Heat prolong unbeaten run courtesy Brown, Walter and Kuhnemann

Brisbane Heat 104 for 4 in 14.3 overs (Brown 43, Walter 23*, Dwarshuis 1-7) beat Sydney Sixers 141 for 8 (Philippe 41, Kuhnemann 2-19) by three runs (DLS methodology)

Chasing 142, rain interrupted the match with the Heat at 80 for 4 after 12 overs, two behind the place they wanted to be below the Duckworth Lewis system. Three overs had been misplaced with the Heat then needing 44 off 5 overs in a revised goal of 124 off 17.

Walter smashed an enormous legside six off Tom Curran, the primary ball after the break, after which whacked two fours within the first three balls of the one Power Surge over to raise the Heat to 104 for 4 three runs above the rating required after 14.3 overs, when the second bathe ended the sport.

Heat moved 4 factors forward of the Sixers, who had been second going into the sport however had every of their two earlier video games finish in a no end result as a consequence of rain.

The Sixers had been sloppy within the subject early within the Heat innings dropping the harmful Josh Brown on one and 36. The latter reprieve gifted to him by Curran got here after the hard-hitting opener smashed successive sixes off spinner Todd Murphy later within the over.

The Heat had been effectively positioned at 60 for 1 within the eighth over, however Brown (43 off 31 balls) was then bowled by Stephen O’Keefe they usually misplaced 3 for 12 earlier than the rain arrived. Walter and Nathan McSweeney (22 not out off 25) placed on 32 for the fifth wicket and made certain their crew was in entrance when the rain returned.

Put in to bat, the second-placed Sixers struggled to attain shortly on a sluggish pitch, ending at 141 for 8. They struck six sixes, however simply 9 fours of their innings with Ben Dwarshuis taking 10 off the final two balls of the innings to raise them above 140. Left-arm spinner Matt Kuhnemann (2 for 19) bowled significantly effectively, claiming the primary two wickets to fall.

A 3rd-wicket stand of 47 between opener Josh Philippe (41 off 36 balls) and Moises Henriques (22 off 22) lifted the Sixers to 82 for two within the thirteenth over. But the Sixers misplaced a wicket in every of the subsequent 4 overs as their innings declined, dropping 6 for 39. Jack Edwards (22 off 15) and Dwarshuis (13 not out off 6) added some late substance. The Heat’s bowling selection, execution and slick-fielding had been instrumental in holding the rating down.