Sydney Sixers vs Hobart Hurricanes, Challenger, Big Bash League 2025-26 - Player Highlights

Riley Meredith to Sean Abbott, 2 runs, slower ball outside off - punched into the gap wide of long-off and Abbott is back for the second

Riley Meredith to Jack Edwards, out Bowled!! That's straight through Edwards's defences - Meredith kept it full and gets it to straighten onto the right-hander, Edwards was playing the angle as he looked to whip and missed it completely - the ball crashing into the middle-stump - Sixers are getting the boundaries, but they're also losing wickets in clumps. Jack Edwards b Riley Meredith 15(12) [4s-2]

Riley Meredith to Jack Edwards, 2 runs, much better from Meredith - yorker length delivery on off and it's squeezed straight of long-on, Edwards comes back for the second

Riley Meredith to Jack Edwards, FOUR, oh dear! That's a poor ball, full-toss on the hips and it's whipped behind square on the on-side for a boundary

Riley Meredith to Ben Dwarshuis, out Ben Dwarshuis Run Out!! A direct hit at the bowler's end and Dwarshius could be short here, was the slower ball that was pushed across the lefgt-hander, Dwarshius swung across and was undone by the lack of pace - the ball bounced through to Wade and he fumbled, that alerted Jack Edwards into attempting a run, but the keeper recovers quickly and then makes a direct hit at the bowler's end - Dwarshuis was late to start and had no chance, caught short by a few yards. Ben Dwarshuis run out (Matthew Wade) 0(1)

Riley Meredith to Lachlan Shaw, out Caught by Rishad Hossain !! That's a dolly to Rishad at short fine - was the slower short ball and Shaw was looking to lap it over the infield, no pace to work with and he ends up lobbing a sitter into short fine's lap - end of another sparkling cameo though. Lachlan Shaw c Rishad Hossain b Riley Meredith 21(13) [4s-4]

Riley Meredith to Lachlan Shaw, FOUR, oh, that could have been the catch of the tournament had the ball stuck - fuller length delivery outside off and Shaw bent down low on the slog-sweep - used Meredith's pace and lapped it over square leg - Tim Ward ran to his left at deep backward square leg, threw himself on the ball and it nearly stuck onto his left hand, but it bounces out as he fell onto the ground and rolls over the cushions

Riley Meredith to Lachlan Shaw, FOUR, slapped, width on offer and Shaw clibs onto the cut, hammers it in front of square on the off-side and beats the fielder in the deep to his right

Riley Meredith to Jack Edwards, 1 run, fuller length delivery on off, Edwards looks to drive and squeezes an under-edge onto his pad, the ball drops wide of the off-stump and they're through for a quick single

Riley Meredith to Joel Davies, out Caught by Mitchell Owen!! Meredith has his man now - on a good length and angling into the pads, Joel Davies got inside the line and then flicked it over backward square leg, didn't bother to keep it down - there's a fielder in the deep and he hardly has to move - Owen settles under it and holds on with ease. Joel Davies c Mitchell Owen b Riley Meredith 27(12) [4s-2 6s-2]

Riley Meredith to Joel Davies, FOUR, poor ball from Meredith - short and down leg - Davies gets inside the line, uses Meredith's pace and laps it fine, races away to the ropes

Riley Meredith to Joel Davies, SIX, a chance and Stanlake has palmed it over the rope, back of a length and angling across the left-hander, Davies was early into the pull, catches the tope-dge and flies towards third man - Stanlake came across, stayed sideways and got both hands on the ball, but it bounces off and drops over, don't think he could have held on even if he had taken it cleanly

Riley Meredith to Smith, no run, another slower ball outside off - Smith mistimes the drive to mid-off

Riley Meredith to Smith, no run, appeal for LBW, but that was heading down leg, full-toss on the pads, Smith was on the shuffle and missed - the throw lobs over the stumps and he wants a leg-bye, sent back by his partner

Riley Meredith to Smith, FOUR, nicely played, back of a length and just outside off - Smith arches back, uses the pac eon the ball and ramps it over backward point for a boundary

Riley Meredith to Smith, no run, slower ball from Meredith, turns out to be a full-toss and it's mistimed to mid-off

Riley Meredith to Smith, FOUR, streaky and Smith somehow gets away, full and at the stumps, Smith cleared his left leg on the whip, gets a thin inside edge and the ball nutmegs him on its way to the long leg boundary - missed the leg-stump by a coat of varnish

Riley Meredith to Smith, no run, fuller length delivery and shaping away from outside off - Smith swipes across the line and misses

Riley Meredith to Smith, 5 wides, that's a loose ball, short and well down leg, was an attempted slower ball and Meredith pushed it down leg, kept going away and beyond Matthew Wade's reach, runs away for 5 wides

Riley Meredith to Smith, FOUR, back-to-back boundaries for Smith, he's off and running - short of a good length and well wide of off, Smith waits and then cuts it late, behind square on the off-side for a boundary

Riley Meredith to Smith, FOUR, clubbed, the slower off-cutter, but it's too full and right in the slot - Smith leans forward and lifts it over mid-on, couple of bounces and over the ropes

Riley Meredith to Daniel Hughes, 1 run, short of a good length and just outside off - dropped in front of point for a quick single

Riley Meredith to Daniel Hughes, no run, back of a length and angling across the left-hander - Hughes swivels across on the pull and misses

Riley Meredith to Smith, 1 run, short of a good length andjust outside off - Smith stays back and defends it with soft hands, in front of cover-point and they're off for a quick single

Riley Meredith to Daniel Hughes, 2 wides, banged in short and down leg, past Hughes's pull, the keeper can't gather to cleanly and allows an extra run

Riley Meredith to Daniel Hughes, no run, has Daniel Hughes gloved it through? Meredith looks very confident, but the rest weren't so sure, but they have reviewed - was banged in short and at the left-hander, Hughes swivelled across on the pull and missed, did the ball flick the gloves on its way through? No, no bat / glove, the Canes have lost their review