27/12Result
8th Match (N), Big Bash League at Brisbane, Dec 27 2017
Heat won by 6 wkts (1b rem) (D/L)
Player of the Match
Alex RossBrisbane Heat
27/12Result
8th Match (N), Big Bash League at Brisbane, Dec 27 2017
Heat won by 6 wkts (1b rem) (D/L)
Player of the Match
Alex RossBrisbane Heat

9.35 pm Brilliant finish, and though the Heat would be celebrating well into the night, Thunder shouldn't knock on themselves too much. Their bowling toiled manfully in defence of a total of 150. They had good plans - bowling wide and bouncing the batsmen. Or slowing the pace down, right down when it came to their spinners. Sometimes the execution was a bit off. And the best reflection of high tight this game was is that without Chris Lynn's 25 off 9 and Alex Ross' 25 off 9, the visitors would have stolen this game.

Jigar Shah: "Ross control 44% SR 256% story of T20 days. What an Inning"

16.5
4
Fekete to Ross, FOUR, dropped by the deep square leg fielder who is too far inside the boundary and Ross takes the Heat home. A man demoted because someone thought he didn't have the power for this sort of hitting seals the game and sets the record straight. Ross has been in form, and that's immensely valuable in T20 cricket. Not that he needs much of a leg up when it's a full toss on leg stump. Helps it away with a short-arm flick. The fact that it was only a short-arm flick is what makes Blizzard the substitute race in to try and take a catch. Instead, he ends up having to leap up and stretch back and ends up spilling the chance
16.4
1
Fekete to Burns, 1 run, good length from around the wicket on off stump, Burns works it towards midwicket

Three needed off three balls, anyone smelling a tie? A super over?

16.3
0
Fekete to Burns, no run, goes around the wicket and delivers a slower ball that beats the right-hander's big swing
16.2
6
Fekete to Burns, SIX, he finally strikes one the way he wants to and the ball soars away to the midwicket boundary. He's faced 31 balls, he's not timed any of them. But when the match is on the line, he shifts back and across, and from deep in his crease, slogs it into the stands
16.1
0
Fekete to Burns, no run, wanders away outside off to try and scoop the near yorker away to the long leg boundary. But the ball is too full to do so and because Burns moves away from his usual stance, the umpire this time doesn't call a wide

Last over, to be bowled by Fekete. Nine runs needed off six balls. Deep cover is back and he's the only one back on the off side

END OF OVER:
16 | 12 Runs | BH: 142/4 (10 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.87, RRR: 10.00)

  • Alex Ross21 (8b)
  • Joe Burns38 (31b)
  • Mitchell McClenaghan4-0-45-2
  • Fawad Ahmed4-0-41-0
15.6
6
McClenaghan to Ross, SIX, It's Ross again who makes the last ball of the over disappear! Happy, by Pharrell Williams blares out to the a crowd that is more than that after watching a full delivery outside off being launched over long-on

Heat 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st9BB McCullumJJ Peirson
2nd39CA LynnJJ Peirson
3rd44JA BurnsJJ Peirson
4th20BCJ CuttingJA Burns
5th41JA BurnsAI Ross

Big Bash League

TeamMWLPTNRR
PS1082160.154
AS1073140.801
MR1064120.297
HH105510-0.291
SS104680.331
ST10468-0.039
BH10468-0.437
MS10284-0.926