Brisbane Heat

The Brisbane Heat are an Australian men’s professional twenty20 cricket team that competes in the Big Bash League (BBL). They represent the city of Brisbane in the league. The Heat plays their home games at the Brisbane Cricket Ground.

History:

2011-2012 season:

Brisbane Heat made a disastrous start to the season. They failed to win in the first four games. However, they had an outside chance of making it to the finals. And it was enough for the Heat to bounce back and revive their season by winning their last three games. But unfortunately they were eliminated in the last match. The Heat managed to win three games in eight and ended fifth in the table.

What further hurt Heat’s chances were the absence of some key players. Brendon McCullum missed some matches as he was playing HRV Cup in New Zealand simultaneously while Daniel Vettori missed few games because of injury. On the other hand,  captain James Hopes missed the whole tournament because of injury.

2012-2013 season:

Brisbane Heat won their first and only BBL title till date by defeating Perth Scorchers in the 2012/13  final. The match was played at the WACA Ground on 19 January 2013. They had made it to the semifinal after finishing fourth in the table with 4 wins from 8 games. In the semifinal, they beat Melbourne Renegades by 15 runs.

Before the final, they lost captain James Hopes to an injury. 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.

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.

2013-2014 season:

After the fifth place finish in the inaugural season, the Heat started the new season on a strong note, winning their first game against the Perth Scorchers.

But the season did not live up to the expectations as Heat lost several close games.  And just like the previous season, they ended up at the fifth place. They, however, had something to cheer out as Cameron Gannon led all BBL wicket-takers, snaring 18 wickets at an average of less than 12 – with best bowling of 4–10.

2014-2015 season:

The fourth season was a disastrous one for the Heat. They finished last in the league after winning just two of the eight games. The poor campaign led to the resignation of Stuart Law as coach, and James Hopes as captain. Brisbane Heat were the first team to win the wooden spoon, besides the Sydney Thunder, who won the spoon in the first 3 seasons of the BBL.

2015-2016 season:

The season started in the worst possible manner for the Heat. They found themselves well out of contention for a semifinal spot after losing the first four games. They managed to win three of the remaining four games but it was not enough to secure them a finals spot. They eventually ended the season at the sixth spot with three wins from eight games.

2016-2017 season:

After a disappointing outing in the previous season where they finished sixth, the Heat  started the season with a bang, beating Adelaide Strikers, Sydney Thunder and Hobart Hurricanes. They went on to finish the season at the second place with 5 wins from eight games. But their season came to a disappointing end as they lost the Super Over after their semifinal clash against Sydney Sixers ended in a tie.

2017-2018 season:

The seventh season of the competition saw the teams playing ten games instead of eight like the previous seasons.  The Heat made a fine start to the season, winning three of their opening five games. However, they managed just a solitary win from the last five games and ended the competition at the seventh position in the eight-team competition.

Here are some other details about the team:

Most runs for Brisbane Heat:

 

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave
CA Lynn	2011-2018	52	51	10	1607	101	39.19
JA Burns	2012-2018	40	39	7	943	69	29.46
BCJ Cutting	2012-2018	54	45	7	792	46	20.84
DT Christian	2011-2015	33	33	5	659	75*	23.53
BB McCullum	2011-2018	21	21	1	618	72	30.9
JJ Peirson	2014-2018	35	34	4	582	57	19.4
PJ Forrest	2011-2015	30	30	6	554	62*	23.08
LA Pomersbach	2012-2014	18	18	1	547	112*	32.17
AI Ross	2016-2018	19	17	2	414	64	27.6
NJ Reardon	2014-2017	18	17	3	360	52*	25.71
JR Hopes	2011-2016	33	27	6	317	49	15.09
SD Heazlett	2015-2018	14	14	1	210	45	16.15
ML Hayden	2011-2012	7	7	0	207	76	29.57
C Kieswetter	2013-2014	8	8	0	192	51	24
LMP Simmons	2015-2016	8	8	0	177	54	22.12
CD Hartley	2011-2013	18	12	6	124	35	20.66
AW Robinson	2011-2012	7	7	0	123	44	17.57
NLTC Perera	2012-2013	6	5	1	91	38	22.75
JS Floros	2015-2018	13	10	2	88	42	11
A Flintoff	2014-2015	7	7	2	74	46	14.8
DL Vettori	2012-2015	15	9	4	73	40	14.6
JD Wildermuth	2016-2017	9	5	0	72	29	14.4
RE van der Merwe	2011-2012	3	3	0	66	36	22
CJM Sabburg	2013-2014	9	5	1	59	19*	14.75
MG Neser	2011-2012	6	5	4	55	30*	55
MT Steketee	2014-2018	32	13	4	52	13	5.77
JK Lalor	2015-2018	14	10	4	49	14	8.16
CJ Gannon	2012-2018	16	6	3	44	23	14.66
M Labuschagne	2017-2018	6	5	0	42	20	8.4
RJ Harris	2011-2014	5	4	2	40	25*	20
SJ Paulsen	2012-2012	2	1	1	35	35*	–
BR McDermott	2014-2014	2	2	0	30	30	15
NM Hauritz	2011-2013	23	6	3	23	16*	7.66
MT Renshaw	2018-2018	1	1	0	22	22	22
S Milenko	2014-2015	3	3	0	20	13	6.66
SR Watson	2012-2012	1	1	0	17	17	17
ND Buchanan	2011-2017	5	4	1	11	8*	3.66
S Badree	2015-2017	13	2	2	7	6*	–
AC McDermott	2011-2015	20	5	1	7	5	1.75
Yasir Shah	2017-2018	7	3	1	6	6*	3
MJ Swepson	2016-2018	21	6	2	5	2	1.25
B Doggett	2017-2018	7	3	2	4	3	4
KAJ Roach	2012-2013	9	2	1	3	3*	3
SD Parry	2015-2015	2	1	1	2	2*	–
RM Duffield	2014-2015	6	1	0	1	1	1
AL Fekete	2015-2016	5	1	1	1	1*	–
MG Gale	2013-2013	2	1	0	1	1	1

