HEA vs THU Ball by Ball Commentary

WINNING RUNS! Back of a length from Wes Agar, on off, nips back in sharply. Michael Neser stays back and dabs it towards point for a single. Brisbane Heat win by 5 wickets!

DROPPED! SCORES LEVEL! Wes Agar goes short again and on middle, this one shoots up a bit. Michael Neser goes for the pull again but gets a top edge. The ball goes miles in the air behind mid-wicket. Lockie Ferguson runs backwards and dives but he never really looked like taking the catch. Double taken.

FOUR! SMASHED! Wes Agar bangs this one short and around middle. Michael Neser gets on top of it nicely and heaves it between deep square leg and deep mid-wicket for a boundary. Just 3 needed now!

OUT! TAKEN! Wes Agar responds well here! He hits the length hard and around middle, takes off a bit. Tom Alsop looks to work it away but closes the bat face early. The ball takes the leading edge and loops up towards covers where Lockie Ferguson makes no mistake. Brisbane Heat lose half their side now, still needing 7 off 10 balls!

SIX! Oh..what a shot! The debutant showing his skills here! Wes Agar lands this on a good length and on middle and leg. Tom Alsop picks up the length early and absolutely hammers it away over the deep square leg fence for a biggie. 7 needed in 11 now!

Follows it up with a fine yorker, on middle, Matt Renshaw digs it back to the bowler. Two dots to end the over. Brisbane Heat need 13 runs in 12 balls now!

A quick and sharp bouncer from Dan Christian, on middle, Matt Renshaw looks to pull but misses.

Back of a length and off, Tom Alsop steers it to point for one.

Pitched up and on off, Matt Renshaw swipes it off the inner half of the bat through square leg for a run.

SIX! Wow..that's massive! Dan Christian serves this right in the slot, on middle. Matt Renshaw gets his front leg across and uses his strong wrists to whip it over the deep square leg fence for a biggie. Brisbane Heat need 15 runs in 16 balls now!

Back of a length and around off, Tom Alsop punches it through covers for a single and gives the strike back to Renshaw.

Lockie Ferguson goes much fuller and a bit down the leg side. Matt Renshaw moves a bit in his crease and misses his flick. It was not far away from the leg pole. However, the umpire does not give it as a wide and Renshaw is not happy with that call.

Back of a length and around leg, Tom Alsop clips it through square leg for a single and gets off the mark in BBL.

On a length and on middle, Tom Alsop nudges it to mid-wicket. Matt Renshaw wants the run but is sent back.

OUT! LBW! Lockie Ferguson strikes! Sydney Thunder finally manages to break the huge 108-run stand, but is it too little too late for them? The Kiwi speedster steams in from 'over the wicket and nails this one right in the blockhole, on middle, tailing in too. Max Bryant gets stuck in his crease and tries to whip it away but misses and gets hit on the pads right in front of the stumps. A massive appeal for LBW, and up goes the finger. Bryant departs after a smashing 72 off 35 balls. Brisbane Heat need 23 runs in 21 balls now!

Swing and a miss! Fuller and on off, shapes in a touch, Max Bryant has a wild swing across the line but misses.

FOUR! Up and over! Lockie Ferguson misses the yorker and serves this full, outside off. Max Bryant gets underneath it and thumps it over mid off for a boundary. 150 up for Brisbane Heat!

Short again, on leg, Max Bryant flicks it through square leg for one. 22 runs off the over! Biggest of the chase and the Heat needs 27 runs in 24 balls now!

Goes short and on middle, Max Bryant heaves it wide of deep mid-wicket for a brace.

FOUR! 100-RUN STAND COMES UP IN JUST 46 BALLS! Incredible batting! Chris Green bowls a high full toss, outside off. Max Bryant does well to reach out for it and slaps it over extra covers for a boundary.

Floated, full and on middle, Max Bryant lofts it down the throat of long on where Sherfane Rutherford catches it but it won't count. Two runs taken.

Oh..dear! Another beamer, this time from Chris Green, on middle. Max Bryant pulls it towards deep square leg for a brace. No Ball and a Free Hit to follow.

SIX! BANG! The runs just keep on coming here! Attempted carrom ball, tossed up, full and on middle. Max Bryant clears his front leg away and smokes it over the long on fence for a biggie. 10 off the first 2 balls!

