Sydney Cricket Ground will host its first match of the BBL 2022-23 season, where Sydney Sixers will go against the Hobart Hurricanes in the 11th league match of the tournament. Let’s talk about the records of the Sydney Cricket Ground.
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The SCG is one of the most iconic grounds in the BBL, and it also hosted the T20 World Cup 2022 semi-final between New Zealand and Pakistan. A total of 7 T20 World Cup games were played here.
Sydney Sixers loves playing at this venue, and they would want to bounce back after facing two straight defeats this season. Hobart Hurricanes is one of the best teams in the tournament, it can be an interesting game.
Sydney Cricket Ground average score BBL
Sydney Cricket Ground is the home ground of the BBL side Sydney Sixers, and it is one of the iconic venues in Australia. A plethora of BBL games have been played here and this stadium has hosted 52 BBL games so far in history, where 26 matches have been won by the chasing teams.
The average 1st innings score in BBL games played here is just 156 runs, and this just does not justify the nature of this wicket as this has been a great track for batting in the 1st innings of the match.
Sydney Cricket Ground BBL records and highest innings total
Sydney Sixers have played their maximum games here, so it is certain that the players of the Sixers have dominated the charts here. Moises Henriques has scored the most BBL runs at this ground where he has scored 714 runs in 35 BBL games. Josh Phillipe (651 runs) and James Vince (530 runs) are the other two top run-scorers in the top-3 slot.
Sydney Sixers’ pacer Sean Abbott is the highest wicket-taker at this ground, where he has scalped 48 wickets. Steve O’Keefe (26 wickets) and Ben Dwarshius (23 wickets) are the other two wicket-takers in the top-3 list. The highest innings score in Sydney in BBL has been achieved by both Sydney Sixers and Hobart Hurricanes where they scored 213 runs each in different matches.
Sydney Cricket Ground highest run chase in the BBL
The highest successful run-chase in BBL at the SCG has been achieved by Sydney Sixers where they chased 190 runs against Melbourne Stars in 2018. Melbourne scored 189/5 in the 1st innings where Glenn Maxwell scored a half-century. Sydney Sixers easily chased the target in just 17.3 overs.
