Vince steers Sixers home in BBL thriller
English 輸入する James Vince has fallen short of a century but 配達するd the goods at the 最高の，を越す of the order to steer the Sydney Sixers to a six-wicket 勝利，勝つ over the struggling Melbourne 星／主役にするs.
Marcus Stoinis 爆破d 52 off 28 balls to 解除する the 星／主役にするs to a 競争の激しい 5-173 after 存在 sent in at the MCG on Friday night.
But the Sixers より勝るd that total with one ball to spare on the 支援する of Vince's unbeaten 91 from 59 配達／演説／出産s and some late hitting from Jordan Silk.
Silk belted a six from the third ball of Luke 支持を得ようと努めるd's 劇の final over and was then controversially given out caught behind before Dan Christian 攻撃する，衝突する the winning runs.
The result was the Sixers' ninth 連続した 勝利，勝つ over the 星／主役にするs - a 記録，記録的な／記録する BBL period of dominance by one club over another.
It leaves the 星／主役にするs (2-6) languishing in last place, while the Sixers (5-3) are level on 勝利，勝つs at the 最高の，を越す with the Scorchers and 雷鳴.
The Sixers 要求するd 36 off the final three overs when Vince belted 支援する-to-支援する sixes off 出発／死ing New Zealand international Trent Boult (1-39).
A その上の 11 runs were 要求するd off the last over and Vince should have been run out looking for two off the first ball, but 星／主役にするs wicketkeeper Joe Clarke 行方不明になるd his first swipe at the stumps with the 乱打する short of his ground.
The 大規模な six from Silk (15 off 10) 攻撃するd the match the Sixers' way but he was 裁判官d to have nicked 支持を得ようと努めるd's next ball behind and was given his marching orders.
Christian 攻撃する，衝突する his only ball 直面するd off 支持を得ようと努めるd (1-41) for four, steering the Sixers to 4-176.
Vince's season-high innings 含むd nine fours and two sixes as he 辛うじて 行方不明になるd out on becomi ng the first player in Sixers history to 得点する／非難する／２０ a BBL century.
"As a batting group we spoke about how having someone in the 最高の，を越す three or four there に向かって the 支援する end (of the innings) always makes it easier to 勝利，勝つ games," Vince said.
"Turning some of the 30s and 40s into 70s and 80s can make a big difference, so I was pleased to be there at the end.
"The guys that batted around me took the 圧力 off nicely because it was the sort of wicket where you felt 'in' but it was gripping a little bit. It wasn't 平易な."
Stoinis showcased his value as one of the BBL's 広大な／多数の／重要な 芸能人s in his first match since 発表するing a 取引，協定 to play in the 競争相手 UAE T20 競争.
The 星／主役にするs' 首相 力／強力にする hitter 爆破d seven fours and two sixes, playing the lead 役割 as the 星／主役にするs took 34 runs off Chris Jordan and Hayden Kerr during the 力／強力にする 殺到する.
"I thought the 得点する／非難する／２０ was pretty good and we batted 井戸／弁護士席, but it's only really small 利ざやs and there's just little things that could go either way," Stoinis said.
"We thought we were going to 勝利，勝つ the whole time, up until probably two or three balls left."
Sixers quick Sean Abbott (3-31) was the game's only 多重の wicket-taker.
The 星／主役にするs' Campbell Kellaway lost a fingernail while taking a catch to 解任する Daniel Hughes (28) and was 代用品，人d out of the match.
