slower short one again, and Kuhnemann smashes that straight to mid-off
Thunder vs Heat, 19th Match at Carrara, BBL, Dec 29 2022 - Match Result
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8:35pm: So, this Colin Munro vs Sydney Thunder match just about goes the latter's way. After putting 182 on the board, thanks to contributions from Gilkes, Rossouw, Davies, Ross and Sams, the Thunder kept picking wickets at regular intervals. However, that man Colin Munro stepped up with a brilliant 53-ball 98 to keep the Heat in the hunt, and found some decent support from Bazley towards the end. But some excellent death bowling from Sams and McAndrew, after superb spells from Green and Qadir, ensured that the Thunder secured their third win of the season, and now puts them in fifth position.
length ball outside off, beats the bat, and that should be that, for the Thunder
12 off 2... Matthew Kuhnemann will be on strike
Neser goes. A slower shorter delivery again, Neser doesn't time the pull shot well enough and hits it straight down long-on's throat
slower bouncer, Steketee was through his shot about a couple of years before the ball got to him, gets hit on the shoulder, and they race across for a leg bye
Steketee...
Is that the game? Munro finds Sams at deep midwicket, that one was right in the slot to hit over the boundary, but Munro can't quite clear the field. A stunning knock from Munro, but he misses a well-deserved century, and possibly the Heat miss out on a win here...
full toss outside off, Neser gets across and looks to smack it straight but toe-ends it towards mid-off. They don't take the second, which was available rather easily. Munro gets the strike back though
Surely, Munro could've denied the single there and kept the strike for the free hit?
Full toss above the waist, Munro gets some bat on it and they cross over for a single.
16 to win off the last over. Munro on strike, which is just what the Heat want. McAndrew will bowl it.
full toss outside off, Munro crunches that straight to sweeper cover, to keep the strike
That is such a clever shot from Munro! It's a slower short one from Sams, Munro moves across and access that gap between square leg and deep midwicket to find a necessary bboundary
yorker, dug out straight, and gets a couple of runs
Munro now... Needs a boundary or two right here right now
full and wide, crunched to deep point
back of a length, slower one as well, Neser bunts it wide of deep midwicket
Length ball outside off from Sams, timed well into the gap by Neser, and they come back for a second
The DLS par score after 18 overs, having lost 6 wickets is 159.
Dropped by Davies! Munro went for the reverse sweep and struck it sweetly, but presented a head high chance to Davies at backward point, he tipped it over his head and the batters scamper back for a second
Big appeal as Neser gets rapped on the front pad by a quicker fuller one. It seemed to be going down leg, but Green has reviewed this... Hawkeye shows it's umpire's call on height, clipping the top of leg stump
Quicker, flatter, back of a length, Munro flat bats it to Green at long-on
tosses up a googly outside off, Neser doesn't pick it but somehow bunts it into the off side to get Munro back on strike
Michael Neser is the new man out. The Heat have experience on their side now, with Munro and Neser at the crease.
Bazley's a goner! Quicker, full, on the stumps, skids under Bazley's slog sweep, raps him on the pad and catches him plumb in front!
Pulls out of his delivery stride after seeing Bazley walk across his crease.
Superb batting from Bazley! Short and wide from Qadir, Bazley rocks back and lofts it over the three fielders who are in the ring behind square on the off side
A huge over in the context of this game here, Usman Qadir will bowl the 18th over.
Good over for the Heat, for whom the equation is still manageable, and Munro is still at the crease. He's on 87 though, and we all know what that means...
yorker just outside off stump, dragged to deep midwicket
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Toss | Brisbane Heat, elected to field first |
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Season | 2022/23 |
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Match days | 29 December 2022 - night (20-over match) |
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Over 20 • BH 171/9