Brisbane Heat

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Brisbane Heat
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Captain: Australia Chris Lynn
Coach: New Zealand Daniel Vettori
Colours:      Teal
Founded: 2011
Home ground: Brisbane Cricket Ground
Capacity: 42,000
BBL wins: 1
CLT20 wins: 0
Official website: brisbaneheat.com.au
2015–16 Brisbane Heat season

The Brisbane Heat are an Australian men's professional twenty20 cricket team that competes in the Big Bash League. The Heat wears an aqua uniform and are based in Brisbane in the Australian state Queensland. Their home ground is the Brisbane Cricket Ground.[1][2][3]

In their second season, they won the Big Bash League for the first time and thus qualified for the Champions League Twenty20.[4]

Squad

S/N Name Nat. Date of birth (age) Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
62 Joe Burns Australia (1989-09-06) 6 September 1989 (age 34) Right-handed Right arm medium
54 Lendl Simmons Trinidad and Tobago (1985-01-25) 25 January 1985 (age 39) Right-handed Right arm medium Visa contract, replacement player for Brendon McCullum
14 Alex Doolan Australia (1985-11-29) 29 November 1985 (age 38) Right-handed Right arm medium
20 Peter Forrest Australia (1985-11-15) 15 November 1985 (age 38) Right-handed Right arm medium
50 Chris Lynn Australia (1990-04-10) 10 April 1990 (age 34) Right-handed Left arm orthodox Captain
36 Nathan Reardon Australia (1984-11-08) 8 November 1984 (age 39) Left-handed Right arm medium
All-rounders
52 Jason Floros Australia (1990-12-24) 24 December 1990 (age 33) Left-handed Right arm off spin
39 James Hopes Australia (1978-11-24) 24 November 1978 (age 45) Right-handed Right arm fast medium
24 Jack Wildermuth Australia (1993-09-01) 1 September 1993 (age 30) Right-handed Right arm medium fast
Wicketkeepers
42 Brendon McCullum New Zealand (1981-09-27) 27 September 1981 (age 42) Right-handed Right arm medium Visa contract
59 James Peirson Australia (1992-10-13) 13 October 1992 (age 31) Right-handed
Pace bowlers
16 Nick Buchanan Australia (1991-03-04) 4 March 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right arm fast medium
12 Andrew Fekete Australia (1985-05-18) 18 May 1985 (age 38) Right-handed Right arm fast medium
58 Luke Feldman Australia (1984-08-01) 1 August 1984 (age 39) Right-handed Right arm fast medium
2 Josh Lalor Australia (1987-11-04) 4 November 1987 (age 36) Right-handed Left arm fast medium
31 Ben Cutting Australia (1987-01-30) 30 January 1987 (age 37) Right-handed Right arm fast medium
6 Mark Steketee Australia (1994-01-17) 17 January 1994 (age 30) Right-handed Right arm fast medium
Spin bowlers
77 Samuel Badree Trinidad and Tobago (1981-03-08) 8 March 1981 (age 43) Right-handed Right arm leg spin Visa contract
4 Mitchell Swepson Australia (1993-10-04) 4 October 1993 (age 30) Right-handed Right arm leg spin

Big Bash League 2011/12

The team lost their first four matches, but – still with an outside chance to reach the semi-finals – won their last three matches and were just eliminated in the last match. Brendon McCullum missed some matches as he was playing HRV Cup in New Zealand simultaneously while Daniel Vettori missed few games because of injury while the original captain James Hopes missed the whole tournament because of injury. The team ended fifth out of eight on the points table.

Date Opponent Venue Result
16 December 2011 Australia Sydney Sixers Sydney Cricket Ground Lost by 6 wickets
20 December 2011 Australia Melbourne Stars The Gabba Lost by 8 runs
29 December 2011 Australia Perth Scorchers WACA Ground Lost by 10 runs
3 January 2012 Australia Adelaide Strikers The Gabba Lost by 31 runs
6 January 2012 Australia Hobart Hurricanes The Gabba Won by 3 runs, MoM- Australia Matthew Hayden 76 (51)
12 January 2012 Australia Melbourne Renegades Etihad Stadium Won by 12 runs, MoM- New Zealand Daniel Vettori 40 (25) and 0/27 (4 Overs)
17 January 2012 Australia Sydney Thunder The Gabba Won by 91 runs, MoM- Australia Daniel Christian 75* (47) and 1/17 (4 Overs)
Overall Record of 3–4 in BBL|01

Failed to make Semifinals, ended 5/8

Big Bash League 2012/13

Final

Brisbane Heat defeated the Perth Scorchers in the 2012/13 Big Bash League final. The match was played at the WACA Ground on 19 January 2013.[4]

Captain James Hopes was unable to play due to injury.[4] Vice-captain Chris Hartley won the toss, and elected to bat first. Joe Burns top scored for Brisbane with 43 runs off 27 balls, in a total of 167 for the loss of five wickets. Jason Behrendorff took 2 wickets for the Scorchers.[5]

