Big Bash League 2024: Brisbane Heat vs Hobart Hurricanes Match Preview, Big Bash League 2024

36th T20 • The Gabba • Brisbane

Brisbane Heat

201/6 (20)

Hobart Hurricanes

207/5 (20)

HH won by 5 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Table

Date & Time

16 Jan, 02:00 PM IST

Venue

The Gabba, Brisbane

TV/Streaming

Disney+Hotstar

Match

36th T20,

Umpires

Shawn Craig (Australia), Stephen Dionysius (Australia), Michael Graham-Smith (Australia, TV)

Referee

Steve Davis (Australia)

Toss

Hobart Hurricanes elected to bowl

Pitch Report

PitchFast & Bounce

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

167Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

140.47Avg SR

2nd Innings

155Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

142.1Avg SR

Playing XILineups Out

Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

6- 4

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Brisbane Heat

Hobart Hurricanes

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Max Bryant

BH . BAT

243 Runs

7 Matches

Mitchell Owen

HH . BAT

202 Runs

6 Matches

Matt Renshaw

BH . ALL

200 Runs

7 Matches

Top Bowlers

Xavier Bartlett

BH . BOWL

10 Wkts

7 Matches

Spencer Johnson

BH . BOWL

8 Wkts

5 Matches

Riley Meredith

HH . BOWL

8 Wkts

6 Matches

Playing XILineups Out

Fantasy Top Picks

Expert Team 1

N Ellis

M Owen

Expert Team 2

X Bartlett

M Bryant

Venue Details

The Gabba, Brisbane

PitchFast & Bounce

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

167Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

140.47Avg SR

2nd Innings

155Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

142.1Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

34%Bat First Bowl First66%

Team Batting First

47%Wins Losses53%

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Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Brisbane Heat

Hobart Hurricanes

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

6- 4

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

161

Average Score

159

214/7

Highest Score

214/5

113/10

Lowest Score

74/10

Player of the Match Caleb Jewell

76(49)

Info

Brisbane Heat

201/6 (20)

Batters

Usman Khawaja

(C)

255.56

c JR Doran b N Ellis

Nathan McSweeney

25.00

c CP Jewell b M Bean

Marnus Labuschagne

175.00

c & b N Ellis

Matt Renshaw

160.00

runout (MS Wade / TH David)

Max Bryant

50.00

c RP Meredith b MJ Owen

Tom Alsop

144.44

c TH David b N Ellis

Michael Neser

125.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 5, LB: 3, NB: 1, W: 3)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 10.05)

201/6

Did not Bat

Xavier Bartlett, Mitchell Swepson, Spencer Johnson, Matthew Kuhnemann

Bowlers

EXT

Riley Meredith

14.25

Marcus Bean

8.00

10.50

8.50

11.00

6.67

7.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Nathan McSweeney

c CP Jewell b M Bean

1-9

1.1

Usman Khawaja

c JR Doran b N Ellis

2-34

3.3

Matt Renshaw

runout (MS Wade / TH David)

3-103

9.4

Max Bryant

c RP Meredith b MJ Owen

4-111

11.2

Tom Alsop

c TH David b N Ellis

5-196

19.1

Marnus Labuschagne

c & b N Ellis

6-201

19.6

Hobart Hurricanes

207/5 (20)

Batters

Caleb Jewell

155.10

c NA McSweeney b SH Johnson

Mitchell Owen

220.00

c U Khawaja b SH Johnson

Charlie Wakim

0.00

st TP Alsop b MJ Swepson

Nikhil Chaudhary

144.44

c NA McSweeney b XC Bartlett

Tim David

110.00

c MJ Swepson b SH Johnson

Matthew Wade

166.67

Not out

Jake Doran *

200.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 5, LB: 3, NB: 1, W: 5)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 10.35)

207/5

Did not Bat

Nathan Ellis, Peter Hatzoglou, Riley Meredith, Marcus Bean

Bowlers

EXT

12.25

10.50

6.50

11.25

3.5

8.61

Marnus Labuschagne

0.1

24.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Mitchell Owen

c U Khawaja b SH Johnson

1-80

6.5

Charlie Wakim

st TP Alsop b MJ Swepson

2-85

7.4

Nikhil Chaudhary

c NA McSweeney b XC Bartlett

3-166

15.5

Caleb Jewell

c NA McSweeney b SH Johnson

4-168

16.2

Tim David

c MJ Swepson b SH Johnson

5-189

18.5

Match Info

Date & Time

16 Jan, 02:00 PM IST

Venue

The Gabba, Brisbane

TV/Streaming

Disney+Hotstar

Match

36th T20,

Umpires

Shawn Craig (Australia), Stephen Dionysius (Australia), Michael Graham-Smith (Australia, TV)

Referee

Steve Davis (Australia)

Toss

Hobart Hurricanes elected to bowl

2 W 1 0 4b 0

Over 17

Runs: 7

2 1 1 0 1 4

Over 18

Runs: 9

1 4 2 0 W 2

Over 19

Runs: 9

2 1 4 2 1 6

Over 20

Runs: 16

All Overs

Player of the Match Caleb Jewell

76(49)

Commentary

17:52 PM IST|| That is all we have in this live coverage of the BBL game. This is Samanvaya Sharma signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Arya, as we take your leave now. See you back with another exciting cricketing action. Till then goodbye!

