ST vs BH Today's Match Expert Fantasy Tips & Player Stats, Big Bash League 2024

25th T20 • The Gabba • Brisbane

Sydney Thunder

173/8 (20)

Brisbane Heat

174/5 (18.5)

BH won by 5 wickets

Info

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Date & Time

06 Jan, 01:45 PM IST

Venue

The Gabba, Brisbane

TV/Streaming

Disney+Hotstar

Match

25th T20,

Umpires

Andrew Crozier(Australia), Eloise Sheridan (Australia), Donovan Koch(Australia, TV)

Referee

Kepler Wessels (Australia)

Toss

Brisbane Heat elected to bowl

Pitch Report

PitchFlat Track Pitch

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

167Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

140.41Avg SR

2nd Innings

155Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

141.82Avg SR

Weather Update

Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

5- 5

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Brisbane Heat

Sydney Thunder

Players to Watch

Top Batters

David Warner

ST . BAT

178 Runs

5 Matches

Max Bryant

BH . BAT

153 Runs

5 Matches

Sam Billings

ST . WK

139 Runs

5 Matches

Top Bowlers

Xavier Bartlett

BH . BOWL

9 Wkts

5 Matches

Chris Green

ST . ALL

8 Wkts

5 Matches

Wes Agar

ST . BOWL

7 Wkts

3 Matches

Player of the Match Max Bryant

72(35)

Info

Sydney Thunder

173/8 (20)

Batters

Oliver Davies

83.33

c Alsop b Neser

David Warner

138.89

b Johnson

Matthew Gilkes

200.00

c Alsop b Johnson

Sam Billings

111.11

c Alsop b Neser

Sherfane Rutherford

122.22

c McSweeney b Kuhnemann

Hugh Weibgen

137.50

c Swepson b Kuhnemann

Chris Green

71.43

c Kuhnemann b Bartlett

Daniel Christian

153.33

Not out

Tom Andrews

216.67

b Johnson

Lockie Ferguson

77.78

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 4, NB: 1, W: 8)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8.65)

173/8

Did not Bat

Wes Agar

Bowlers

EXT

Michael Neser

6.25

Xavier Bartlett

9.75

Matthew Kuhnemann

8.00

Mitchell Swepson

8.50

Spencer Johnson

9.75

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Oliver Davies

c Alsop b Neser

1-12

2.3

Matthew Gilkes

c Alsop b Johnson

2-60

6.2

Sam Billings

c Alsop b Neser

3-77

8.1

Sherfane Rutherford

c McSweeney b Kuhnemann

4-97

10.6

Hugh Weibgen

c Swepson b Kuhnemann

5-115

12.6

David Warner

b Johnson

6-125

14.2

Chris Green

c Kuhnemann b Bartlett

7-129

15.2

Tom Andrews

b Johnson

8-144

16.4

Brisbane Heat

174/5 (18.5)

Batters

Jack Wood

50.00

b Ferguson

Colin Munro

92.00

c Davies b Andrews

Nathan McSweeney

77.78

c Billings b Christian

Matt Renshaw

145.45

Not out

Max Bryant

205.71

lbw b Ferguson

Tom Alsop

150.00

c Ferguson b Agar

Michael Neser

233.33

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 2, W: 2)

TOTAL

(18.5 Ov, RR: 9.24)

174/5

Did not Bat

Matthew Kuhnemann, Spencer Johnson, Xavier Bartlett, Mitchell Swepson

Bowlers

EXT

Lockie Ferguson

5.25

Wes Agar

3.5

15.91

Daniel Christian

6.25

Chris Green

10.50

Tom Andrews

7.67

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Jack Wood

b Ferguson

1-2

0.4

Nathan McSweeney

c Billings b Christian

2-23

3.6

Colin Munro

c Davies b Andrews

3-43

8.2

Max Bryant

lbw b Ferguson

4-151

16.3

Tom Alsop

c Ferguson b Agar

5-167

18.2

Match Info

Date & Time

06 Jan, 01:45 PM IST

Venue

The Gabba, Brisbane

TV/Streaming

Disney+Hotstar

Match

25th T20,

Umpires

Andrew Crozier(Australia), Eloise Sheridan (Australia), Donovan Koch(Australia, TV)

Referee

Kepler Wessels (Australia)

Toss

Brisbane Heat elected to bowl

4 6 3nb 2 4 2 1

Over 16

Runs: 22

4 0 W 0 1 0

Over 17

Runs: 5

1 6 1 1 0 0

Over 18

Runs: 9

6 W 4 2 1

Over 19

Runs: 13

All Overs

Player of the Match Max Bryant

72(35)

Commentary

That brings us to the end of our coverage for this BBL encounter. Till the next time, this is myself (Arya Sekhar Chakraborty) signing off also on behalf of my fellow commentator and good mate Bidipto Datta.