In reply, Perth Scorchers scored 133 for the loss of nine wickets from their 20 overs, losing by 34 runs. Adam Voges was the highest scorer with 49 runs from 32 deliveries. Barbadian Kemar Roach took 3 wickets for 18 runs. Nathan Hauritz was named man of the match after bowling three overs for 11 runs and taking three catches.[4][5]

Date Opponent Venue Result
9 December 2012 Australia Hobart Hurricanes The Gabba Lost by 8 wickets
13 December 2012 Australia Adelaide Strikers Adelaide Oval Won by 3 wickets, MoM- Australia Luke Pomersbach 65 (39)
18 December 2012 Australia Perth Scorchers The Gabba Lost by 9 wickets (D/L)
22 December 2012 Australia Melbourne Renegades Etihad Stadium Lost by 6 wickets, MoM- Australia Ben Cutting 2/12 (4 Overs)
28 December 2012 Australia Sydney Thunder Stadium Australia Won by 5 wickets, MoM- Australia Daniel Christian 5/26 (4 overs)
3 January 2013 Australia Melbourne Stars The Gabba Won by 24 runs, MoM- Australia James Hopes 49 (40) and 3/28 (4 Overs)
7 January 2013 Australia Sydney Sixers The Gabba Lost by 5 wickets
12 January 2013 Australia Hobart Hurricanes Bellerive Oval Won by 8 wickets, MoM- Australia Luke Pomersbach 82 (42)
Finals Series
15 January 2013 Australia Melbourne Renegades Etihad Stadium Won by 15 runs, MoM- Australia Luke Pomersbach 112* (70)
19 January 2013 Australia Perth Scorchers WACA Ground Won by 34 runs, MoM- Australia Nathan Hauritz 0/11 (3 Overs) and 3 catches
Overall Record of 6–4 in BBL|02

Big Bash League Champions (1/8)

Big Bash League 2013/14

The team started well, winning their first game against the Perth Scorchers. However, they lost out in many close matches over the course of the season. The Heat struggled but, managed to finish the season in 5th place. There were good signs for the Heat as Cameron Gannon led all BBL wicket-takers, snaring 18 wickets at an average of less than 12 – with best bowling of 4–10. Daniel Vettori was also miserly with the ball, going for just over six an over and picking up 7 wickets. Chris Lynn was the best of the batsman scoring 198 runs closely followed by Dan Christian who made 186 runs at an average of 46.5.[6]

Date Opponent Venue Result
22 December 2013 Australia Perth Scorchers The Gabba Won by 3 wickets, MoM- Australia Chris Lynn 81 (53)
28 December 2013 Australia Hobart Hurricanes The Gabba Lost by 3 wickets
30 December 2013 Australia Melbourne Renegades Etihad Stadium Lost by 57 runs
2 January 2014 Australia Sydney Sixers The Gabba Lost by 4 runs
8 January 2014 Australia Sydney Thunder Stadium Australia Won by 48 runs, MoM- Australia Chris Lynn 56 (35)
11 January 2014 Australia Melbourne Stars The Gabba Lost by 3 wickets
18 January 2014 Australia Adelaide Strikers Adelaide Oval Won by 32 runs, MoM- Australia Daniel Vettori 2/10 (4 Overs)
23 January 2014 Australia Hobart Hurricanes Bellerive Oval Lost by 40 runs
Overall Record of 3–5 in BBL|03

Failed to make Semifinals, ended 5/8

Big Bash League 2014/15

Brisbane Heat finished last in the league, with a record of 2–6, which led to the resignation of Stuart Law as coach, and James Hopes as captain.

Date Opponent Venue Result
21 December 2014 Australia Sydney Thunder ANZ Stadium Lost by 56 runs
28 December 2014 Australia Melbourne Stars The Gabba Won by 1 run, MoM- Australia Ryan Duffield 3/28 (4 overs)
2 January 2015 Australia Hobart Hurricanes Blundstone Arena Lost by 6 wickets
4 January 2015 Australia Adelaide Strikers The Gabba Lost by 5 wickets
8 January 2015 Australia Perth Scorchers #TheFurnace Lost by 8 wickets
11 January 2015 Australia Sydney Sixers The Gabba Lost by 6 wickets
13 January 2015 Australia Melbourne Renegades Etihad Stadium Lost by 5 wickets
15 January 2015 Australia Hobart Hurricanes The Gabba Won by 18 runs, MoM- Australia Chris Lynn 81 (35)
Overall Record of 2–6 in BBL|04

Failed to make Semifinals, ended 8/8

Big Bash League 2015/16

Following the retirement of Daniel Vettori's playing career, he signed a 3-year contract to become the coach of the franchise.[7]

Honours

Domestic

International

vs BBL sides

Brisbane Heat squad at the Gabba in 2014
Opponent Played Won Lost
Adelaide Strikers 5 2 3
Hobart Hurricanes 9 4 5
Melbourne Renegades 5 2 3
Melbourne Stars 5 2 3
Perth Scorchers 5 2 3
Sydney Sixers 5 1 4
Sydney Thunder 5 4 1

Imported players

+= Did not play a game that season

See also

References

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