Smith scores 61 for Sixers in BBL win over Renegades

Steve Smith has top-scored for the Sixers in their BBL win over the Renegades. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Steve Smith has starred with a half-century for the Sydney Sixers in a nailbiting eight-run BBL win over the Melbourne Renegades at the SCG.

With the Renegades needing 22 runs from the final over for victory on Friday night, paceman Ben Dwarshuis (3-36) stepped up for the Sixers only days after the sudden death of his father.