Brisbane Heat Vs Sydney Sixers 25th Match 01 January 2023

25th T20 • The Gabba • Brisbane

Brisbane Heat

224/5 (20)

Sydney Sixers

209/10 (20)

HEA won by 15 runs

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Playing XI

Player of the Match Josh Brown

62(23)

HEA s

SIX s

Info

Brisbane Heat s

224/5 (20)

Batters

Colin Munro

166.67

c JC Silk b BJ Dwarshuis

Josh Brown

269.57

c BJ Dwarshuis b S Abbott

Nathan McSweeney

164.71

runout (JR Philippe / JC Silk)

Sam Billings

133.33

b DT Christian

Jimmy Peirson

146.15

c DT Christian b H Kerr

James Bazley

125.00

Not out

Ross Whiteley

300.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 0, W: 7)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 11.2)

224/5

Did not Bat

Michael Neser, Mark Steketee, Matthew Kuhnemann, Mitchell Swepson

Bowlers

EXT

13.75

11.75

10.00

9.50

11.50

5.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Colin Munro

c JC Silk b BJ Dwarshuis

1-12

0.6

Josh Brown

c BJ Dwarshuis b S Abbott

2-85

6.3

Sam Billings

b DT Christian

3-147

13.4

Jimmy Peirson

c DT Christian b H Kerr

4-208

18.2

Nathan McSweeney

runout (JR Philippe / JC Silk)

5-218

19.4

Sydney Sixers s

209/10 (20)

Batters

Josh Philippe

207.69

c JJ Peirson b MG Neser

James Vince

170.83

c JJ Peirson b Mark Steketee

Daniel Hughes

170.00

c MG Neser b J Bazley

Moises Henriques

137.50

lbw b M Kuhnemann

Jordan Silk

178.26

c MG Neser b Mark Steketee

Daniel Christian

157.14

c NA McSweeney b MG Neser

Hayden Kerr

180.00

st JJ Peirson b M Kuhnemann

Ben Dwarshuis

80.00

c S Billings b MG Neser

Sean Abbott

155.56

c (sub MA Bryant) b RA Whiteley

Jackson Bird *

160.00

Not out

Izharulhaq Naveed

50.00

c MG Neser b RA Whiteley

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 1, W: 5)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 10.45)

209/10

Bowlers

EXT

10.25

14.75

13.50

7.75

7.00

2.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Josh Philippe

c JJ Peirson b MG Neser

1-56

4.3

Daniel Hughes

c MG Neser b J Bazley

2-83

6.6

James Vince

c JJ Peirson b Mark Steketee

3-96

8.4

Moises Henriques

lbw b M Kuhnemann

4-100

9.2

Daniel Christian

c NA McSweeney b MG Neser

5-113

10.5

Hayden Kerr

st JJ Peirson b M Kuhnemann

6-167

15.1

Ben Dwarshuis

c S Billings b MG Neser

7-173

16.1

Jordan Silk

c MG Neser b Mark Steketee

8-199

18.2

Sean Abbott

c (sub MA Bryant) b RA Whiteley

9-207

19.2

Izharulhaq Naveed

c MG Neser b RA Whiteley

10-209

19.6

Match Info

Date & Time

01 Jan, 01:45 PM IST

Venue

The Gabba, Brisbane

Match

25th T20,

Big Bash League

Umpires

Donovan Koch(Australia), Nathan Johnstone(Australia), Troy Penman(Australia, TV)

Referee

Kepler Wessels(Australia)

Toss

Brisbane Heat elected to bat

Player of the Match Josh Brown

62(23)

Commentary

Alright, that turned out to be a thriller in the end but Brisbane Heat, the deserved winners of the contest came out on top, Josh Brown's innings was the highlight of the game. We hope you've enjoyed our coverage of this BBL game, there's plenty more cricketing action awaits, thanks for tuning into Sportskeeda. On behalf of my partner Srivathsa, this is me, Pradeep signing off, stay safe and take care!

Josh Brown is the Player of the Match!

Brisbane Heat won the game by 15 runs!

James Vince 41(24) | Jordan Silk 41(23) | Michael Neser 3-41 | Ross Whiteley 2-2

So near yet so far for the Sixers. Chasing a mammoth total, they got off to a flier with James Vince and Josh Philippe doing the bulk of the hitting.

