Brisbane Heat
Match Complete
Sydney Thunder
| 2/10 No Result |
| 0/0 (1.0) | *Cook | O: 3.0 | Bryant* | 2 (6) |
| 1/3 (1.0) | Sandhu | RR:2.86 | Peirson | 2 (2) |
| c. Jordan b. Sandhu |  | 2.4 2/8 |  | Lynn 4(9) |
| c. Ferguson b. Jordan | | 0.3 1/2 | | McCullum 0(1) |
| First Innings: Sydney Thunder | 4/186 | RR: 7.97 | O: 20.0 |
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| First Innings: Sydney Thunder | 4/186 | RR: 7.97 | O: 20.0 |
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| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A.P. Devcich c. Ross b. Cutting | 26 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 108.33 |
S.R. Watson* c. Bryant b. Ur Rahman | 100 | 62 | 8 | 6 | 161.29 |
C.J. Ferguson c. McCullum b. Doggett | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 112.50 |
D.R. Sams c. Bryant b. Cutting | 18 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 138.46 |
C.J. Green not out | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 175.00 |
J.S. Lenton+ not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
A.J. Nair | |||||
C.J. Jordan | |||||
G.S. Sandhu | |||||
J.D. Cook | |||||
F. Ahmed | |||||
Extras (b 0, lb 4, w 3, nb 3) | 10 | ||||
| Total | 186 | ||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Ec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.A. Prestwidge | 2.0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7.00 |
| M. Ur Rahman | 4.0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 8.25 |
| J.K. Lalor | 4.0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 7.25 |
| B. Doggett | 3.0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 10.33 |
| B.C.J. Cutting | 4.0 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 10.25 |
| M.J. Swepson | 3.0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 11.33 |
| First Innings: Brisbane Heat | 2/10 | RR: 2.86 | O: 3.0 |
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| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M.A. Bryant not out | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
B.B. McCullum c. Ferguson b. Jordan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
C.A. Lynn* c. Jordan b. Sandhu | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 44.44 |
J.J. Peirson+ not out | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
A.I. Ross | |||||
B.C.J. Cutting | |||||
J.A. Prestwidge | |||||
J.K. Lalor | |||||
B. Doggett | |||||
M.J. Swepson | |||||
M. Ur Rahman | |||||
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 1, nb 0) | 2 | ||||
| Total | 10 | ||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Ec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.J. Jordan | 1.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6.00 |
| J.D. Cook | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| G.S. Sandhu | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.00 |
The Brisbane Heat are building a head of steam and will look to keep it going as they head back home to host the Sydney Thunder in the BBL. Join The Roar for live scores and coverage from 7:15pm (AEDT).
When the sides met just over just over a week ago in Western Sydney, it was the Heat who dominated the contest, before a highly unlikely Sydney Thunder run chase was shortened by rain.
On that occasion, the Heat came away with a crucial 15-run victory which helped to kick-start a busy period of the season for the franchise where they have been moderately successful, bringing themselves right back into the finals race.
The Heat struggled early in the season, but counting a win over the Perth Scorchers before this current stretch of five games in 12 days, the side have now won three of their last four and, after tonight and a match against the Sydney Sixers on the weekend, will enjoy a week off the park.
The victories have brought Brisbane up to sixth on the table, but they still have plenty to work on, with middle order batting still being their downfall. Unless runs come from Max Bryant, Brendon McCullum and Chris Lynn, it’s been a struggle.
The Sydney Thunder, on the other hand, have been somewhat consistent, picking up four wins from their eight games.
After a strong start to the season, the loss to the Heat in that rain-shortened game has seemed to impact their momentum, although they were excellent on the weekend against the Adelaide Strikers, winning by 71 runs after reducing the defending champions to 97.
With Jos Buttler out of the side, their in-form batsmen are Jason Sangha and Shane Watson, while the key still lands in their bowling performance, particularly from short-form spinning specialist Fawad Ahmed.
