Who wins BBL 09 if Sydney final is washed out?

With rain currently hitting New South Wales and set to ruin the finale to the 2019-20 event, The Cricketer looks at how the winner will be decided

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Cricket Australia are braced for the climax to the Big Bash League to be rained off with significant downpours which are currently ongoing in New South Wales set to accentuate in time for the final in Sydney this weekend.

Flood warnings are in place for large areas of NSW, as well as Queensland, with as much as 500mm of rain set to hit over the coming days - a spell of inclement weather which could last until early next week.

The worst of the rain is set to hit Sydney on Saturday when the BBL 09 final is scheduled to take place between Sydney Sixers and Melbourne Stars.

CA have already moved the bushfire relief charity match which was scheduled as the curtain-raiser before the final at the SCG, to Melbourne.

The decision could allow for the final of the ninth edition of the BBL - which is due to get underway at 7:10pm local time - to also be shifted but that might not even be enough to save the game, with 30-55mm of rain predicted to fall.

There is no reserve day set aside - unlike a World Cup, Indian Premier League or T20 Blast final - meaning an outcome to the competition will occur on Saturday.

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If the conditions dictate that the match is abandoned, then Sydney Sixers will be declared the winners of the 2019-20 Big Bash, scooping the title for the second time in their history, having won the first edition of the tournament.

Moises Henriques' side will prevail by virtue of being the home team, a berth they secure by beating the Stars in The Qualifier on January 31.

BBL and WBBL Playing Conditions rules state:

16.10.2.7 If there is a tie (with no ‘Super Over’ possible), No Result or an Abandoned match in the “Grand Final” then the home team shall be declared the winner of the “Grand Final” and BBL Champions.

After Sixers beat Stars in their home match during the group stage, they got the better of their fellow-finalists in the key playoff game by 43 runs, after Glenn Maxwell's team were bowled out for just 99 in pursuit of 143 to win.

If there is a break in the weather, then both sides will only need to bat a minimum of five overs to constitute a game and ensure a result.

Anything less and a no result will be declared and a competition which has again suffered from poor attendance figures and low TV viewing numbers will end on a damp squib.