We’re down to two teams, set to face off in the BBL final for the title of BBL|06 champions. Will it be the Perth Scorchers of the Sydney Sixers?

Perth Scorchers

Team News

Hilton Cartwright is set to replace in-form batsman Shaun Marsh who has earned a call up to Australia’s national team for the New Zealand ODI tour. Fast bowler Jason Behrendorff is likely to replace fellow paceman Jhye Richardson who seemed to have injured himself during the semi-final win.

Key Players

Mitchell Johnson, hot off the tails of his amazing bowling spell against the Melbourne Stars where he took figures of 3/3. Johnson is still one of the most dangerous bowlers in the world even though it is almost two years since his retirement. The first battle the Sixers will face will be against Johnson. If they can make it through that battle and remain competitive they can set their sites on their battle with the Scorchers.

Adam Voges, Captain of the Perth Scorchers, he is always looking to lead his team from the front. He has missed a lot of cricket this season due to some untimely injuries. He is still one of the greater batsmen in the NSW state system and will be a big wicket come the BBL Final.

Michael Klinger, The highest run-scorer in BBL history will be hoping to outperform hi semi-final flop where he fell for only 7 runs. Maxy is known to be able to put on the big score and although his BBL|06 season has been quite quiet, there’s no better place to show everyone who the premier Big Bash batter is then the BBL Final.

Perth Scorchers squads

Adam Voges (capt), Ashton Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Jason Behrendorff, Ian Bell, Tim Bresnan, Hilton Cartwright, Michael Klinger, Mitchell Johnson, Jhye Richardson, Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye, Sam Whiteman.

Perth Scorchers Predicted XI

SM Whiteman (wk), M Klinger, Hilton Cartwright, AC Voges (c), IR Bell, AJ Turner, AC Agar, AJ Tye, TT Bresnan, MG Johnson and Jason Behrendorff.

Sydney Sixers

Team News

Batsman Colin Munro will miss the big final of BBL as he has found a place in New Zealand’s squad for the home ODI series against Australia. Henry Thornton has been named as his replacement while the rest of the team is expected to remain the same.

Key Players

Moises Henriques, He Was a real stand out for the Sixers not just in their semi Final against the Heat, but all season he has been performing consistently at a high level. The experience he has is turning him into a mature cricketer and the perfect choice for the Sydney Sixers captain.

Sean Abbott, Sean is the leading wicket taker of the tournament and has been consistently bowling dangerous spells that have set the Sixers up for their run to the final. He was the player entrusted to bowl the super over that bought the Sixers their finals spot and he’ll be looking to continue the form he’s been carrying all season so he can go on and lift the trophy for the men in magenta.

Daniel Hughes, The rookie batsman, Daniel Hughes has really hit his stride this season, in recent games, he has almost been an unstoppable force atop the Sydney Sixers batting order.

Sydney Sixers squads

Moises Henriques (capt), Sean Abbott, Jackson Bird, Doug Bollinger, Johan Botha, Ben Dwarshuis, Brad Haddin, Daniel Hughes, Michael Lumb, Nathan Lyon, Nic Maddinson, Jordan Silk, Henry Thornton.

Sydney Sixers Predicted XI

DP Hughes, NJ Maddinson, Henry Thornton, MC Henriques (c), MJ Lumb, BJ Haddin (wk), J Botha, SA Abbott, BJ Dwarshuis, NM Lyon and JM Bird.

The last time they met: Perth Scorchers 8-130 (M Marsh 31*, Somerville 2-10) lost to Sydney Sixers 4-132 (Billings 40, Tye 3-15) by six wickets with 12 balls to spare, on 27 December at the SCG

Overall head to head: Scorchers 6, Sixers 3

Big Bash titles: Scorchers 2, Sixers 1

Our Prediction

Syd Sixers

Will Win the Match

Syd Sixers

Will Win the Toss

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