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

Rishad Hossain to Smith, out Bowled!! That's a big wicket in the context of the game - was tossed up on middle and leg and Smith was haping for the switch-hit, but the ball turns back from leg and crashes into the middle-stump - looked ugly and Smith falls after a superb knock. Smith b Rishad Hossain 65(43) [4s-9 6s-1]

Billy Stanlake to Smith, 1 run, on a good length and just outside off - Smith lost his shape as he went too hard on the slog, drags it through mid-wicket for a single

Billy Stanlake to Smith, no run, slower ball outside off - Smith swings and misses, on the bounce to the keeper

Billy Stanlake to Smith, FOUR, cracking shot,. fuller length delivery and well wide of off - Smith opens the face of the bat and then scythes the drive over cover-point, one bounce and over the ropes

Billy Stanlake to Smith, FOUR, full-toss from Stanlake - Smith clears his front leg and flicks it over square leg, bounces in front of the ropes and beats the fielder's valiant effort in pulling it back

Billy Stanlake to Smith, no ball, fuller length delivery and angling across the right-hander - Smith plays away from his body and gets an inside edge to the on-side. It's a back-foot no-ball though and Smith will face the free-hit

Nikhil Chaudhary to Smith, 1 run, dragged short by Chaudhary - Smith rocks back and pulls it past square leg for a single, brings up Sixers's 100

Nikhil Chaudhary to Smith, 1 run, dropped short and wide of off - Henriques backs away on the mistimed drive to cover

Nikhil Chaudhary to Smith, 1 run, flighted delivery on middle and leg, nudged behind square on the on-side for a single

Nikhil Chaudhary to Smith, no run, turn for Nikhil - slower and spinning away from wide of off, doesn't come onto Smith and he's way too early into the pull

Billy Stanlake to Smith, 1 run, short of a good length and just outside off - Smith was looking to force it away off the back-foot and gets an inside edge to the on-side

Billy Stanlake to Smith, 1 run, fuller length delivery outside off - Smith clears his front-leg and clouts it over mid-wicket, on the bounce and to the fielder in the deep

Will Prestwidge to Smith, FOUR, a 31-ball half-century for Smith - on a length and pushed across the right-hander, Smith gets across and then delays the bat swing, slices it over backward point for a boundary, he's in some form at the moment - 20 off the over

Will Prestwidge to Smith, 2 runs, full-toss on the stumps, flicked into the gap wide of mid-wicket for a couple

Will Prestwidge to Smith, 2 runs, slower ball outside off - no pace to work with and Smith pushes it in front of long-on, scampers back for the second run

Will Prestwidge to Smith, SIX, clubbed, on a good length and just outside off - Smith swivels across, gets under it and then hammers the pull over deep backward square leg, went for a 77m maximum

Will Prestwidge to Smith, wide, another attempted slower ball, but Prestwidge has pushed it miles outside off - called as a wide

Will Prestwidge to Smith, no run, the slower ball now - dips into the right-hander and then swung away, past Smith's wafty push and bounces through to the keeper

Will Prestwidge to Smith, wide, the attempted slower ball, but Prestwidge spills it miles wide of off, called as a wide

Will Prestwidge to Smith, FOUR, nicely played, low full-toss angling into the right-hander - whipped into the gap wide of square leg and beats the fielder in the deep

Rishad Hossain to Smith, 1 run, tossed up on off, punched square on the off-side for a single

Rishad Hossain to Smith, 1 run, the wrong 'un, spins back into the right-hander, but the length is short and it's worked down to long-on

Rishad Hossain to Smith, 1 run, the wrong 'un, slides onto the pad and past Smith's tuck, off the thigh-pad and rolls to the on-side

Rishad Hossain to Smith, FOUR, edged, and the fielder at short third dives over the ball - was the leg-break and Smith got a thick outside edge on the cut, through the vacant slip region

Nikhil Chaudhary to Smith, 1 run, flatter and wider of off - chopped square on the off-side for a single

Nikhil Chaudhary to Smith, 1 run, Chaudhary drags the length back as Smith came down the pitch, nudged wide of mid-wicket for a single

Nikhil Chaudhary to Smith, 1 run, pushed through outside off - Smith backs away and punches it square on the off-side for a single

Will Prestwidge to Smith, 1 run, short of a good length and just outside off - chopped in front of point for a quick single

Rishad Hossain to Smith, 1 run, the leg-break, but it's dragged flat and just outside off - tucked onto the on-side for a single

Rishad Hossain to Smith, 1 run, Rishad tosses one on middle and leg - played with soft hands towards mid-wicket for a single

Rishad Hossain to Smith, 1 run, loopy leg-break from Rishad - Smith reaches out and carves it square on the off-side for a single

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

Billy Stanlake to Smith, 1 run, Stanlake drags the length back as Smith came down the pitch - went too hard and miscued the cut in front of cover

Billy Stanlake to Smith, no run, back of a length and just outside off - Smith gets right besides the line as he defended

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 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

Nikhil Chaudhary to Smith, no run, dropped short and wide of off - Smith backs away and cuts it straight to the fielder at cover-point

Nikhil Chaudhary to Smith, no run, Chaudhary tosses one just outside off - Hughes gets half-forward and pushes it to the off-side

Nikhil Chaudhary to Smith, 1 run, dropped short by Chaudhary - Smith rocks back and pulls it backward of square on the on-side for a single