A boundary catch is taken and Heat continue their winning streak Short and slow into the pitch, Sandhu pulled it hard and flat in the air, Brand was close to the boundary and didn't have to move much. Bartlett is chuffed along with the crowd.
Heat vs Thunder, 16th Match at Brisbane, BBL 2023, Dec 27 2023 - Match Result
Another win for the table-toppers and they're looking good halfway into their season. Thunder have one win in four games and have a lot of catching up to do. Same applies for Hobart Hurricanes and Melbourne Stars, who take each other on tomorrow. Join us for that. Bye for now from me, Ekanth, and our scorers, Sudeep Poojari and Harshith Gowda.
Nathan McSweeney, POTM: It's always better when you get the win. We were ten short, bowlers were awesome. We got bowlers with experience and they're showing off. Awesome being back at the gabba. Crowds like this is why you train and play, hope to pay them back. (On his game) Enjoyed batting on grounds like this where there's value for shots, outfield's fast and wicket's nice. Hope to play more here. We got another game here on the 1st, it suits my game. Hope I can get myself in again and put another score on the board.
9:37pm A major wobble with the bat for Heat but the bowlers stepped up bigtime to register a 15-run win in the end. They were set back early by Hales and Bancroft, who put on 58 up top. But the spinners pulled things back with tight stacks of overs and regular wickets. The floodgates opened up in the backend. Thunder's batters tried all they could against the quicks' plans to go slow and vary lengths but the bowlers came up trumps.
Slow on a length outside off, slapped off the upper-half of the bat. Goes to long-off on the bounce.
Walter drops a boundary catch, parries it over too. Sandhu flat-batted the slower one. Went to the right of long-on, Walter got there and almost took a breadbasket catch while on the move
Slow on middle. It's cross-batted off a full length but not off the middle. Goes over the bowler and loses steam. 24 needed off 3, we're all but done
Slow again, it's smacked off a fullish length to long-on on the bounce
Very full and just as slow, it goes just outside off. Sandhu's slog sweep is beaten
Bartlett has 26 to defend
Johnson bounces out Ross. Room made, batter followed, it's pulled from in front of the face. Deep fine leg moves across and takes an easy low-ish catch. Johnson bowling to the bigger boundary and all but sealing the contest.
26 off 7 needed. Boundary a must for Thunder
Pulls the shortish ball, gets glove this time. Pops up behind but well in front of Billings. So the catch isn't on.
Probably the pull of the day. It was back of length at the chest, Ross was deep in the crease and swivelled as he whacked it from the waist. 77 metres far
Short slower one is pulled along the ground to deep midwicket. Throw's through the middle of the pitch but point's there backing up
Length on middle, goes low and sweeps to the left of deep-backward square
Yorker lands outside and swings in. Sandhu made room and tried to go down the ground, it went right under the bat
37 off 12 needed. Johnson on
Slow and full on middle and off, smears it to long-on with the cross bat
Kapil Baldawa: "Carbon copy of the game last night. Just don't see a good chase in BBL these days. Anything over 160 is enough. Only Hobart chased that 180 but that was against MLR, who just can't win anything"
Back-of-hand slower one is ballooned to short third It was on a length, top-of-stump height. Green has a mighty swipe across the line. He'd made room but that worked against him as the ball took the top edge and popped to Kuhnemann. Heat close to sealing this now.
Sweeps the low fully from the pads to deep-backward square
39 needed off 15
Helps it down the ground, goes to long-on and they push to get two
Wide called, Billings and the bowler not happy. Ross made room before going across for the scoop. He missed it and the ball went really close to leg stump.
Drills a length ball to cover
Overpitched on the pads, helped to the left of deep fine leg
Direct hit from mid-on at the non-striker's end, sent upstairs. McAndrew took a few steps for the run and was sent back. He slid the back of the bat with his right hand. Replays showing that the bat was on the crease as the ball lit up the stumps! Big screen not working, third umpire announces it seconds before the big screen says it's out. Was a full ball outside off that was swiped along the ground. Ross' timing works against his partner. Ball went straight to Neser, he picked it up and threw with power.
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Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane | |
Toss | Brisbane Heat, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2023/24 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match days | 27 December 2023 - night (20-over match) |
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Points | Brisbane Heat 2, Sydney Thunder 0 |
Over 20 • ST 157/9