Alex Hales was dismissed for one as the Hobart Hurricanes lost to Sydney Sixers. Source: Nikki Davis-Jones / News Corp Australia
BOOM import Alex Hales' nightmare start to his Hobart career has continued at Blundstone Arena as the Sydney Sixers sank the Hurricanes in their home Big Bash League debut.
Hoping to kick-start a new era at Bellerive following the opening of the Western Stand, the Hurricanes crashed to Sydney by seven wickets in front of 13,140 fans.
Hales, the No. 3 ranked Twenty20 batsman in the world, failed for the second straight match and then dropped a relatively straight forward catch in the field which not only let fellow Englishman Michael Lumb off the hook but gifted him six runs in the process.
Nic Maddinson blasted 29 runs from the first two overs. Source: Getty Images
Hales earlier scored just one before skying Brett Lee to Sixers gloveman Ryan Carters in the opening over — his solitary run in the competition from just six balls faced in two innings after his duck against the Melbourne Stars on Saturday night.
Thanks largely to skipper George Bailey (71 from 44 balls) the Hurricanes amassed 8-154 but it was a total which never looked big enough once rising star Nic Maddinson produced an early blitzkrieg to launch the chase.
Maddinson cracked 29 from 12 balls, which included three consecutive boundaries off Ben Hilfenhaus in the opening over and another two in the next, as well as a towering six over mid-wicket, from Joe Mennie.
Although the 23-year-old threw his wicket away when he holed out to long-on in the third over, he had handed the visitors the momentum which Lumb (44 from 31) and debutant Riki Wessels (22) fed off during a 67 run partnership.
Michael Lumb top scored for the Sydney Sixers with 44 runs. Source: Getty Images
Lumb was on 35 in the 10th over when he top edged Mennie to deep fine leg, only for Hales to spill the chance over the boundary for six.
It didn't cost the Hurricanes too much when Lumb slapped a Cameron Boyce half tracker to deep mid-wicket next over, but by then the damage had been done as the Sixers were still travelling at nearly 10 runs an over.
Moises Henriques (29 not out) and Jordan Silk (31 not out) calmly guided the Sixers home with five balls spare.
"It [154] could have been [enough], but realistically it probably wasn't, we saw last night anything is in the game if you can take early wickets," Bailey said.
"But a pretty good onslaught there from Nic Maddinson at the top made it difficult for us.
George Bailey top scored for the Hurricanes with 71. Source: Getty Images
"It would have been nice to get about 170 on that.
"I thought our bowling was a little off tonight, particularly after how we had seen the Sixers bowl ... they had given us a blueprint on how best to bowl."
With help from Tim Paine (36 from 27) and Ben Dunk (23), Bailey lifted the home side to a competitive target after winning the toss in a contest reduced to 19 overs apiece following a delayed start due to the weather.
The Australian vice-captain was subdued early — his first 12 runs took 14 balls — before he began to flourish in smacking six boundaries and three sixes.
New cult hero Darren Sammy was unable to reproduce his heroics from the MCG, hitting a catch to deep mid-wicket for just two.
Former Australian speedster Brett Lee finished with 3-34 for Sydney, two of which came as part of a team hat-trick from the final three balls of the innings.
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