Fittingly, it's Lynn who hits the winning runs, and it's with a six that he does so. Shuffles across well outside off and slog sweeps this over deep midwicket, deposits it way back in the stands
Scorchers vs Heat, 17th Match at Perth, Jan 05 2017 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
17th Match (N), W.A.C.A, January 05, 2017, Big Bash League
173/6
(14.4/20 ov, T:174) 174/1
Heat won by 9 wickets (with 32 balls remaining)
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Full commentary
Right then. That brings us to the end of a night in which a 174-run target has been chased down in 14.4 overs, and 90 of those runs came in sixes. Little else needs to be said. That's it from us for this match then. We will have Adelaide Strikers taking on Hobart Hurricanes at the Adelaide Oval then. Who knows what we can expect to see. Until then, it's goodbye. Thank you for joining us.
Lynn is the Man of the Match for his unbeaten 98 off 49 balls. Goes without saying, but no prices for guessing that.
After a point, it really did not matter who was bowling. It didn't matter if it was a fast bowler steaming in or a spinner trying to outfox him with a trick or two. Lynn had just one response for everything that came his way - six. He ended up with 11 of them, equalling Chris Gayle and Craig Simmons' BBL record. It was power-hitting the likes of which even T20 cricket does not often witness. Such was the destruction of Lynn that Brendon McCullum played second fiddle, which is saying something. And McCullum had a strike rate of over 160. Lynn did not go for the hundred, happy instead to seal the win with a six. Heat had all the time left to win - 32 balls remained when the winning six was struck - but Lynn put team over self, ensuring Heat's net run rate can be as healthy as possible. We got to witness some of the most ridiculous shots and an absolute annihilation of one of the better bowling sides in the tournament. Heat move to the top of the table, displacing Scorchers.
sixty: "looks like perth were 80 runs short #lynnsanity"
Shah antony: "Lynn you are Superman"
Viswanath: "Lynn scored as if only boundaries are allowed #noSinglesplease "
Brendon McCullum: "It's nice. The guys bowled incredibly well to keep them to 170-odd. From our point of view, it was about doing what we always do. Incredible innings for sure."
14.4
6
Agar to Lynn, SIX runs
14.3
•
Agar to Lynn, no run
full ball outside off, steered to point
14.2
•
Agar to Lynn, no run
gets down to slog sweep but gets an inside-edge towards fine leg. They don't take the single to give Lynn the chance to get a ton
14.1
6
Agar to Lynn, SIX runs
flighted and full on off, Lynn gets down to sweep and slog sweeps it over cow corner
end of over 1416 runs
BH: 162/1CRR: 11.57 • RRR: 2.00
Brendon McCullum50 (31b 4x4 3x6)
Chris Lynn86 (45b 3x4 9x6)
Mitchell Marsh 2-0-32-0
Andrew Tye 3-0-30-0
13.6
6
Marsh to McCullum, SIX runs
full and on off, McCullum times it to perfection as he lofts it with a straight bat over long-off. And that's fifty for the Heat captain
13.5
1
Marsh to Lynn, 1 run
short ball, Lynn reaches up for it and brings it crashing down as the ball goes to long-on. sort of a tennis shot as he knocks it into the turf
13.4
•
Marsh to Lynn, no run
nothing shot. Comes down and backs away but the bowler follows him and he makes a feeble attempt at opening the face of his bat but cannot make contact
13.3
4
Marsh to Lynn, FOUR runs
slower ball outside off, shorter length, and Lynn backs away and hammers it through extra cover
13.2
1
Marsh to McCullum, 1 run
slower short ball outside off, times the cut to backward point
13.1
4
Marsh to McCullum, FOUR runs
comes down the track and goes inside-out to crunch this fuller ball through extra cover
end of over 1316 runs
BH: 146/1CRR: 11.23 • RRR: 4.00
Chris Lynn81 (42b 2x4 9x6)
Brendon McCullum39 (28b 3x4 2x6)
Andrew Tye 3-0-30-0
Ashton Agar 3-0-24-0
12.6
2
Tye to Lynn, 2 runs
full toss outside off, turned away into the leg side and the ball goes to deep midwicket
12.5
•
Tye to Lynn, no run
full and wide outside off, swing and a miss from Lynn
12.4
1
Tye to McCullum, 1 run
more dramatic scenes at the WACA. McCullum's bat has splintered. Slower full toss outside off and McCullum crashes it straight down the ground. It hits the lower part of the bat and McCullum barely has any chunk of the bat in his hands as the bat breaks into two
12.3
6
Tye to McCullum, SIX runs
full and angling in on off and middle and McCullum picks it up off the toes and wristily lofts it over deep backward square leg. And guess what! That one's even bigger, at 104 metres
12.2
1
Tye to Lynn, 1 run
12.1
6
Tye to Lynn, SIX runs
has that gone out of the stadium! Really no idea where that went, actually because that was humongous. Ah, at long last, the camera has tracked it down and it is sitting on the roof. They need a change of ball now. Full, outside off, and launched into space over long-on. That was 102m - the joint-biggest of the tournament
end of over 127 runs
BH: 130/1CRR: 10.83 • RRR: 5.50
Brendon McCullum32 (26b 3x4 1x6)
Chris Lynn72 (38b 2x4 8x6)
Ashton Agar 3-0-24-0
Mitchell Marsh 1-0-16-0
11.6
•
Agar to McCullum, no run
11.5
1
Agar to Lynn, 1 run
comes down the track and thumps it with a flat-bat, straight to long-off this time
11.4
4
Agar to Lynn, FOUR runs
really no way to describe some these shots Lynn is playing. Stays in the crease and flat-bats this length ball through long-off and the ball beats the fielder diving at the boundary
11.3
1
Agar to McCullum, 1 run
full on middle, gets the front leg out of the way and drills it to mid-on after trying to slog it
Win Probability
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