BRISBANE: In the 46th match of the ongoing Big Bash League (BBL), Adelaide Strikers’ Rashid Khan took a six-fer, handing Brisbane Heat a crushing defeat by 71 runs, here on Wednesday.
Strikers’ Rashid, returned with a stunning match figure of 6/17 in his quota of four overs despite leaking 11 runs in his first over.
Set to chase 162, the Strikers had a poor start to their innings; losing the first two wickets for a mere 17. The openers Nathan McSweeney and Chris Lynn departed after scoring cheaply. McSweeney scored five, while Lynn managed to score seven.
Lachlan Pfeffer and Ben Duckett then anchored the innings for the home side. The pair recorded an important 45-runs partnership before Pfeffer fell unlucky; getting run out by Peter Siddle. He managed to score 23 off 24.
Following his departure, the Heat began to lose wickets at an alarming rate and slipped from 62/2 to 67/6 as Duckett too departed after top-scoring with his 24 off 18 balls.
Rashid then wrecked the Heat’s lower order and the home side soon bundled out for a skimpy 90; handing a comfortable 71-runs victory to the Strikers.
For the Strikers, Rashid bagged six wickets, while Matthew Short claimed two. Siddle, on the other hand, made one scalp.
Batting first, the Strikers’ batters provided a combined batting effort as all their batters made significant contributions before Rashid’s brief on-slaught down the order assisted the side to amass 161/4 in the allotted 20 overs.
Short scored 27, followed by the top-scorer for the Strikers – Jake Weatherald, who scored 35 off 31 balls, including one boundary and as many sixes. Rashid, on the other hand, scored a quickfire 13 off just four balls; smashing two sixes.
For the Heat, Will Prestwidge bagged two wickets, while Matthew Kuhnemann and Mujeeb Ur Rahman shared one wicket apiece.
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