Player of the Match - Thunder's Daniel Sams - 36* off just 15 balls and 2-41
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Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Thunder, 19th Match, Big Bash League: Sams the difference as Thunder take it by 11 runs
Player of the Match, Daniel Sams, had a top all-round performance with the bat, ball, and a great catch, to help Thunder to a comfortable an 11 run win over Brisbane Heat, at the Carrara Oval, Carrara today.
Match Summary
Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Thunder, 19th Match, Big Bash League
Brisbane Heat 171/ (20 ov)
Sydney Thunder 182/6 (20 ov)
Result – Sydney Thunder won by 11 runs
Oh so close to his second BBL century ?? but an awesome catch from Dan Sams!
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Earlier, Matthew Gilkes (37), Rilee Rossouw (39) and Daniel Sams (36*) set up Sydney Thunder with a great platform of 182/6, in their 20 overs, to defend.
Brisbane Heat’s Colin Munro hit a faultless 98 and passed 1000 runs, in the BBL, in the process, but it was all in vain as no other batter was able to stay with him, to get the Heat over the line, and the heat fell short, losing by 11 runs.
Match Stats
Sydney Thunder Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Alex Hales - 4.5 ov), 2-86 (Rilee Rossouw - 12.3 ov), 3-96 (Matthew Gilkes - 13.5 ov), 4-136 (Oliver Davies - 16.4 ov), 5-178 (Alex Ross - 19.3 ov), 6-178 (Nathan McAndrew - 19.4 ov)
Brisbane Heat Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Max Bryant - 0.3 ov), 2-14 (Matt Renshaw - 1.5 ov), 3-47 (Sam Billings - 4.4 ov), 4-64 (Jimmy Peirson - 7.3 ov), 5-102 (Ross Whiteley - 11.1 ov), 6-150 (James Bazley - 17.2 ov), 7-170 (Colin Munro - 19.2 ov), 8-171 (Michael Neser - 19.4 ov), 9-171 (Matthew Kuhnemann - 19.6 ov)
Playing XIs
Brisbane Heat: Max Bryant, Colin Munro, Matt Renshaw, Sam Billings, Jimmy Peirson (WK/C), Ross Whiteley, Michael Neser, James Bazley, Mark Steketee, Matthew Kuhnemann, Mitchell Swepson
Sydney Thunder: Matthew Gilkes (WK), Alex Hales, Rilee Rossouw, Oliver Davies, Daniel Sams, Alex Ross, Nathan McAndrew, Chris Green (C), Gurinder Sandhu, Brendan Doggett, Usman Qadir
Match Details:
Date: Thursday, December 29, 2022 07:05
Venue: Carrara Oval, Carrara
Toss: Brisbane Heat won the toss & elected to field
Officials Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Australia) Simon Lightbody(Australia) Donovan Koch(Australia TV)
Match Referee: Kepler Wessels(Australia)
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