BBL23/24 Match 1: Brisbane Heat beat Melbourne Stars by 103 runs in season opener

Big-hitting New Zealander Colin Munro slammed an unbeaten 99 to help steer Brisbane Heat to a 103-run thrashing of Glenn Maxwell's Melbourne Stars Thursday on the opening day of Australia's Twenty20 Big Bash League.

Match Summary

Brisbane Heat 214/3 (20 ov)

Melbourne Stars 111/10 (15.1 ov)

Brisbane Heat won by 103 runs

SCORECARD

20 thousand happy @HeatBBL fans at the Gabba tonight! ?? #BBL13 pic.twitter.com/1XireZN5np

— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) December 7, 2023

Worm

Match Stats

Brisbane Heat Fall of wickets: 1-66 (Usman Khawaja - 6.6 ov), 2-148 (Marnus Labuschagne - 14.3 ov), 3-193 (Sam Billings - 18.1 ov)

Melbourne Stars Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Sam Harper - 0.3 ov), 2-6 (Tom Fraser Rogers - 0.6 ov), 3-49 (Glenn Maxwell - 5.6 ov), 4-52 (Marcus Stoinis - 6.4 ov), 5-54 (Joe Burns - 7.3 ov), 6-88 (Liam Dawson - 11.1 ov), 7-98 (Hilton Cartwright - 12.5 ov), 8-108 (Usama Mir - 14.1 ov), 9-109 (Joel Paris - 14.4 ov), 10-111 (Olly Stone - 15.1 ov)

Playing XIs

Brisbane Heat: 

• Colin Munro
• Usman Khawaja(C)
• Marnus Labuschagne
• Sam Billings(WK)
• Max Bryant
• Paul Walter
• Michael Neser
• Xavier Bartlett
• Spencer Johnson
• Mitchell Swepson
• Matthew Kuhnemann

Melbourne Stars:

• Tom Fraser Rogers
• Sam Harper(WK)
• Joe Burns
• Glenn Maxwell(C)
• Marcus Stoinis
• Hilton Cartwright
• Liam Dawson
• Usama Mir
• Joel Paris
• Nathan Coulter-Nile
• Olly Stone

Match Details:

Date: Thursday, December 7, 2023 08:15

Venue: The Gabba, Brisbane

Toss: Melbourne Stars elected to bowl