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Stars vs Heat, 23rd Match at Brisbane, BBL, Dec 27 2021 - Match Result

RESULT
23rd Match (N), Brisbane, December 27, 2021, Big Bash League
(20 ov, T:208) 187/9

Stars won by 20 runs

Player Of The Match
85 (44)
joe-clarke
Cricinfo's MVP
123.23 ptsImpact List
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Scorecard summary
Melbourne Stars 207/9(20 overs)
Brisbane Heat 187/9(20 overs)
57 (34)
3/26 (4)
54 (35)
3/34 (3)
Cricinfo’s Most Valuable Players of the Match
PLAYERTeam
TI
Runs
I. Runs
B. Impact
Bowl
I. Wkts
Bo. Impact
MS123.2385(44)106.05123.23--0
MS111.579(44)96.85111.5--0
MS82.1716(6)21.3727.823/262.7454.35
BH74.013(11)0.64- 3.663/404.3577.67
BH73.5157(34)65.5873.51--0
end of over 2015 runs
BH: 187/9CRR: 9.35 
Liam Guthrie11 (4b 1x4 1x6)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman3 (5b)
Andre Russell 2-0-22-0
Qais Ahmad 4-1-26-3

11.25pm: That brings us to the end of this double-header BBL day. On behalf of PDP, Srivathsa, Binoy George and Thilak, this is Saurabh Somani signing off.

Joe Clarke is the Player of the Match: (on his hamstring) I was running with Hilton Cartwright, he's one of the quickest blokes! Hopefully will be fine for next game. Hilton made it a lot easier for me, hitting the ball from the start. To get the score from where we were, we were very happy. The power surge is such a talked about subject in the change room, we felt like we gained some momentum and wanted to take it, it came in our favour. (On Dre Russ leaving) He's always going to be a big miss in any team around the world. Was a pleasure to play with him.

11.20pm: A comfortable win by the Stars, much more comfortable than the 20-run margin suggests. Heat had their moments in the chase but they needed to keep the big hits coming, which is very difficult to pull off. Joe Clarke and Hilton Cartwright were simply magnificent for Stars. Nothing much on either side of their partnership, or by any other batter for that matter. But what they did was enough to give Stars a winning total. Heat had to come out swinging, and to their credit they did. But when you're chasing 200-plus you need lots of things to go right and some luck. That didn't happen.

19.6
4
Russell to Guthrie, FOUR runs

Guthrie ends it with a superb looking straight drive past the bowler. Maxwell in pursuit even though it won't make a difference but the ball wins the race

19.5
1
Russell to Mujeeb, 1 run

reverse sweep, but straight to cover

19.4
1
Russell to Guthrie, 1 run

bit of a limp drive to that and the inside edge goes to square leg

19.4
1w
Russell to Guthrie, 1 wide

and the bouncer now, homing in on the helmet, looks to back away and upper cut it but can't connect

19.3
Russell to Guthrie, no run

back of a length in the channel, looks to cut, bat nowhere near ball

19.2
6
Russell to Guthrie, SIX runs

Guthrie gets some of his own back! Full outside off, no feet movement and he swings through the line and over the bowler's head

19.2
1w
Russell to Guthrie, 1 wide

backing away and Dre tries to keep it out of his reach and go wide outside off. Too wide as it turns out

19.1
1
Russell to Mujeeb, 1 run

coming forward, ball's dug in short outside off, he mis-times his pull to midwicket in the circle

end of over 1910 runs • 1 wicket
BH: 172/9CRR: 9.05 RRR: 36.00 • Need 36 from 6b
Mujeeb Ur Rahman1 (3b)
Qais Ahmad 4-1-26-3
Brody Couch 3-0-34-3
18.6
W
Qais to Kuhnemann, OUT

great catch by Maxwell at long-on. Fuller outside off, connects well with the straight slog-sweep. Looks like the ball will clear Maxwell but he times his jump perfectly and lands inside the rope, has the poise and balance to not take a step over.

Matthew Kuhnemann c Maxwell b Qais Ahmad 9 (4b 2x4 0x6 10m) SR: 225
18.5
4
Qais to Kuhnemann, FOUR runs

makes room to this length ball on the stumps and flat-bats it over the bowler's head and into the straight boundary

18.4
1
Qais to Mujeeb, 1 run

fuller on the stumps, lumped to deep midwicket along the ground

18.3
Qais to Mujeeb, no run

sliding down legside, he's falling over as he tries to flick, great take from Nevill who thinks there's an edge, but there wasn't.

18.2
1
Qais to Kuhnemann, 1 run

was looking to heave this over cow corner but can't time it and the ball trickles to long-on

18.1
4
Qais to Kuhnemann, FOUR runs

fuller outside off, comes on the front foot and laces a cover drive that threads the field and finds the boundary

end of over 188 runs • 1 wicket
BH: 162/8CRR: 9.00 RRR: 23.00 • Need 46 from 12b
Mujeeb Ur Rahman0 (1b)
Matthew Kuhnemann0 (0b)
Brody Couch 3-0-34-3
Adam Zampa 4-0-37-1
17.6
Couch to Mujeeb, no run

bouncer outside off, took his eyes off the ball and swung in hope, no connection

17.5
W
Couch to Heazlett, OUT

excellent catch running forward by long-off and diving in front. Heazlett had a big swipe at one well outside off, couldn't fetch it properly, and the ball ends up swirling just beyond mid-off. Webster at long-off sprints in and then has to put in a dive, to hold on to it.

Sam Heazlett c Webster b Couch 26 (15b 2x4 1x6 32m) SR: 173.33
17.4
Couch to Heazlett, no run

tried to reverse-scoop a full ball outside off, but can't connect

17.3
2
Couch to Heazlett, 2 runs

fuller and very wide outside off, toe-ends the drive to long-off. Because it's not hit well, they can hustle the second

17.2
4
Couch to Heazlett, FOUR runs

nails it this time. Moved way across his stumps and picked it up from outside off to sweep it to the square leg boundary

17.1
2
Couch to Heazlett, 2 runs

was going across to try and scoop it, ends up not connecting well so the ball flies over short third man - instead of short fine leg as he intended

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
JM Clarke
85 runs (44)
7 fours5 sixes
Productive shot
on drive
22 runs
2 fours1 six
Control
81%
HWR Cartwright
79 runs (44)
1 four8 sixes
Productive shot
flick
21 runs
1 four2 sixes
Control
68%
Best performances - bowlers
Qais Ahmad
O
4
M
1
R
26
W
3
ECO
6.5
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
MT Steketee
O
4
M
0
R
40
W
3
ECO
10
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
1W
Match details
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
TossBrisbane Heat, elected to field first
Series
Season2021/22
Player Of The Match
Match days27 December 2021 - night (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
PointsMelbourne Stars 3, Brisbane Heat 1
Language
English
Win Probability
MS 100%
MSBH
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Over 20 • BH 187/9

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TEAMMWLPTNRR
PS14113400.926
SS1494351.027
ST1495350.725
AS1468280.237
HH147727-0.332
MS147726-0.222
BH1431116-0.910
MR1431016-1.477