 

Most wickets for Brisbane Heat:

 

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ
BCJ Cutting	2012-2018	54	51	154.3	1	1354	43	8.76
MT Steketee	2014-2018	32	32	109.1	0	938	37	8.59
DT Christian	2011-2015	33	32	93	0	751	29	8.07
AC McDermott	2011-2015	20	20	67.3	1	572	27	8.47
JR Hopes	2011-2016	33	33	106.1	1	756	24	7.12
CJ Gannon	2012-2018	16	15	48.5	0	438	23	8.96
MJ Swepson	2016-2018	21	21	76	0	559	21	7.35
S Badree	2015-2017	13	13	52	1	334	14	6.42
JK Lalor	2015-2018	14	14	50	0	389	11	7.78
DL Vettori	2012-2015	15	15	58	0	424	10	7.31
JD Wildermuth	2016-2017	9	9	28.5	0	268	9	9.29
NM Hauritz	2011-2013	23	20	58	0	459	9	7.91
MG Neser	2011-2012	6	6	21	0	166	7	7.9
B Doggett	2017-2018	7	7	24	0	228	7	9.5
Shadab Khan	2017-2017	3	3	12	0	85	6	7.08
NLTC Perera	2012-2013	6	6	14.2	0	130	6	9.06
RJ Harris	2011-2014	5	5	19.2	0	151	6	7.81
KAJ Roach	2012-2013	9	9	32.1	0	223	6	6.93
Yasir Shah	2017-2018	7	7	28	0	180	5	6.42
RM Duffield	2014-2015	6	6	21	1	197	5	9.38
MG Gale	2013-2013	2	2	4.5	0	32	4	6.62
ND Buchanan	2011-2017	5	5	12	0	129	4	10.75
AL Fekete	2015-2016	5	5	13	0	152	4	11.69
CA Lynn	2011-2018	52	6	12	0	87	3	7.25
A Flintoff	2014-2015	7	6	12	0	136	3	11.33
JS Floros	2015-2018	13	11	19.1	0	177	3	9.23
SD Parry	2015-2015	2	2	4	0	33	2	8.25
JA Burns	2012-2018	40	6	7	0	51	2	7.28
RE van der Merwe	2011-2012	3	3	8	0	83	2	10.37
CR Swan	2012-2012	1	1	4	0	16	1	4
TS Mills	2017-2017	2	2	8	0	50	1	6.25
LW Feldman	2015-2015	1	1	4	0	53	1	13.25
M Labuschagne	2017-2018	6	4	5	0	59	1	11.8
CJM Sabburg	2013-2014	9	1	1	0	5	0	5
SR Watson	2012-2012	1	1	3	0	17	0	5.66

 

Most dismissals as wicketkeeper for Brisbane Heat:

 

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Dismissals	Catches	Stumping
JJ Peirson	2014-2018	35	35	19	11	8
CD Hartley	2011-2013	18	18	12	11	1
C Kieswetter	2013-2014	8	8	9	7	2
BB McCullum	2011-2018	21	2	3	3	0

 

Current squad of Brisbane Heat:

 

Max Bryant

Joe Burns

Ben Cutting

Brendan Doggett

Sam Heazlett

Matt Kuhnemann

Marnus Labuschagne

Josh Lalor

Chris Lynn

Brendon McCullum (OS)

James Pattinson

James Peirson

Jack Prestwidge

Mujeeb Ur Rahman (OS)

Matthew Renshaw

Alex Ross

Mark Steketee

Mitchell Swepson

*Stats and squad updated before the start of BBL 2018-19