The 2014–15 Sydney Sixers season was the club's fourth consecutive season in the Big Bash League (BBL).

Sydney Sixers came fourth overall after the regular season, qualifying for the finals series. The club reached the final at Manuka Oval in Canberra, but was defeated by 4 wickets on the last ball of the match by Perth Scorchers. The final was also the last match of Brett Lee's career as a cricketer.

Players

Squad Players with international caps are listed in bold. No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batsmen 14 Jordan Silk Right-handed - 27 Ed Cowan Left-handed Right arm leg spin 45 Michael Lumb Left-handed Right arm medium Overseas player 49 Steve Smith Right-handed Right arm leg spin 53 Nic Maddinson Left-handed Left arm orthodox All-rounders - Dwayne Smith Right-handed Right arm medium Overseas player. Initially announced as contracted player pre-season but was unable to participate in tournament. 21 Moises Henriques Right-handed Right arm fast medium 72 Stephen O'Keefe Right-handed Left arm orthodox 77 Sean Abbott Right-handed Right arm fast medium 23 Ben Dwarshuis Left-handed Left arm fast medium 94 Simon Keen Left-handed Right arm medium Injury replacement player for Trent Copeland Wicketkeepers 24 Brad Haddin Right-handed – Captain 1 Ryan Carters Right-handed – 50 Riki Wessels Right-handed – Pace bowlers 58 Brett Lee Right-handed Right arm fast 56 Mitchell Starc Left-handed Left-arm fast medium 8 Josh Hazlewood Left-handed Right arm fast medium 4 Doug Bollinger Left-handed Left arm fast medium 9 Trent Copeland Right-handed Right arm fast medium Spin bowlers 67 Nathan Lyon Right-handed Right arm off spin - Luke Doran Right-handed Left arm orthodox Injury replacement player for Stephen O'Keefe

Transfers

In: Nat Name Role Previous team Dwayne Smith All-rounder Perth Scorchers Ryan Carters Wicket-keeper Sydney Thunder Doug Bollinger Bowler Hobart Hurricanes Luke Doran Bowler Sydney Thunder Simon Keen All-rounder Uncontracted in BBL03 Riki Wessels Wicket-keeper Uncontracted in BBL03

Out: Nat Name Role Going to Ravi Bopara All-rounder Not re-signed Marcus North Batsmen Retired Mark Cosgrove Batsmen Not re-signed Charles Amini All-rounder Not re-signed Daniel Smith Wicket-keeper Not re-signed Chris Tremlett Bowler Not re-signed Josh Lalor Bowler Not re-signed Shane Cassel Bowler Not re-signed

Champions League Twenty20 As the Sydney Sixers lost in the semi-finals to the Perth Scorchers, they did not qualify for the 2014 Champions League Twenty20 tournament.

Big Bash League

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 top four teams from the group stage qualified for the semi-finals.

Playoff tree

Matches

Player statistics Statistics include all finals games Key: Hover over heading for tooltips PlayerBattingFieldingBowlingName 1 Ryan Carters 10 8 3 112 90 124.44 22.40 35* 0 213 0 - - - - - - - - 4 Doug Bollinger 10 2 0 1 2 50.00 0.50 1 0 0 6 0 34.0 0 294 9 8.64 32.66 3/21 22.6 6 Luke Doran 4 2 1 2 4 50.00 2.00 1* 0 0 1 0 8.0 0 69 3 8.62 32.66 2/22 16.0 8 Josh Hazlewood 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 Trent Copeland 0 - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - 14 Jordan Silk 10 9 4 272 199 136.68 54.40 69* 2 9 4 0 - - - - - - - - 21 Moises Henriques 9 9 2 245 205 119.51 35.00 77 1 6 5 0 24.0 0 153 56.37 30.60 2/22 28.8 23 Ben Dwarshuis 3 - - - - - - -- - 1 0 10.0 0 95 4 9.50 23.75 2/31 15.0 24 Brad Haddin 0 - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - 27 Ed Cowan 2 2 1 1 5 20.00 1.00 1* 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - - - 45 Michael Lumb 10 10 0 265 215 123.25 26.50 80 1 9 4 0- - - - - - - - 49 Steve Smith 0 - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - 50 Riki Wessels 9 9 0 205 182 112.63 22.77 50 1 4 2 0- - - - - - - - 53 Nic Maddinson 10 10 1284 193 147.15 31.5585216 2 0- - - - - - - - 56 Mitchell Starc 2 2 1 3 4 75.00 3.00 3* 0 0 1 0 8.0 0 57 3 7.12 19.00 2/21 16.0 58 Brett Lee 10 2 1 14 9 155.55 14.00 7* 0 0 2 0 39.0 0 27913 7.15 21.46 3/25 18.0 67 Nathan Lyon 4 1 1 4 4 100.00 - 4* 0 0 1 015.0 0 107 8 7.1313.373/1911.2 72 Stephen O'Keefe 6 3 2 14 8175.00 14.00 9* 0 0 0 0 19.3 0 126 3 6.46 42.00 2/17 39.0 77 Sean Abbott 10 5 0 33 33 100.00 6.60 21 0 1 4 0 35.0 0 274 9 7.82 30.44 2/14 23.3 94 Simon Keen 1 - - - - - - -- - 1 0 1.0 0 10 0 10.00 - - -

Source: Cricinfo

Popularity The 2014-15 Big Bash League season saw a significant increase in crowds as well as TV viewership on Network Ten for the Sydney Sixers matches. Major statistics for the season were as follows:LETTER OF THANKS TO SIXERS MEMBERS FROM THE GM Sydney Sixers. Retrieved on 26 Nov, 2015. Total Sixers membership tally was 1915, an increase of 25% compared to 2013-14 season. The crowd of 36,487 for the derby match against Sydney Thunder on January 22, 2015, was the highest ever in NSW domestic cricket history beating the previous record crowd of 32,823 set earlier in the season between the same teams. Average home crowd of 24,023, an increase of 22% compared to 2013-14 season. The Sixers matches during the Big Bash League had an average viewership of 1,000,072 for each game on TV. These are the highest average ratings for any sports club which is based in Sydney.

References

External links Official site