2016–17 Brisbane Heat season

Brisbane Heat
2016–17 season
Coach	Daniel Vettori (5th season)
Captain(s)	Brendon McCullum (6th season)
Home ground	The Gabba, Brisbane
Highest home attendance	35,112 vs Renegades; (20 January 2017)
Lowest home attendance	32,371 vs Sixers; (3 January 2017)
Average home attendance	34,190

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Perth Scorchers (C)	8	5	3	10	0.618	Advance to play-off phase
2	Brisbane Heat	8	5	3	10	0.516
3	Sydney Sixers	8	5	3	10	−0.848
4	Melbourne Stars	8	4	4	8	0.397
5	Melbourne Renegades	8	4	4	8	0.042
6	Adelaide Strikers	8	3	5	6	0.334
7	Hobart Hurricanes	8	3	5	6	−0.530
8	Sydney Thunder	8	3	5	6	−0.600

Source: ^[1]
(C) Champion

Ladder progress

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L
Position	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2

Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Regular season

21 December
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard

Brisbane Heat 5/206 (20 overs)	v	Adelaide Strikers (H) 6/196 (20 overs)
Alex Ross 64 (36) Kieron Pollard 2/27 (4 overs)		Ben Dunk 85 (43) Mark Steketee 3/32 (4 overs)

Brisbane Heat won by 10 runs
Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 38,011^[2]
Umpires: Shawn Craig and Sam Nogajski
Player of the match: Brendon McCullum (Heat)

Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
Liam O'Connor, Jake Weatherald (Strikers) and Jack Wildermuth (Heat) all made their T20 debuts.

28 December
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Sydney Thunder 7/157 (20 overs)	v	Brisbane Heat 7/160 (19.4 overs)
Eoin Morgan 52 (43) Samuel Badree 2/20 (4 overs)		Chris Lynn 85* (48) Fawad Ahmed 2/19 (4 overs)

Brisbane Heat won by 3 wickets
Spotless Stadium
Attendance: 20,234^[3]
Umpires: Shawn Craig and Damien Mealey
Player of the match: Chris Lynn (Heat)

Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.

30 December
18:10 (D/N)
Scorecard

Hobart Hurricanes 9/173 (20 overs)	v	Brisbane Heat (H) 3/174 (16.2 overs)
Daniel Christian 33 (23) Jack Wildermuth 2/26 (3 overs)		Chris Lynn 84* (50) Stuart Broad 1/24 (3 overs)

Brisbane Heat won by 7 wickets
The Gabba
Attendance: 34,601^[4]
Umpires: John Ward and Paul Wilson
Player of the match: Chris Lynn (Heat)

Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.

3 January
18:10 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Brisbane Heat 6/186 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers 7/191 (19.4 overs)
Joe Burns 51* (33) Sean Abbott 3/38 (4 overs)		Daniel Hughes 85 (55) Mitchell Swepson 2/25 (4 overs)

Sydney Sixers won by 3 wickets
The Gabba
Attendance: 32,371^[5]
Umpires: Ashley Barrow and Mick Martell
Player of the match: Daniel Hughes (Sixers)

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

5 January
16:10
Scorecard

(H) Perth Scorchers 6/173 (20 overs)	v	Brisbane Heat 1/174 (14.4 overs)
Mitchell Marsh 70 (41) Mitchell Swepson 2/27 (4 overs)		Chris Lynn 98* (49) David Willey 1/30 (2 overs)

Brisbane Heat won by 9 wickets
#TheFurnace
Attendance: 20,446^[6]
Umpires: Phillip Gillespie and John Ward
Player of the match: Chris Lynn (Heat)

Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
Chris Lynn equaled the record for the most number of sixes hit a BBL innings (11).^[7]

11 January
18:40 (D/N)
Scorecard

Perth Scorchers 5/156 (20 overs)	v	Brisbane Heat (H) 129 (19.2 overs)
Michael Klinger 81 (54) Mitchell Swepson 2/22 (4 overs)		Alex Ross 39 (40) Andrew Tye 4/22 (3.2 overs)

Perth Scorchers won by 27 runs
The Gabba
Attendance: 34,677^[8]
Umpires: Simon Fry and Michael Graham-Smith
Player of the match: Michael Klinger (Scorchers)

Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
The crowd of 34,677 is the highest ever for a BBL match at the Gabba.
Andrew Tye (Scorchers) took a hat-trick.^[9]

17 January
19:40 (D/N)
Scorecard

(H) Melbourne Stars 7/138 (20 overs)	v	Brisbane Heat 3/139 (18.1 overs)
Luke Wright 60* (55) Mitchell Swepson 2/14 (4 overs)		Alex Ross 46* (40) Evan Gulbis 1/8 (1 over)

Brisbane Heat won by 7 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance: 40,225^[10]
Umpires: Gerard Abood and Michael Graham-Smith
Player of the match: Mitchell Swepson (Heat)

Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
Marnus Labuschagne (Heat) made his T20 debut.

20 January
18:40 (D/N)
Scorecard

Melbourne Renegades 5/199 (20 overs)	v	Brisbane Heat (H) 198 (19.5 overs)
Aaron Finch 71 (35) Mark Steketee 2/37 (4 overs)		Brendon McCullum 64 (40) Thisara Perera 2/27 (4 overs)

Melbourne Renegades won by 1 run
The Gabba
Attendance: 35,112^[11]
Umpires: Shawn Craig and Sam Nogajski
Player of the match: Aaron Finch (Renegades)

Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
Andrew Harriott (Renegades) made his T20 debut.
The crowd of 35,112 is the highest ever for a BBL match at the Gabba.

