Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Sixers, 27th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Right, the Sixers have their fifth win in a row to jump up to the top of the table. The Strikers, meanwhile, have clearly lost their initial momentum, slouching to their third successive loss. This was just the starter, the main course is heating up in Melbourne, one tab away. Until we see you there, ta ta!!

18:24 Local Time, 07:54 GMT, 13:24 IST: No, don't go by the scorecard, it just won't do justice to this proper edge of the seat thriller. Both sides kept throwing away their positions of strengths, both of them kept slipping just when it looked like the tide had turned, and both of them refused to let go. Ah, these low scoring thrillers. So the Strikers started off well with the ball in their defence of 135, with Neser jolting both openers in his first over. Hughes and Vince attacked, put the chase back on track, but then Rashid struck. Thrice. Off three consecutive balls. And true to the script, Curran and Dwarshuis came, struck a boundary, looked good, and then fell immediately. Alas, Hazlewood - the man on a birthday - didn't let the entertainment get to the final over, sealing it with three back to back to back boundaries.

Siddle to Hazlewood, FOUR, and so very calmly, just like that, as if with zero pressure, executes a perfect cover drive, pushing through the line and nailing through extra cover. That's the contest killer ..

Siddle to Hazlewood, FOUR, edgy now. It's a yorker bang on the money and Hazlewood's jammed bat draws the outside edge, past the diving keeper

Siddle to Hazlewood, FOUR, well, well. The CSK recruit has an arch back, under the short one with a flashy cut to flay over backward point

So. 11 runs. 11 balls. 2 wickets.

Siddle to Bird, 1 run, full, just outside off, sliced away through point

Peter Siddle [3.0-0-12-1] is back into the attack

Conway to Tom Curran, out Bowled!! Ah, the quest to keep the strike to himself leads to some stupidity. Conway executes the perfect yorker on the base of middle, something Curran flicks all around in his hope to nurdle it to fine leg. Nah. Misses. And the Strikers refuse to let go of this. Tom Curran b Conway 21(20) [4s-2]

Conway to Tom Curran, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Conway to Tom Curran, FOUR, that'll turn tables .. Conway dishes out a half volley and Curran unleshes his newfound inner batsman to drill it straight down, with mid-off really wide to be stopping this

Conway to Bird, 1 run, quicker cramping incoming length delivery. Bird looks to swipe across the line, but only ends up squirting an inside edge through his legs

Conway to Bird, wide, a slow wide back of a length delivery on the free-hit. Bird throws his bat out to cut, but it just ends up spinning past the tramline

Conway to Bird, no ball, bouncer, well, well, misjudged stuff from Conway here with this being the second short one over the head

Conway to Tom Curran, 1 run, slight width outside off and is flayed away through sweeper

Conway to Bird, 1 run, full, on off, jammed down the ground and Curran doesn't even want the possible second

21 runs | 17 balls

Conway to Tom Curran, 1 run, slower full floater now, and a wristy cover drive, down to a deep extra cover

Conway to Tom Curran, wide, 146.7kph, but a little too short. Curran lines up to pull, but is quick to pull out

Neser to Tom Curran, 1 run, length, just outside off. Slapped away through sweeper