BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ben Dunk †	lbw b Yasir Shah	5	5	-	0	0	100.00

Luke Wright	st †Peirson b Swepson	19	21	-	2	0	90.47

Kevin Pietersen	c Doggett b Swepson	30	25	-	3	0	120.00

Glenn Maxwell	c Doggett b Steketee	50	39	-	5	1	128.20

Marcus Stoinis	run out (Doggett/Yasir Shah)	4	5	-	0	0	80.00

Rob Quiney	c & b Swepson	0	2	-	0	0	0.00

James Faulkner	not out	20	20	-	1	0	100.00
John Hastings (c)	c McCullum b Cutting	0	2	-	0	0	0.00

Adam Zampa	not out	4	3	-	0	0	133.33
Extras	(lb 2, nb 2, w 5)	9
TOTAL	20 Ov (RR: 7.05)	141/7
Did not bat: Liam Bowe, Michael Beer
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Ben Dunk, 2.1 ov), 2-55 (Luke Wright, 7.5 ov), 3-63 (Kevin Pietersen, 9.3 ov), 4-80 (Marcus Stoinis, 12.4 ov), 5-82 (Rob Quiney, 13.2 ov), 6-124 (Glenn Maxwell, 17.6 ov), 7-125 (John Hastings, 18.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Yasir Shah	4	0	16	1	4.00	10	0	0	1	0
2.1 to BR Dunk, plays all around a skiddy length ball that would've hit middle stump. This ball drifts away just a touch and skids on, Dunk looks to work it through midwicket when he may have been better off trying to play towards mid-on. Was a dead duck the moment it struck him on the pad.. 12/1
Mark Steketee	4	0	36	1	9.00	7	5	0	2	0
17.6 to GJ Maxwell, looks to go down town, but ends up mistiming this flat-batted hit straight to long-on. Got this off the toe-end.. 124/6
Brendan Doggett	4	0	35	0	8.75	6	2	1	1	0
Cameron Gannon	2	0	24	0	12.00	2	3	0	0	1
Mitchell Swepson	4	0	14	3	3.50	11	0	0	1	0
7.5 to LJ Wright, got him, you got the feeling that he was never comfortable. Steps out but is beaten in drift and flight as he tries to work against the spin. The ball sneaks through the inside edge as the wicketkeeper effects a superb stumping. He could've been blinded by the batsman for a split-second but he made it look ridiculously easy.. 55/2 9.3 to KP Pietersen, the man at long-on didn't have to move an inch. KP knew he had mishit that the moment he made contract. KP gets this slog high on the bat, which doesn't give him any power, and has to walk back for a neat, little cameo. Heat are chipping away. 63/3 13.2 to RJ Quiney, chips this back to the bowler, who can't believe what he just got offered. Quiney looks to punch this towards mid-on for an easy single, got it off the outside half of the bat. Stars in some trouble or what?. 82/5
Ben Cutting	2	0	14	1	7.00	4	1	0	0	1
18.3 to JW Hastings, full outside off, he backs away and belts this straight to the McCullum at cover. The Heat captain was chatting with the commentators of the host broadcaster but he just paused for a second, took the catch and went back to describing that catch. Cool, isn't it?. 125/7

Brisbane Heat (T: 142 runs from 20 ovs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Chris Lynn	not out	63	46	-	7	3	136.95
Brendon McCullum (c)	c Quiney b Bowe	61	30	-	7	3	203.33

Joe Burns	not out	18	12	-	3	0	150.00
Extras	(b 1, w 1)	2
TOTAL	14.4 Ov (RR: 9.81)	144/1
Did not bat: Alex Ross, Ben Cutting, Jimmy Peirson †, Cameron Gannon, Brendan Doggett, Yasir Shah, Mitchell Swepson, Mark Steketee
Fall of wickets: 1-101 (Brendon McCullum, 10.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
James Faulkner	2	0	14	0	7.00	4	2	0	0	0
Michael Beer	2.4	0	28	0	10.50	5	4	1	0	0
Adam Zampa	4	0	28	0	7.00	11	3	1	0	0
John Hastings	2	0	22	0	11.00	3	2	1	0	0
Marcus Stoinis	2	0	30	0	15.00	3	3	2	1	0
Liam Bowe	2	0	21	1	10.50	5	3	1	0	0
10.4 to BB McCullum, he's got his reward finally, but not before McCullum has entertained everyone thoroughly. Courageous from the bowler to toss it up once again, this time it was the wrong'un which meant McCullum didn't get the power even though he was well forward, ended up slicing it towards long-off.. 101/1

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Melbourne Stars innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 45 runs, 1 wicket)
Melbourne Stars: 50 runs in 6.4 overs (41 balls), Extras 2
Melbourne Stars: 100 runs in 15.6 overs (97 balls), Extras 6
GJ Maxwell: 50 off 38 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
Innings Break: Melbourne Stars - 141/7 in 20.0 overs (JP Faulkner 20, A Zampa 4)

Brisbane Heat innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 50 runs, 0 wicket)
Brisbane Heat: 50 runs in 5.6 overs (36 balls), Extras 1
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 36 balls (CA Lynn 12, BB McCullum 37, Ex 1)
BB McCullum: 50 off 27 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
Brisbane Heat: 100 runs in 10.3 overs (63 balls), Extras 1
1st Wicket: 100 runs in 63 balls (CA Lynn 39, BB McCullum 61, Ex 1)
CA Lynn: 50 off 40 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)

MATCH DETAILS

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Brisbane Heat, elected to field first
Series	Big Bash League
Season	2017/18
Player Of The Match	Mitchell Swepson
Match days	02 January 2018 - night (20-over match)
Umpires	Geoff Joshua Michael Graham-Smith
TV Umpire	D Shepherd
Reserve Umpire	Stephen Brne
Match Referee	Steve Bernard
Points	Brisbane Heat 2, Melbourne Stars 0

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Over 15 • BH 144/1

Heat won by 9 wickets (with 32 balls remaining)

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Heat Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
CA Lynn	not out	63	46
BB McCullum	caught	61	30
JA Burns	not out	18	12
Extras	(b 1, w 1)
Total	144(1 wkt; 14.4 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	R	W	Econ
JP Faulkner	2	14	0	7
MA Beer	2.4	28	0	10.5
A Zampa	4	28	0	7
JW Hastings	2	22	0	11
MP Stoinis	2	30	0	15
L Bowe	2	21	1	10.5

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	101	Brendon McCullum	Chris Lynn
2nd	43	Joe Burns	Chris Lynn

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Big Bash League

TEAM	M	W	L	PT	NRR
PS	10	8	2	16	0.154
AS	10	7	3	14	0.801
MR	10	6	4	12	0.297
HH	10	5	5	10	-0.291
SS	10	4	6	8	0.331
ST	10	4	6	8	-0.039
BH	10	4	6	8	-0.437
MS	10	2	8	4	-0.926

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