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The Sydney Derby or Sydney Sixers-Sydney Thunders Rivalry is a sports rivalry between the cricket teams of Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League (BBL). The both teams were created when the decision was made to move away from state representative teams to city-based teams for the domestic Twenty20 competition. The names of the were chosen as Sixers and Thunders by Cricket NSW. Other names considered for the two teams were Rocks and Edge.〔 == Sixers == Sixers represent eastern Sydney and their home ground is the Sydney Cricket Ground which has capacity of 48,000 The renovation is set to cost US$191 million. Sixers play in a magenta strip. While a spokesperson from Cricket NSW alluded that the team's colours may have some connection with the "Pink dollar" and Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, pink was ultimately chosen for reasons more related to McGrath Foundation. The team coached by Trevor Bayliss from first season, Stuart Clark is the General Manager and since inaugural captain is Australian wicket-keeper Brad Haddin but various other had also led the team when Brad Haddin was unavailable. They defeated the Perth Scorchers on January 28, 2012, at the WACA Ground, thus becoming the inaugural champions of the Big Bash League. As a result of their successful Big Bash League grand final win, the Sixers competed for the first time in the Champions League Twenty20 tournament. The tournament was held in October 2012 in South Africa. Again, the Sixers made history by winning this tournament on their first attempt. The Sixers were top of their group going into the finals of the tournament. They went on to defeat the Nashua Titans in the semi-finals and then the Highveld Lions in the final of the tournament to be crowned champions. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sydney Derby (cricket)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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