- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.6 only three off the over so far, and the pressure tells on Khawaja, who takes on deep midwicket against this flighted delivery, and ends up picking out the fielder 66/114.3 Round the wicket again to the right-hander, and he goes hard, into the pitch, and into the body as Labuschagne looks to create room. Cramped on the pull, he ends up hitting in the air, to the left of Stoinis who takes a good, low catch running in off the midwicket boundary 148/218.1 trusts in his hard-length, into-the-body method, and gets the reward. Billings looks to create room, NCN follows him, and he cramps him on the pull and gets him caught at deep square leg 193/3Extras24 (lb 6, nb 1, w 17)TOTAL214/3 (20 Overs, RR: 10.7)Fall of wickets: 1-66 (Usman Khawaja, 6.6 ov), 2-148 (Marnus Labuschagne, 14.3 ov), 3-193 (Sam Billings, 18.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB OP Stone 4 0 38 0 9.50 9 4 1 2 1 JS Paris 4 0 46 1 11.50 2 7 0 1 0 GJ Maxwell 3 0 44 1 14.66 7 2 3 2 0 NM Coulter-Nile 4 0 35 1 8.75 4 2 1 2 0 Usama Mir 2 0 20 0 10.00 3 1 1 1 0 LA Dawson 3 0 25 0 8.33 3 3 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.6 two wickets in the first over! Neser is all over the Stars! Goes short, angles it a long way across Rogers to make the left-hander drag his pull from well outside off stump. Gets it to bounce quite high too. All he manages is a top-edge that climbs high into the night sky before dropping into Billings' gloves behind the stumps. Didn't have to move much at all 6/20.3 four more, and it's off the pad, but is there a chance Harper's out here? Shuffles a long way across, misses the flick, and the ball runs away very fine, to the fine leg boundary, and Heat think long and hard and call for an lbw review. Impact is definitely in line because he's moved a long way across his stumps, exposing leg stump and a bit of middle, and the ball has nipped in to beat his inside edge. He's on his toes, and it's hit near his knee roll... It's done a lot off the pitch, but not enough to miss leg stump. It's hitting a good chunk of it, according to ball-tracking, and Neser has got Heat the early breakthrough 5/17.3 gottim! That's quick and skiddy and homing in on the stumps, and Burns pays the price for making room and trying to cut the wrong ball. Had to take his chances, though, with the required rate what it is, and loses his off stump int he process 54/55.6 gone, Swepson's got the big wicket! Full on leg stump, and it's perhaps too full for Maxwell to get the desired power and elevation on this reverse-sweep. Hits it well, but straight to the man at deep cover 49/36.4 four down, Stoinis is gone! It's short and wide, and Stoinis would have slapped that either side of the short extra-cover fielder for four on another day, but on this day he hits it straight to the man, Khawaja, who grabs it in both hands, over his head to his left 52/412.5 Seven down. Back of a length, angling into the hip, and he takes on the man on the square leg boundary with the pull, but can't quite clear him. Judges the catch well in the end, finishing a foot or so in front of the rope 98/711.1 short, angling across to off stump, and Dawson can't control his pull against that angle. Goes high in the air, towards deep square leg, and he moves a few yards to his left and completes a simple catch 88/614.1 looks to step across and scoop this full, stump-to-stump ball over short fine leg, but it's the slower one, and he's unable to manufacture the pace he needs to clear that fielder. Ends up as a simple catch to Swepson 108/814.4 slower length ball on the stumps, and is that the match? Paris sweeps in the air, and deep backward square leg, Walter, comes in off the rope and takes a lovely low catch diving forward 109/915.1 and there's the game. Legbreak targeting the stumps, and Stone sweeps and misses. The Heat have won by 103 runs 111/10Extras2 (lb 1, w 1)TOTAL111 all out (15.1 Overs, RR: 7.31)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Sam Harper, 0.3 ov), 2-6 (Thomas Rogers, 0.6 ov), 3-49 (Glenn Maxwell, 5.6 ov), 4-52 (Marcus Stoinis, 6.4 ov), 5-54 (Joe Burns, 7.3 ov), 6-88 (Liam Dawson, 11.1 ov), 7-98 (Hilton Cartwright, 12.5 ov), 8-108 (Usama Mir, 14.1 ov), 9-109 (Joel Paris, 14.4 ov), 10-111 (Olly Stone, 15.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MG Neser 3 0 30 2 10.00 8 1 3 0 0 XC Bartlett 3 0 8 2 2.66 10 0 0 0 0 SH Johnson 2 0 25 1 12.50 5 4 1 0 0 MJ Swepson 3.1 0 23 3 7.26 8 2 1 0 0 MP Kuhnemann 3 0 17 1 5.66 4 0 0 0 0 PI Walter 1 0 7 1 7.00 1 0 0 1 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Melbourne Stars , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
07 December 2023 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Brisbane Heat 2, Melbourne Stars 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 4.0 (Mandatory - 43 runs, 0 wicket)
- Brisbane Heat: 50 runs in 4.3 overs (27 balls), Extras 8
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 27 balls (UT Khawaja 20, C Munro 22, Ex 8)
- C Munro: 50 off 33 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Brisbane Heat: 100 runs in 9.5 overs (59 balls), Extras 13
- Drinks: Brisbane Heat - 101/1 in 10.0 overs (C Munro 51, M Labuschagne 9)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 23 balls (C Munro 31, M Labuschagne 11, Ex 9)
- Brisbane Heat: 150 runs in 14.5 overs (89 balls), Extras 18
- Powerplay 2: Overs 16.1 - 18.0 (Batting side - 31 runs, 0 wicket)
- Brisbane Heat: 200 runs in 19.2 overs (117 balls), Extras 23
- Innings Break: Brisbane Heat - 214/3 in 20.0 overs (C Munro 99, M Bryant 15)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 4.0 (Mandatory - 37 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 0.3: Review by Brisbane Heat (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - P Wilson, Batter - SB Harper (Upheld)
- Melbourne Stars: 50 runs in 6.1 overs (37 balls), Extras 1
- Drinks: Melbourne Stars - 73/5 in 10.0 overs (HWR Cartwright 15, LA Dawson 5)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 12.0 (Batting side - 20 runs, 1 wicket)
- Melbourne Stars: 100 runs in 12.6 overs (78 balls), Extras 2
Match Coverage
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