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Big Bash LeagueMatch 29 · T20

Brisbane Heat beat Melbourne Stars by 56 runs

Melbourne Cricket Ground, . Melbourne Stars won the toss and chose to bowl.

Melbourne Stars132/920 ov
Brisbane Heat188/720 ov
Brisbane Heat won by 56 runs
Sydney Thunder won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Melbourne Stars won the toss and chose to bowl. Brisbane Heat made 188 for 7 in 20 overs, Chris Lynn 56 from 24 balls and Lendl Simmons 44 from 35 balls. Adam Zampa took 2 for 31.

Melbourne Stars made 132 for 9 in 20 overs, Evan Gulbis 61 not out from 52 balls and David Hussey 25 from 23 balls. Samuel Badree took 5 for 22.

Brisbane Heat won by 56 runs.

Key performers

Brisbane Heat innings

188/7(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Lendl Simmonsb BW Hilfenhausb BW Hilfenhaus443551125.71
James Peirson †b MA Beerb MA Beer01000.00
Chris Lynnc RJ Quiney b A Zampac RJ Quiney b A Zampa562427233.33
Joe Burnsc BW Hilfenhaus b A Zampac BW Hilfenhaus b A Zampa27280196.43
Nathan Reardonc EP Gulbis b BW Hilfenhausc EP Gulbis b BW Hilfenhaus251911131.58
Ben Cuttinglbw b DJ Worralllbw b DJ Worrall221121200.00
James Hopesnot outnot out2*200100.00
Josh Lalorrun out (†PSP Handscomb/DJ Worrall)run out (†PSP Handscomb/DJ Worrall)0000-
Andrew Feketenot outnot out1*100100.00
Extras(lb 4, w 6, nb 1)(lb 4, w 6, nb 1)11
Total20 Ov (RR 9.40)20 Ov (RR 9.40)188/7
Fall of wickets: 5-1 (JJ Peirson, 0.5 ov), 84-2 (CA Lynn, 7.3 ov), 116-3 (LMP Simmons, 13 ov), 141-4 (JA Burns, 15.5 ov), 168-5 (NJ Reardon, 18.2 ov), 185-6 (BCJ Cutting, 19.4 ov), 186-7 (JK Lalor, 19.4 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Michael Beer403418.5095011
Daniel Worrall4044111.00114330
Ben Hilfenhaus3042214.0050510
Evan Gulbis402706.7591100
Adam Zampa403127.7570210
Marcus Stoinis10606.0010000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stLMP Simmons 5(4) & JJ Peirson 0(1)55
2ndCA Lynn 56(24) & LMP Simmons 23(16)7940
3rdLMP Simmons 16(15) & JA Burns 12(19)3233
4thJA Burns 15(9) & NJ Reardon 9(8)2517
5thNJ Reardon 16(11) & BCJ Cutting 7(4)2715
6thBCJ Cutting 15(7) & JR Hopes 1(1)178
7thJK Lalor 0(0) & JR Hopes 0(0)10
8thJR Hopes 1(1) & AL Fekete 1(1)2*2

