Sixers 60-2published at 6 overs
Two wickets down but Sixers are still on the charge here.
Summary
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Rain delays start - 12 over match
Sydney Sixers 116-5 (Philippe 52, Silk 27 not out; Maxwell 2-17)
Melbourne Stars 97-6
Sixers win by 19 runs to claim second title
Sixers 60-2published at 6 overs
Sixers 57-2published at 5.4 overs
A mic'd-up Glenn Maxwell is trying to predict shots between deliveries.
Didn't call this one - Sixers opener Josh Philippe dispatches him into the stands over long on.
"Great shot, that," says Maxwell. It was indeed.
WICKETpublished at 5.1 overs
Smith c Handscomb b Maxwell 21 (Sixers 49-2)
Instant impact from Stars skipper Glenn Maxwell!
Steve Smith miscues his slog sweep to a very full delivery and the ball flies high but not far enough.
Peter Handscomb settles himself under it and takes a decent catch.
Sixers 49-1published at 5 overs
Run rate 9.80
A very tidy first five balls from Adam Zampa - four singles and a leg bye.
Shame about the sixth though - width on offer and Josh Philippe crashes it through the covers for four.
Sixers on course for a big score at this rate.
Stars captain Glenn Maxwell is bringing himself on to try and make the breakthrough.
Postpublished at 09:45 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2020
First spin of the evening as leg-spinner Adam Zampa comes into the attack.
Sixers 40-1published at 4 overs
Philippe 17, Smith 18
The rarely seen Steve Smith the slogger.
A flat-bat cut shot through wide mid-off for four now.
He finishes by clipping a single to square leg to keep the strike.
That's 14 from the over.
Sixers 35-1published at 3.3 overs
Haris Rauf sends down a high bounder that is called a wide.
Stars captain Glenn Maxwell, while also talking to the commentators, tells Rauf to aim at fourth stump.
Instead he strays straight and Steve Smith marmalises the ball into the stands behind deep midwicket.
Postpublished at 09:40 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2020
Pakistan fast bowler Haris Rauf enters the fray.
Sixers 26-1published at 3 overs
Dan Worrall strays wide and is duly punished as Josh Philippe cuts crisply over the covers for four.
A decent start from the hosts after the early loss of James Vince.
Sixers 21-1published at 2.4 overs
Steve Smith has his first boundary, standing still and whacking Dan Worrall through mid-on to the fence.
Sixers 16-1published at 2.2 overs
Australia's Steve Smith strides to the middle.
A tap into the off side for a single to get off the mark.
WICKETpublished at 2.1 overs
Vince c Coulter-Nile b Worrall 2 (Sixers 15-1)
A torturous knock comes to a tame end.
James Vince was really struggling out there and decided to just try and go big.
But the England batsman ends up splicing it straight up off the top edge and Nathan Coulter-Nile takes a simple catch.
Sixers 15-0published at 2 overs
Bang! What a shot this is. Nothing much more than a casual flick off his pads but Josh Philippe has timed it sweetly to clear the man at deep square leg.
Sixers 9-0published at 1.4 overs
James Vince clips off his legs to finally get a single to rotate the strike.
And Josh Philippe follows it up with the first boundary of the match, slicing through backward point for four.
Sixers 4-0published at 1.2 overs
James Vince is really struggling to connect with the swinging new white ball. He has just one from seven balls to start.
Sixers 3-0published at 1 over
Philippe 1, Vince 1
Worrall errs with a leg-side wide before sending down two big outswingers that Vince plays and misses at.
Looks a tough pitch to bat on.
Vince ends with a tapped single into the leg side.
Sixers 1-0published at 0.2 overs
Full and straight into James Vince's pads.
Brief lbw shout but nothing doing.
Sixers 1-0published at 0.1 overs
Daniel Worrall to Josh Philippe first up.
An uppish checked drive into mid-wicket drops safe and the Sixers pick up a single.
Postpublished at 09:25 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2020
The players are in position.
England's James Vince is out to open the batting for Sydney Sixers.
Here we go...
Live commentarypublished at 09:20 Greenwich Mean Time 8 February 2020
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