Big Bash League 2023: Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Thunder Match Preview, Big Bash League 2023

6th T20 • Manuka Oval • Canberra

Brisbane Heat

151/7 (20)

Sydney Thunder

131/10 (19)

HEA won by 20 runs

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Table

Date & Time

12 Dec, 01:45 PM IST

Venue

Manuka Oval, Canberra

Match

6th T20,

Umpires

Bruce Oxenford (Australia), Gerard Abood (Australia), Simon Lightbody (Australia, TV)

Referee

Steve Davis (Australia)

Toss

Sydney Thunder elected to bowl

Pitch Report

PitchFlat Track Pitch

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionHigh Scoring

Spin BowlingSlow Spin

1st Innings

161Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

135.56Avg SR

2nd Innings

144Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

137.98Avg SR

Playing XILineups Out

Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

5- 5

HEA

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Sydney Thunder

Brisbane Heat

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Colin Munro

HEA . BAT

99 Runs

1 Match

Sam Billings

HEA . WK

18 Runs

1 Match

Michael Neser

HEA . ALL

Top Bowlers

Mitchell Swepson

HEA . BOWL

3 Wkts

1 Match

Xavier Bartlett

HEA . BOWL

2 Wkts

1 Match

Michael Neser

HEA . ALL

2 Wkts

1 Match

Player of the Match Mitchell Swepson

2/26

HEA

Info

Brisbane Heat

151/7 (20)

Batters

Josh Brown

82.35

c O Davies b Liam Hatcher

Colin Munro

(C)

139.39

c NJ McAndrew b CJ Green

Nathan McSweeney

107.41

c DR Sams b T Sangha

Matt Renshaw

105.26

c O Davies b T Sangha

Sam Billings

127.78

b Z Khan

Paul Walter

300.00

b T Sangha

Michael Neser

100.00

b Z Khan

Spencer Johnson

200.00

Not out

Xavier Bartlett

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 5, NB: 0, W: 2)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.55)

151/7

Did not Bat

Matthew Kuhnemann, Mitchell Swepson

Bowlers

EXT

12.50

7.50

7.67

5.33

5.25

7.75

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Josh Brown

c O Davies b Liam Hatcher

1-24

3.5

Nathan McSweeney

c DR Sams b T Sangha

2-91

12.2

Colin Munro

c NJ McAndrew b CJ Green

3-97

13.3

Matt Renshaw

c O Davies b T Sangha

4-137

18.4

Paul Walter

b T Sangha

5-143

18.6

Sam Billings

b Z Khan

6-144

19.2

Michael Neser

b Z Khan

7-146

19.4

Sydney Thunder

131/10 (19)

Batters

Cameron Bancroft

131.58

lbw b MJ Swepson

Alex Hales

0.00

c (sub MA Bryant) b MG Neser

Matthew Gilkes

30.00

c (sub JS Buckingham) b XC Bartlett

Oliver Davies

116.67

c MG Neser b M Kuhnemann

Alex Ross

33.33

c MG Neser b PI Walter

Daniel Sams

122.22

b MJ Swepson

Chris Green

(C)

150.00

c MJ Swepson b M Kuhnemann

Nathan McAndrew

144.44

c MG Neser b PI Walter

Liam Hatcher

50.00

b XC Bartlett

Zaman Khan *

200.00

Not out

Tanveer Sangha

0.00

b XC Bartlett

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 2)

TOTAL

(19 Ov, RR: 6.89)

131/10

Bowlers

EXT

6.50

8.75

8.00

6.50

6.00

5.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Alex Hales

c (sub MA Bryant) b MG Neser

1-5

0.3

Matthew Gilkes

c (sub JS Buckingham) b XC Bartlett

2-16

3.1

Cameron Bancroft

lbw b MJ Swepson

3-51

7.2

Alex Ross

c MG Neser b PI Walter

4-56

8.6

Daniel Sams

b MJ Swepson

5-73

11.5

Oliver Davies

c MG Neser b M Kuhnemann

6-80

13.1

Nathan McAndrew

c MG Neser b PI Walter

7-117

16.4

Chris Green

c MJ Swepson b M Kuhnemann

8-125

17.5

Liam Hatcher

b XC Bartlett

9-131

18.5

Tanveer Sangha

b XC Bartlett

10-131

18.6

Match Info

Date & Time

12 Dec, 01:45 PM IST

Venue

Manuka Oval, Canberra

Match

6th T20,

Umpires

Bruce Oxenford (Australia), Gerard Abood (Australia), Simon Lightbody (Australia, TV)

Referee

Steve Davis (Australia)

