Sydney Cricket Ground Pitch Report for BBL 2022-23 & T20 Records at SCG

Sydney will be hosting its first game of this BBL season when Sydney Sixers will be taking on Hobart Hurricanes on Thursday. The Sydney Cricket Ground is set to host a total of 5 games this season. Sydney Sixers will be featuring in all 5 games as the SCG serves as the home ground to the side. Find ahead the T20 Records and Pitch Report of the Sydney Cricket Ground for BBL 2022-23.

The SCG will be hosting 3 of the 5 games in the span of a week. The remaining 2 matches at the SCG are scheduled toward the end of the league stage. The hosts, Sydney Sixers, have lost both the games they have played so far and would be hoping for some wins at their home ground. Currently, the Moises Henriques-led side occupies the bottommost spot in the BBL points table.

SCG T20 Records

11 out of the 19 T20 internationals played at the SCG have been won by the sides batting first. The average first innings score as well is quite high at this venue.

Sydney Cricket Ground Pitch Report for BBL

The SCG has a batting-friendly surface where the batters generally enjoy themselves throughout. A fresh SCG pitch offers a bit of assistance to the pacers, however, the batters as well tend to score at a good rate. The true bounce in the pitch makes it easy for the batters to judge the ball at play their shots. The short square boundaries also aid the scoring rate. The venue also has a quick outfield which provides a full reward to batters for their shots.

It has been seen at the Sydney Cricket Ground that the pitch slows down a bit as the game progresses. Hence, the spinners might ask some questions to the batters in the later half of the innings. Considering the slowing down of the pitch, batting first has to be the way to go at this venue. 170 is the figure around which the teams should be looking to post at the SCG while batting first.

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BBL 2022-23 Fixtures at the SCG