Scorchers 巡航する past Heat to 最高の,を越す BBL
Brisbane have debuted their 最新の hidden gem but couldn't stop Perth 巡航するing to the 最高の,を越す of the Big Bash League ladder.
The Scorchers chased 負かす/撃墜する the Heat's 6-155 with eight wickets and 22 balls remaining at the Gabba on Wednesday night, their seventh 勝利,勝つ from nine starts.
The loss leaves the Heat flailing, three 勝利,勝つs outside the 最高の,を越す-five with just five games to play.
Josh Inglis 得点する/非難する/20d 67 off 35 balls, 株ing in a 132-run stand with Aaron Hardie (65 off 45), the pair unbeaten and untroubled after coming together with work to do at 2-25 in the fourth over.
Jason Behrendorff (3-21) did the first-innings 損失 for the 訪問者s, 指名するd man of the match after running through the Heat's 実験(する)-支えるd batting order to 選ぶ up his 100th BBL scalp in the 過程.
The Heat were in the contest 早期に, left-arm quick Spencer Johnson (0-22 off 3.2 overs) impressive on debut with his pace and bounce almost unplayable.
"He swings the ball up 前線 and that's gold in T20; he's always on the money and takes wickets in the 力/強力にする play," Inglis said of Behrendorff.
"And he (Johnson) was 現実に やめる 堅い to 選ぶ up his length, with a bit of a 延期する in his 活動/戦闘, was getting on quicker than we 推定する/予想するd."
The game turned when Usman Khawaja, captaining on his Heat debut after an off-season move from the Sydney 雷鳴, 取って代わるd Johnson with Marnus Labuschagne.
The legspinner was taken for 20 in his only over as Inglis and Hardie cashed in on some loose 配達/演説/出産s and poor fielding.
"Yeah they did," Inglis said when asked if his 注目する,もくろむs lit up at the sight of Labuschagne's first loose ball.
"But after the first one I made sure I switched on. I know how much Marn loves his bowling; I'd never hear the end of it if he got me out."
South Australian Johnson, 27, struggled with a serious ankle 傷害 in his 早期に 20s and played three one-dayers for the Redbacks as 早期に as 2017.
But he 生き返らせるd his career with a move to Brisbane last year.
Like fellow Heat surprise packet Josh Brown, he impressed in Brisbane's T20 競争 to 軍隊 his way into the BBL squad, finally 収入 a debut after the Heat left out 正規の/正選手s Mitchell Swepson and 示す Steketee.
Khawaja called on Johnson to bowl the 力/強力にする 殺到する but by then Inglis and Hardie were 飛行機で行くing, the latter finishing the chase with a powerful six over 中央の-on.
Earlier Behrendorff had the Heat's 手段, Inglis dropping a 堅い chance off Khawaja before the Scorchers 退役軍人 解任するd Brown (18), Labuschagne (10) and Matt Renshaw (28) just as they were 脅すing to break 解放する/自由な.
He bowled during the 力/強力にする 殺到する that backfired on the hosts, who lost 2-11 in those two overs, before Max Bryant (36 off 27) finished 井戸/弁護士席.