END OF OVER:20 | 7 Runs | BH: 214/7 | RR: 10.70
- Michael Neser6 (5b)
- Xavier Bartlett1 (2b)
- Lloyd Pope4-0-39-2
- Cameron Boyce4-0-50-2
Sowmya : "Take out Brown's pyrotechnics, the heat didn't have much to show. The strikers' batters are in good enough form to scale this tall ask down. Spencer Johnson Vs the shorts , Weatherald would be key match ups. " Let's see how that goes. Stay tuned, chase starting soon.
Barry: "I get the feeling that this is an average pitch and Brown has played a blinder."
Muzaffar: "Literally just messaged my nephew Heat are looking good for 250 here and they go and have a collapse of sorts (though don't know if you can call it a collapse with 200 on the board haha)"
8:09pm Brown's one-man show has been the front and centre of Heat's innings. He chanced an arm every time he could and finished with finished with 10 fours and 12 sixes (112 boundary runs) in his 57-ball 140. He stood still, he made room, he backed away and used the crease; he did it all to dispatch it to all parts. His hitting made the Surge almost seem irrelevant. He got some support from McSweeney, the skipper, after Wakim's inclusion didn't pay off. Renshaw then let him do his thing. He made 57 off 25 in the 65-run stand. The rest of the batters made 74 among them. His wicket allowed Heat's spinners to finally get in the game. The late collapse has reduced the target by maybe 20-30 runs but 214 is huge in a knockout match.
Sunitha : "215 if definitely more chaseable than 245 ! A thriller on the cards !"
ChrisTaunton: "What the...! Doesn't anyone other than Josh Brown know how to bat?"
Pope to close things out. The spinners have turned things around, can Neser give Heat a big finish?
END OF OVER:19 | 3 Runs 2 Wkts | BH: 207/7 | RR: 10.89
- Michael Neser1 (1b)
- Cameron Boyce4-0-50-2
- Lloyd Pope3-0-33-2
JJ Peirson c MW Short b Boyce 4 (5m 5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 80.00
Neser in
M Bryant c MW Short b Boyce 9 (8m 5b 2x4 0x6) SR: 180.00
END OF OVER:18 | 4 Runs 2 Wkts | BH: 204/5 | RR: 11.33
- Jimmy Peirson2 (1b)
- Max Bryant9 (4b)
- Lloyd Pope3-0-33-2
- David Payne3-0-17-2
A rare good over for Strikers.
Matthew: "Strikers have saved themselves 40 runs here! "
PI Walter st †Nielsen b Pope 0 (1m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
Ryan : "Short and Weatherald are going to both need to go Coco Bananas tonight to catch this total"
MT Renshaw c Kelly b Pope 6 (30m 9b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66
Jack: "Wow Josh Brown. I wonder if any franchises somewhere are looking into him now..."
END OF OVER:17 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | BH: 200/3 | RR: 11.76
- Max Bryant8 (3b)
- Matt Renshaw5 (7b)
- David Payne3-0-17-2
- Henry Thornton4-0-34-1
Vinod Rajpal: ""A very colorful innings by Brown, he has given all the Heat bowlers needed in this knock-out match""
Hamza: "Gayle's 175 was genuinely under threat with Brown on 140 with 4 overs to go.Big Jamaican will be relieved but what an astonishing knock."
Manoj was right as Brown just said the bowlers fed him in his slot
Peege: "The Superman theme playing in the background as Brown walked off is a nice touch. What an absolute treat that was!"
J Brown c †Nielsen b Payne 140 (71m 57b 10x4 12x6) SR: 245.61