Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

MG Neser
MG Neser
48(32) 7x4 - 0x6
Control %75%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 8 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
11 11 4 1 3 4 6 8
DP Hughes
23(24) 1x4 - 0x6
Control %87%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 7 runs
  • 0x4 - 0x6
0 0 7 1 4 1 2 8

Best performances - Bowlers

MP Kuhnemann
O4
M0
R17
W3
Eco4.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
SH Johnson
O4
M0
R28
W3
Eco7.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: Chandan Duorah | Commentator: @PeterDellaPenna

10.20 pm So that's it for the Sixers this season, and that's it for the T20 career of Dan Christian. Heat advance to their second ever BBL Grand Final and do so in incredibly improbable fashion managing to win this match without Khawaja, Labuschagne, Swepson and Renshaw.

Heat captain Jimmy Peirson: "What a fantastic effort from Neser. That was a gem. [The four boundary over in the Power Surge by Neser] That was game-changing stuff. I'm so pleased they got it over the line for us. I knew all along that when we restricted them 1o 116, it was going to be tough work because the wicket was so slow. It was getting harder and harder to bat on. I knew we needed to score with the new ball and maximize that period and then we needed one person to step up and Neser did that. We're a Queensland team, and the great Queensland teams, when their backs are against the wall, they find a way to win. For a batch of guys who haven't played all year to stand up tonight was very pleasing. What a privilege to play in a packed Perth Stadium. There won't be a single teal shirt there and they're a very parochial group. They'll be all against us but we feel very privileged to play in this game. It's a tough challenge but we're up for it."

Perth Scorchers will be overwhelming favorites in the final as they seek their fifth title. For the Heat, it's just their second trip to the final, but they won it all on their previous appearance in 2013. That feels like a lifetime ago and most if not all of the current Heat squad were not a part of the previous title-winning squad a decade ago. Come back on Saturday for all the action to see who will be crowned champions of BBL 2022-23. Until then, take care!

18.2
4
Dwarshuis to Neser, FOUR, Neser almost singlehandedly takes the Heat into the final! Full on middle, winds up and clocks this high over mid-on to the rope. Heat burn the Sixers in a huge upset to win by four wickets with 10 balls to spare and lock up a spot in Perth to play the Scorchers in Saturday's final.
18.1
1
Dwarshuis to Bazley, 1 run, missed runout! Length ball on off, punched firmly straight to Henriques at mid-off. Never a run in a million years but they set off anyway. The throw from 12 yards to the non-striker's end misses with Bazley six yards short.

END OF OVER:
18 | 2 Runs | BH: 112/6 (5 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 6.22, RRR: 2.50)

  • Michael Neser44 (31b)
  • James Bazley1 (9b)
  • Sean Abbott4-1-13-1
  • Izharulhaq Naveed4-0-28-2

Sixers still battling hard to make sure this isn't the last game of Dan Christian's career.

17.6
0
Abbott to Neser, no run, back of a length on middle, defended to midwicket.
17.5
1
Abbott to Bazley, 1 run, back of a length on middle and leg, skews a drive wide of extra cover for one.
17.4
0
Abbott to Bazley, no run, back of a length on middle, defended to Abbott.
17.3
0
Abbott to Bazley, no run, length ball on fifth stump, smashed back to Abbott and he stops it with his feet.

Heat 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st31SD HeazlettJ Brown
2nd8NA McSweeneyJ Brown
3rd2SR HainNA McSweeney
4th13JJ PeirsonSR Hain
5th2SR HainM Bryant
6th30MG NeserM Bryant
7th31MG NeserJJ Bazley

Big Bash League

TeamMWLPTNRR
PS14113221.205
SS14103210.846
MR147714-0.027
ST147714-0.716
BH146713-0.483
HH146812-0.34
AS145910-0.151
MS143116-0.287