full on leg stump, and he whips this past square leg, diving to his right, but deep midwicket runs across to his left to stop the boundary
Heat vs Sixers, 9th Match at Sydney, BBL, Dec 22 2019 - Ball by Ball Commentary
10.25pm First win of the season for the Heat, and it's a big one, by 48 runs. Their captain Chris Lynn led the way, as he so often does, with a blistering 94 off 35 balls, and the Sixers never looked close to getting to their target tonight. Hope you've enjoyed our coverage. Until next time, goodbye!
Lynn is the Player of the Match, as expected: "Probably one of my funnest innings. There was one where I batted with Baz in Perth too. We've got a break now, hopefully that break won't take away our momentum, and we can come back and win a few more. We were going into the tournament as favourites, and when you lose a couple, you start thinking, have we prepared right, was our blueprint right, but at no stage did we panic."
whacked. That sounded so good off the bat. In the slot, angling across to off stump, and Dwarshius clears his front leg and slogs it waaaay over the midwicket boundary
short on off stump, pulled to deep square leg
in the blockhole on off stump, whipped to deep midwicket
slower ball, fullish and slanting away from off stump. Looks to slog over midwicket and misses
back of a length, slanting across the left-hander. Looks for the leg-side slog and top-edges it high in the air, but it drops well short of long-on running in from the rope
Cutting to finish. Over the wicket to Dwarshius.
steps across to target fine leg, and this time Lalor beats him with a pacy yorker that only just misses off stump
slower ball, full and wide outside off. Saw the batsman shaping to step across his stumps and slanted it wider, but the batsman got back into his initial position, and a wide is called
slower cutter outside off, back of a length. Wants to chop it through point, ends up inside-edging into the midwicket region
in the blockhole on off and middle, jabbed towards mid-off
full-toss slanting across to off stump, and he clears his front leg and swats it away over the square leg boundary
Stays over the wicket to Abbott.
back of a length, cuts back in towards the pads as he stays rooted to the crease and attempts to hurriedly work it leg-side. Misses the inside edge, hits pad, but it's sliding down leg
Ben Dwarshius comes in now. Lalor goes over the wicket to the left-hander.
no longer. Length ball outside off. Looks to clear his front leg and slog this over long-on, ends up top-edging to the keeper
Miraculously, it's still mathematically possible for the Sixers to win this. Just. Lalor continues from round the wicket
full on off stump, makes some room and carves it away to deep point
bam. Full, on the stumps, and he clears his front leg and brings his bottom hand into play to shovel it straight back over the bowler's head, lovely clean timing
looks to step out, and Laughlin sees him coming and slings out a full outswinger on a sixth-stump line. Tries to reach out but can't connect
length ball outside off, opens his bat face for a gentle push to backward point
back of a length outside off, waits nicely on it and slashes it away late, to ensure he finds the gap to the left of short third man
in the blockhole on leg stump. Gets his feet out of the way and jabs into the covers
full, dipping ball on leg stump, clipped through backward square leg
Laughlin.
Jazz: "The Sixers look way short on batting firepower. After Henriques there's Jordan Silk who is not really effective as a T20 batsman and Curran in at 6 is a bowler who can bat a bit."
Over 20 • SS 161/7
Heat won by 48 runs