FOUR! FIFTY FOR BRYANT! It has come in just 27 balls! Tossed up, full and on leg, Max Bryant goes down across. He picks his spot and swipes it away to the deep backward square leg fence for a boundary.

A dot to end and now Brisbane Heat require 49 runs off 30 balls. Pitched up in and around off, angling away, Renshaw backs away and swings hard at it but fails to connect.

FOUR! Matt Renshaw gets the Free Hit away and 19 off the over already. A well-directed bumper, high around the helmet but Renshaw manages to control the pull and gets it fine over the keeper's head for a boundary.

No ball! Oh, deary me! Wes Agar is completely off the pace here and one can sense the nervous energy in his bowling. Attempted yorker, turns out to be a beamer over the off pole, Max Bryant hangs back and swats it down to long on for one. No Ball for height called and a Free Hit to follow as well...

FOUR! Swung away to the fence! Slower one, into the pitch and outside off, Bryant leans back and pulls it off the toe-end of the bat, flat and firm though and well wide of long on for a boundary.

SIX! Gets a lot of bat on this one though! In the slot and around off, Max Bryant goes across again and just whips it off the stumps, up and over deep mid-wicket for a 100-plus meter biggie.

A massive swing of the bat but no contact with the ball! Good length in the channel and angling in, Max Bryant just goes across and looks to smash it over deep mid-wicket but misses.

WIDE! Goes slower and full and wide outside off but spills it well beyond the tramline for a wide.

Oh, a bit sloppy from Sam Billings! Floated up full and wide, Max Bryant reaches for it and gets an inside edge to the left of the keeper. Sam Billings fumbles the ball and it rolls down to fine leg for a couple of runs.

Nice and full, angled into middle and leg, clipped away towards deep mid-wicket for a single. A much better over for the Thunder, just 5 off it.

Good running! Takes pace off again and floats it up on the stumps, Bryant waits back and nudges it away into the gap at mid-wicket before racing back for the second run.

This one is pitched up, full and just outside off, Max Bryant looks to punch on the up but hits it straight to extra cover.

Gentle pace again and a bit into the pitch around off, Renshaw gets across and pulls it off the inner half of the bat through backward square leg for one more.

A gentle-paced delivery at 117 clicks and shorter at the pads, Bryant looks to angle the pull shot fine but gets an inside edge off the pads to short fine leg and picks up a single.

Good-length delivery, right at the stumps, Max Bryant opts to block it off.

FOUR! The 100 is up for Brisbane Heat and they have nearly doubled their score from the first 10 overs in the previous three overs. Flatter one at the batter, good use of the feet from Renshaw and he manages to heave it away well in front of deep mid-wicket for a boundary.

Darted in full and at the stumps, jammed out firmly down to long off for a single.

FOUR! Top effort in the deep from Matthew Gilkes but that was just too well timed. Bowled short over middle and leg, Max Bryant stays put and plays a short-arm jab, nailing it through mid-wicket for a boundary.

Flighted up on the stumps, Renshaw brings out the reverse sweep and gets it off the gloves. The ball lobs up behind Sam Billings who puts in a dive but it falls safe. A single is taken.

On the pads, Renshaw looks to sweep but fails to get it away.

SIX! The carnage carries on after the Surge as well! Dropped short at the batter, Renshaw skips down the pitch and just goes through with the heave, managing to hit it well wide of deep mid-wicket and just over the fence for a biggie.

A dot to end but 32 runs come off the Power Surge and Brisbane Heat are right back in it. Lockie goes for the straight yorker but ends up slipping in a low full toss which Bryant ends up jamming back onto the deck.

SIX! Pumped down the ground! Length ball, slower but in the slot around off, Max Bryant keeps a still head and swats it flat over long off for a biggie.

Pitched up right on off, Matt Renshaw looks to swing across the line but miscues it badly towards point. They pick up another single.

Hard length at the body, Max Bryant looks to get inside the line but gets hurried and wears it on the pads. The ball rolls to the left of the keeper and they get a leg bye.

Pace-off from Lockie this time, into the pitch and around off, Bryant backs away to cut but is undone by the lack of pace.

FOUR! Just too full and too quick. Too full and outside off, Max Bryant is late on the drive but ends up toe-ending it behind and between backward point and short third for another boundary.

Full and wide, gets it in the blockhole, Max Bryant reaches out and squeezes it away through cover-point for one. 20 off the first over of the Surge.

