The 2012–13 Sydney Sixers season was the club's second consecutive season in the Big Bash League (BBL).
Players Squad Players with international caps are listed in bold. No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batsmen16 Daniel Hughes Left-handed Right-arm fast medium 45 Michael Lumb Left-handed Right-arm medium Overseas player53 Nic Maddinson Left-handed Slow Left-arm orthodox 17 Kurtis Patterson Left-handed Right-arm off break New signing, announced 18 July 2012 31 David Warner Left-handed Right-arm leg break All-rounders21 Moisés Henriques Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Re-signed, announced 18 July 20129 Jeevan Mendis Left-handed Right-arm leg break Overseas player5 Ian Moran Right-handed Right-arm fast Medium 27 Dominic Thornely Right-handed Right-arm medium & off spin 72 Stephen O'Keefe Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Re-signed, announced 18 July 2012 49 Steve Smith Right-handed Right-arm leg break Wicket-keepers24 Brad Haddin Right-handed – Captain, Re-signed, announced 18 July 201213 Daniel Smith Right-handed – Bowlers22 Luke Feldman Right-handed Right-arm fast medium 8 Josh Hazlewood Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium Re-signed, announced 18 July 2012 2 Josh Lalor Left-handed Left-arm fast New signing, announced 18 July 201258 Brett Lee Right-handed Right-arm fast 56 Mitchell Starc Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium 74 Sunil Narine Left-handed Right-arm Off Spin Overseas Player Note: This table is for the 2012–13 Big Bash League season squad. See also 2012 Champions League Twenty20 squads#Sydney Sixers.
Transfers
In: Nat Name Role Previous team Sunil Narine Bowler New player Jeevan Mendis All-rounder New player Kurtis Patterson Batsmen New player Daniel Hughes Batsmen New player David Warner Batsmen Sydney ThunderWarner signs with Sydney Sixers Daniel Smith Wicket-keeper Sydney Thunder Josh Lalor Bowler Perth Scorchers Luke Feldman Bowler Hobart Hurricanes
Out: Nat Name Role Going to Stuart MacGill Bowler Retired Pat Cummins Bowler Perth Scorchers Peter Nevill Wicket-keeper Melbourne Renegades Ben Rohrer Batsmen Melbourne Renegades Dwayne Bravo All-rounder Not re-signed Nathan McCullum All-rounder Not re-signed Ed Cowan Batsmen Hobart Hurricanes Shane Watson All-rounder Brisbane Heat
Note: Transfers occurred after the Champions League Twenty20 tournament. Thus players listed as "Out" (excluding MacGill, Bravo and Cowan) competed in the CLT20 tournament and players listed as "In" did not. See also 2012 Champions League Twenty20 squads#Sydney Sixers.
Champions League Twenty20
As winners of the 2011–12 Big Bash League, the Sydney Sixers qualified for the 2012 Champions League Twenty20 series held in South Africa. Corey Richards was the caretaker coach of the Sixers for this tournament as Trevor Bayliss's Indian Premier League team, the Kolkata Knight Riders also qualified. The tournament would prove to be successful for the Sixers, winning the tournament in their first attempt.
Group stage
Ladder Team Sydney Sixers 4 4 0 0 16 +1.656 Highveld Lions 4 3 1 0 12 +0.140 Chennai Super Kings 4 2 2 0 8 -0.049 Mumbai Indians 4 0 3 1 2 -0.471 Yorkshire Carnegie 4 0 3 1 2 -1.791 Source: Wisden
Matches
Finals
Playoff tree
Semi-final
Final
Big Bash League
Regular season
Ladder
Matches Times shown are in Australian Western Standard Time (UTC+08) for Perth, Australian Central Daylight Time (UTC+10:30) for Adelaide, Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10:00) for Brisbane and Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11:00) for all remaining venues.
Finals The Sixers poor season saw them finish seventh with only three wins. This was not good enough to qualify for the finals series and thus also ensuring they would not be able to defend their Champions League Twenty20 title.
References
External links Official site