Brisbane Heat won by 5 wickets (with 7 deliveries to spare)

Max Bryant 72(35) | Spencer Johnson 3/39(4)
David Warner 50(36) | Lockie Ferguson 2/21(4)

It turned out to be a stunning comeback from the Brisbane Heat as they registered a comprehensive 5 wicket victory over the Sydney Thunder. At the halfway stage of the run chase, the Brisbane Heat was well behind in the game but the acceleration post the halfway stage was quite incredible. Powered by two special knocks by Matt Renshaw and Max Bryant, the Brisbane Heat chased down the target of 174 with seven deliveries to spare.

Jack Wood who was elevated to the opening position was castled in the very first over by Lockie Ferguson. Nathan McSweeney ended up scooping a Dan Christian delivery to the keeper. Colin Munro struck a couple of lusty blows but never found any momentum. The pressure was building which resulted in the departure of Colin Munro. At the halfway stage, the score read just 52 and they needed a blistering knock from somewhere.

Out came Max Bryant and Matt Renshaw as the duo turned the game on its head with some sublime hitting. It was Bryant in particular who cut loose at an important juncture of the game. They took the power surge in the 11th over and went onto add 20 runs off the first over and followed it up with 12 in the next. The momentum was back with them and there was no looking back from there on.

Bryant smashed 7 fours and 4 sixes during his breezy knock of 72 off 35 deliveries. He was trapped in front of the stumps by Lockie Ferguson but by then, the Brisbane Heat was just within touching distance of the target. Renshaw was still out there and eventually remained unbeaten on 48 to see his side through. Lockie Ferguson was the pick of the bowlers for the Sydney Thunder with a couple of scalps to his name.

Max Bryant (Player of the Match, 72 runs off 35 balls): Matt Renshaw and me had to change things up after the drinks break. We just had to! And we were clear about what to do. We backed ourselves and got it done! We dream of moments like this, Matt and me, we really do. So, this is great! It wasn't easy to do what we did, but with this kind of crowd support, nothing is impossible I guess!

18.5 Wes Agar to Michael Neser, BRISBANE HEAT GET THE JOB DONE! Back of a length on off-stump. Neser steps back a bit and pats it down to short cover point for a quick single. And the crowd is on its feet!

18.4 Wes Agar to Michael Neser, DROPPED! IN FACT, MISSED! Good length slower ball on off-stump. Heaved from the back foot across the line. But Ferguson could not quite get a hand to it going back from wide mid-on. Two runs taken!

18.3 Wes Agar to Michael Neser, FOUR RUNS! Slightly back of a length on off-and-middle. Neser stays on the back foot and swings hard to pick the gap to deep backward square for a boundary!

Michael Neser, RHB comes out to the crease.

18.2 Wes Agar to Tom Alsop, EASY CATCH! Good length ball on middle-and-off. Alsop tried to drive it on the up, down the ground. But the ball took the shoulder of the bat and lobbed up to cover. The fielder there took it really comfortably!

18.1 Wes Agar to Tom Alsop, SIX RUNS! Good length ball on the leg-and-middle line from over the wicket. Whipped off the pads over deep backward square-leg's left for a maximum!

Wes Agar [3-0-48-0] is back into the attack.

Christian ends the over with a couple of dot deliveries but the match seems to be in the grasp of the Brisbane Heat. They need just 13 more runs off two overs and it will take something extraordinary from the Sydney Thunder bowlers to defend the score.

overs

161 /4 score

runs

Matt Renshaw *

48 (33)

Tom Alsop

3 (4)

Daniel Christian

1 /25

17.6 Daniel Christian to Matt Renshaw, full and slow outside off-stump. Drilled back to the bowler from the front foot but the single is not on.

17.5 Daniel Christian to Matt Renshaw, short and slow outside off-stump. Renshaw goes for the pull shot on the back foot but fails to connect. No run.

17.4 Daniel Christian to Tom Alsop, back of a length around off-stump. Tapped to the left of backward point from the back foot for a single to rotate strike.

17.3 Daniel Christian to Matt Renshaw, full, wide and slow outside off-stump. Skewed away to the right of short fine-leg by going across the stumps. One run.

17.2 Daniel Christian to Matt Renshaw, SIX RUNS! Slower length ball on middle-and-off. Slammed well over deep mid-wicket's left for a maximum!

17.1 Daniel Christian to Tom Alsop, good length slower ball around off-stump. Punched away to deep cover on the up off the front foot for a single.

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Daniel Christian [3-0-16-1] is back into the attack.

That's the end of the 17th over and a tidy over from Lockie Ferguson. Not sure why the final delivery wasn't given a wide but still the target very much in reach for the Brisbane Heat.

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