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Highveld Lions vs Sydney Sixers Final Statistical Highlights CLT20-2012: 0 Number of matches lost by the Sydney Sixers in the tournament out of the six they played. The Sixers thus became the first team to remain undefeated during a CLT20 campaign. 1 Sydney Sixers provided the first instance of a side opening the bowling with two spinners (Nathan McCullum and Steven O’Keefe) in a CLT20 match. Incidentally Janaka Gunaratne and Sanath Jayasuriya opened the bowling for Ruhuna against Trinidad & Tobago in 2009 and against Leicestershire in 2011 respectively in Qualifier games. 9 Lions’ total at the fall of the fourth wicket – the worst start for any side in a CLT20 match. Central Districts and Mumbai Indians had lost their first four wickets with only 16 runs on the board against Wayamba in 2010 and Trinidad & Tobago in 2011 respectively. 10 Sydney Sixers’ win is the first by 10-wickets in CLT20 history. There have been three instances of nine-wicket wins in...

Highveld Lions vs Sydney Sixers Statistical Highlights CLT20-2012:  0 Dominic Thornely was dismissed without facing a ball (stumped off a wide). He became the third batsman to be dismissed without facing a ball after Central Districts’ Mathew Sinclair (stumped vs Wayamba at Port Elizabeth in 2010) and Chennai Super Kings’ Wridiman Saha (run-out at the non-striker’s end vs New South Wales at Chennai in 2011). In addition, Auckland’s Martin Guptill suffered this fate in a CLT20 qualifier match vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Hyderabad in 2011 when he was run-out at the non-striker’s end without facing a ball. 3 Matches won by Sydney Sixers in CLT20 2012 – out of three they’ve played so far.  4 Number of dismissals by Brad Haddin in the match. He became only the second wicketkeeper to effect four dismissals in a CLT20 match after Chennai Super Kings’ MS Dhoni, who has done so on two occasions. 12 The runs produced off the first three balls of Lions inning...