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Hughes digs in as Sixers edge 'Canes after Meredith injury

The Sixers have back-to-back wins to open their BBL|13 campaign, with an unbeaten 60 from Daniel Hughes helping them past the Hurricanes

Hobart Hurricanes v Sydney Sixers | BBL|13

Injury-plagued Hobart Hurricanes speedster Riley Meredith has suffered an apparent side strain as his side went down by six wickets to a Daniel Hughes-led Sydney Sixers.

The Sixers, who are 2-0 to start the KFC BBL|13 season, chased down the Hurricanes' 8-135 with four balls to spare in Launceston on Monday night.

Hughes top scored with an unbeaten 60 from 50 balls after replacing Steve Smith who left the squad ahead of Thursday's first Test against Pakistan.

He shared a 47-run partnership with Moises Henriques (20 from 24 balls) to iron out a decent chunk of the chase.

Jordan Silk chipped in with 23 before falling in the second last over. 

With Sydney needing seven from six deliveries, Hughes put the result beyond doubt with a towering leg-side six off Nathan Ellis. 

Tom Curran then iced the game with a boundary through the covers.

Meredith pulled up sore gesturing to his side halfway through the third over of the chase after sending down a 152kph delivery.

It was his first game back at domestic level since suffering a side strain in a Marsh One-Day Cup game for Tasmania in September.

Unlucky Meredith suffers another injury setback

Hurricanes coach Jeff Vaughan told Channel Seven Meredith would have scans on Tuesday. 

"He'll be done for tonight's game. We'll get a scan tomorrow and learn a little bit more. That's all we know at this stage," he told the broadcaster.

Earlier, Hobart opener Caleb Jewell (42 from 24) got his side off to a flyer before the wheels fell off after the Powerplay.

Cunning Curran stifles Hurricanes with three wickets

Curran (3-19) started the damage when he had Jewell caught at mid-off in the sixth over. 

Fellow quick Ben Dwarshuis (2-21) then picked up England import Sam Hain and Australia representative Tim David for single figures in his first over.

Young allrounder Jack Edwards also got in on the action, with wicketkeeper Josh Philippe snaffling a one-handed diving catch at full stretch to grab the edge of Ben McDermott.

Philippe gets parallel to send McDermott packing

Edwards, who finished with 2-18 from four overs, had only bowled one over in his previous 30 BBL matches. 

Hobart fell to 5-69 in the ninth over before imports Chris Jordan (16 from 21) and Corey Anderson (17 from 27) stemmed the bleeding.

New Zealand's Anderson was the pick of Hobart's bowlers with 2-10. 

KFC BBL|13 standings

Team
Matches played
M
Wins
W
Losses
L
Ties
T
No results
N/R
Net Run Rate
NRR
Deductions
Ded.
Total points
PTS
1 Brisbane Heat Men Brisbane Heat Men HEA 10 7 1 0 2 0.972 0 16
2 Sydney Sixers Men Sydney Sixers Men SIX 10 6 2 0 2 0.339 0 14
3 Perth Scorchers Men Perth Scorchers Men SCO 10 6 3 0 1 0.725 0 13
4 Adelaide Strikers Men Adelaide Strikers Men STR 10 5 4 0 1 0.331 0 11
5 Hobart Hurricanes Men Hobart Hurricanes Men HUR 10 4 6 0 0 -0.268 0 8
6 Melbourne Stars Men Melbourne Stars Men STA 10 4 6 0 0 -1.051 0 8
7 Melbourne Renegades Men Melbourne Renegades Men REN 10 2 6 0 2 -0.288 0 6
8 Sydney Thunder Men Sydney Thunder Men THU 10 1 7 0 2 -0.652 0 4

M: Matches played

W: Wins

L: Losses

T: Ties

N/R: No results

NRR: Net Run Rate

Ded.: Deductions

PTS: Total points

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