Squad

Dates of birth are given as of 20 December 2016, the date of the opening match of the tournament

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of birth (age)	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
62	Joe Burns	Australia	(1989-09-06)6 September 1989 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right arm medium	International Cap
14	Alex Doolan	Australia	(1985-11-29)29 November 1985 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right arm medium	International Cap
5	Sam Heazlett	Australia	(1995-09-12)12 September 1995 (aged 21)	Left-handed	Left arm orthodox
9	Marnus Labuschagne	Australia	(1994-06-22)22 June 1994 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right arm leg spin
50	Chris Lynn	Australia	(1990-04-10)10 April 1990 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Left arm orthodox	International Cap
36	Nathan Reardon	Australia	(1984-11-08)8 November 1984 (aged 32)	Left-handed	Right arm medium	International Cap
49	Alex Ross	Australia	(1992-04-17)17 April 1992 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right arm off spin
42	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	(1981-09-27)27 September 1981 (aged 35)	Right-handed	Right arm medium	Captain, Visa contract & International Cap
All-rounders
52	Jason Floros	Australia	(1990-12-24)24 December 1990 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Right arm off spin
24	Jack Wildermuth	Australia	(1993-09-01)1 September 1993 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right arm medium fast
Wicketkeepers
59	James Peirson	Australia	(1992-10-13)13 October 1992 (aged 24)	Right-handed	–
Pace bowlers
16	Nick Buchanan	Australia	(1991-04-03)3 April 1991 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium
31	Ben Cutting	Australia	(1987-01-30)30 January 1987 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium
12	Andrew Fekete	Australia	(1985-05-18)18 May 1985 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium
58	Luke Feldman	Australia	(1984-08-01)1 August 1984 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium
2	Josh Lalor	Australia	(1987-11-04)4 November 1987 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Left arm fast medium
6	Mark Steketee	Australia	(1994-01-17)17 January 1994 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium
Spin bowlers
77	Samuel Badree	West Indies	(1981-03-08)8 March 1981 (aged 35)	Right-handed	Right arm leg spin	Visa contract & International Cap
4	Mitchell Swepson	Australia	(1993-10-04)4 October 1993 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right arm leg spin

Home attendance

Match	Opponent	Attendance
3	Hobart Hurricanes	34,601
4	Sydney Sixers	32,371
6	Perth Scorchers	34,677
8	Melbourne Renegades	35,112
Total Attendance		136,761
Average Attendance		34,190

References

^ "Big Bash League Table – 2016–17". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
^ You've done it again #Strikeforce Tonight is the biggest ever BBL pre-Christmas crowd! #BBL06 twitter.com/StrikersBBL. Retrieved on 21 Dec 2016
^ Thank you to the 20,234 fans who have packed out Spotless Stadium tonight twitter.com/ThunderBBL. Retrieved on 28 Dec 2016
^ 34,601 - a record @BBL crowd for the @GabbaBrisbane! Thank you, Brisbane! #TurnUpTheHeat #BBL06. Retrieved on 30 Dec 2016
^ Another great crowd of 32,371 treated to a terrific game of cricket! Thanks for your support again, Brisbane! twitter.com/HeatBBL. Retrieved on 3 January 2017
^ Thanks to all our fans who came to #TheFurnace tonight, our final crowd number was 20,446! #MADETOUGH twitter.com/ScorchersBBL. Retrieved on 5 January 2017
^ "Big Bash League / Records / Most sixes in an innings". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
^ Another record @BBL crowd of 34,677 at the @GabbaBrisbane tonight! Thanks for the support, Brisbane! #TurnUpTheHeat Retrieved on 11 Jan 2016
^ "Scorchers win big after Tye's hat-trick". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
^ Official attendance for tonight’s clash between the @StarsBBL and @HeatBBL is 40,225. #BBL06 Retrieved on 17 Jan 2017
^ Thanks for the sold out season Brisbane and the record crowd of 35,112 tonight 🔥 #TurnUpTheHeat #BBL06 Retrieved on 20 Jan 2017

External links

[1] "Big Bash League Table – 2016–17". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 December 2017.

[2] You've done it again #Strikeforce Tonight is the biggest ever BBL pre-Christmas crowd! #BBL06 twitter.com/StrikersBBL. Retrieved on 21 Dec 2016

[3] Thank you to the 20,234 fans who have packed out Spotless Stadium tonight twitter.com/ThunderBBL. Retrieved on 28 Dec 2016

[4] 34,601 - a record @BBL crowd for the @GabbaBrisbane! Thank you, Brisbane! #TurnUpTheHeat #BBL06. Retrieved on 30 Dec 2016

[5] Another great crowd of 32,371 treated to a terrific game of cricket! Thanks for your support again, Brisbane! twitter.com/HeatBBL. Retrieved on 3 January 2017

[6] Thanks to all our fans who came to #TheFurnace tonight, our final crowd number was 20,446! #MADETOUGH twitter.com/ScorchersBBL. Retrieved on 5 January 2017

[7] "Big Bash League / Records / Most sixes in an innings". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 January 2017.

[8] Another record @BBL crowd of 34,677 at the @GabbaBrisbane tonight! Thanks for the support, Brisbane! #TurnUpTheHeat Retrieved on 11 Jan 2016

[Tye-9] "Scorchers win big after Tye's hat-trick". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 January 2017.

[10] Official attendance for tonight’s clash between the @StarsBBL and @HeatBBL is 40,225. #BBL06 Retrieved on 17 Jan 2017

[11] Thanks for the sold out season Brisbane and the record crowd of 35,112 tonight 🔥 #TurnUpTheHeat #BBL06 Retrieved on 20 Jan 2017

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