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Heat vs Sixers, 15th Match at Brisbane, , Jan 03 2017 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
15th Match (N), Brisbane, January 03, 2017, Big Bash League
(19.4/20 ov, T:187) 191/7

Sixers won by 3 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
85 (55)
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That's it from us. Brisbane Heat have finally lost one, and now slot into second place on the table after four games. The Scorchers are above them. The Sixers have stayed true to their streak and managed yet another win after a loss. They've climbed to third place on the table, but have played more games - five - than anyone else so far.

Heat made a good comeback after beind pulled back in the middle overs, but this pitch remained true throughout the game and 186 wasn't to be enough. The Sixers would have liked to do it in less tense circumstances though. Daniel Hughes brought up his second fifty of the season, and was aided by a special cameo from Haddin, as he all but took them to victory with his 85.

It's been a good day's cricket. Join us tomorrow for Sydney Thunder v Melbourne Stars. Adios.

Shane Angel: "Super Over on the cards?" Spoken too soon

19.4
6
Cutting to Abbott, SIX runs

he stays around the wicket, digs it short on middle stump again. A pull shot it miscued, again. But it goes sailing over the keeper for six, and that's the game for Sixers

19.3
1b
Cutting to Dwarshuis, 1 bye

bowls him a bouncer on off stump, he tries to heave that out of the stadium, doesn't connect, but they've scampered through for a bye

Slip in place

19.2
Cutting to Dwarshuis, no run

short and wide outside off, he stabs at it and misses! Some tension here, suddenly

19.1
W
Cutting to Hughes, OUT

he's dragged it on! Cutting angles it in on a length from around the wicket, Hughes goes for the pull but cramps himself with his step across and inside edges this one on to his stumps. Are we going to see some drama here? Surely not?

Daniel Hughes b Cutting 85 (55b 7x4 4x6) SR: 154.54

Cutting has to defend 3 off 6. He's had better days.

end of over 195 runs • 1 wicket
SS: 184/6CRR: 9.68 RRR: 3.00
Daniel Hughes85 (54b 7x4 4x6)
Sean Abbott1 (1b)
Mitchell Swepson 4-0-25-2
Ben Cutting 3-0-38-1
18.6
1
Swepson to Hughes, 1 run

tosses up another wrong one outside off. He gets across and drags it down to long-on

18.5
Swepson to Hughes, no run

full on middle, nervously swept away to short fine

18.4
1
Swepson to Abbott, 1 run

was that a wrong'un? Looked like it, but he's somehow managed to top edge that from leg stump, over covers, who jumps too early

18.3
1
Swepson to Hughes, 1 run

pushes flat this time on middle stump, pushed away off the back foot, with the spin, to deep square

18.2
W
Swepson to Botha, OUT

tosses up again, on middle stump. That ball was a stunning 67 kph from Swepson. Pitches and spins away and Botha's attempted slog-sweep can only go as far as mid-on

Johan Botha c Cutting b Swepson 13 (10b 1x4 0x6) SR: 130
18.1
2
Swepson to Botha, 2 runs

tosses it up on leg stump, Botha chips it into the wide open space that is not the midwicket boundary

8 runs to get. Will this be the over?

end of over 1814 runs
SS: 179/5CRR: 9.94 RRR: 4.00
Daniel Hughes83 (51b 7x4 4x6)
Johan Botha11 (8b 1x4)
Ben Cutting 3-0-38-1
Mitchell Swepson 3-0-20-1
17.6
4
Cutting to Hughes, FOUR runs

low full toss outside off and he's creamed it straight at the bowler, who has to tumble to get out of the way, with the added misery of conceding four

17.6
1w
Cutting to Hughes, 1 wide

full and angled down the leg side

17.5
1
Cutting to Botha, 1 run

short on middle stump, tries to pull it away but takes that one in the mid-riff. It ambles away to the right of the keeper.

17.4
2
Cutting to Botha, 2 runs

short and wide, angled across, slapped on the up, into the deep on the off side

17.3
4
Cutting to Botha, FOUR runs

waist-high full toss, slogged high into the night sky, Wildermuth makes a valiant diving effort but he was never going to catch that on the square leg boundary

17.2
2
Cutting to Botha, 2 runs

angled across from around, short and wide, the batsman slaps it into the off side, but it's cut off nicely by the diving sweeper

17.1
Cutting to Botha, no run

bowls a bouncer from around the wicket, but it is down the leg and well away from the batsman's hook

Ron: "Honestly if I see that question about 3 international players (Botha being Australian now) I will probably do nothing, but be slightly irritated." Marks to Ron for well-executed passive-aggression.

end of over 177 runs
SS: 165/5CRR: 9.70 RRR: 7.33
Daniel Hughes79 (50b 6x4 4x6)
Johan Botha2 (3b)
Mitchell Swepson 3-0-20-1
Jack Wildermuth 2-0-16-1
16.6
Swepson to Hughes, no run

pushes it flat this time, on middle stump. Batsman tries to tuck it into the leg side but misses it. A half-appeal for lbw, but this was surely sliding down

16.5
Swepson to Hughes, no run

tossed up outside off, spins back sharply and cramps the batsman who tries to power it through off side, but can only hit it back to the bowler

16.5
2w
Swepson to Botha, 2 wide

attempted googly goes down the leg side and the keeper misses another one

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Over 20 • SS 191/7

Daniel Hughes b Cutting 85 (55b 7x4 4x6) SR: 154.54
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Sixers won by 3 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
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