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<i> <b></b> </i>A TERRIFIC spell by Nathan Lyon and a controlled half-century by Nic Maddinson gave the Sixers an eight-wicket Big Bash win with four balls to spare over the Thunder in the Sydney derby at ANZ Stadium.
The Sixers will now play the Perth Scorchers in the semi-finals, but they'll have to wait until Monday night's game between runaway leaders Melbourne Stars and the Scorchers to find out if they've done enough to play that game at home.
The Thunder, meanwhile, finished with the wooden spoon for the third time in three Big Bash League seasons.
Lyon (3/14) limited the Thunder to a modest 6/128 before a good partnership between Maddinson (59) and Moises Henriques (27) guided the men in magenta home.
It was a largely risk-free chase, with only Michael Lumb (2) out early before a quick 32 from Mark Cosgrove got the visitors off to a fast start.
Lyon struck twice in the 10th over to remove Daniel Hughes (32) and Mike Hussey (21), but an injury to his spin partner Stephen O'Keefe dampened the mood.
O'Keefe suffered a dislocated shoulder while fielding off his own bowling, meaning the Sixers will more than likely be without a frontline spinner for the rest of the competition, with both Lyon and Steve Smith heading to South Africa for Australia's Test series.
But they will welcome back Mitchell Starc and English all-rounder Ravi Bopara for the semi-final on February 5.
See how we covered the game live below.
The Sixers' three-pronged spin attack of Lyon, O'Keefe and part-timer Marcus North stifled the Thunder batsmen after Brett Lee was expensive early on.
The former Test quick went for 12 runs in his first over as Hughes and Tillakaratne Dilshan got off to an aggressive start. The Thunder had to make do without Usman Khawaja, who suffered a recurrence of a hamstring injury that sidelined him at the start of the season.
The dangerous Dilshan was brilliantly run out by Sean Abbott, who hit the stumps with a direct hit. That brought Hussey to the middle and the skipper showed intent when he hit Lee for six.
But then the Sixers' spinners came into play, with Lyon and North in particular slowing the Thunder's run rate right down. Hussey tried to attack, but he only managed to pick out Abbott in the deep and was caught for 21.
That was Lyon's first wicket and the Test star struck again in the same over, bowling Hughes for 32. Hughes went for the big hit, but was beaten by flight and lost his middle stump. It was a poor shot choice and left the Thunder reeling at 3/62.
O'Keefe, already one of the more unlucky spinners in Australia, then popped his shoulder out mid-over when he dived to stop the ball. Despite excellent figures, the 29-year-old continues to be overlooked by selectors and now faces a spell on the treatment table.
"It was a weird feeling landing on the ground - I couldn't move it," O'Keefe said.
"Fingers crossed, it won't be too much time off the field. Before I walked out there Brad Haddin said to be careful diving on the ground.
"I'm not sure whether the Messiah put the devil's touch on me."
Fantastic glove-work by Dan Smith, who has been excellent all season, got Lyon his third scalp of the night when he had Andrew Tye stumped.
In a familiar Thunder batting display - the exception being their only win of the season against the Melbourne Renegades - there were no notable contributions.
Only Hughes, Hussey, Kurtis Patterson (27) and Ryan Carters (15) reached double figures as the home side limped to their modest total.
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