Neser though got the big wicket of Philippe with extra bounce and that started a mini surge of wickets as the Sixers slumped to 113/5 after taking the Power Surge. Vince chased a wide one and edged behind and soon both Henriques and Christian fell in an attempt to up the rate.

But Jordan Silk and Hayden Kerr immediately went on the offensive and smashed runs after the Surge was over. But Matthew Kuhnemann got the big wicket when he got Kerr stumped.

Silk though was the dangerman and his wicket effectively won Heat the game thanks to outstanding game awareness from Neser on the fence who took a splendid catch and then had the presence of mind to catch it outside first with his feet in the air and then come back inside to take it after he lobbed it in.

18 were needed off the last over and Whiteley finished it off with a couple of wickets. Just the 2nd win for Heat this season as they end Sixers' 4-game winning run.

Stay tuned to know who the Player of the Match is.

overs

209 /10 score

runs

Jackson Bird

8 (5)

Izharulhaq Naveed *

1 (2)

Ross Whiteley

2 /2

19.6 Ross Whiteley to Izharulhaq Naveed, OUT! UP IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! THAT'S IT! BRISBANE HEAT HELD THEIR NERVE! Just the second win of the tournament but could well be the start of new things for the Heat here, what a sensational performance this from them. Was a slower one, Naveed was too early into the shot, miscued it completely as the long-off fielder settles under it to take a good catch.

Izharulhaq Naveed c Neser b Whiteley 1(2)

19.5 Ross Whiteley to Jackson Bird, back of a length on the off-stump, Bird on the backfoot slammed it down to long-on for just a single.

19.4 Ross Whiteley to Jackson Bird, change of pace, back of a length into Bird, has a big swipe too early and misses, takes the blow on to his rib cage.

19.3 Ross Whiteley to Izharulhaq Naveed, back of a length into Naveed on the off-stump, taps it into the off-side for one.

19.2 Ross Whiteley to Sean Abbott, OUT! MILES UP IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! Length delivery on the off-stump, Abbott has an almighty swing across the line, makes good connection but just not good enough to clear the fence as he's skied it at deep mid-wicket, fielder settles under it and takes a good catch.

Abbott c (sub)Bryant b Whiteley 14(9) [6s-1]

19.1 Ross Whiteley to Sean Abbott, length delivery on the off-stump, Abbott drilled it straight to the cover fielder for no run.

18 off the last over and had that been six from Silk, the game could well have gone the Sixers' way. What presence of mind from Neser there. A game-changing moment.

Ross Whiteley, comes into the attack

overs

207 /8 score

runs

Sean Abbott

14 (7)

Jackson Bird *

7 (3)

Mark Steketee

2 /59

18.6 Mark Steketee to Jackson Bird, FOUR! 18 it is, very much gettable this. Length delivery on the fourth stump, Bird throws his hands, takes a thick outside edge, flies just over Peirson as he dives and stretches to his right, runs away down to third-man for a boundary.

18.5 Mark Steketee to Jackson Bird, length delivery on the wide of off-stump, Bird slammed it to deep extra-cover, they come back for a brace. How many can Bird leave it to the final over?

18.4 Mark Steketee to Sean Abbott, full on the fourth stump, Abbott swings across the line but mistimes it to deep mid-wicket for one.

18.3 Mark Steketee to Jackson Bird, low full toss on the off-stump, Bird smacked it down to long-off for just one.

Jackson Bird, right handed bat, comes to the crease

18.2 Mark Steketee to Jordan Silk, OUT! OUTRAGEOUS CATCH FROM NESER! Has Neser almost pulled off a screamer here? it was a juggling act from him but Neser knows the laws very well as he's done tremendously well here to pull this one off. Length delivery on the wide of off-stump, Silk has CLOBBERED it to wide long-off, Neser running to his left plucks it but the momentum takes him over the ropes but he throws the ball in the air and jumps over the ropes, lands but he ensures he takes the catch by keeping his both the feet in the air, then throws it back inside the play, jumps back over to pouch it again, lots of confusion. Umpires get together to check this, Neser in a clutch moment has produced a miracle here, clever stuff from him to pull this one off and has been signaled OUT by the third-umpire!

Silk c Neser b Steketee 41(23) [4s-3 6s-2]

18.1 Mark Steketee to Jordan Silk, SIX! BOOM! Jordan Silk, you beauty, what a shot that. Length delivery and in the slot as he goes down on one knee and SMOKES it over deep square-leg fence for a maximum. Brings the equation down to 26 from 11 now!