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Cape Town: Yorkshire skipper Andrew Gale won the toss and decided to bat against Sydney Sixers in their Champions League T20 match at Newlands in Cape Town.
Australia's in-form Sydney Sixers start outright favourites but will have to guard against complacency when they take on spirited English qualifiers Yorkshire.
Big Bash champions Sydney defeated IPL runner-ups Chennai Super Kings to make a resounding start in the event on Monday.
Australia's World Twenty20 Player of the Tournament -- all-rounder Shane Watson -- seems to be unstoppable while turning up for Sydney as well and was the second highest scorer last night with a 30-ball 46 besides taking a wicket with the ball.
Another all-rounder who made an impression against Chennai was Moises Henriques. He top-scored with a 49 and picked up three wickets with his medium pace -- an impressive effort effort that fetched him the Man of the Match trophy.
Yorkshire, on the other hand, don't have any big names to flaunt on paper but as a unit, the side impressed in its qualifying campaign by winning both the matches to ease into the main draw.
Middle-order batsman Gary Ballance impressed with an unbeaten 64 in the final qualifying match against Trinidad and Tobago but the top-order's form remains a concern for Yorkshire.
Teams:
Sydney Sixers: Brad Haddin (captain & wk), Patrick Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Michael Lumb, Stephen O'Keefe, Ben Rohrer, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Dom Thornely, Shane Watson.
Yorkshire: Andrew Gale (captain), Azeem Rafiq, Gary Ballance, Dan Hodgson (wk), Phil Jaques, Adam Lyth, Steven Patterson, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Ryan Sidebottom, Moin Ashraf.
