2018–19 Brisbane Heat season

The 2018–19 Brisbane Heat season was the eighth in the club's history. The team was coached by Daniel Vettori.

Fixtures

Match 1

19 December 2018
18:15 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Brisbane Heat 146 (19.4 overs)	v	Adelaide Strikers 5/147 (19.1 overs)
Chris Lynn 33 (20) Rashid Khan 3/19 (4 overs)		Alex Carey 70 (46) James Pattinson 2/23 (4 overs)

Adelaide Strikers won by 5 wickets
The Gabba, Brisbane
Attendance: 26,932^[1]
Umpires: Simon Fry and Paul Wilson
Player of the match: Rashid Khan (Adelaide Strikers)

Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
Max Bryant (Brisbane Heat) made his T20 debut.
Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Brisbane Heat) made 27 runs, the highest score by a number 11 batsman in T20's and in the history of BBL.^[2]
Jimmy Peirson and Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Brisbane Heat) made the highest last wicket partnership (of 45) in the history of BBL.^[3]

Match 5

22 December 2018
18:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Hobart Hurricanes 6/159 (19 overs)	v	Brisbane Heat (H) 144 (18.4 overs)
D'Arcy Short 67 (52) Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2/23 (4 overs)		Ben Cutting 58 (32) James Faulkner 3/25 (3.4 overs)

Hobart Hurricanes won by 15 runs
Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast
Attendance: 12,791^[4]
Umpires: Phillip Gillespie and John Ward
Player of the match: D'Arcy Short (Hobart Hurricanes)

Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
Match was reduced to 19 overs per side due to rain.

Match 15

1 January 2019
13:45
Scorecard

(H) Brisbane Heat 7/164 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers 5/165 (19.3 overs)
Chris Lynn 84 (55) Tom Curran 3/25 (4 overs)		Moises Henriques 57 (37) Josh Lalor 2/32 (4 overs)

Sydney Sixers won by 5 wickets
Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast
Attendance: 17,106^[5]
Umpires: Phillip Gillespie and Donovan Koch
Player of the match: Chris Lynn (Brisbane Heat)

Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
Justin Avendano (Sydney Sixers) made his T20 debut.

Match 21

5 January 2019
18:30 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Perth Scorchers 6/135 (20 overs)	v	Brisbane Heat 5/139 (18.2 overs)
Ashton Turner 47 (30) Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2/10 (4 overs)		Chris Lynn 33 (34) Nathan Coulter-Nile 3/25 (4 overs)

Brisbane Heat won by 5 wickets
Optus Stadium, Perth
Attendance: 40,511^[6]
Umpires: Phillip Gillespie and Tony Wilds
Player of the match: Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Brisbane Heat)

Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.

Match 24

8 January 2019
19:15 (D/N)
Scorecard

Brisbane Heat 8/186 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Thunder (H) 2/34 (5.3 overs)
Brendon McCullum 56 (35) Jonathan Cook 3/27 (4 overs)		Callum Ferguson 16 (12) James Pattinson 1/6 (2 overs)

Brisbane Heat won by 15 runs (D/L method)
Spotless Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 11,147^[7]
Umpires: Shawn Craig and Greg Davidson
Player of the match: Chris Lynn (Brisbane Heat)

Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
Rain stopped play during Sydney Thunder's innings.

Match 26

10 January 2019
18:15 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Brisbane Heat 8/144 (20 overs)	v	Melbourne Renegades 2/145 (15.4 overs)
Brendon McCullum 50 (47) Usman Shinwari 3/16 (4 overs)		Sam Harper 56* (40) Mujeeb Ur Rahman 1/23 (4 overs)

Melbourne Renegades won by 8 wickets
The Gabba, Brisbane
Attendance: 30,281^[8]
Umpires: Geoff Joshua and Simon Lightbody
Player of the match: Sam Harper (Melbourne Renegades)

Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.

Match 29

13 January 2019
18:35 (D/N)
Scorecard

Brisbane Heat 4/192 (20 overs)	v	Melbourne Renegades (H) 91 (17.5 overs)
Brendon McCullum 69 (43) Dan Christian 2/24 (4 overs)		Cameron Boyce 25 (21) Brendan Doggett 3/16 (2.5 overs)

Brisbane Heat won by 101 runs
GMHBA Stadium, Geelong
Attendance: 16,008^[9]
Umpires: Shawn Craig and Phillip Gillespie
Player of the match: Max Bryant (Brisbane Heat)

Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.

Match 33

17 January 2019
18:15 (D/N)
Scorecard

Sydney Thunder 4/186 (20 overs)	v	Brisbane Heat (H) 2/10 (3 overs)
Shane Watson 100 (62) Ben Cutting 2/41 (4 overs)		Chris Lynn 4 (9) Gurinder Sandhu 1/3 (1 over)

No result
The Gabba, Brisbane
Attendance: 26,644^[10]
Umpires: Shawn Craig and Donovan Koch

Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
Jack Prestwidge (Brisbane Heat) made his T20 debut.
A flood light failure stopped play during Brisbane Heat's innings.^[11]

Match 36

20 January 2019
19:15 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Sydney Sixers 7/177 (20 overs)	v	Brisbane Heat 98 (18.1 overs)
James Vince 75 (46) Josh Lalor 5/26 (4 overs)		Ben Cutting 28 (26) Tom Curran 3/16 (4 overs)

Sydney Sixers won by 79 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Attendance: 14,921^[12]
Umpires: Shawn Craig and John Ward
Player of the match: James Vince (Sydney Sixers)

Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.

Match 42

27 January 2019
19:40 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Melbourne Stars 134/8 (20 overs)	v	Brisbane Heat 129/8 (20 overs)
Marcus Stoinis 43 (29) Ben Cutting 2/10 (2 overs)		Matt Renshaw 45 (43) Marcus Stoinis 4/21 (4 overs)

Melbourne Stars won by 5 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Attendance: 22,231^[13]
Umpires: Simon Fry and Geoff Joshua
Player of the match: Marcus Stoinis (Melbourne Stars)

Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.

Match 44

29 January 2019
16:00
Scorecard

Brisbane Heat 6/145 (20 overs)	v	Hobart Hurricanes (H) 1/146 (14.2 overs)
Alex Ross 62 (35) James Faulkner 2/27 (4 overs) David Moody 2/27 (4 overs)		D'Arcy Short 68* (41) Ben Cutting 1/29 (3 overs)

Hobart Hurricanes won by 9 wickets
Blundstone Arena, Hobart
Attendance: 11,320^[14]
Umpires: Sam Nogajski and John Ward
Player of the match: D'Arcy Short (Hobart Hurricanes)

Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
Jarrod Freeman (Hobart Hurricanes) made his T20 debut.

Match 48

1 February 2019
19:40 (D/N)
Scorecard

Perth Scorchers 9/128 (20 overs)	v	Brisbane Heat (H) 4/130 (17.3 overs)
Nick Hobson 43 (35) Mujeeb Ur Rahman 3/16 (4 overs)		Chris Lynn 56* (39) Matthew Kelly 2/27 (3 overs)

Brisbane Heat won by 6 wickets
The Gabba, Brisbane
Attendance: 21,254^[15]
Umpires: Greg Davidson and Donovan Koch
Player of the match: Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Brisbane Heat)

Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
Matthew Kuhnemann (Brisbane Heat) and Clint Hinchliffe (Perth Scorchers) both made their T20 debuts.
Josh Lalor (Brisbane Heat) took a hat-trick.
Chris Lynn (Brisbane Heat) became the leading run-scorer in the Big Bash League with 1,945 runs.^[16]

Match 53

8 February 2019
19:40 (D/N)
Scorecard

Melbourne Stars 8/156 (20 overs)	v	Brisbane Heat (H) 0/158 (10 overs)
Marcus Stoinis 81 (51) Josh Lalor 3/43 (4 overs)		Ben Cutting 81* (30)

Brisbane Heat won by 10 wickets
The Gabba, Brisbane
Attendance: 21,391^[17]
Umpires: Greg Davidson and Tony Wilds
Player of the match: Ben Cutting (Brisbane Heat)

Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Hobart Hurricanes	14	10	4	0	20	0.603	Advance to play-off phase
2	Melbourne Renegades (C)	14	8	6	0	16	0.173
3	Sydney Sixers	14	8	6	0	16	0.047
4	Melbourne Stars	14	7	7	0	14	−0.062
5	Brisbane Heat	14	6	7	1	13	0.249
6	Sydney Thunder	14	6	7	1	13	0.000
7	Adelaide Strikers	14	6	8	0	12	−0.473
8	Perth Scorchers	14	4	10	0	8	−0.502

Source: ^[18]
(C) Champion

References

^ "Big Bash League: Heat vs Strikers". Austadiums. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
^ "BBL 2018-19: Mujeeb Ur Rahman creates history in his debut game". CricTracker. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
^ "Carey fifty, Rashid three-for hands Strikers opening-day win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
^ "Big Bash League: Heat vs Hurricanes". Austadiums. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
^ "Heat vs Sixers". Brisbane Heat. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
^ "Scorchers vs Heat". Austadiums. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
^ "Thunder vs Heat". Austadiums. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ "Renegades vs Heat". Austadiums. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
^ "Renegades vs Heat". Austadiums. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ "Heat vs Thunder". Austadiums. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
^ "BBL match abandoned after power failure at Gabba". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
^ "Sixers vs Heat". Austadiums. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
^ "Stars vs Heat". Austadiums. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
^ "Hurricanes vs Heat". Twitter. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
^ "Heat vs Scorchers". Austadiums. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
^ Lavalette, Tristan (1 February 2019). "Heat stay alive after Lynn fifty, Lalor hat-trick". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
^ "Heat vs Stars". Austadiums. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
^ "Big Bash League Table - 2018-19". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 December 2018.

External links

[1] "Big Bash League: Heat vs Strikers". Austadiums. Retrieved 20 December 2018.

[2] "BBL 2018-19: Mujeeb Ur Rahman creates history in his debut game". CricTracker. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.

[3] "Carey fifty, Rashid three-for hands Strikers opening-day win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 December 2018.

[4] "Big Bash League: Heat vs Hurricanes". Austadiums. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

[5] "Heat vs Sixers". Brisbane Heat. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

[6] "Scorchers vs Heat". Austadiums. Retrieved 5 January 2019.

[7] "Thunder vs Heat". Austadiums. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

[8] "Renegades vs Heat". Austadiums. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

[9] "Renegades vs Heat". Austadiums. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[10] "Heat vs Thunder". Austadiums. Retrieved 17 January 2019.

[11] "BBL match abandoned after power failure at Gabba". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 January 2019.

[12] "Sixers vs Heat". Austadiums. Retrieved 22 January 2019.

[13] "Stars vs Heat". Austadiums. Retrieved 27 January 2019.

[14] "Hurricanes vs Heat". Twitter. Retrieved 3 February 2019.

[15] "Heat vs Scorchers". Austadiums. Retrieved 3 February 2019.

[16] Lavalette, Tristan (1 February 2019). "Heat stay alive after Lynn fifty, Lalor hat-trick". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

[17] "Heat vs Stars". Austadiums. Retrieved 9 February 2019.

[18] "Big Bash League Table - 2018-19". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 December 2018.

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