove to be successful for the Sixers, winning the tournament in their first attempt.

Ladder
Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
Sydney Sixers 440016+1.656
Highveld Lions 431012+0.140
Chennai Super Kings 42208-0.049
Mumbai Indians 40312-0.471
Yorkshire Carnegie 40312-1.791

Source: Wisden[6]

Matches

Playoff tree
Semifinals Final
      
A1 Delhi Daredevils 117/9 (20 overs)
B2 Highveld Lions 139/5 (20 overs)
B2 Highveld Lions 121 (20 overs)
B1 Sydney Sixers 124/0 (12.3 overs)
A2 Nashua Titans 163/5 (20 overs)
B1 Sydney Sixers 164/8 (20 overs)

Semi-final

Final

Big Bash League
Main article: 2012–13 Big Bash League season

Ladder
Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Melbourne Renegades 8 7 1 0 14 0.791
2 Perth Scorchers (RU) 8 5 3 0 10 1.322
3 Melbourne Stars 8 5 3 0 10 0.246
4 Brisbane Heat (C) 8 4 4 0 8 0.464
5 Adelaide Strikers 8 4 4 0 8 −0.162
6 Hobart Hurricanes 8 4 4 0 8 −0.569
7 Sydney Sixers 8 3 5 0 6 −0.380
8 Sydney Thunder 8 0 8 0 0 −1.360
Source: [7]
  •   The top four teams qualified for the semi finals.

Matches
Times shown are in Australian Western Standard Time (UTC+08) for Perth, Australian Central Daylight Time (UTC+10:30) for Adelaide, Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10:00) for Brisbane and Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11:00) for all remaining venues.

Finals

The Sixers poor season saw them finish seventh with only three wins. This was not good enough to qualify for the finals series and thus also ensuring they would not be able to defend their Champions League Twenty20 title.

References
  1. Buckle, Greg (1 July 2011). "Perth sign Gibbs for T20 season". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  2. "Brad Haddin re-signs with Sixers". Archived from the original on 2012-11-27. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
  3. "Haddin joins Sixers". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  4. Warner signs with Sydney Sixers
  5. "Daniel Smith Profile". Archived from the original on 2012-12-31. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
  6. "CLT20 2012 Group B points table". Wisden India. 9 October 2012. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  7. "Big Bash League Table – 2012–13". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
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