Full and wide outside off, reaches for it and slices wide of the third man fielder, McKenzie covered his ground but made a sloppy recovery, in the meantime the batters decide to run three and finish off the game
Stars vs Heat, 4th Match at Melbourne, BBL, Dec 18 2024 - Match Result
Heat won by 8 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)
That concludes our work for today. I hope that was enjoyable to all of you. See you at the next game. On behalf of the entire crew, I'm signing off.
Player of the Match Jimmy Peirson: "So pleasing to get the job done against them (Melbourne Stars). They will go well (teammates) and enjoy the competition this year. The basics were really good. Our bowling was not good that much last year so yeah it was obviously a red flag but I was backing the team to restrict them under 160. We had a good side, and the target was good too. They're all pleased to get down, a little bit scratchy but we've got down there. (Lot of Queensland elements in the team) Yeah, we knew the basics would get the job done. Like I said. Pleased to see Maxie (Bryant) back in the side after missing out most of the last year, with a strong outfield player in every game so if you're going to come and have impacts straight away, it was fantastic."
In this BBL season, the side batting second has already won four straight games! Despite missing many of the team's top players, the Brisbane Heat won the game convincingly. When facing the Melbourne Stars bowlers, they never seemed to have any problems. The groundwork was established by Wood and Peirson's first partnership of 55 runs. The Brisbane Heat won their opening game of the season Peirson and Bryant batted comfortably, striking the Melbourne Stars bowlers all over the ground. However, the Melbourne Stars' dropped chances, sloppy body language in the field and missed fielding give the impression that they are not very driven. After losing consecutive games, the home team will need to make a great recovery in every area to turn things around.
Brisbane Heat won the match by 8 wickets
Tossed up ball, slog sweeps firmly wide of the mid wicket fielder and takes a double
Fuller length around off, plays it inside-out and finds the gap, Webster cuts it off from near the extra cover ropes
Muscles it away! Short of a length ball, hangs back and swings it away, places it nicely between the long on and deep mid wicket fielders
Tossed up ball on the stumps, knocked straight to mid off region, sloppy fielding from the Stars and the batters complete a quick single
Flighted ball on the off stump, dances down the ground and smacks it straight to the sight screen
Tossed up fuller length around off, reverse sweep wide of the short third man fielder and Curran spills it! Difficult chance diving to his right side shoulder height but he should have taken it
19 runs off 18 balls, McKenzie to bowl out his last over
Back of a length ball on the stumps, plays off the back foot to covers
Low full-toss delivery, swings it away straight to mid wicket, goes through the legs of Kellaway, poor effort from the fielder, runs off to the boundary ropes
Short of a length ball on the stumps, tucked straight to mid wicket
Fuller length on the stumps, swats straight down the ground past Stoinis for a single. Stoinis hurt his pinky finger while trying to stop the ball
Slower through the air around off, moves across and attempts to clear the fine leg area with the scoop shot, does not connect the ball
Three-quarter length on the stumps, pulled away half-heartedly towards deep mid wicket
Overpitched ball around off, shovels it away through the covers
Fuller length on the stumps, driven straight down the ground to long on
Short of a length ball on the leg stump, wild swing and finds the gap between backward square leg and deep mid wicket, second boundary of the over
Back of a length on middle-leg, tucked away aerially through mid wicket region
Short and wide down the leg side, stands tall and pulls it away over short fine leg fielder, no chance for backward square leg to cut it off
Fuller length on middle-leg, clipped away through the mid wicket region and picks up his 6th BBL 50!
Power Surge is taken
Fuller length on the fifth stump channel, Bryant hangs back and plays it late, guides it softly past the diving wicket keeper through the slip region for a boundary
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Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
Toss | Brisbane Heat, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2024/25 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 19.15 start, First Session 19.15-20.45, Interval 20.45-21.05, Second Session 21.05-22.35 |
Match days | 18 December 2024 - night (20-over match) |
T20 debut | |
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Match Referee | |
Points | Brisbane Heat 2, Melbourne Stars 0 |
Over 19 • BH 163/2
Heat won by 8 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)