Prediction
The Heat are at home and displaying some good signs. So long as their top order fire, they should pick up another crucial win over the Thunder, propelling them towards finals action in a month’s time.
Heat in a close one.
Be sure to join The Roar for live coverage of the 2018-19 Big Bash League season from 7:15pm (AEDT) and don’t forget to add a comment in the section below.
Game information
First ball: 7:15pm (AEDT)
Venue: The Gabba, Brisbane
Haydos
Guest
Not irrelevant if they're fighting eachother for fourth spot.
JoM
Roar Rookie
All players tonight will get a big DNP next to their name for supercoach
anon
Roar Pro
Why didn't they just send the fans home or pen them in one part of the stadium as the Englishwoman suggested.
Emcie
Roar Guru
As a side point, both teams net run rates are pretty much irrelevent now. Just need those wins
JOHN ALLAN
Guest
BBL has batflip in lieu of coin toss. Have they considered Rock Paper Scissors for abandoned games?
Scott Pryde
Expert
No worries. Thanks for sticking around.
Emcie
Roar Guru
cheers for the call mate
Scott Pryde
Expert
Scratch that - it turned back off again. Anyway, goodnight.
Scott Pryde
Expert
Before I go - the light tower has just come back on eight minutes after the cut off. Unbelievable.
Emcie
Roar Guru
I wonder if he would have been as annoyed if the last game they played was called off
Scott Pryde
Expert
Not sure what the exact rule is, but believe so.
Scott Pryde
Expert
Yeah. One rained out 5.3 overs into the chase and the other a power outage after 3. I mean, at least I got me some easier nights, but still not much fun to blog rain and power outages.
Scott Pryde
Expert
Well, thanks for joining me this evening on The Roar for our live coverage of the 2018-19 Big Bash League season. Hopefully you enjoyed the call. Big day of cricket tomorrow. Lachlan Ballingall will have the third ODI between Australia and India for you from 1:20pm (AEDT), while Sarah Wildy will have the Big Bash League between the Perth Scorchers and Hobart Hurricanes from 9:30pm (AEDT). Outside of cricket, I'll be up with Ashleigh Barty, Alex De Minaur vs Rafael Nadal and Kimberly Birrell in the Australian Open. Speaking of the tennis, why not flick over now and join David Holden as he covers the big second-round match between Novak Djokovic and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga? Bye for now.
Emcie
Roar Guru
I'm not sure these two teams should face each other again
jameswm
Roar Guru
So Watto loses his ton? That is very harsh.
Scott Pryde
Expert
Thoughts on all of that then Roarers? An incredibly painful last hour.
Scott Pryde
Expert
Yep - the Heat were never winning that in a billion years from the position they were in.
Scott Pryde
Expert
MATCH ABANDONED Frustrating scenes have seen Match 33 of the 2018-19 Big Bash League season called off due to a floodlight failure at the Gabba. The Brisbane Heat were in all sorts of bother when the floodlights failed due to a power failure which has put the whole of Eastern Brisbane into darkness on this Thursday evening. Having just three overs completed of their run chase, Brendon McCullum and Chris Lynn were already back in the sheds, leaving them at 2 for 10, chasing a monumental target of 186 which was set up by a Shane Watson century. The first century to scored in this year's Big Bash League, Watson batted most of the innings for the Thunder, but it could have been a different story with Max Bryant dropping Watson when he was just on 33. Other cameo performances from Anton Devcich during the powerplay, and Chris Green alongside Daniel Sams late in the innings, ensured they got to a score which was always going to be hard to chase down. In the end, it was just two overs short of a constituted game, with the floodlights unable to come back on in the Queensland capital, completing a frustrating last hour for the visitors. Sydney Thunder: 4/186 (20) Brisbane Heat: 2/10 (3)
Scott Pryde
Expert
Shane Watson looks like he is ready to deck someone, but that's the end of it. The match has been called off in Brisbane.
Emcie
Roar Guru
Thats a hard pill to swallow