Thunder win by 29 runs. Far too good. Callum Ferguson's sensible innings was the difference. Both teams batsmen perished too often taking on the enormous boundaries at the Gabba but Ferguson paced his innings perfectly. The Thunder bowlers did a great job to defend the total of 172. Their spinners were excellent.

Callum Ferguson is Player of the Match. "You don't win too many when you're 3 down in the powerplay. Really pleased with the character shown by our batters. We ended up with a winning score on the board. We were confident with that score."

That wraps up our coverage from the Gabba. Great start for the Thunder. The Heat have work to do. Join us again tomorrow for game two between the Sydney Sixers and the Perth Scorchers at the SCG.

19.2
W
Sams to Laughlin, OUT, caught at deep midwicket! In the slot on leg, he swungs through the line, hits it well but it's the long boundary and Ross is there to swallow the catch

B Laughlin c Ross b Sams 7 (9b 0x4 0x6) SR: 77.77

19.2
1w
Sams to Laughlin, 1 wide, slower ball bouncer, but too high and called wide
19.1
1
Sams to Zahir Khan, 1 run, dropped by Cook coming in off the backward point fence! He sliced this high over point, Cook raced in and slides on his knees and spills it

Sams to bowl the last

END OF OVER:
19 | 5 Runs | BH: 141/9 (32 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.42, RRR: 32.00)

  • Ben Laughlin7 (8b)
  • Zahir Khan2 (2b)
  • Chris Tremain4-0-27-1
  • Arjun Nair4-0-22-2
18.6
0
Tremain to Laughlin, no run, slower ball yorker wide of off, he swings and misses
18.5
1
Tremain to Zahir Khan, 1 run, yorker outside off, he square drives to deep point
18.4
1
Tremain to Laughlin, 1 run, wide low yorker, he drags this to long on
18.3
1
Tremain to Zahir Khan, 1 run, full toss at middle, he backs away and square drives to deep point

Around the wicket

18.2
1
Tremain to Laughlin, 1 run, full and straighter, he thumps a drive to long off and they take the run this time

Purv Negandhi: "For those saying that " it's going to be the same old story with Heat", let me remind you guys that Chris Lynn captaining one of the teams in the T10 League this year got Man of The Series and that team were champions as well..so maybe we should give some time for Chris to be refreshed and lead Brisbane Heat well."

18.2
1w
Tremain to Laughlin, 1 wide, wide yorker, on the guide line and called wide again!
18.1
0
Tremain to Laughlin, no run, full and wide and he hammers a drive to long off and opts not to run!

END OF OVER:
18 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | BH: 136/9 (37 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.55, RRR: 18.50)

  • Ben Laughlin5 (4b)
  • Zahir Khan0 (0b)
  • Arjun Nair4-0-22-2
  • Daniel Sams2-0-32-1
17.6
1
Nair to Laughlin, 1 run, off break spinning back from outside off, he's back and pushing to cover
17.5
W
Nair to Swepson, OUT, caught at long on! This was tossed up and he tries to loft down the ground, gets under it and it flies straight to Green in the deep

MJ Swepson c Green b Nair 3 (5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 60.00

17.4
0
Nair to Swepson, no run, tossed up outside off, he should have been stumped! Gilkes missed the stumps. He was out of his ground as he swung hard but he just got his foot back as Gilkes broke the stumps on the third attempt
17.3
1
Nair to Laughlin, 1 run, length ball, he chips this just back past the bowler and down long off
17.2
2
Nair to Laughlin, 2 runs, tossed up on off, he whips this to the gap at deep midwicket and they pick up two
17.1
1
Nair to Swepson, 1 run, full on off, he drives to long off

Arjun Nair

END OF OVER:
17 | 15 Runs 1 Wkt | BH: 131/8 (42 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.70, RRR: 14.00)

  • Mitchell Swepson2 (2b)
  • Ben Laughlin1 (1b)
  • Daniel Sams2-0-32-1
  • Chris Green4-0-19-2
16.6
1
Sams to Swepson, 1 run, full on off, he clears the left leg and slices this to long off

Around the wicket

16.5
1
Sams to Laughlin, 1 run, slower ball, on off, he defends to cover
16.4
W
Sams to Cutting, OUT, bowled him! Yorker through the legs! Sams gets his man. Cutting stepped back and across to launch again, Sams fired the yorker at the base of off, it sneaked between his legs and lit up the stumps!

BCJ Cutting b Sams 28 (18b 2x4 2x6) SR: 155.55

16.3
6
Sams to Cutting, SIX, length slower ball, 119kph, he frees the arms and launches this over long on! Can't give him that kind of room to swing.
16.2
0
Sams to Cutting, no run, bouncer over middle, he ducks under it
16.1
6
Sams to Cutting, SIX, full in the slot, he sits back and launches this straight! He hits the sightscreen on the full. He set a great base to nail that
16.1
1w
Sams to Cutting, 1 wide, full and way too wide of off

Daniel Sams back after leaking 17 in the first over

END OF OVER:
16 | 5 Runs 2 Wkts | BH: 116/7 (57 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 7.25, RRR: 14.25)

  • Ben Cutting16 (14b)
  • Mitchell Swepson1 (1b)
  • Chris Green4-0-19-2
  • Chris Tremain3-0-22-1
15.6
1
Green to Cutting, 1 run, fuller on leg, he whips this to deep midwicket

Heat 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st18T BantonM Bryant
2nd12CA LynnM Bryant
3rd10CA LynnMT Renshaw
4th27MT RenshawSD Heazlett
5th14BCJ CuttingMT Renshaw
6th32BCJ CuttingMT Steketee
7th1BCJ CuttingJK Lalor
8th15BCJ CuttingMJ Swepson
9th6B LaughlinMJ Swepson
10th8B LaughlinZahir Khan

Big Bash League

TeamMWLPTNRR
MS14104200.526
SS1494190.269
AS1485170.564
HH146713-0.355
ST146713-0.446
PS146812-0.023
BH146812-0.237
MR143116-0.348