A surprising spell on the return of spinner Cameron Boyce helped Melbourne Renegades restrict Sydney Sixers to 6-150 in Geelong.
Boyce, a former T20 representative of Australia, took 2-15 in his four overs in his first BBL game in two years, having missed the previous season with a serious health complaint and this one started with a calf injury. Was.
But the Sixers fought well through skipper Moises Henriques, who led his team's effort with a 35-ball 49.
The Renegades got off to a dream start as Sixers star opener Josh Phillippe was caught for a falling boundary on the third ball of the innings, while Jack Edwards showed strong form with two opening boundaries.
Boyce caught Daniel Hughes at the boundary by Nick Maddinson, who flicked the ball over himself before stepping on the rope and returning to the ground to complete the catch.
The Sixers needed a partnership at 2-44 and Edwards continued to fire, pulling Madison into the grandstand for a big six.
Henriques found one of his own to take them 2-71 at the halfway point.
But Edwards fell on the next ball, also caught for a boundary off Boyce for 40, with Henriques deciding to advance in the power surge overs to hit Kane Richardson for successive fours.
The Sixers reached the 100 mark in the 15th over and Henriques and Dan Christian accelerated further, adding 53 runs for the fourth wicket, before Christian dismissed Will Sutherland for 22 in the hands of the keeper.
Henriques went for 49 in the final over and Shadab Khan fell for 12 off the next ball before Richardson was brutally denied a hat-trick as a wrong hit from Hayden Kerr fell safely into the ground.