Cricket | 11/23 02:00 | - | Perth Scorchers - Dames v Sydney Sixers - Dames | 152-100 | |
Cricket | 11/20 06:30 | - | Sydney Sixers - Dames v Hobart Hurricanes - Dames | 134-139 | |
Cricket | 11/17 03:10 | - | Sydney Sixers - Dames v Melbourne Renegades - Dames | 139-141 | |
Cricket | 11/15 08:10 | - | Sydney Thunder - Dames v Sydney Sixers - Dames | 112-152 | |
Cricket | 11/13 00:00 | - | Hobart Hurricanes - Dames v Sydney Sixers - Dames | 133-172 | |
Cricket | 11/09 04:00 | - | Sydney Sixers - Dames v Brisbane Heat - Dames | 123-127 | |
Cricket | 11/03 03:10 | - | Sydney Sixers - Dames v Melbourne Stars - Dames | 199-154 | |
Cricket | 11/02 04:10 | - | Melbourne Renegades - Dames v Sydney Sixers - Dames | 120-121 | |
Cricket | 10/26 03:00 | - | Sydney Sixers - Dames v Melbourne Stars - Dames | 108-107 | |
Cricket | 10/19 08:10 | - | Sydney Sixers - Dames v Brisbane Heat - Dames | 73-165 | |
Cricket | 10/18 08:40 | - | Sydney Sixers - Dames v Sydney Thunder - Dames | 192-143 | |
Cricket | 01/25 23:10 | 1 | Sydney Sixers - Dames v Brisbane Heat - Dames | 131-132 | |
Cricket | 01/19 02:50 | 2 | Sydney Sixers - Dames v Melbourne Renegades - Dames | 131-131 | |
Cricket | 01/14 03:50 | 1 | Melbourne Stars - Dames v Sydney Sixers - Dames | 96-92 | |
Cricket | 01/13 03:50 | 1 | Melbourne Renegades - Dames v Sydney Sixers - Dames | 107-136 | |
Cricket | 01/06 02:00 | 1 | Perth Scorchers - Dames v Sydney Sixers - Dames | 151-183 | |
Cricket | 01/02 03:50 | 1 | Sydney Thunder - Dames v Sydney Sixers - Dames | 101-98 | |
Cricket | 12/31 02:50 | 1 | Adelaide Strikers - Dames v Sydney Sixers - Dames | 139-147 | |
Cricket | 12/28 03:10 | 1 | Sydney Sixers - Dames v Adelaide Strikers - Dames | 206-132 | |
Cricket | 12/27 03:50 | 1 | Sydney Sixers - Dames v Melbourne Renegades - Dames | 111-110 | |
Cricket | 12/23 03:10 | 1 | Sydney Sixers - Dames v Brisbane Heat - Dames | 88-154 | |
Cricket | 12/22 00:10 | 1 | Sydney Sixers - Dames v Brisbane Heat - Dames | 166-155 | |
Cricket | 12/16 02:50 | 1 | Hobart Hurricanes - Dames v Sydney Sixers - Dames | 141-158 | |
Cricket | 12/15 08:00 | 1 | Hobart Hurricanes - Dames v Sydney Sixers - Dames | 133-155 | |
Cricket | 12/08 08:10 | 1 | Sydney Sixers - Dames v Sydney Thunder - Dames | 168-132 | |
Cricket | 12/07 08:10 | 1 | Sydney Sixers - Dames v Perth Scorchers - Dames | 171-167 | |
Cricket | 12/01 02:50 | 1 | Melbourne Stars - Dames v Sydney Sixers - Dames | 166-165 | |
Cricket | 02/04 01:20 | 1 | Perth Scorchers - Dames v Sydney Sixers - Dames | 99-100 | |
Cricket | 02/02 04:10 | 1 | Adelaide Strikers - Dames v Sydney Sixers - Dames | 121-138 | |
Cricket | 01/28 03:00 | 1 | Sydney Sixers - Dames v Adelaide Strikers - Dames | 112-111 |
The Sydney Sixers (WBBL) are an Australian women's Twenty20 cricket team based in Moore Park, New South Wales. They are one of two teams from Sydney to compete in the Women's Big Bash League, the other being the Sydney Thunder. Having won two championship titles and four minor premierships, the Sixers are the most successful WBBL franchise to date.
One of eight founding WBBL teams, the Sydney Sixers are aligned with the men's team of the same name. At the official WBBL launch on 10 July 2015, Ellyse Perry was unveiled as the Sixers' first signing. Perry would also become the team's inaugural captain. On 12 November, New South Wales Breakers assistant Ben Sawyer was announced as the Sixers' inaugural head coach.
The Sixers played their first match against the Sydney Thunder at Howell Oval in Penrith on 6 December, losing by nine wickets. It took until their seventh match, a 20 December encounter with the Perth Scorchers at the Sydney Cricket Ground, to register a win.
The Sixers and Melbourne Renegades have combined to produce some of the most "thrilling" and "controversial" matches in the league's history, particularly revolving around close finishes, including:
At the WBBL|02 season launch, Sydney Thunder captain Alex Blackwell said the Sixers "desperately want to beat us and we desperately want to beat them. It's set up to be a really good rivalry." In a joint media conference ahead of WBBL|05, Sixers captain Ellyse Perry said she considers the Thunder "our biggest rivals" while the Thunder's Rachel Priest claimed "it was a really intense rivalry right when I started with the team". Noteworthy matches include:
The Sixers and the Hobart Hurricanes have met in two semi-finals:
The Sixers defeated the Hurricanes in their first eleven encounters, setting a WBBL record for the longest head-to-head winning streak. The Hurricanes finally defeated the Sixers on their twelfth attempt:
The Sixers have met, and defeated, the Perth Scorchers in two championship deciders:
The Sixers share a "growing rivalry" with the Brisbane Heat. However, ahead of WBBL|05, Sydney wicket-keeper Alyssa Healy claimed "(Brisbane) have made a bit more of it than we have in the last 12 to 18 months, it's not something we're thinking of too much." Noteworthy matches include: