Brisbane Heat and Adelaide Strikers will be out to notch their second win of the season when they meet at the Gabba
Brisbane Heat v Adelaide Strikers: match preview
Match facts
Who: Brisbane Heat v Adelaide Strikers
What: Match 9, KFC BBL|14
Where: The Gabba, Brisbane
When: Sunday, December 22. Bat flip at 5.30pm local (6.30pm AEDT), first ball at 6.15pm local (7.15pm AEDT)
How to watch: Channel Seven, 7plus, Fox Cricket, Kayo Sports
Buy tickets: Tickets are on sale here
Live scores: Match Centre
Highlights, news and reactions after the match: cricket.com.au, the CA Live and Big Bash apps
Officials: Stephen Dionysius and Donovan Koch (field) Phillip Gillespie (third), Riki Wessels (fourth), David Johnston (match referee)
Final XIs
Brisbane Heat: Colin Munro (c), Jimmy Peirson (wk), Nathan McSweeney, Matthew Renshaw, Max Bryant, Paul Walter, Xavier Bartlett, Will Prestwidge, Tom Whitney, Mitch Swepson, Matt Kuhnemann
A late change to the Heat squad sees Will Prestwidge replace Tom Banton and come straight into the XI. Banton only arrived from the UK on Saturday night after signing as a replacement for the injury Tom Alsop. Colin Munro and Nathan McSweeney also return to the Heat side.
Adelaide Strikers: Matt Short (c), D'Arcy Short, Chris Lynn, Ollie Pope (wk), Alex Ross, Jamie Overton, Liam Scott, James Bazley, Henry Thornton, Cameron Boyce, Lloyd Pope
Chris Lynn returns for the Strikers in place of the injured Jake Weatherald.
Match squads
Brisbane Heat: Colin Munro (c), Tom Banton, Xavier Bartlett, Max Bryant, Daniel Drew, Matthew Kuhnemann, Nathan McSweeney, Jimmy Peirson, Matthew Renshaw, Tom Straker, Mitchell Swepson, Paul Walter, Tom Whitney, Jack Wildermuth
Ins: Nathan McSweeney, Tom Straker, Tom Banton. Outs: Tom Alsop (quad), Jack Wood, Will Prestwidge
Last season's championship winning captain Nathan McSweeney has been named after he was omitted from the Australian Test squad for the Boxing Day Test.
New Zealand batter Colin Munro is also in the squad after missing the Heat's season opening win over the Melbourne Stars on Wednesday with hamstring tightness. He trained on Saturday and will be checked again ahead of the match.
The Heat have added Tom Banton as a replacement player for Tom Alsop (quad) who has been ruled out of BBL|14, while teenage Queensland quick Tom Straker comes in as a local replacement player.
Banton, who set the BBL alight when he played with the Heat in BBL|09, has signed as Alsop's replacement until January 6 when he will head to the SA20.
Adelaide Strikers: Matt Short (c), James Bazley, Cameron Boyce, Brendan Doggett, Liam Haskett, Chris Lynn, Harry Manenti, Jamie Overton, Lloyd Pope, Ollie Pope, Alex Ross, Liam Scott, D'Arcy Short, Henry Thornton
Ins: Harry Manenti. Outs: Jake Weatherald
The Strikers have brought in Harry Manenti as a local replacement player for the injured Jake Weatherald, who didn't take the field after batting due back spasms in Friday's victory over Melbourne Stars in Adelaide.
Club news
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Top performers
Most Runs
BBL|14 BKT Golden Bat
| Player | Total |
|---|---|
1
Cooper Connolly
C Connolly
|
181 |
|
2
James Vince
J Vince
|
164 |
|
3
Josh Philippe
J Philippe
|
148 |
|
4
Ben Duckett
B Duckett
|
135 |
|
5
Marcus Stoinis
M Stoinis
|
132 |
|
6
Tim Seifert
T Seifert
|
129 |
|
7
David Warner
D Warner
|
129 |
|
8
Sam Billings
S Billings
|
126 |
Most Wickets
BBL|14 BKT Golden Arm
| Player | Total |
|---|---|
|
1
Ben Dwarshuis
B Dwarshuis
|
10 |
|
2
Tom Rogers
T Rogers
|
8 |
|
3
Wes Agar
W Agar
|
7 |
|
4
Jamie Overton
J Overton
|
7 |
|
5
Lloyd Pope
L Pope
|
7 |
|
6
Jason Behrendorff
J Behrendorff
|
7 |
|
7
Will Sutherland
W Sutherland
|
7 |
|
8
Lockie Ferguson
L Ferguson
|
6 |
Most sixes scored
BBL|14
| Player | Total |
|---|---|
|
1
Cooper Connolly
C Connolly
|
10 |
|
2
Jamie Overton
J Overton
|
8 |
|
3
Laurie Evans
L Evans
|
6 |
|
4
Nick Hobson
N Hobson
|
6 |
|
5
Josh Philippe
J Philippe
|
6 |
|
6
Matthew Renshaw
M Renshaw
|
6 |
|
7
Glenn Maxwell
G Maxwell
|
5 |
|
8
Ben McDermott
B McDermott
|
5 |
Local knowledge
Rapid stats
- Brisbane Heat have won five of their last six BBL matches against the Adelaide Strikers, including each of their last three; a fourth consecutive win in this game would be the longest winning run by either team in the history of this fixture.
- Brisbane Heat have scored 160-plus runs in each of their last three BBL innings; the last time they did so in more consecutive innings was a span of 10 from December 2015 to January 2017.
- Harry Nielsen (49) is one away from becoming the 11th player to reach 50 appearances for the Adelaide Strikers in BBL history; he scored 50 runs in his most recent innings against the Adelaide Strikers (January 22, 2024) – his highest score in the competition.
- Mitchell Swepson (79) is one away from surpassing Ben Cutting (79) for the outright third most appearances for the Brisbane Heat in BBL history (Jimmy Peirson – 111, Chris Lynn – 102); he has taken 23 wickets in his BBL career at the Gabba, the third most of any player in the history of the competition after Mark Steketee (48) and Cutting (28).
KFC BBL|14 standings
| Team | M | W | L | T | N/R | NRR | Ded. | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
SIX
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.981 | 0 | 8 |
|
2
THU
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.361 | 0 | 6 |
|
3
REN
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.984 | 0 | 4 |
|
4
SCO
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.565 | 0 | 4 |
|
5
HEA
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -0.664 | 0 | 4 |
|
6
HUR
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1.415 | 0 | 4 |
|
7
STR
|
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -0.013 | 0 | 2 |
|
8
STA
|
5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | -1.016 | 0 | 0 |
M: Matches played
W: Wins
L: Losses
T: Ties
N/R: No results
NRR: Net Run Rate
Ded.: Deductions
PTS: Total points
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