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Heat vs Thunder, 1st Semi-Final at Sydney, Jan 19 2019 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
1st Semi-Final, Sydney, January 19, 2019, Women's Big Bash League

Heat won by 4 runs

Player Of The Match
33 (26) & 1/12
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end of over 208 runs • 1 wicket
ST-W: 136/7CRR: 6.80 
Maisy Gibson2 (2b)
Jess Jonassen 3-0-31-1
Jemma Barsby 2-0-23-3

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.

19.6
W
Jonassen to Carey, OUT

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

Nicola Carey c Birkett b Jonassen 19 (10b 1x4 1x6) SR: 190
19.5
1
Jonassen to Gibson, 1 run

tossed up on leg, chips it to deep midwicket but they only take a single

19.4
1
Jonassen to Carey, 1 run

down the wicket and drilled to long-on but only a single

19.3
4
Jonassen to Carey, FOUR runs

tossed up, skips down and beats mid-off to keep the match alive

19.2
1
Jonassen to Gibson, 1 run

full on the pads, tucks it away to short fine-leg

19.1
1
Jonassen to Carey, 1 run

tossed up, reverse swept just over the cover fielder but only a single

13 from 6 required

end of over 1911 runs • 2 wickets
ST-W: 128/6CRR: 6.73 RRR: 13.00
Nicola Carey13 (6b 1x6)
Jemma Barsby 2-0-23-3
Delissa Kimmince 4-0-33-1
18.6
W
Barsby to Farrell, OUT

flatter on middle, she shuffles across to the off side to try and open up the leg side but misses on the sweep

Rene Farrell b Barsby 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
18.5
1
Barsby to Carey, 1 run

full on off, gets across again to replicate the previous slog sweep but hits it straighter to deep midwicket this time

18.4
2
Barsby to Carey, 2 runs

flatter, down the ground and she hits it right over the bowler, which allows two

18.3
6
Barsby to Carey, SIX runs

tossed up, she gets across, goes down on a knee and slog sweeps it over deep squareleg

18.2
2
Barsby to Carey, 2 runs

tossed up, skips down the track, makes room and goes inside out

hat-trick ball

18.1
W
Barsby to Blackwell, OUT

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

Alex Blackwell c Wolvaardt b Barsby 29 (28b 2x4 1x6) SR: 103.57
end of over 1815 runs
ST-W: 117/4CRR: 6.50 RRR: 12.00
Alex Blackwell29 (27b 2x4 1x6)
Nicola Carey2 (2b)
Delissa Kimmince 4-0-33-1
Grace Harris 3-0-16-1
17.6
1
Kimmince to Blackwell, 1 run

wide outside off on a length, gets across and hammers it down the ground

17.5
1
Kimmince to Carey, 1 run

full on leg stump, drills it to long-on

17.4
1
Kimmince to Blackwell, 1 run

short and wide, punched to deep cover

17.3
4
Kimmince to Blackwell, FOUR runs

full toss, swatted to deep midwicket

17.2
6
Kimmince to Blackwell, SIX runs

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

17.1
2
Kimmince to Blackwell, 2 runs

full outside off, comes down the wicket, hammers it down to long-off, who slips but manages to stop the boundary

end of over 174 runs • 1 wicket
ST-W: 102/4CRR: 6.00 RRR: 13.00
Alex Blackwell15 (22b 1x4)
Nicola Carey1 (1b)
Grace Harris 3-0-16-1
Haidee Birkett 4-0-20-0
16.6
1
Harris to Blackwell, 1 run

tossed up, driven to long-ff

16.5
Harris to Blackwell, no run

tossed up, down the wicket, hit straight back and she drops an easy return catch

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