The second semifinal of the Big Bash League 2013-14 take place at Sydney between the Sydney Sixers and Perth Scorchers. Sydney Sixers are second on the points table while Perth Scorchers are at number three.
Big Bash league promises to be giving a nail biting contest between the two strong teams today as both Sixers and Stars are very eager to win the second semifinal.
The game is scheduled to begin on 08:45 GMT, 21:30 IST at Sydney Cricket Ground. We will see the greatest fight between the two, as they are placed at 2nd and 3rd in the points table.
The weather is also quite bad with breezy and cloudy day in Sydney. However, according to the experts, rain is least expected. Temperature could reach 24 degree Celsius, so we can hope the game would be played with no bad weather.
So far, Sixers have just lost twice in the BBL, even more interesting one of the loses were against Perth Scorchers in the same ground on January 10th 2014. Perth Scorchers batted first and scored 153 runs by losing 5 wickets in their 20 overs.
In return, Sydney Scorchers were able to score 153 runs with the likes of Simon Katich (71) and Sam Whiteman (53). But unfortunately they were unable to steal 1 run in the last ball.
The game went down to one over eliminator, first time in the Big Bash League history. Scorchers retreated on Yasir Arafat, who took 2 wickets of Sydney Sixers by conceding just 1 run.
The two teams are incredibly well balanced in terms of their batting and bowling. It seems we can witness yet another thrilling game today.
Sixers vs Scorchers Prediction
Te prediction for the Big Bash League Tournament is always thrilling. Like other tournament we cannot just blindly predict the games with their individual strengths and records. You never know when your favorite team will lose its 2 major wickets in the short interval of time! Also you will never know when your team will give away the crucial runs in the last overs! For this reason Predicting the games is considered as an art while the predictors remains as artists.
SQUAD:
Sydney Sixers: Steven Smith (capt.), Sean Abbott, Mark Cosgrove, Ben Dwarshuis, Moises Henriques, Josh Lalor, Nathan Lyon, Nic Maddinson, Daniel Smith, Mitchell Starc, Ravi Bopara, Trent Copeland, Brad Haddin, Josh Hazlewood, Brett Lee, Michael Lumb, Marcus North, Steve O’Keefe, Chris Tremlett.
Perth Scorchers: Simon Katich (capt.), Ashton Agar, Jason Behrendorff, Hilton Cartwright, Brad Hogg, Mitchell Marsh, Craig Simmons, Alfonso Thomas, Adam Voges, Sam Whiteman, Tim Armstrong, Michael Beer, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ryan Duffield, Shaun Marsh, Joel Paris, Tom Triffitt, Ashton Turner.
PREDICTION:
Probability:
Perth Scorchers: 49.87%
Sydney Sixers: 50.13%
OVERALL: Perth Scorchers Will Be The Winner Against Sydney Sixers on 5th February, 2014 at Sydney.
