Big Bash League 2025/26, Match 20

Melbourne Stars v Brisbane Heat

Melbourne Stars 195/6 20 ov
Brisbane Heat 199/6 19.4 ov

Brisbane Heat won by 4 wickets

Venue
Brisbane Cricket Ground
Date
Fri, 2 January 2026
Toss
Brisbane Heat won the toss and chose to field
Player of the match
Max Bryant

The match

Before a ball was bowled the model made Brisbane Heat 55% favourites, from the two XIs that took the field.

Melbourne Stars win

Brisbane Heat win

Melbourne Stars batBrisbane Heat chase 196

Turning point −32 to Brisbane Heat. 19.3, the chase: Haris Rauf to Max Bryant, 6 runs, 195/6, needing 1. Melbourne Stars went from 32% to 0%.

Moved it most Max Bryant +78.5 · Thomas Curran −47.7 · Haris Rauf −32.3 · Jack Wildermuth −26.4

BattingRB4s6sSRWin
Samuel Harperc JD Wildermuth b Thomas Balkin372351160.9+14.8
Thomas Rogersb MT Renshaw131220108.3−1.7
Marcus Stoinisc Thomas Balkin b XC Bartlett433551122.9−1.1
C Kellawayc M Bryant b Thomas Balkin291460207.1+10.2
Glenn Maxwellc JJ Peirson b MP Kuhnemann120050.0−2.4
Hilton Cartwrightnot out26*2012130.0−0.1
Thomas Curranc C Munro b O Patterson2200100.0−3.4
BD Macdonaldnot out37*1242308.3+19.4
Extras lb 4, w 37
Total 20 ov, 9.75 an over195/6

Did not bat Mitchell Swepson, Haris Rauf, Peter Siddle

Fall of wickets 52-1 (Harper, 5.3), 56-2 (Rogers, 6.2), 109-3 (Kellaway, 11.4), 113-4 (Maxwell, 12.1), 134-5 (Stoinis, 15.5), 137-6 (Curran, 16.2)

BowlingOMRWEconDotsWdNbWin
Jack Wildermuth2032016.00310−27.6
Xavier Bartlett4048112.00710−12.4
O Patterson4041110.25800−6.0
Matthew Kuhnemann402215.501110−0.2
Thomas Balkin403528.751000−1.0
Matthew Renshaw201316.50200+7.0

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Ball by ball

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The balls that decided it