Adelaide Strikers vs Brisbane Heat
Brisbane Heat 208/7 in 20 overs (Duckett 78; Rashid 3-34) beat Adelaide Strikers 169/8 in 20 overs (Wells 55; Steketee 3-27) by 39 runs. Player of the Match: Ben Duckett.
Adelaide Strikers succumbed to their fourth defeat of BBL 2021/22. They lost to Brisbane Heat by 39 runs. Chasing 209, they could only manage 169/8.
Chris Lynn (10) struck two fours before holing out to Harry Nielsen off the fifth ball. Tom Cooper, the new batter, hit a four off the first ball, and struck 16 in just 5 balls before getting pinned lbw by Peter Siddle.
Ben Duckett (78 in 47 balls) and Sam Heazlett (49) then added 114 for the fourth wicket to take the Heat to an imposing Both men fell to Rashid Khan.
Barring Jonathan Wells, who made 55 in 41 balls, none of the Strikers batters stood up to the occasion. Matthew Kuhnemann and Mark Steketee claimed three wickets each for the Heat.