9.40pm That is that. Brisbane Heat break their duck with his five-wicket win. Smiles in the Heat camp. They lost their openers early to Coulter-Nile, but a series of contributions from the middle order carried the Heat past the line. Lynn scrapped his way to 33 off 34 balls on a two-paced pitch while Cutting and Burns made contrasting cameos to finish the chase. A day after being dropped from Australia's ODI squad, Nathan Coulter-Nile ran in hard, hit 140ks, and came away with three wickets. There were reports that he'd been left out because of a back complaint. Coulter-Nile later clarified to ABC Radio that he was okay and suggested that there might have been a miscommunication between the selectors and the medical staff.

Hope you enjoyed our coverage as much as we did bringing it to you. Alex Malcolm's report will be up shortly. Until next time, this is Deivarayan Muthu signing off on the behalf of P Ranjith. Cheers

Mujeeb is the Player of the Match for his outstanding spell of 4-0-10-2: I am excited. This is my first Player of the Match award in Big Bash.

Mujeeb, indeed, is a man of few words but he lets it rip with the ball

McCullum: It's a huge relief. To travel all the way to Perth and get the win is an exceptional show of courage. I lost the ball a bit under the lights but threw my hands up at the ball and stopped it. Mujeeb is really quiet off the field but he's courageous and the performances he is putting up is great. He doesn't say a lot but the boys enjoy his company.

18.2
4lb
Tye to Burns, 4 leg byes, Top-edged onto the helmet and the ball ricochets away to the third man boundary. Short and angling into Burns, he looks away, hooks, and the ball deflects away past short third man
18.1
0
Tye to Burns, no run, short and flies through to the keeper, Burns gives himself room but can't lay bat on ball

The Heat need just one run for their first win of the season

END OF OVER:
18 | 20 Runs | BH: 135/5 (1 run required from 12 balls, RR: 7.50, RRR: 0.50)

  • Ben Cutting26 (16b)
  • Joe Burns20 (23b)
  • Jhye Richardson4-0-50-1
  • Ashton Agar3-0-19-0
17.6
6
Richardson to Cutting, SIX, Thumped flat and hard over Richardson's head. Make it 20 runs off the over. Attempted yorker, comes out as a full-toss, smoked away
17.5
4
Richardson to Cutting, FOUR, Richardson loses his length again. Serves up a full-toss outside off, which is cracked away through the covers for back-to-back boundaries
17.4
4
Richardson to Cutting, FOUR, overpitched and outside off, Cutting clears his front leg and smears it over extra-cover
17.3
0
Richardson to Cutting, no run, Richardson responds with a top yorker just outside off, Cutting clears his front leg and squeezes it back to the bowler
17.2
6
Richardson to Cutting, SIX, Mowed over square leg for a masssssssive six! He jumps across off, meets a length ball, and lustily clubs it into the second tier. What a strike from Cutting
17.1
0
Richardson to Cutting, no run, back of a length and outside off, knocked to midwicket. Cutting loses his balance and falls again. Whats up with Cutting?

Richardson

END OF OVER:
17 | 8 Runs | BH: 115/5 (21 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 6.76, RRR: 7.00)

  • Ben Cutting6 (10b)
  • Joe Burns20 (23b)
  • Ashton Agar3-0-19-0
  • Andrew Tye3-0-11-0
16.6
1
Agar to Cutting, 1 run, Cutting jumps across off, flicks towards long-on, falls. But gets up and recovers to complete the single
16.5
1
Agar to Burns, 1 run, flatter and shorter outside off, flashed off the back foot to point
16.4
6
Agar to Burns, SIX, Agar tosses it slower and wider outside off, Burns lays into it. He smites a slog-sweep over midwicket for six. Nearly ran himself out off the last ball, then goes big now
16.3
0
Agar to Burns, no run, Burns stays leg-side of this shortish ball outside off and punches to the covers. There's a mix-up between the wickets but no harm done in the end for the Heat
16.2
0
Agar to Burns, no run, arm ball, snakes back in, chopped to point off the back foot

Heat 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st19BB McCullumM Bryant
2nd22BB McCullumCA Lynn
3rd39CA LynnMT Renshaw
4th7JA BurnsMT Renshaw
5th5JA BurnsJJ Peirson
6th47BCJ CuttingJA Burns

Big Bash League

TeamMWLPTNRR
HH14104200.603
MR1486160.173
SS1486160.047
MS147714-0.062
BH1467130.249
ST1467130
AS146812-0.473
PS144108-0.502