Toss

Sydney Thunder elected to bowl

1 1 0 4 W 1 1 4

Over 17

Runs: 12

1 1 1 1 0 W 1 1

Over 18

Runs: 6

1 4 1 0 0 W 1 W

Over 19

Runs: 7

1 1

Over 20

Runs: 2

All Overs

Player of the Match Mitchell Swepson

2/26

Commentary

Brisbane Heat have a team to adapt to any conditions and proving too tough to beat at the moment. The Thunder couldn't apply themselves with the bat and it led to them being on the wrong side of the result. More Cricket coming your way later in the day and the clash between South Africa and India is a must watch. Do make sure to follow the LIVE coverage on our Sportskeeda page. Now, it's time to end the coverage here, until next time, this is Pragadeesh and Mohul signing off. Ciao

Mitchell Swepson, Player of the Match: It was a good performance. I am quite pleased with the way the ball came out of my hand today. I am happy with the way things went. We are all great mates here at the Heat. I love bowling together with Matthew (Kuhnemann) and the results show. We did not have too much of a turnaround time from our red-ball season but that actually helped us. The momentum was with us throughout.

Brisbane Heat won by 20 runs
Colin Munro 46 (33) | Oliver Davies 35(30)
Xavier Bartlett 3-35 (4) | Tanveer Sangha 3-21 (4)

Things unfolded too quickly and we have a result in favour of Brisbane Heat eventually. They made the target of 152 look very big with some clinical bowling inside the powerplay and Swepson weaved his magic in the middle overs to not allow the hosts to get ahead in the contest. Losing wickets at regular intervals didn't help the Thunder's cause as they needed someone to bat till the end to steer the side home. It looked Davies was assigned that responsibility but Kuhnemann removed him to make things worse for the Thunder

The Power Surge remained the only hope for the Thunder and Green went after Bartlett's loose deliveries to smash four boundaries in the first over. His presence was threatening for the Heat until Kuhnemann got the better of him and that turned out to be a final nail in the coffin for the Thunder. Bartlett finished the formalities in the penultimate over and ended his spell with three wickets to his name eventually

overs

131 /10 score

runs

Tanveer Sangha *

0 (1)

Zaman Khan

6 (3)

Xavier Bartlett

3 /35

18.6 Liam Hatcher to Tanveer Sangha, BOWLED HIM! IT IS ALL OVER! BRISBANE HEAT WIN THIS GAME! Full and straight on off and middle, comes back in. Sangha tries to play the scoop shot but ends up dragging the ball onto his stumps. That will be that, then- the Heat win this game quite comfortably!

Tanveer Sangha, RHB, walks in at no.11

18.5 Xavier Bartlett to Liam Hatcher, BOWLED HIM! Full and straight on off and middle, comes back in. Hatcher tries to heave it away to the on side but does not connect at all. The ball goes past him and dislodges the bails. The Thunder are nine down- the end seems to be near!

18.4 Xavier Bartlett to Liam Hatcher, full and wide outside off, angles away. Hatcher cannot reach for it and misses out again!

18.3 Xavier Bartlett to Liam Hatcher, at a length on middle and leg, slower delivery. Hatcher tries to slog at it but misses.

18.2 Xavier Bartlett to Zaman Khan, full and wide outside off. Khan tries to heave it away to the on side but gets an outside edge to cover. Single taken.

18.1 Xavier Bartlett to Zaman Khan, EDGED AND FOUR! At a length outside off, moves away. Khan tries to heave it to the on side but gets a thick outside edge wide of short third man for a boundary!

Kuhnemann made the difference and his over turned out to be match-defining. Green was threatening and his presence gave Thunder an outside chance but Kuhnemann bowled a smart over to tilt the contest in favour of the Heat

overs

126 /8 score

runs

Zaman Khan *

1 (1)

Liam Hatcher

3 (3)

Matthew Kuhnemann

2 /18

17.6 Matthew Kuhnemann to Zaman Khan, tossed up wide outside off, turns away. Khan punches it down to long off for a single.

Zaman Khan, RHB, walks in at no.10

Surely, this is the final nail in the coffin for the Thunder. Green denied a single and lost his wicket in the next ball

17.5 Matthew Kuhnemann to Chris Green, GONE! THE REFUSED RUN BITES GREEN BACK! Tossed up at a length outside off, turns away. Green tries to slash at it but gets a top edge towards cover, where the fielder runs back and takes the catch quite comfortably! The Thunder are in deep trouble.

Chris Green c Mitchell Swepson b Matthew Kuhnemann 30 (20b, 5x4, 0x6)

17.4 Matthew Kuhnemann to Chris Green, flatter and quicker on middle and leg. Green drives it down to long on and refuses the run.

17.3 Matthew Kuhnemann to Liam Hatcher, back of a length outside off, turns away. Hatcher prods it to wide of point for a single.

17.2 Matthew Kuhnemann to Chris Green, back of a length and wide outside off, turns away. Green cuts it to cover for a run.

17.1 Matthew Kuhnemann to Liam Hatcher, incoming delivery on middle and leg. Hatcher pushes it to long on for a single.

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