‘No sorry I’m not coming’: Strikers’ ‘costly’ run out as Heat turn screws — LIVE BBL
The Adelaide Strikers are 6-158 from 19 overs after being sent in by the Brisbane Heat at the Gabba, with Jamie Overton (30) and Liam Scott (8) at the crease.
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D’Arcy Short could only manage 1, before he was caught behind off Xavier Bartlett with the last ball of the first over.
Strikers’ skipper Matt Short smashed two fours in his 13 off 12 balls, before he was caught by Bartlett off Tim Whitney.
Chris Lynn smashed two fours and a six, before he was caught by Bartlett off Will Prestwidge for 24 from 21 balls.
English import Ollie Pope hit three fours and a six in his 29-ball knock of 34, before he was caught by Nathan McSweeney to give Prestwidge his second scalp.
Alex Ross hit three fours in his 20, before he was run out in a horror mix up with Jamie Overton going for a second run.
“Mix up what is going on,” Brendon Julian said on Fox Cricket.
“What happened there? He went basically all the way down and then got sent all the way back. What is going on there?”
“That really should have been two,” Mark Waugh said.
“Jimmy Pierson had the awareness to gather it and make the throw and they still had time to make the runout.”
“That is really average running between the wickets,” Michael Hussey said.
“Should have been two. They ran the first one hard as well. They started going and Overton said, no sorry I’m not coming.”
“But he decided to go and he went,” Waugh added.
“I’m just not sure why he decided to pull up stumps. It’s a costly wicket because Ross was playing well.”
Paul Walter came up with a perfect yorker to send James Bazley for 23, but not before he smashed one four and two towering sixes.
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MATCH PREVIEW
Colin Munro and the Brisbane Heat host Matt Short and the Adelaide Strikers in a blockbuster clash at The Gabba.
The Heat have won the toss and elected to bowl first.
The third place Heat are looking for their second win from their first two games to keep pressure on the ladder leading sixers.
The fifth place Strikers are also looking for their second victory in their third game of BBL14.
Munro and Test discard Nathan McSweeney will be ones to watch with the bat for the Heat as he looks to prove the Australian selectors wrong.
Australian representatives Xavier Bartlett and Mitchell Swepson will lead the charge with the ball for the hosts.
For the Strikers, Short and Chris Lynn loom as the danger men with the bat, while Brendan Doggett and Cameron Boyce will be key with the ball for the visitors.
It sets the scene for a mouth-watering clash in Brisbane as both sides look for much needed early victories in BBL14.
TEAMS
Brisbane Heat: Colin Munro (c), Jimmy Peirson, Nathan McSweeney, Matthew Renshaw, Max Bryant, Paul Walter, Will Prestwidge, Xavier Bartlett, Tom Whitney, Mitchell Swepson, Matthew Kuhnemann
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
