caught at deep midwicket! In the slot on leg, he swungs through the line, hits it well but it's the long boundary and Ross is there to swallow the catch
Thunder win by 29 runs. Far too good. Callum Ferguson's sensible innings was the difference. Both teams batsmen perished too often taking on the enormous boundaries at the Gabba but Ferguson paced his innings perfectly. The Thunder bowlers did a great job to defend the total of 172. Their spinners were excellent.
Callum Ferguson is Player of the Match. "You don't win too many when you're 3 down in the powerplay. Really pleased with the character shown by our batters. We ended up with a winning score on the board. We were confident with that score."
That wraps up our coverage from the Gabba. Great start for the Thunder. The Heat have work to do. Join us again tomorrow for game two between the Sydney Sixers and the Perth Scorchers at the SCG.
slower ball bouncer, but too high and called wide
dropped by Cook coming in off the backward point fence! He sliced this high over point, Cook raced in and slides on his knees and spills it
Sams to bowl the last
slower ball yorker wide of off, he swings and misses
yorker outside off, he square drives to deep point
wide low yorker, he drags this to long on
full toss at middle, he backs away and square drives to deep point
Around the wicket
full and straighter, he thumps a drive to long off and they take the run this time
Purv Negandhi: "For those saying that " it's going to be the same old story with Heat", let me remind you guys that Chris Lynn captaining one of the teams in the T10 League this year got Man of The Series and that team were champions as well..so maybe we should give some time for Chris to be refreshed and lead Brisbane Heat well."
wide yorker, on the guide line and called wide again!
full and wide and he hammers a drive to long off and opts not to run!
off break spinning back from outside off, he's back and pushing to cover
caught at long on! This was tossed up and he tries to loft down the ground, gets under it and it flies straight to Green in the deep
tossed up outside off, he should have been stumped! Gilkes missed the stumps. He was out of his ground as he swung hard but he just got his foot back as Gilkes broke the stumps on the third attempt
length ball, he chips this just back past the bowler and down long off
tossed up on off, he whips this to the gap at deep midwicket and they pick up two
full on off, he drives to long off
Arjun Nair
full on off, he clears the left leg and slices this to long off
Around the wicket
slower ball, on off, he defends to cover
bowled him! Yorker through the legs! Sams gets his man. Cutting stepped back and across to launch again, Sams fired the yorker at the base of off, it sneaked between his legs and lit up the stumps!
length slower ball, 119kph, he frees the arms and launches this over long on! Can't give him that kind of room to swing.
Over 20 • BH 143/10