Strikers vs Heat, 46th Match at Adelaide, BBL, Jan 21 2021 - Ball by Ball Commentary

So the Heat are teetering on the edge of elimination from playoff contention. They have two games remaining and one of them is against the last place and already eliminated Renegades. If they can claim full points there, they'll be in with a remote chance of making the playoffs taking on the red hot Scorchers in their season finale. The Strikers play back-to-back games against the Sydney Thunder and will have a handy home field advantage in both. A sweep of those and they're guaranteed to be in the playoffs. That's all from us today. Come back tomorrow for a BBL doubleheader. Take care!

Alex Carey is Player of the Match: "Very happy with the result. We knew it was a big game and every game down the stretch is a big game. Hopefully we can get some momentum going into the last few games. Jake again tonight was outstanding at the top. We went back to that [combo] and it worked out. It's great to have [Neser] as well. It's good to have him in the group and he's a great fielder so no surprise what he did there. Heady has done such a great job with this BBL team so it was nice to just go out there and take the gloves. It was a really good opportunity to go to the IPL in the first place so we'll see if I can get back there."

9.50 pm An absolute thumping from the Strikers. Heat's playoff chances have effectively been dashed. Meanwhile the Strikers not only collect full points to move up into a tie for second on 24 points with the Stars and Scorchers, but get a desperately needed boost to their net run rate when tournament tiebreak calculations come into play.

Witness: "Bryant out for 25 - was that really worth it? Should've just kept Morne " He's second high score in this innings. Where was the rest of the batting? If they keep Morkel in, they hold them to 185 or 190 instead of 197. They'd lose the game by 50 runs instead of 70. The top and middle order lost the game for the Heat, not the Morkel for Bryant swap.

Dane Dehaan: "@RobJ I think Marnus is in the team purely because he's a skilled batsman and not because he's a "t20 batsman", and he brings in bowling too. They're expecting him to do something special any day now. Don't mind his inclusion as long as he's not sent to bat with the likes of Denly and Burns at the same time. Look at the scorecard, makes it pretty obvious."

ayaz khan: "So to those who were saying they would prefer Bryant chasing 200 than Morne 4 overs for 35." The lineup wet the proverbial bed long before Bryant arrived. The issue was not bringing Bryant in earlier. He's not done much wrong since coming to the middle.

RobJ: "Bryant should have opened. Crazy from the Heat. Everyone seems to be forgetting Marcus has never done anything in T20. Lucky to be in the team."