{"id":21878,"date":"2021-01-13T10:19:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T11:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=21878"},"modified":"2021-01-13T13:02:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T13:02:36","slug":"sixers-claim-bragging-rights-in-sydney-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=21878","title":{"rendered":"Sixers claim bragging rights in Sydney derby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sydney Sixers will remain on top of the BBL ladder after <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/live-scores\/sydney-thunder-v-sydney-sixers-kfc-t-20-big-bash-league-2020-2021\/48835\" title=\"claiming bragging rights over the Sydney Thunder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">claiming bragging rights over the Sydney Thunder<\/a> in Wednesday night&#x27;s derby.<\/p>\n<p>The Sixers, who were set a target of 129 from 14 overs due to a rain delay during the innings break, had little trouble chasing down the total, reaching their target with eight deliveries to spare.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#x27;s win puts the Sixers six points clear on top of the ladder.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Philippe starred for the Sixers with the bat, blasting 64 from 36 deliveries, while spinner Steve O&#x27;Keefe produced career-best bowling figures of 3\/15 from four overs.<\/p>\n<p>O&#x27;Keefe&#x27;s big night out saw him earn Player of the Match honours.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"9deae44b-c2e2-40b8-9643-6292b4a1d607\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/9deae44b-c2e2-40b8-9643-6292b4a1d607\" alt=\"Stephen O&#x27;Keefe of the Sixers celebrates the wicket of Alex Hales of the Thunder during the Big Bash League match between the Sydney Thunder and the Sydney Sixers\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I think the feeling we have going for us is we&#x27;re taking wickets through the middle,&quot; O&#x27;Keefe said after the match.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We win by design. We don&#x27;t have any set format with the bat or ball. We go out there and back our abilities.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Despite posting a first innings total of 166, the Thunder will no doubt be disappointed a higher score wasn&#x27;t put on after opener Alex Hales notched 54 from 34 deliveries.<\/p>\n<p>With Usman Khawaja, Callum Ferguson and Alex Ross all departing for less than five runs each, it was up to Daniel Sams for the Thunder who notched a half-century to give his side a respectable score to defend.<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6222412847001\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/01\/336824\/pickerImage.jpg\" alt=\"Hales goes bang!\" data-vms-id=\"ref:ckjv6cxx900060go4v42wwktz\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Sydney Sixers will remain on top of the BBL ladder after claiming bragging rights over the Sydney Thunder in Wednesday night&#x27;s derby. The Sixers, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=21878\" title=\"Sixers claim bragging rights in Sydney derby\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21878"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21878"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21880,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21878\/revisions\/21880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}