Match highlights
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Scorecard
Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Sixers — Big Bash League 2025-26 (BBL15), Match 18 — 1 January 2026 · Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
Score: Melbourne Renegades 164/9 (20 overs) — Sydney Sixers 168/4 (19.1 overs)
Result: Sydney Sixers won by 6 wickets, with 5 balls remaining
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Match recap
Melbourne Renegades batted first at Marvel Stadium and finished on 164 for 9 from their twenty overs. It was a total that kept them in the game, but it left no margin for a loose spell against a Sixers batting order that bats deep.
Sydney Sixers chased steadily rather than explosively. Josh Brown made 43 from 19 balls at the top, and Babar Azam finished unbeaten on 58 from 46 balls, anchoring the chase while wickets fell around him. That combination — a fast start and a calm anchor — is what kept the required rate under control.
The finish belonged to Joel Davies, unbeaten on 34 from 15 balls, who closed the game out with five balls remaining. The Sixers reached 168 for 4 in 19.1 overs, winning by six wickets.
With the bat, the Renegades had no single innings to match Babar’s unbeaten fifty-eight, and with the ball, Sean Abbott’s 3 for 16 — the player-of-the-match performance — kept the Renegades to a total the Sixers could chase without panic. It was a professional away win, built on bowling discipline and a chase that never drifted.
Key performers
- Babar Azam — 58 not out (46 balls) for Sydney Sixers
- Joel Davies — 34 not out (15 balls) for Sydney Sixers
- Josh Brown — 43 (19 balls) for Sydney Sixers
- Sean Abbott — 3 for 16, player of the match, for Sydney Sixers
Turning points
- Abbott’s 3 for 16 kept the Renegades to 164 for 9.
- Brown’s fast 43 gave the chase its early momentum.
- Babar’s unbeaten 58 anchored the chase to the finish.
- Davies finished unbeaten on 34 to close the game with five balls to spare.