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Brisbane Heat beat Sydney Thunder by 7 wickets

Manuka Oval, Canberra, . Brisbane Heat won the toss and chose to bowl.

Sydney Thunder158/820 ov
Brisbane Heat162/319.1 ov
Brisbane Heat won by 7 wickets
Sydney Sixers won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Brisbane Heat won the toss and chose to bowl. Sydney Thunder made 158 for 8 in 20 overs, Sam Billings 34 from 24 balls and Ben Cutting 34 not out from 18 balls. Mark Steketee took 2 for 22.

Brisbane Heat reached 162 for 3 in 19.1 overs, Sam Heazlett 74 not out from 49 balls and James Peirson 43 not out from 24 balls.

Brisbane Heat won by 7 wickets.

Key performers

Sydney Thunder innings

158/8(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Usman Khawajast †JJ Peirson b M Labuschagnest †JJ Peirson b M Labuschagne28304093.33
Alex Halesc L Gregory b MT Steketeec L Gregory b MT Steketee891088.89
Callum Fergusonc SD Heazlett b M Morkelc SD Heazlett b M Morkel252021125.00
Sam Billings †c JA Burns b B Laughlinc JA Burns b B Laughlin342431141.67
Alex Rosslbw b MJ Swepsonlbw b MJ Swepson9110081.82
Daniel Samslbw b MJ Swepsonlbw b MJ Swepson120050.00
Ben Cuttingnot outnot out34*1814188.89
Chris Greenc JA Burns b MT Steketeec JA Burns b MT Steketee230066.67
Adam Milnerun outrun out0000-
Brendan Doggettnot outnot out10*420250.00
Extras(b 1, lb 1, w 4, nb 1)(b 1, lb 1, w 4, nb 1)7
Total20 Ov (RR 7.90)20 Ov (RR 7.90)158/8
Did not bat: Tanveer Sangha
Fall of wickets: 22-1 (AD Hales, 4 ov), 62-2 (UT Khawaja, 8.5 ov), 74-3 (CJ Ferguson, 11.2 ov), 107-4 (SW Billings, 14.5 ov), 109-5 (DR Sams, 15.4 ov), 110-6 (AI Ross, 16 ov), 134-7 (CJ Green, 18.1 ov), 134-8 (AF Milne, 18.2 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Xavier Bartlett11000.0060000
Mark Steketee302227.33114020
Ben Laughlin302418.0084000
Mitchell Swepson402827.0061100
Lewis Gregory1013013.0002001
Marnus Labuschagne403218.00101200
Morné Morkel403719.25111320
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stUT Khawaja 11(15) & AD Hales 8(9)2224
2ndCJ Ferguson 22(15) & UT Khawaja 17(15)4029
3rdSW Billings 9(10) & CJ Ferguson 3(5)1215
4thSW Billings 25(14) & AI Ross 8(7)3321
5thAI Ross 1(3) & DR Sams 1(2)25
6thBCJ Cutting 1(1) & AI Ross 0(1)12
7thBCJ Cutting 21(10) & CJ Green 2(3)2413
8thBCJ Cutting 0(1) & AF Milne 0(0)01
9thB Doggett 10(4) & BCJ Cutting 12(6)24*10

Brisbane Heat innings

162/3(19.1 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Joe Denlyb DR Samsb DR Sams05000.00
Chris Lynnc AD Hales b B Doggettc AD Hales b B Doggett10811125.00
Marnus Labuschagnerun outrun out323030106.67
Sam Heazlettnot outnot out74*4963151.02
James Peirson †not outnot out43*2423179.17
Extras(w 2, nb 1)(w 2, nb 1)3
Total19.1 Ov (RR 8.45)19.1 Ov (RR 8.45) · Target 159 from 20 ov162/3
Fall of wickets: 2-1 (JL Denly, 1.3 ov), 14-2 (CA Lynn, 2.4 ov), 70-3 (M Labuschagne, 12 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Adam Milne403709.25124210
Daniel Sams403218.00115000
Brendan Doggett3.1034110.7462201
Chris Green302107.0081100
Tanveer Sangha403408.5030200
Ben Cutting10404.0020000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stJL Denly 0(5) & CA Lynn 0(4)29
2ndM Labuschagne 2(3) & CA Lynn 10(4)127
3rdM Labuschagne 30(27) & SD Heazlett 26(29)5656
4thSD Heazlett 48(20) & JJ Peirson 43(24)92*43

Commentary

End of innings: BH 162/3 (19.1 ov)
19.14
B Doggett to SD Heazlett, FOUR
End of over 1911 runsBH 158/3410060
JJ Peirson 43(24)SD Heazlett 70(48)AF Milne 4-0-37-0
18.60
AF Milne to JJ Peirson, no run
18.56
AF Milne to JJ Peirson, SIX
18.40
AF Milne to JJ Peirson, no run
18.30
AF Milne to JJ Peirson, no run
18.21
AF Milne to SD Heazlett, 1 run
18.14
AF Milne to SD Heazlett, FOUR
End of over 189 runsBH 147/3014022
JJ Peirson 37(20)SD Heazlett 65(46)DR Sams 4-0-32-1
17.62
DR Sams to JJ Peirson, 2 runs
17.52
DR Sams to JJ Peirson, 2 runs
17.40
DR Sams to JJ Peirson, no run
17.34
DR Sams to JJ Peirson, FOUR
17.21
DR Sams to SD Heazlett, 1 run
17.10
DR Sams to SD Heazlett, no run
End of over 1714 runsBH 138/3611411
SD Heazlett 64(44)JJ Peirson 29(16)AF Milne 3-0-26-0
16.61
AF Milne to SD Heazlett, 1 run
16.51
AF Milne to JJ Peirson, 1 run
16.44
AF Milne to JJ Peirson, FOUR
16.31
AF Milne to SD Heazlett, 1 run
16.21
AF Milne to JJ Peirson, 1 run
16.16
AF Milne to JJ Peirson, SIX
End of over 1613 runsBH 124/3144040
SD Heazlett 62(42)JJ Peirson 17(12)DR Sams 3-0-23-1
15.60
DR Sams to SD Heazlett, no run
15.54
DR Sams to SD Heazlett, FOUR
15.40
DR Sams to SD Heazlett, no run
15.34
DR Sams to SD Heazlett, FOUR
15.24
DR Sams to SD Heazlett, FOUR
15.11
DR Sams to JJ Peirson, 1 run