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Brisbane Heat v Sydney Sixers: match preview

A huge BBL final rematch is ahead with the undefeated Sydney Sixers taking on Brisbane Heat

Match facts

Who: Brisbane Heat v Sydney Sixers

What: Match 15, KFC BBL|14

Where: The Gabba, Brisbane

When: Sunday, December 29. 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: Phillip Gillespie and Simon Lightbody (field), Andrew Crozier (third), Stephen Dionysius (fourth), Kepler Wessels (match referee)

Match squads

Brisbane Heat: Colin Munro (c) (New Zealand), Tom Banton (England), Xavier Bartlett, Max Bryant, Daniel Drew, Spencer Johnson, Matthew Kuhnemann, Nathan McSweeney, Jimmy Peirson, Will Prestwidge, Matthew Renshaw, Mitchell Swepson, Paul Walter (England)

The Heat have gone with an unchanged squad after going down to the Scorchers by 33 runs on Boxing Day.

Sydney Sixers: Moises Henriques (c), Jackson Bird, Joel Davies, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Akeal Hosein (West Indies), Hayden Kerr, Todd Murphy, Kurtis Patterson, Mitch Perry, Josh Philippe, Lachlan Shaw, Jordan Silk, James Vince (England)

The Sixers also go into the grand final rematch with an unchanged 14-player squad from their win over the Melbourne Stars on Boxing Day at the SCG.

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Top performers

Most Runs
BBL|14 BKT Golden Bat
Player Total
1 Mitchell Owen M Owen
452
2 David Warner D Warner 405
3 Cooper Connolly C Connolly 351
4 Glenn Maxwell G Maxwell 325
5 Marcus Stoinis M Stoinis 311
6 Matthew Renshaw M Renshaw 280
7 Sam Billings S Billings 271
8 Max Bryant M Bryant 259
Most Wickets
BBL|14 BKT Golden Arm
Player Total
1 Jason Behrendorff J Behrendorff
17
2 Riley Meredith R Meredith 16
3 Tom Rogers T Rogers 16
4 Mark Steketee M Steketee 15
5 Lance Morris L Morris 15
6 Lloyd Pope L Pope 15
7 Ben Dwarshuis B Dwarshuis 14
8 Spencer Johnson S Johnson 13
Most sixes scored
BBL|14
Player Total
1 Mitchell Owen M Owen
36
2 Glenn Maxwell G Maxwell 27
3 Cooper Connolly C Connolly 19
4 Tim David T David 17
5 Matthew Renshaw M Renshaw 17
6 Max Bryant M Bryant 14
7 Josh Brown J Brown 12
8 Jake Fraser-McGurk J Fraser-McGurk 12

Local Knowledge

Rapid stats

  • Brisbane Heat have won four of their last five BBL games against the Sydney Sixers after winning only three of all their previous 16 meetings in the competition; though, they've won only two of their 12 meetings with the Sixers in Queensland.
  • The Brisbane Heat are on a seven-game winning run at The Gabba in the BBL, a streak more than twice as long as any other they've had at the venue, and they have won two of their last three games against the Sydney Sixers at the venue.
  • The Sydney Sixers have won seven of their last eight BBL games including their last three in a row and haven’t lost outside New South Wales since 28 January 2023 (vs Perth Scorchers at Optus Stadum).
  • Nathan McSweeney (Brisbane Heat) has a batting average of 45.8 from six innings in BBL games between the Heat and Sydney Sixers, the highest of any player to feature in at least five innings between the teams; though, he hasn't scored 50+ runs against them since New Year's Day 2023 (84).
  • Ben Dwarshuis (Sydney Sixers) is on a 10-game wicket taking streak in the BBL - the longest of his career - and has taken multiple wickets in each of his three innings so far in BBL14; indeed, he's also taken at least one wicket in each of his last 10 games against the Brisbane Heat.

What's on the line?

The Sixers will be hoping to maintain their run as the only unbeaten team in the BBL which has them sitting on top of the standings with a 3-0 record. 

Meanwhile, the Heat are 2-1 and will be targeting a win to retain their place in the top four.

KFC BBL|14 standings

Team
Matches played
M
Wins
W
Losses
L
Ties
T
No results
N/R
Net Run Rate
NRR
Deductions
Ded.
Total points
PTS
1 Hobart Hurricanes Men Hobart Hurricanes Men HUR 10 7 2 0 1 -0.12 0 15
2 Sydney Sixers Men Sydney Sixers Men SIX 10 6 2 0 2 0.156 0 14
3 Sydney Thunder Men Sydney Thunder Men THU 10 5 3 0 2 0.34 0 12
4 Melbourne Stars Men Melbourne Stars Men STA 10 5 5 0 0 0.135 0 10
5 Perth Scorchers Men Perth Scorchers Men SCO 10 4 6 0 0 0.219 0 8
6 Melbourne Renegades Men Melbourne Renegades Men REN 10 4 6 0 0 0.139 0 8
7 Brisbane Heat Men Brisbane Heat Men HEA 10 3 6 0 1 -0.831 0 7
8 Adelaide Strikers Men Adelaide Strikers Men STR 10 3 7 0 0 -0.122 0 6

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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