Melbourne Stars innings

132/9(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Marcus Stoinisc BCJ Cutting b S Badreec BCJ Cutting b S Badree8610133.33
Luke Wrightb S Badreeb S Badree02000.00
Kevin Pietersenlbw b S Badreelbw b S Badree791077.78
Peter Handscomb †st †JJ Peirson b S Badreest †JJ Peirson b S Badree270028.57
David Husseyc JK Lalor b MJ Swepsonc JK Lalor b MJ Swepson252310108.70
Rob Quineyc BCJ Cutting b S Badreec BCJ Cutting b S Badree01000.00
Evan Gulbisnot outnot out61*5281117.31
Adam Zampab MJ Swepsonb MJ Swepson11820137.50
Ben Hilfenhausb JK Lalorb JK Lalor7710100.00
Daniel Worrallb JK Lalorb JK Lalor02000.00
Michael Beernot outnot out3*300100.00
Extras(lb 3, w 5)(lb 3, w 5)8
Total20 Ov (RR 6.60)20 Ov (RR 6.60) · Target 189 from 20 ov132/9
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (LJ Wright, 0.3 ov), 15-2 (KP Pietersen, 2.4 ov), 16-3 (MP Stoinis, 3 ov), 23-4 (PSP Handscomb, 4.5 ov), 23-5 (RJ Quiney, 5 ov), 82-6 (DJ Hussey, 13.1 ov), 103-7 (A Zampa, 16 ov), 118-8 (BW Hilfenhaus, 18.2 ov), 118-9 (DJ Worrall, 18.4 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Samuel Badree402255.50123000
James Hopes401704.25132000
Andrew Fekete2020010.0044000
Josh Lalor402125.2581000
Mitchell Swepson402927.25112010
Ben Cutting2020010.0062100
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stMP Stoinis 1(1) & LJ Wright 0(2)13
2ndKP Pietersen 7(9) & MP Stoinis 7(4)1413
3rdPSP Handscomb 1(1) & MP Stoinis 0(1)12
4thPSP Handscomb 1(6) & DJ Hussey 6(5)711
5thRJ Quiney 0(1) & DJ Hussey 0(0)01
6thDJ Hussey 19(18) & EP Gulbis 32(31)5949
7thEP Gulbis 10(9) & A Zampa 11(8)2117
8thEP Gulbis 8(7) & BW Hilfenhaus 7(7)1514
9thDJ Worrall 0(2) & EP Gulbis 0(0)02
10thMA Beer 3(3) & EP Gulbis 11(5)14*8

Commentary

End of innings: MS 132/9 (20 ov)
End of over 2011 runsMS 132/9144011
MA Beer 3(3)EP Gulbis 61(52)AL Fekete 2-0-20-0
19.61
AL Fekete to MA Beer, 1 run
19.51
AL Fekete to EP Gulbis, 1 run
19.40
AL Fekete to EP Gulbis, no run
19.34
AL Fekete to EP Gulbis, FOUR
19.24
AL Fekete to EP Gulbis, FOUR
19.11
AL Fekete to MA Beer, 1 run
End of over 194 runs, 2 wktsMS 121/91W0W12
EP Gulbis 52(48)MA Beer 1(1)JK Lalor 4-0-21-2
18.62
JK Lalor to EP Gulbis, 2 runs
18.51
JK Lalor to MA Beer, 1 run
18.4W
JK Lalor to DJ Worrall, OUT
DJ Worrall b JK Lalor 0(2) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 118/9 (18.4 ov)
18.30
JK Lalor to DJ Worrall, no run
18.2W
JK Lalor to BW Hilfenhaus, OUT
BW Hilfenhaus b JK Lalor 7(7) [4s-1 6s-0] · FoW 118/8 (18.2 ov)
18.11
JK Lalor to EP Gulbis, 1 run
FIFTY for EP Gulbis (50 off 47)
End of over 1810 runsMS 117/7401401
EP Gulbis 49(46)BW Hilfenhaus 7(6)JR Hopes 4-0-17-0
17.61
JR Hopes to EP Gulbis, 1 run
17.50
JR Hopes to EP Gulbis, no run
17.44
JR Hopes to EP Gulbis, FOUR
17.31
JR Hopes to BW Hilfenhaus, 1 run
17.20
JR Hopes to BW Hilfenhaus, no run
17.14
JR Hopes to BW Hilfenhaus, FOUR
End of over 174 runsMS 107/7010111
BW Hilfenhaus 2(3)EP Gulbis 44(43)JK Lalor 3-0-17-0
16.61
JK Lalor to BW Hilfenhaus, 1 run
16.51
JK Lalor to EP Gulbis, 1 run
16.41
JK Lalor to BW Hilfenhaus, 1 run
16.30
JK Lalor to BW Hilfenhaus, no run
16.21
JK Lalor to EP Gulbis, 1 run
16.10
JK Lalor to EP Gulbis, no run
End of over 169 runs, 1 wktMS 103/711142W
EP Gulbis 42(40)MJ Swepson 4-0-29-2