Overview
- Sydney Sixers chased 165 to win by six wickets in 19.1 overs at Docklands, sealing a New Year's BBL victory over Melbourne Renegades.
- Babar Azam anchored the pursuit with 58 not out off 46 balls, striking four fours and a six.
- Sean Abbott led the Sixers’ bowling with 3/16 from four overs and earned Player of the Match honors.
- Melbourne Renegades posted 164/9 after contributions from Josh Brown (43 off 19), Jake Fraser-McGurk (38) and Hassan Khan (39).
- Azam’s unbeaten half-century lifted him to 97 T20 fifties alongside Jos Buttler, reached in 333 appearances compared with Buttler’s 476, as he also stands on 11 T20 hundreds to Buttler’s eight; his BBL season now reads 129 runs in five innings with two fifties at roughly a 117 strike rate.