Sporting a bloody nose after a collision in the field with hurricanes batsman Phil Jaques, Steven Lee and Captain Smith grabbed two goals each as the Sixers defended what seemed to be a below par 6-153.
Test the former striker finished with impressive figures of 02.22 from his four overs after making the initial discovery in order to remove the opener Jonathan Wells to 11 and then hammering the final nails in a campaign of hurricanes with the wicket of Jason Krejza.
Smith finished with 22/02 from two overs, while old-stager Stuart MacGill has the vital wicket of top scorer Travis Birt of BBL 11 to start collecting the home team.
Only Jaques offered any real resistance with 63 off 48 before Smith rolled him for all trying to reverse sweep, but fighting against the Hurricanes end. "
Sixers stylish batsman Nic Maddinson top scorer for the visitors with 58 off 51 balls, eight fours as his side managed just two to six innings.
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The Hurricanes were in uncharted waters when they lost big guns Birt (11 off 15) and Owais Shah (0 off 3) within a race to be oscillating at 3-51.
Looking for one of his lesser lights to intensify, owner Tom Triffitt seemed likely to make 16 off 14 before he was caught superbly by a dip in Stephen O'Keefe 4-85.
Jaques brought his 50 off 42 balls, pulling Stuart MacGill for four, but when Matt Johnston went to just six home side were staring down the barrel of 5-107.
Lee said he had been putting in extra work liquid in an attempt to be right for the coming Australia one day matches after recovering from a surgery to have his appendix removed in South Africa
"That's why I'm running here," he said.
"The important thing for me is to go back and lead the attack a day.
"Hopefully we'll get the call to it."
He said the Sixers were still to play their best cricket as they head to the WACA.
"We played well batting wise, and then bowling wise, but we have not really put the two together," he said.
"Tonight was probably the best we've played collectively."
Hurricanes captain Xavier Doherty BBL campaign rated as fair to his side.
"Obviously you rate your success or failure to make the final or the Champions League," he said.
"Unfortunately we did not have much to get there. We gave him a good shaking."
Test the former striker finished with impressive figures of 02.22 from his four overs after making the initial discovery in order to remove the opener Jonathan Wells to 11 and then hammering the final nails in a campaign of hurricanes with the wicket of Jason Krejza.
Smith finished with 22/02 from two overs, while old-stager Stuart MacGill has the vital wicket of top scorer Travis Birt of BBL 11 to start collecting the home team.
Only Jaques offered any real resistance with 63 off 48 before Smith rolled him for all trying to reverse sweep, but fighting against the Hurricanes end. "
Sixers stylish batsman Nic Maddinson top scorer for the visitors with 58 off 51 balls, eight fours as his side managed just two to six innings.
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The Hurricanes were in uncharted waters when they lost big guns Birt (11 off 15) and Owais Shah (0 off 3) within a race to be oscillating at 3-51.
Looking for one of his lesser lights to intensify, owner Tom Triffitt seemed likely to make 16 off 14 before he was caught superbly by a dip in Stephen O'Keefe 4-85.
Jaques brought his 50 off 42 balls, pulling Stuart MacGill for four, but when Matt Johnston went to just six home side were staring down the barrel of 5-107.
Lee said he had been putting in extra work liquid in an attempt to be right for the coming Australia one day matches after recovering from a surgery to have his appendix removed in South Africa
"That's why I'm running here," he said.
"The important thing for me is to go back and lead the attack a day.
"Hopefully we'll get the call to it."
He said the Sixers were still to play their best cricket as they head to the WACA.
"We played well batting wise, and then bowling wise, but we have not really put the two together," he said.
"Tonight was probably the best we've played collectively."
Hurricanes captain Xavier Doherty BBL campaign rated as fair to his side.
"Obviously you rate your success or failure to make the final or the Champions League," he said.
"Unfortunately we did not have much to get there. We gave him a good shaking."
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