Get Ball by Ball Commentary of Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Thunder, Big Bash League 2021, 14th Match

Billings set up Thunder' score of 196, and that turned out to be enough eventually. They are up to No. 3 in the points table after a comfortable win, with Heat stuck at No. 7. Today's action done, don't forget to join us for the rest of the tournament. Until then, it is a goodbye and goodnight from Binoy, PDP and me, Himanshu!

Saqib Mahmood is the Player of the Match: "Everything was coming together. We started with hard lengths, and get the ball swinging. We [the English guys] were having a chat this morning... I joined the team this Monday itself."

Tom: "What a time to be a Somerset, England and Heat fan...just hope Abell's OK :("

9.54pm A spirited fight from Heat's tailenders, but not enough to get over line against Thunder. All the hosts have managed to do is ensure their net run rate didn't take as much of a battering as expected, as Bartlett and Steketee fought with the bat.

17.3

T Sangha to Mujeeb Ur Rahman, OUT, shout for leg before, and given! Game over. Mujeeb goes for the reverse-sweep first ball, but the ball is on a fullish length on middle, as he misses it completely, with the ball striking him right in front of the stumps. Looked the umpire raised his finger even before Sangha completed the appeal, and so Thunder win by 53 runs

Mujeeb Ur Rahman lbw b T Sangha 0 (2m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

Mujeeb the new man in. Sangha from over the wicket.

17.2

T Sangha to Swepson, OUT, and bowled him next ball! Again he makes tries to make room by getting his front leg out of the way, as the ball is short of a length on off, and slides on with the arm. There was no turn there, as it went on straight to clip off stump. Ninth man gone for Heat, and Sangha has his second

MJ Swepson b T Sangha 4 (3m 2b 1x4 0x6) SR: 200.00

17.1

T Sangha to Swepson, FOUR, Beats deep point to his left. Makes room to that tossed up ball which is pretty full on middle and off, and lofts that bang

END OF OVER:
17 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | BH: 139/8 (58 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.17, RRR: 19.33)

Xavier Bartlett42 (29b)

Daniel Sams3-0-30-1
Chris Green4-0-29-1

16.6

Sams to Steketee, OUT, and the partnership is finally broken! Short of a length ball outside off, and he looked like trying to swat that away to the on side, but the ball bounced a bit too much for his liking since it was banged in pretty short. The ball took the upper half of the bat to extra cover, where Sangha had to take a few steps behind to complete the grab

MT Steketee c JJS Sangha b Sams 33 (38m 24b 2x4 1x6) SR: 137.50

16.5

Sams to Bartlett, 1 run, change of pace again, and the ball is pretty full and outside off. Drilled between the stumps and the non-striker, as long-on gives the chase to his left

16.4

Sams to Steketee, 1 run, cut away to dee point. Short and wide of off, and he swings at that after riding the bounce while playing with a bit of room

Chris: "Bartlett's newfound batting ability may be down to the fact that he isn't constantly being substituted out this season…"

16.3

Sams to Bartlett, 1 run, high-ish full-toss a touch wide of off, and flung to long-on from deep in the crease

16.2

Sams to Steketee, 1 run, slower delivery on a fullish length and wide of off. Pushed down to long-on

Around the stumps to Steketee too

16.1

Sams to Bartlett, 1 run, full ball just outside off, and swung across the line off the inside half of the bat to the man at square leg

Sams back. Around the stumps.

END OF OVER:
16 | 13 Runs | BH: 134/7 (63 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 8.37, RRR: 15.75)

Xavier Bartlett39 (26b)
Mark Steketee31 (21b)

Chris Green4-0-29-1
Nathan McAndrew3-0-25-0

15.6

Green to Bartlett, 1 run, straighter ball, and fuller on middle. Nudged to deep midwicket

15.5

Green to Bartlett, 2 runs, manages to get that wide and to the right of short third man. Short ball outside off, and gets an outside edge off his heave

15.4

Green to Bartlett, 2 runs, shortish in length on middle, and pulled toward deep midwicket from deep in the crease

Stays around to Bartlett

15.3

Green to Steketee, 1 run, very full again, but this time on middle and leg. Drilled to long-off after making room

Heat INNINGS		R	B
CA Lynn	caught	4	3
M Bryant	run out	2	3
BM Duckett	caught	2	2
SD Heazlett	caught	5	6
TLW Cooper	caught	32	18
JJ Peirson	caught	0	3
JJ Bazley	caught	9	14
XC Bartlett	not out	42	29
MT Steketee	caught	33	24
MJ Swepson	bowled	4	2
Mujeeb Ur Rahman	lbw	0	1
EXTRAS	(b 1, lb 1, w 8)
TOTAL	143 (all out; 17.3 ovs)

Thunder BOWLING	O	R	W	Econ
S Mahmood	3.0	22	4	7.33	(2w)
DR Sams	3.0	30	1	10.00	(1w)
N McAndrew	3.0	25	0	8.33	(2w)
CJ Green	4.0	29	1	7.25	(2w)
T Sangha	3.3	26	3	7.42	(1w)
BCJ Cutting	1.0	9	0	9.00

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	4	CA Lynn	M Bryant
2nd	4	BM Duckett	M Bryant
3rd	6	SD Heazlett	M Bryant
4th	1	TLW Cooper	M Bryant
5th	0	TLW Cooper	JJ Peirson
6th	44	TLW Cooper	JJ Bazley
7th	1	JJ Bazley	XC Bartlett
8th	79	MT Steketee	XC Bartlett
9th	4	MJ Swepson	XC Bartlett
10th	0	Mujeeb Ur Rahman	XC Bartlett

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
PS	14	11	3	40	0.926
SS	14	9	4	35	1.027
ST	14	9	5	35	0.725
AS	14	6	8	28	0.237
HH	14	7	7	27	-0.332
MS	14	7	7	26	-0.222
BH	14	3	11	16	-0.91
MR	14	3	10	16	-1.477

END OF OVER:
17 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | BH: 139/8 (58 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.17, RRR: 19.33)

END OF OVER:
16 | 13 Runs | BH: 134/7 (63 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 8.37, RRR: 15.75)

Match Coverage

Mahmood, Billings and Sangha propel Sydney Thunder to victory

Heat 2nd innings Partnerships

Big Bash League

END OF OVER:17 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | BH: 139/8 (58 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.17, RRR: 19.33)

END OF OVER:16 | 13 Runs | BH: 134/7 (63 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 8.37, RRR: 15.75)

Mahmood, Billings and Sangha propel Sydney Thunder to victory

END OF OVER:
17 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | BH: 139/8 (58 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.17, RRR: 19.33)

END OF OVER:
16 | 13 Runs | BH: 134/7 (63 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 8.37, RRR: 15.75)