Jordan Silk puts spotlight back on batting after miracle catch Near thing: Jordan Silk slides home to avoid a run-out against the Scorchers at the SCG on January 10. Sydney Sixers batsman Jordan Silk wants to be known more for his ability to score runs than for just that catch before Wednesday night's clash with Hobart Hurricanes at the SCG. Having already been branded the best fieldsman in the country by legendary Australian batsman Ricky Ponting, Silk's fielding skills were propelled into the national spotlight after his miracle one-handed grab against Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash on January 2 caused a social media meltdown. "I've tried to move past [the catch], I want to be known for my batting," Silk said. It's nice the amount of support I've been getting, it's obviously a nice feeling but I've moved past that now. I'm sure I'll look back on it at the end of the season. While the 21-year-old is averaging 38.36 in first-class cricket with four centuries since making his debut for Tasmania at the end of last season, he hasn't yet had the same impact with the Sixers with the bat, averaging 11.66 after five games. Silk said the key was gaining experience and confidence in his debut season in the BBL as he adjusted to the change of pace from red-ball cricket. "It's a different experience altogether, I'm still trying to learn it," he said. I'm not quite the improviser that the other boys are, I will generally play more normal cricket shots, try and rotate the strike, pick up the odd boundary and let the other boys do the hitting. It's a completely different role to what I play in first-class cricket for Tasmania, but I'm enjoying it all the same. With fellow Tasmanian Ben Dunk having torn apart the hapless Sydney Thunder with a brutal 96 off 54 balls in the Hurricanes' 73-run win last Saturday, Silk said he hoped his inside knowledge of Dunk's game would help the Sixers contain the destructive wicketkeeper-batsman. I know Ben pretty well having been down in Tasmania the last couple of years, and he's on fire at the moment. I know a few secrets about them in terms of how they play the game so we've got a few plans in place to try and unsettle him, and hopefully we can get him out early because he's a massive freak for them," Silk said. The Sixers' chances of cementing a spot in the top four have received a massive boost with the return of big-hitting English opener Michael Lumb, who missed the Sixers' thrilling loss to Perth Scorchers last Friday night due to a finger injury. With Lumb compiling two consecutive half-centuries before picking up the injury, his return will strengthen a Sixers top order that was brutally exposed by Scorchers paceman Jason Behrendorff, who at one stage was on a hat-trick as the Sixers crashed to 4-20 inside four overs in their pursuit of the Scorchers' 5-153. While making a handy contribution with the bat against the Scorchers to help force the match into a Super Over, fellow English import Chris Tremlett will make way for Lumb having failed to make an impact with the ball, finishing with 0-9 off his one over.