Sydney Thunder Vs Brisbane Heat Eliminator 27 January 2023

Eliminator • Sydney

203/5 (20)

52/1 (6.5)

BH won by 8 runs (DLS Method)

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Player of the Match Usman Khawaja

94(55)

HEA

Info

Brisbane Heat

203/5 (20)

Batters

Josh Brown

42.86

c NJ McAndrew b CJ Green

Usman Khawaja

170.91

c M Gilkes b B Cutting

Marnus Labuschagne

152.08

c CJ Green b DR Sams

Matt Renshaw

300.00

b CJ Green

Sam Hain

50.00

Not out

Jimmy Peirson

100.00

runout (M Gilkes / AI Ross)

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 1, NB: 1, W: 4)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 10.15)

203/5

Did not Bat

James Bazley, Michael Neser, Matthew Kuhnemann, Spencer Johnson, Mitchell Swepson

Bowlers

EXT

11.00

7.25

16.00

12.50

7.25

8.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Josh Brown

c NJ McAndrew b CJ Green

1-25

3.1

Usman Khawaja

c M Gilkes b B Cutting

2-153

16.4

Matt Renshaw

b CJ Green

3-185

18.4

Marnus Labuschagne

c CJ Green b DR Sams

4-202

19.5

Jimmy Peirson

runout (M Gilkes / AI Ross)

5-203

19.6

Sydney Thunder

52/1 (6.5)

Batters

David Warner *

180.00

Not out

Matthew Gilkes

37.50

c M Kuhnemann b J Bazley

Jason Sangha

69.23

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 2)

TOTAL

(6.5 Ov, RR: 7.61)

52/1

Did not Bat

Oliver Davies, Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, Ben Cutting, Nathan McAndrew, Chris Green, Ross Pawson, Usman Qadir

Bowlers

EXT

Michael Neser

1.5

4.91

11.50

3.00

10.00

5.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Matthew Gilkes

c M Kuhnemann b J Bazley

1-17

2.5

Match Info

Date & Time

27 Jan, 01:45 PM IST

Venue

Sydney Showground Stadium

Match

Eliminator,

Big Bash League

Umpires

Gerard Abood (Australia), Phillip Gillespie (Australia), Bruce Oxenford (Australia, TV)

Referee

Steve Davis (Australia)

Toss

Sydney Thunder elected to bowl

4 4 3 0 1 4

Over 4

Runs: 16

4 1 3 0 1 1

Over 5

Runs: 10

0 1 0 1 2 2

Over 6

Runs: 6

0 2 0 1 0

Over 7

Runs: 3

All Overs

Player of the Match Usman Khawaja

94(55)

Commentary

That's it for this game. We will be back with more. For all the action, keep following Sportskeeda. Till next time, take care and be well. Bye.

Unfortunate for Thunder as the rain has spoilt a great finish with Warner looking dangerous. Since this is an Eliminator, Thunder are knocked out while the Heat go to the Knockout where they face Melbourne Renegades. After Khawaja and Marnus stole the show with the bat, Heat made a big score riding on those 2 innings with Renshaw producing a cameo to further boost the rate.

Coming to the chase, Warner was in the zone but rain came down and when it did, Thunder were 8 behind on the DLS and a second bout of rain put paid to any hopes of a restart.

Let's hear from Usman Khawaja, Player of the Match: It was tough going for the first forty runs or so. When people tell me (that I make things look easy), it is perhaps the greatest compliment. When you look at all the great players, be it Steve Smith, or anyone else, they all make it look so easy. However, let me tell you, cricket is not an easy sport to play! I was fortunate to have got things working for me tonight, and am pretty pleased with it. I have practiced playing my shots all around the wicket, and thankfully, all of it is coming through.

Update: 4:55pm IST - That's it. The game has been abandoned and the Heat are through.

Update: 4:50pm IST - The rain is back!

Update: 4:40pm IST - The rain has stopped. The new target is 90 from 9 overs which means the Thunder need 38 runs off the next 13 balls.

Update: 4:25pm IST - Still raining in Sydney. If it doesn't restart, Thunder will be out of this season's BBL.

Update: 4:05pm IST - Since 5 overs are done, we will have a result in this game. At this stage, Thunder are 8 runs behind on DLS method.

6.5 Michael Neser to David Warner, at a length on middle and leg, comes back in. Warner tries to flick it but only gets it towards the bowler. Oh no! There is a drizzle at the ground, and the players are walking off! The covers are coming on as well.

6.4 Michael Neser to Jason Sangha, short of a length on off and middle. Sangha tucks it towards square leg and picks up a run.