Watch video: Hilton Cartwright's '120m' six not enough as Sixers KO Stars as BBL Finals revealed

Hilton Cartwright hit three of the biggest sixes you'll ever see at the MCG but even his insane hitting couldn't save the Stars against the Sixers.

The Melbourne Stars' Hilton Cartwright has left the BBL stunned with one of the biggest strikes of the season but it wasn't enough to book the side a place in the finals as the Sydney Sixers won by five wickets.

The stars had aligned in the triple header for the final day of the Big Bash regular season with the Brisbane Heat defeating the Perth Scorchers and the Melbourne Renegades pulling off a massive upset against the Hobart Hurricanes.

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It left the door open for the Sixers to snatch the minor premiership or the Stars to sneak into the finals.

To do so the Melbourne side needed all four points, leaving games within the game.

Unfortunately, at hiccup at the start of the Stars' innings saw the side only reach 3/72.

But the fireworks happened after the 10th over for the Stars with Glenn Maxwell pounding 66 off 41 while Hilton Cartwright finished the season with three massive sixes off the last four overs as they set the Sixers 6/177.

Cartwright clubbed the first one over mid-wicket a long way over the fence.

Hilton Cartwright can hit a huge ball.

After a dot ball, Cartwright launched the next one down the ground for another massive maximum.

The commentators were already losing it with the shot but the last ball took the cake.

Ball bowled a full toss on leg stump and Cartwright thumped the ball into the second tier.

"That is the biggest of the lot, that is the biggest of the tournament," Mark Howard screamed. "That's up the back of the upper deck. Hilton Cartwright take a bow. That is massive, huge, gigantic, take your pick."

Shane Warne could only add "wow" in the moment.

"Upper decker, they've both said that's huge," Warne added. "Can we see that again? That's gone miles."

While it's been a season with some big hits, including Ben McDermott's that went out of Manuka Oval, an upper decker at the MCG is pretty huge.

Holy crap that’s some huuuuge hitting by Cartwright there! 🔥💪🏼 #BBL10

— Phil Staley (@Phil_Staley) January 26, 2021

Will Hilton Cartwright get a white seat at the @MCG because I reckon that was bigger than SODs 6 straight down the ground into the southern stand

— Tony Schibeci (@theschibecsta) January 26, 2021

The commentators were talking about how big it was, comparing it to the different colour seat that represents a 122m six that Simon O'Donnell hit in a Shield game in 1993 against NSW.

Warne said it was about 80m to the boundary, another 10m to the fence, plus another 20-30m, he said "It's got to be 120-125m".

"Tell you what, it's close I reckon," he added.

But the Stars' first 10 overs left them vulnerable with the Sixers deflating the fixture, passing the score in the eighth over.

The Sixers have wrapped up the minor premiership.

While there was still a game to play, it would have been a near miracle for the Stars to reach the finals but the defending champion Sixers instead cemented the spot as the team to beat in the finals.

It will see the playoffs, starting Friday, shape up like this:

• The Eliminator - Brisbane Heat (4th) Vs Adelaide Strikers (5th) @ The Gabbba, Friday January 29 at 7.15pm AEDT
• The Qualifier - Sydney Sixers (1st) Vs Perth Scorchers (2nd) @ Manuka Oval, Saturday January 30 at 7.15pm AEDT
• The Knock Out - Sydney Thunder (3rd) Vs Winner of The Eliminator @ Manuka Oval, Sunday January 31 at 7.15pm AEDT
• The Challenger - Loser of Qualifier Vs Winner of Knock Out @ TBA, Thursday February 4 at 7.15pm AEDT
• The Final - Winner of Qualifier Vs Winner of Challenger @ TBA, Saturday February 6 at 7.15pm AEDT

56 matches complete ✅

Here's how the #BBL10 ladder ended up 👇 pic.twitter.com/A6aM3JC6bX

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As the Sixers look for back-to-back titles, the Stars will be lamenting what could have been.

Glenn Maxwell did everything he could but it wasn't enough.

After winning just five games this season, Shane Warne said the Stars were just "not good enough".

"For the team they had, there's something wrong," Warne said.

Despite not losing players to international duty, Warne added that it was clear the players that were expected to perform didn't perform.

"Thinking about the Stars squad, they didn't get enough from Andre Fletcher," Adam Gilchrist said. "He played one decent innings, he showed us a couple of good shots every game. They did take a bit of a hit when Jonny Bairstow pulled out just before the tournament because he was called into the English Test team, so that meant they rushed to get a replacement and that was Andre Fletcher and he came out here and never looked like he was going to lead and dominate any bowling attacks. That disrupted the plans they had in place."