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Having accidentally bowled a beamer during the previous rain-affected BBL clash at the SCG, Sydney Sixers paceman Ben Dwarshuis feels ready for a wet final.

Sydney Sixers speedster Ben Dwarshuis is ready for anything at a sodden SCG on Saturday, having shocked himself and Glenn Maxwell while struggling to control a wet ball earlier this BBL season.

Dwarshuis will form part of a potent Sixers attack in the BBL final but it's unclear how many overs he will bowl because heavy rain is threatening to ruin the decider.

If players get on the park for an abridged contest, potentially as short as five overs per side, there is no chance of the outfield remaining bone dry.

It was a similar soggy story at the same venue earlier this season, when Dwarshuis was bowling to Melbourne Stars skipper Maxwell and an attempted offcutter went horribly awry.

The 141.5 km/h beamer understandably surprised Maxwell, who attempted to take evasive action and edged the ball onto his body while hitting the deck.

"I spoke to him after the game and obviously apologised, he was all good with it," Dwarshuis told AAP.

"It was (a scary moment). It slipped out of my hand. They're the things you need to avoid.

"The seam can absorb some of the moisture, be a bit hard to grip and a bit slippery. You just have to be a bit more mindful, probably try to err on the shorter side.

"It makes it a bit difficult. Quicks, we can sort of get with it, but spinners can find it quite tough."

Sixers teammate Nathan Lyon agreed, having quipped after the regular-season SCG clash with the Stars that it was the time he'd bowled medium pace.

"I'm not going to shy away from it, it's going to be challenging," Lyon said.

"I've learned a lot from the times I've bowled with, whether it be heavy dew or rain around ... we just have to suck it up and get on with it."

Dwarshuis, who was called up to the national Twenty20 squad in 2018, is a prime example of how the BBL means so much to some players.

"Having had a lot of injuries in the past, this is the only cricket I've really been able to play," the left-armer said.

"We were gutted to lose last year's semi ... to make the final and hopefully win it, that'd definitely be a career high."