Hosein spins Sixers to victory

osein Akeal Hosein bowled a tidy four-over spell to help the Sydney Sixers continue their unbeaten start to this season’s Big Bash League with their fourth win in a row, a comfortable eight wicket victory over the Brisbane Heat at the Brisbane Cricket Ground on Sunday.

 

Hosein took 1-26 from his four overs with the new ball to help restrict the Heat to 138-9 from their 20 overs after Sixers captain Moises Henriques won the toss and chose to field.

 

Nathan McSweeney, recently dropped from the Australia Test team, was the top scorer for the Heat with 34 while Jimmy Peirson and Paul Walter made 24 and 22, respectively.

 

Left-arm seamer Ben Dwarshuis was the best bowler on the day for the Sixers with 4-32 while Hayden Kerr and Todd Murphy had 2-19 and 2-25, respectively.

 

Josh Philippe then made an unbeaten 41-ball 66 to help the Sixers chase down their target in just 16.1 overs.

 

Kurtis Patterson made 32 from 20 balls while skipper Henriques made 29* as the Sixers finished 142-2, securing their fourth win in as many games.

 

Xavier Bartlett and Paul Walter took the wickets to fall.

 

The Sixers will next play Shai Hope’s Hobart Hurricanes on New Year’s Day.

(SportsMax)