SIX! Wow, what a momentum-shifting over this is turning out to be! 19 runs off it with a ball to go. Pitched up, right in the slot and around off, Bryant just steps inside the line and launches it high and over long off for a biggie.

FOUR! Lovely shot from Max Bryant. Full and wide outside off, Bryant just hangs back and opens the face of the blade late and uses the pace on the ball to just slice it fine of deep third for four more.

Keeps it full but gets the line correct this time, around off and middle, tucked away in front of mid-wicket for a single by Renshaw.

FOUR MORE! Full and straight but just too straight and on the pads, Renshaw clips it away with stellar timing and beats the deep backward square leg fielder to his left for another boundary.

FOUR! Just the start Brisbane Heat would have wanted in the Surge. Full and angling into the pads from around the wicket, Matt Renshaw manages to flick it away and the ball rolls away into the fine leg fence.

Quicker, full and on middle, Matt Renshaw drives it to long off for one more.

Goes short and on leg, Max Bryant swipes it to deep square leg for one.

Flatter, full and on off, Matt Renshaw once again goes down across for the paddle sweep but only manages to glove it towards short fine for a run.

Flighted, full and on middle, Matt Renshaw tucks it wide of long on for a couple of runs. 50 up for Brisbane Heat in the 10th over!

Floated, full and on off, Matt Renshaw goes down across for the sweep but misses and gets hit on the pads.

Shorter and around leg, Max Bryant nudges it towards short fine for a quick single.

Another shorter one, outside off, Max Bryant punches it through covers for one.

Shortish and on off, Max Bryant dabs it to point.

Quicker, full and on leg, Matt Renshaw works it through mid-wicket for one.

Fires one full but down the leg side, Matt Renshaw fails to get bat on that one. Wided.

Short and outside off, Max Bryant cuts it through point for a single.

OUT! TAKEN! Tom Andrews strikes! The pressure was building and the Heat skipper has caved under it. This one is dragged back again, on middle and leg. Colin Munro backs away to pull it away but the ball gets a bit big on him. He ends up hitting it much straighter towards long on and without much timing. Oliver Davies moves forward a bit and takes a good catch. Munro falls for 23 off 25, and Brisbane Heat are 43/3!

Flatter, full and around leg, Matt Renshaw backs away to flick it but misses as the ball goes off his pads towards the leg gully region. A single is taken.

Fires one full and on the pads, Matt Renshaw works it through mid-wicket for one. The boundaries have really dried up here for the Heat.

Drags his length back, on middle, Colin Munro nudges it towards the mid on region as Green himself runs after to mop it up. They cross.

Quicker, short and on middle, Colin Munro punches it wide of the bowler. Chris Green dives to his right to make a good stop.

Flighted, full and on off, Matt Renshaw tucks it to deep mid-wikcet for a single.

Short again and on middle, Matt Renshaw moves across and pulls it wide of deep square leg for a brace.

Flatter, short and on middle, angling in, Matt Renshaw flicks it through mid-wicket with soft hands and comes back for the second run.

Another short delivery, on leg, skids through, Colin Munro misses his flick and gets hit on the pads. Only 3 runs off this over, 5 from the last two!

Dragged back, on off, Matt Renshaw punches it to covers or a run.

Goes short again and on middle, Matt Renshaw once again misses out on his cut and gets a bottom edge towards short fine.

Pushed through quicker, full and on middle turns in, Matt Renshaw advances but only to stab it back to the bowler.

Flatter, short and on middle, Matt Renshaw backs away to cut it away but gets a bottom edge onto his pads.

Tom Andrews starts with a floated delivery, full and on leg, Matt Renshaw uses his feet and chips it towards deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

Length again and on leg, Matt Renshaw clips it to short fine for a run. Just 2 runs off the over!

Good length and around middle, Matt Renshaw keeps it out to the off side.

Back of a length and on off, Colin Munro swats it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Three dots in a row! Hard length and on off, Colin Munro stays back and knocks it towards mid off.

Goes fuller now, on off, Colin Munro drives it straight to short covers.

On a length and on middle, Colin Munro pats it to the left of the bowler.

On the shorter side and around off, cut away off the back foot and through the point region for a single.

Pushed through on a length and around off, Colin Munro looks to just back away and cut but is beaten.

On a slightly dragged length and angled into middle and leg, Munro fails to get it away again.

