Brisbane Heat v Sydney Thunder
Sydney Thunder 196/7 in 20 overs (Billings 64; Swepson 2-27) beat Brisbane Heat 143 in 17.3 overs (Bartlett 42*; Saqib 4-22) by 53 runs. Player of the Match: Saqib Mahmood.
Saqib Mahmood (4-22) and Tanveer Sangha (3-26) shared seven wickets for Sydney Thunder in Match 14 of the Big Bash League 2021/22 to help their side beat Brisbane Heat by 53 runs at the Gabba. Coming to defend 197, they bowled out the Heat for 143 in 17.3 overs. Xavier Bartlett (42*), Tom Cooper (32) and Mark Steketee (33) were the only Heat batters to reach double digits.
Earlier, the Thunder piled 196/7 after being put in, courtesy Sam Billings’ 27-ball 64, Jason Sangha’s 28-ball 39, Alex Hales’ 26-ball 35 and Matthew Gilkes’ 22-ball 28. For the Heat, Bartlett, Steketee and Swepson took two wickets each.