31/01Result
Knockout (N), Big Bash League at Canberra, Jan 31 2021
Heat won by 7 wkts (5b rem)
Player of the Match
Sam HeazlettBrisbane Heat
31/01Result
Knockout (N), Big Bash League at Canberra, Jan 31 2021
Heat won by 7 wkts (5b rem)
Player of the Match
Sam HeazlettBrisbane Heat

END OF OVER:
20 | 14 Runs | ST: 158/8 | RR: 7.90

  • Ben Cutting34 (18b)
  • Brendan Doggett10 (4b)
  • Morne Morkel4-0-37-1
  • Mark Steketee3-0-22-2

In case you missed it, big news earlier in the evening with Thursday's Challenger having to be moved from Perth to Canberra due to Covid issues in Perth. It means the Scorchers, who earned the right to host the Challenger, have to stay in Canberra to face the winner of tonight's Knockout.

8.55pm Innings break Cutting plays a little gem to give the Thunder something to defend. They were in real trouble without his four sixes. It was another excellent bowling performance from the Heat. If they had caught better they would definitely be chasing something well under 150. Can the Thunder defend that?

Ramma: "I don't think it's right that the X factor can bowl 4 overs, if the replaced player has bowled one. Effectively, that one player bowls 5 overs. Surely the total between should be 4 overs"

Finn: "What value does Laughlin really add to this Brisbane team? He bats 11 and has barely taken a wicket all season. I find it so strange that Wildermuth doesnt start ahead of him."

Adam hamdule: "Ben cutting finishing this inning like he did For SRH in IPL 2016 finals."

19.6
1b
Morkel to Cutting, 1 bye, 140kph, yorker outside off, perfectly bowled, gets under the bat and they run a bye to Peirson
19.5
6
Morkel to Cutting, SIX, cracked over deep midwicket! Extraordinary power! Short slower ball again outside off, he hammered it flat to deep square midwicket, Labuschagne is on the rope but it clears him!

Sarat: "19.2 that was a hard call of Wide on Morkel, especially when Cutting took one step towards stumps"

19.4
0
Morkel to Cutting, no run, full and wide, he reaches out and mistimes a drive to cover
19.3
0
Morkel to Cutting, no run, short slower ball outside off, it grips in the surface, Cutting is beaten for the lack of pace

Back over the wicket

19.2
6
Morkel to Cutting, SIX, full toss heaved high over midwicket! Full toss in the slot, Cutting was waiting and he nailed it high over deep midwicket into the crowd

Around the wicket

19.2
1w
Morkel to Cutting, 1 wide, 135kph, yorker down leg and Cutting leaves it alone

Chris: "These professional cricketers make some pretty amateur mistakes... hard to watch at times..."

19.1
0
Morkel to Cutting, no run, lofted flat and straight to long off and it just lands short of Laughlin running in! He blocked it on the half volley. They didn't run

Morkel to bowl the last. Long off back and deep midwicket. No one at deep square.

END OF OVER:
19 | 10 Runs 2 Wkts | ST: 144/8 | RR: 7.57

  • Brendan Doggett10 (4b)
  • Ben Cutting22 (12b)
  • Mark Steketee3-0-22-2
  • Morne Morkel3-0-24-1

John : "Peter- as a heat fan I would never call them home, no matter the score. Also can't understand why wildermuth can't make this side. His bowling has been good all season and he is a handy lower order batter. Surely he was a better option than morkel at the 10 over Mark or instead of laughlin from the start. "

18.6
4
Steketee to Doggett, FOUR, Four it is! Sliced over short third man! Full wide yorker, he reached out and opened the face to slice it off the outside edge high over short third man. Well manufactured.

Cutting comes down to Doggett and says: "Six, four or two mate"

18.5
2
Steketee to Doggett, 2 runs, 115kph, slower ball, he swings hard and slices this high over backward point

Srik: "That was no-brainer run from Cutting, y does he want to get on to non-striker end syring Power Surge ????"