Caleb Jewell (Player of the Match): That was really hard to watch in the end but we have some great finishers. I just tried to take a few risks early and got lucky. Nikhil batted superbly. Yeah I mean we have chased a lot of games this year. We have got some good death batters and yes they did the job. Yeah very good, the crowd has been rolling out for us. Yeah very happy for Matthew Wade. Off to Melbourne, looking forward to that.

17:42 PM IST|| Match Summary|| Hobart Hurricanes won by 5 wickets.

Marnus Labuschagne 77(44) | Caleb Jewell 76(49)
Nathan Ellis 3/42 | Spencer Johnson 3/26

The Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bowl first, inviting the Brisbane Heat to bat at the Gabba stadium. Debutant Marcus Bean made an immediate impact, dismissing Nathan McSweeney in the second over. Bean's outswings caused trouble for the Heat batters, restricting them to 43/2 by the end of the powerplay.

A crucial 68-run partnership between Matt Renshaw and Marnus Labuschagne stabilized the innings. However, Renshaw's dismissal before the drinks break slowed the Heat's momentum. Labuschagne anchored the innings, scoring a vital fifty and adding 85 runs with Tom Alsop. The Heat ultimately reached 201/6, thanks largely to Labuschagne's impressive knock.

The Hobart Hurricanes' bowling unit was led by skipper Nathan Ellis, who took three wickets. Conversely, Riley Meredith had a challenging day, conceding 57 runs without taking a wicket.

In response, the Hobart Hurricanes began aggressively, with Caleb Jewell and Mitchell Owen scoring 17 runs in the first over. The Hurricanes reached 47/0 by the end of the powerplay but faced a brief interruption due to a small fire in the stadium.

Spencer Johnson broke the 80-run partnership between Owen and Jewell, dismissing Owen in the seventh over. Mitchell Swepson soon removed Charlie Wakim, leaving the Hurricanes at 97/2. Caleb Jewell reached his fifty in the 13th over, but the power surge yielded only 14 runs and two wickets, including Jewell's.

With 11 runs required in the final over, Matthew Wade sealed the thriller for the Hobart Hurricanes. The Brisbane Heat's playoff qualification chances became increasingly complex.

Spencer Johnson took three wickets for the Heat, but his efforts were ultimately unsuccessful in preventing the Hurricanes' victory.

overs

207 /5 score

runs

Matthew Wade *

15 (9)

Jake Doran

8 (4)

Xavier Bartlett

1 /42

19.6 Xavier Bartlett to Matthew Wade, SIX! Wade finishes it off in style. A pace on low full toss on the pads, whipped away from his presence with utter disdain and sends it over the backward square leg fence. Hobart Hurricanes win by 5 wickets.

Scores are level now and 1 run needed from 1 ball is all we are down to

19.5 Xavier Bartlett to Jake Doran, slower on a good-length a shade outside off, Doran tries to slash it away towards point, doesn't make any contact but somehow manages to steal a bye single.

2 needed from 2 balls now. Who will have the last laugh?

19.4 Xavier Bartlett to Jake Doran, on a length a shade outside off, Doran stays in his crease and laps it just over the keeper's head and competes a couple.

19.3 Xavier Bartlett to Jake Doran, FOUR! That's an important boundary for Hurricanes and Doran. A slower leg cutter around the middle stump, Doran makes some room and swings across the line, gets a thick outside edge and finds the boundary past short third man.

Game of nerves now for both these sides

19.2 Xavier Bartlett to Matthew Wade, slower on a good-length outside off, Wade swipes it across the line, down towards the widish long-on region, Wade wanted the brace but Doran wasn't quite sure and once he hesitated the second run wasn't on.

19.1 Xavier Bartlett to Matthew Wade, slower back of a length delivery a shade outside off, a mistimed pull down towards the long-on region, exceptional running from Wade, dives full stretched to come back for a brace.

11 required off the final over now and Xavier Bartlett will bowl it

overs

191 /5 score

runs

Jake Doran *

2 (1)

Matthew Wade

6 (6)

Spencer Johnson

3 /26

18.6 Spencer Johnson to Jake Doran, Doran makes some room and Johnson follows him, works it away towards the deep square leg and scampers back for a brace. 11 required off the final over.

Jake Doran, LHB comes to the crease

18.5 Spencer Johnson to Tim David, WICKET! That's an exceptional catch from Mitchell Swepson and the bouncer ploy works. A pace on bumper directed at the body of David, was way too good for his liking, was a bit late on the pull and ends up getting a top edge, Swepson at short fine leg had to cover a significant amount of ground and gets his fingers around the ball. Could be a huge moment in the game.

Tim David c Mitchell Swepson b Spencer Johnson 11[10b, 4x2, 6x0]

18.4 Spencer Johnson to Tim David, yorker-length delivery a shade outside off, David clears his front leg and tries to slam this down the ground, gets beaten.

18.3 Spencer Johnson to Tim David, fuller-length delivery around the middle stump channel, drilled down the ground showing the full face of the bat, down towards the long-off fielder and comes back for a brace.