- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.5 soft, soft dismissal! Seems like a leg-cutter, hung up on a length wide outside off. Munro wants to launch this downtown but clinks it off the lower half of the bat. Spoons it towards mid off, and that is a very regulation chance. Early success for the Strikers, and for Liam Scott! 8/14.2 another tame dismissal! Back of a length outside off. Stops a little in the surface, along with a hint of tennis-ball bounce. Wildermuth tries to slap it over mid off but the ball gets big enough on him. Spliced straight to Wood at mid off, and the Strikers are in control here! 17/32.3 goes straight up, and the Strikers have another! Back of a length outside off and this shapes away late. Hearne has a short-arm-jab across the line but the late movement does for him. A tame chip off the leading edge and Overton does the rest at mid off! 11/25.3 has Renshaw been run out?! Length outside off. Bryant tips it to point and calls for the single. Renshaw has to dash across and matters have been complicated by a Chris Lynn direct hit. Oh, this is a lot closer than it first seemed. A matter of a frame on the first replay, but the second replay shows that Renshaw is just short of the crease. Bat not even on the line, in fact, and a moment of magic from Chris Lynn has piled further misery on his former side! 20/45.6 nicked and gone! Heat five down! Well, things have just gone further south for the Heat in South Australia. This is an innocuous delivery, on a shortish length outside off. Bryant wafts at it and all he manages is a feather through to the keeper. Heat in all sorts now! 21/516.4 goes straight up, and taken! Off-pace on a length on middle and off. Weibgen continues swinging like a rusty gate but is too early into the stroke. Only gets height and Harvey, in a slightly unfamiliar role with the gloves, settles under it in the leg slip region and makes no mistake! 103/810.2 chopped on, and the trademark Hasan Ali celebration is out! Back of a length outside off and this seems to skid through. Peirson wants to dab this behind point but does not have a truckload of width to work with. The ball jams off the inside edge and cannons into the stumps! 47/612.1 gloved to short fine leg, and that is that for Bartlett with the bat! Sharp short ball on middle and leg, bowled at more than 148kph. This climbs through and Bartlett is awfully cramped for room. Cannot free his arms on the pull and the ball lobs up off the glove. The Power Surge claims another batter in the BBL! 67/717.1 peach, and Hasan has his second! Not sure many top order batters would have had a prayer there. Hard length, pitching just outside off and decking back in sharply. Balkin gets cut in half and the ball whistles past his inside edge to crash into the top of middle and off! 105/919.4 Catch it is the cry, and that is what Manenti does! Darted in on a length just outside leg. Patterson hares down and swings at it with every sinew in his body. Slices it terribly, though, and Manenti running backwards and to his right from mid off, does the rest! 121/10Extras9 (w 9)TOTAL121 all out (19.4 Overs, RR: 6.15)Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Colin Munro, 1.5 ov), 2-11 (Lachlan Hearne, 2.3 ov), 3-17 (Jack Wildermuth, 4.2 ov), 4-20 (Matt Renshaw, 5.3 ov), 5-21 (Max Bryant, 5.6 ov), 6-47 (Jimmy Peirson, 10.2 ov), 7-67 (Xavier Bartlett, 12.1 ov), 8-103 (Hugh Weibgen, 16.4 ov), 9-105 (Thomas Balkin, 17.1 ov), 10-121 (Oli Patterson, 19.4 ov)
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.1 A big wicket on debut for Patterson! Back of a length delivery pushed across the batter outside off. Short throws his hands at it but cannot keep it down. Cannot get under it enough either and he offers a regulation catch to Kuhnemann, who takes it smartly in front of his face at extra cover. Is there some hope for the Heat now? 51/111.2 holes out to deep square leg! Bumper outside off and this gets really big on Harvey. Almost near his helmet as he makes contact, meaning he cannot muster the requisite power or elevation. Deep square leg runs in and does just enough in the end to hold on! 86/212.1 Wadia bites the dust! Back of a length just outside off. Wadia has a swipe across the line but does not cover the initial line very well. Slices across it way too much and Balkin, stood slightly to the right of the pitch, does the rest! 95/3Extras8 (lb 1, nb 1, w 6)TOTAL125/3 (14.1 Overs, RR: 8.82)Fall of wickets: 1-51 (Matthew Short, 7.1 ov), 2-86 (Mackenzie Harvey, 11.2 ov), 3-95 (Jerrssis Wadia, 12.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB O Patterson 2 0 15 1 7.5 6 2 0 2 0 XC Bartlett 4 0 42 1 10.5 9 4 2 1 0 JD Wildermuth 3 0 18 0 6 10 2 0 1 0 TH Balkin 2 0 17 1 8.5 5 0 1 2 1 MP Kuhnemann 3 0 28 0 9.33 8 1 3 0 0 MT Renshaw 0.1 0 4 0 24 0 1 0 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Adelaide Strikers , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
31 December 2025 - night match (20-over match)
Twenty20 debut
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Adelaide Strikers 2, Brisbane Heat 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 4.0 (Mandatory - 17 runs, 2 wickets)
- Drinks: Brisbane Heat - 46/5 in 10.0 overs (HD Weibgen 10, JJ Peirson 13)
- Brisbane Heat: 50 runs in 11.2 overs (68 balls), Extras 5
- Powerplay 2: Overs 12.1 - 14.0 (Batting side - 7 runs, 1 wicket)
- Brisbane Heat: 100 runs in 15.6 overs (96 balls), Extras 5
- Slow over-rate Penalty: Overs 18.1 - 20.0 (extra fielder inside the circle)
- Innings Break: Brisbane Heat - 121/10 in 19.4 overs (MP Kuhnemann 31)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 4.0 (Mandatory - 33 runs, 0 wicket)
- Adelaide Strikers: 50 runs in 6.4 overs (41 balls), Extras 5
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 41 balls (MW Short 18, CA Lynn 27, Ex 5)
- Over 8.3: Review by Brisbane Heat (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - MW Graham-Smith, Batter - CA Lynn (Struck down)
- Drinks: Adelaide Strikers - 69/1 in 10.0 overs (CA Lynn 38, MW Harvey 6)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 12.0 (Batting side - 26 runs, 1 wicket)
- CA Lynn: 50 off 30 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Adelaide Strikers: 100 runs in 12.5 overs (78 balls), Extras 8
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