18.4
0
Steketee to Doggett, no run, quick bouncer over leg, he backs away to upper cut but is beaten for pace
18.3
4
Steketee to Doggett, FOUR, full toss muscled straight of mid off! Steketee missed his yorker and Doggett gets enough bat on it to clear mid off
18.2
W
Steketee to Cutting, OUT, nearly lbw but Milne is run out trying for a leg bye! A full yorker at the base of leg, he missed it and was hit on the back foot, the umpire thinks it pitched outside leg and did. Good decision. But Cutting runs madly for a leg bye and Milne was caught by surprised. Steketee was way ahead of him in his follow through and just underarmed onto the stumps

AF Milne run out 0 (0b 0x4 0x6) SR: -

Cutting is on strike as they crossed. Steketee is actually on a hat-trick. Around the wicket

18.1
W
Steketee to Green, OUT, sliced off the toe of the bat straight up to cover! Easy catch for Burns. He backed away touch, it was a wide full toss, he reached out and got it off the toe and spooned it high towards cover but it was a very easy catch

CJ Green c Burns b Steketee 2 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66

Power Surge for the last two overs. How many can they get with just two men out? Steketee on to bowl the first

END OF OVER:
18 | 11 Runs | ST: 134/6 | RR: 7.44

  • Ben Cutting22 (11b)
  • Chris Green2 (2b)
  • Morne Morkel3-0-24-1
  • Marnus Labuschagne4-0-32-1

Peter Boyle : "As a thunder fan it's goodnight thunder- if the heat lose from herethere should be an inquiry "

17.6
2
Morkel to Cutting, 2 runs, 139kph, full outside off, he backs away and deliberately steers this up and over backward point for two
17.5
0
Morkel to Cutting, no run, shorter slower ball wide of off, he's back and gliding this to backward point
17.4
0
Morkel to Cutting, no run, 128kph, short slower ball, he half ducks and half pulls hitting it straight to midwicket

New ball needed

17.3
6
Morkel to Cutting, SIX, launched on the roof at deep square and it bounces out of the ground! Length ball on off, he was sitting back and he crushed it out of the screws. It sailed onto the roof of the stand, took two hopes off the roof and out of the ground. It's measured at 101 metres
17.3
1w
Morkel to Cutting, 1 wide, full and sprayed wide of off as he was trying to respond to Cutting moving
17.2
1
Morkel to Green, 1 run, back of a length, on off, he pushes off the back foot to cover-point

Tasmeem: "How often we've seen teams do this and lose wickets just before the power surge to leave them short with strike options. What's the point of waiting till the last moment with no set batsman and opposition with momentum? Thought the teams would've learnt their lessons by now."

17.1
1
Morkel to Cutting, 1 run, 142kph, full outside off, he gives room and carves it with a helicopter flourish towards deep cover-point but short of the man in the deep

Morkel again

END OF OVER:
17 | 13 Runs | ST: 123/6 | RR: 7.23

  • Ben Cutting13 (6b)
  • Chris Green1 (1b)
  • Marnus Labuschagne4-0-32-1
  • Mitchell Swepson4-0-28-2

Ajay Kumar: "Hope Ben Cutting cuts loose - to make it interesting!!"

16.6
1
Labuschagne to Cutting, 1 run, shorter leg break, he's back and working this to deep midwicket
16.5
0
Labuschagne to Cutting, no run, quicker wrong un, outside leg, he backs away but doesn't pick the wrong un, mistimes back to the bowler
16.4
6
Labuschagne to Cutting, SIX, full toss launched over wide long on! Too full, he got down on one knee and slog swept hard over wide long on and it was dropped in the crowd!
16.3
4
Labuschagne to Cutting, FOUR, cut hard past cover! Shorter and slower outside off, he gives himself room and thrashes it past cover and it races away
16.2
1
Labuschagne to Green, 1 run, short and wide, 80kph, he's back and cutting to deep point

Heat 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st2JL DenlyCA Lynn
2nd12CA LynnM Labuschagne
3rd56M LabuschagneSD Heazlett
4th92JJ PeirsonSD Heazlett

Big Bash League

TeamMWLPTNRR
SS1495360.257
PS1485320.851
ST1486310.949
BH147729-0.286
AS1477280.105
HH147728-0.187
MS1458240.14
MR1441016-1.727