A bit flatter and full, darted back in from around middle, Munro pushes it down on the deck.

Quick and flat, darted back in at the stumps, Colin Munro defends it out.

SIX! BANG! What a way to bring up 11,000 T20 runs for Colin Munro. Tossed up from around the wicket, full and on off, Munro uses those long levers and just whacks it through the line and over long off for a 99-meter six.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Would you believe it? Dan Christian picks up a wicket as well and he is keeping the Thunder out in front in this contest. Another one that is delivered on a hard length around off and angled back in. Nathan McSweeney walks right across the off stump looking to lap it away but plays it too late and the ball just brushes the face of the bat, going straight towards the keeper. Sam Billings makes no mistake and McSweeney has to walk back.

FOUR! Unlucky for Dan Christian! Good length around the top of off, nipping back off the seam, McSweeney looks to stand tall and drive but gets an inside edge over the stumps and down to fine leg for a boundary.

Nagging length on off, angled in but just sits up off the deck, McSweeney looks to stay back and tuck it away but gets squared up and the ball is kept down off the handle of the bat.

Back of a length and wide of the off stump, McSweeney just waits back and punches it off the middle of the bat through the big gap at covers for a couple of runs.

Short again, banged in over middle, Munro pulls it away to deep square leg and picks up a single.

Dan Christian comes on to bowl as well. Starts off with a shortish ball over off, banging it in, Colin Munro looks to take it on but clofts it over mid on for a couple of runs.

Short ball, angled in at the batter, Munro awkwardly pulls it off the top edge and just wide of short fine leg for one more.

Full and straight, looking to slip one through, McSweeney punches it away to the left of mid on and picks up a single.

Peach of a delivery that! Good length around the top of off, angled in and then just straightens off the deck with good pace and carry. McSweeney plays just inside the line of that one.

Hard length over the top of off, McSweeney watches it well and defends it out.

EDGED AND DROPPED! Just too hot to handle for Oliver Davies. Pitched up around off, quick and angling across off. Colin Munro drives again and gets a thick outside edge and the ball flies away to the left of wide first slip. Davies times the leap well but the ball bursts through the hand and down to deep third for a single.

The ball is just darting across the deck so much here. Lockie goes a bit full and angles it across off, the ball nips further away, Munro leans on to cover drive but is well beaten again.

Good length in the channel, too close to cut but Munro throws his hands at it and the ball flies off the outer half of the blade to deep backward point. A single is taken and that's Munro's highest score of this season, 9 not out so far.

Hits the deck hard again, bowling it on off and getting the ball to shape away, Colin Munro stays put and looks to cut but is beaten for pace and bounce.

Bowled on a hard length around middle and leg, this one nips back in off the seam, Munro hops back and gets a blow on the body.

FOUR! Flailed away by Munro! Hard length but well outside off, Munro is able to slashes hard at it and gets a top edge that flies down to deep third for a boundary.

FOUR! SHOT! Banged in a bit and following the batter past off stump, Munro pulls it Calypso-style, with one leg up in the air and nails it behind square leg for a boundary.

Oh, that's prodigious seam movement! Pitches the ball up on middle and just seams away a mile, Colin Munro looks to block but is well beaten.

Fullish length around off, a bit slower at 132 clicks, McSweeney leans forward and clips it to the leg side. Brisbane Heat 2/1 at the end of the first over of the chase.

That's top bowling from Ferguson! Goes wider on the crease and hits the deck hard, getting the ball to angle in with some sharp bounce. Nathan McSweeney looks to get behind it but gets pinged on the gloves.

OUT! TIMBER! Lockie Ferguson gets the inswinger getting this time and delivers an early blow to the Heat. Pitches it up again around off with that skiddy and quick action, getting the ball to move in the air and then late off the deck. Jack Wood plants his front leg forward and looks to hammer it over mid off but the ball slips through the gate and crashes into the stumps.

Beaten! Lockie pitches it up around off at 138 clicks, looking for some away swing, Jack Wood goes for the expansive cover drive but is well beaten.

Follows it up with a skiddy short ball, banging it in over off, Wood leans back a bit and takes on the pull, managing to hit it over wide mid on and picks up a brace to get the chase underway.

Begins back of a length and bowls it around the fourth stump line, Jack Wood stands tall and lets the ball rise before pushing it down in front of point.