The Brisbane Heat are 9-100 from 18 overs after being sent in by the Sydney Sixers in their clash at C.ex Coffs International Stadium in Coffs Harbour.
Jack Wildermuth smashed two towering sixes back-to-back with the second finishing up outside the ground in the third over off Jack Edwards.
However, Edwards bounced back to trap Lachlan Hearne LBW for one off five balls.
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Wildermuth blasted two sixes and two fours in his 31 from 17 balls, before he was bowled through the gate with a peach from Sean Abbott.
Matt Renshaw made just 2 off 7 before he smashed the ball down Jordan Silk’s throat to give Hayden Kerr his first scalp of the night.
Max Bryant came and went for just 3 off 5 balls after he chipped one to mid-wicket to give Ben Dwarshuis his first wicket of the night.
Nathan McSweeney hit one four in his 11 off 12 balls, before he was caught behind to give Dwarshuis his second wicket of the over as the Heat lost 5 for 23 in a horror collapse.
Jimmy Peirson hit one four in his run a ball 10, before he was trapped LBW by a superb Sean Abbott yorker.
Xavier Bartlett could only manage 1 off 4 balls, before he chipped a ball back to Joel Davies for a caught and bowled.
“It’s been an absolute shocker from the Heat,” Mike Hussey said.
Matt Kuhnemann was out for a first ball duck after a superb delivery from Davies bowled him through the gate.
Hugh Weibgen hit one six in his 23 off 24 balls, before he was runout by Ben Dwarshuis trying to pinch a second run.
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MATCH PREVIEW
Moises Henriques and the Sydney Sixers host Nathan McSweeney and the Brisbane Heat in a blockbuster BBL clash at C.ex Coffs International Stadium in Coffs Harbour.
The Sixers have won the bat flip and will bowl first.
The fourth-placed Heat are coming off a big win over the Stars, while the fifth-placed Sixers beat the Renegades in their last start on New Year’s Day. The winner will sit fourth with just a handful of games left in the season.
Babar Azam and Josh Philippe will lead the charge with the bat for the Sixers, while Sean Abbott and Ben Dwarshuis will be key with the ball.
For the Heat the danger men with the bat will be Matt Renshaw and Max Bryant, who have been amongst the runs this season – the latter brilliant in the victory over the previously-unbeaten Stars – while Xavier Bartlett and Matthew Kuhneman will lead the charge with the ball.
It sets the scene for a crucial clash with both teams looking to cement their spot in the finals picture.
In particular the Sixers would find themselves two wins outside the finals places with a loss tonight.
TEAMS
Sixers: Daniel Hughes, Babar Azam, Josh Philippe (wk), Moises Henriques (c), Ben Dwarshuis, Joel Davies, Jordan Silk, Jack Edwards, Ben Manenti, Sean Abbott, Hayden Kerr
Heat: Jack Wildermuth, Lachlan Hearne, Nathan McSweeney (c), Matthew Renshaw, Max Bryant, Hugh Weibgen, Jimmy Peirson (wk), Xavier Bartlett, Matt Kuhnemann, Tom Balkin, Oliver Patterson
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