tossed up on leg, slog swept off the middle of the bat, it looked as though we were going into a super over but Haidee Birkett has plucked that out of thin air after making considerable ground to her right from deep squareleg. And that takes Brisbane Heat to their first WBBL final
Heat vs Thunder, 1st Semi-Final at Sydney, Jan 19 2019 - Ball by Ball Commentary
2.05pm That's all from us. Do join us for the second WBBL semi-final between the Renegades and Sixers
2.00pm Sammy-Jo Johnson is the Player of the Match for her all-round show that included a 26-ball 33 and a miserly spell of bowling, finishing with figures of 1 for 12 in her four overs
It's Brisbane Heat who have prevailed in that cracker that went down to the last ball, and until Haidee Birkett pulled off a blinder on the square-leg boundary, the match literally hung in the balance. Thunder were cruising around the seventh over mark when Priest and Stalenberg added 56 for the second wicket. Jemma Barsby, who broke that partnership played a pivotal role towards the end, also picking up the crucial scalps of Blackwell, who was looking good to take Thunder home and Farrell, who was bowled first ball.
tossed up on leg, chips it to deep midwicket but they only take a single
down the wicket and drilled to long-on but only a single
tossed up, skips down and beats mid-off to keep the match alive
full on the pads, tucks it away to short fine-leg
tossed up, reverse swept just over the cover fielder but only a single
13 from 6 required
flatter on middle, she shuffles across to the off side to try and open up the leg side but misses on the sweep
full on off, gets across again to replicate the previous slog sweep but hits it straighter to deep midwicket this time
flatter, down the ground and she hits it right over the bowler, which allows two
tossed up, she gets across, goes down on a knee and slog sweeps it over deep squareleg
tossed up, skips down the track, makes room and goes inside out
hat-trick ball
tossed up, she goes down the ground but Blackwell, who got the crucial six and a four in the previous over, has holed out to long-on, who did not have to move an inch, camped under it and took it comfortably
wide outside off on a length, gets across and hammers it down the ground
full on leg stump, drills it to long-on
short and wide, punched to deep cover
full toss, swatted to deep midwicket
full and straight, she's lofted that down the ground, the long-off takes a few steps back, gets her hands on it but parries it over the boundary
full outside off, comes down the wicket, hammers it down to long-off, who slips but manages to stop the boundary
tossed up, driven to long-ff
tossed up, down the wicket, hit straight back and she drops an easy return catch