# 2014–15 Sydney Sixers season

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 | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||||
| 14 | Jordan Silk | (1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | - | |
| 27 | Ed Cowan | (1982-06-16) 16 June 1982 (age 42) | Left-handed | Right arm leg spin | |
| 45 | Michael Lumb | (1980-02-12) 12 February 1980 (age 44) | Left-handed | Right arm medium | Overseas player |
| 49 | Steve Smith | (1989-06-02) 2 June 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right arm leg spin | |
| 53 | Nic Maddinson | (1991-12-21) 21 December 1991 (age 32) | Left-handed | Left arm orthodox | |
| All-rounders |||||||
| - | Dwayne Smith | (1983-04-12) 12 April 1983 (age 41) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | Overseas player. Initially announced as contracted player pre-season but was unable to participate in tournament. |
| 21 | Moises Henriques | (1987-02-01) 1 February 1987 (age 37) | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | |
| 72 | Stephen O'Keefe | (1984-12-09) 9 December 1984 (age 39) | Right-handed | Left arm orthodox | |
| 77 | Sean Abbott | (1992-02-29) 29 February 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | |
| 23 | Ben Dwarshuis | (1994-06-23) 23 June 1994 (age 30) | Left-handed | Left arm fast medium | |
| 94 | Simon Keen | (1987-10-04) 4 October 1987 (age 37) | Left-handed | Right arm medium | Injury replacement player for Trent Copeland |
| Wicketkeepers |||||||
| 24 | Brad Haddin | (1977-10-23) 23 October 1977 (age 46) | Right-handed | – | Captain |
| 1 | Ryan Carters | (1990-07-25) 25 July 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | – | |
| 50 | Riki Wessels | (1985-11-12) 12 November 1985 (age 38) | Right-handed | – | |
| Pace bowlers |||||||
| 58 | Brett Lee | (1976-11-08) 8 November 1976 (age 47) | Right-handed | Right arm fast | |
| 56 | Mitchell Starc | (1990-01-30) 30 January 1990 (age 34) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast medium | |
| 8 | Josh Hazlewood | (1991-01-08) 8 January 1991 (age 33) | Left-handed | Right arm fast medium | |
| 4 | Doug Bollinger | (1981-07-24) 24 July 1981 (age 43) | Left-handed | Left arm fast medium | |
| 9 | Trent Copeland | (1986-03-14) 14 March 1986 (age 38) | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | |
| Spin bowlers |||||||
| 67 | Nathan Lyon | (1987-11-20) 20 November 1987 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right arm off spin | |
| - | Luke Doran | (1991-08-14) 14 August 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Left arm orthodox | Injury replacement player for Stephen O'Keefe |

### Transfers

| 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 |
| 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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | Adelaide Strikers | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1.159 | Advance to play-off phase |
| 2 | Perth Scorchers (C) | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0.705 | Advance to play-off phase |
| 3 | Melbourne Stars | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0.336 | Advance to play-off phase |
| 4 | Sydney Sixers | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −0.014 | Advance to play-off phase |
| 5 | Hobart Hurricanes | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | −0.280 | |
| 6 | Melbourne Renegades | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | −0.331 | |
| 7 | Sydney Thunder | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | −0.485 | |
| 8 | Brisbane Heat | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | −1.116 | |

### 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

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 4 | Sydney Sixers | 4/181 (20 ov) | | | |
| 1 | Adelaide Strikers (H) | 94 (14.3 ov) | | | |
| 1 | Adelaide Strikers (H) | 94 (14.3 ov) | 4 | Sydney Sixers | 5/147 (20 ov) |
| | | | 2 | Perth Scorchers | 6/148 (20 ov) |
| 2 | Perth Scorchers (H) | 7/144 (20 ov) | 2 | Perth Scorchers | 6/148 (20 ov) |
| 3 | Melbourne Stars | 126 (19.5 ov) | | | |

#### Matches
### Player statistics

* Statistics include all finals games
* Key: Hover over heading for tooltips
| Player | Player | Player | Batting | Batting | Batting | Batting | Batting | Batting | Batting | Batting | Batting | Fielding | Fielding | Bowling | Bowling | Bowling | Bowling | Bowling | Bowling | Bowling | Bowling |
| # | Name | M | I | NO | R | B | SR | Ave | HS | 50 | 6s | C | S | O | M | R | W | Eco | Ave | BBI | SR |
| 1 | Ryan Carters | 10 | 8 | 3 | 112 | 90 | 124.44 | 22.40 | 35* | 0 | 2 | 13 | 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 | 5 | 6.37 | 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 | 1 | 284 | 193 | 147.15 | 31.55 | 85 | 2 | 16 | 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 | 279 | 13 | 7.15 | 21.46 | 3/25 | 18.0 |
| 67 | Nathan Lyon | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 100.00 | - | 4* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15.0 | 0 | 107 | 8 | 7.13 | 13.37 | 3/19 | 11.2 |
| 72 | Stephen O'Keefe | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 175.00 | 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:
* 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.