‘I withdraw’: Act of sportsmanship saves Heat before Sixers get home in low scoring thriller
The Sydney Sixers made 7-118 from 18.4 overs in reply to the Brisbane Heat’s 9-114 as Joel Davies and Hayden Kerr getting them home.
Davies made 35 from 26 balls, including three fours and a six, while Kerr made 27 off 25 including one four and one six.
Babar Azam could only manage 2 off 7 balls before he was caught by a brilliant diving catch off Tom Balkin to give Oliver Patterson his first scalp.
Josh Philippe came and went for a first ball duck caught behind by Jimmy Peirson to put Patterson on a hat-trick heading into his next over.
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Daniel Hughes hit two fours in his run a ball 15 before he was caught in the gully to give Xavier Bartlett his first wicket.
Jordan Silk struggled to 6 off 10, before he was clean bowled by Matt Kuhnemann.
Jack Edwards came and went for a first ball duck caught at slip by McSweeney to put Kuhnemann on a hat-trick heading into his next over.
Moises Henriques hit four fours in his 26 off 24 balls before he was caught in the covers by Kuhnemann off Jack Wildermuth as the Sixers slumped to 6-53.
Ben Manenti could only manage 2 off 3 balls before he was out to a caught and bowled from Matt Renshaw.
“The Sixers are in free-fall,” Shane Watson said.
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The Heat made 9-114 from 20 overs after being sent in by the Sixers, but they could’ve been in an even worse position had Sixers captain Moises Henriques not withdrawn an appeal for a timed out wicket.
Matt Kuhnemann was not ready within 75 seconds of the previous wicket as his side collapsed in Coffs Harbour.
However Henriques could be heard saying “I withdraw” as his partner Hugh Weibgen asked for new gloves.
Earlier Jack Wildermuth smashed two towering sixes back-to-back with the second finishing up outside the ground in the third over off Jack Edwards.
However, Edwards bounced back to trap Lachlan Hearne LBW for one off five balls.
Wildermuth blasted two sixes and two fours in his 31 from 17 balls, before he was bowled through the gate with a peach from Sean Abbott.
Matt Renshaw made just 2 off 7 before he smashed the ball down Jordan Silk’s throat to give Hayden Kerr his first scalp of the night.
Max Bryant came and went for just 3 off 5 balls after he chipped one to mid-wicket to give Ben Dwarshuis his first wicket of the night.
Nathan McSweeney hit one four in his 11 off 12 balls, before he was caught behind to give Dwarshuis his second wicket of the over as the Heat lost 5 for 23 in a horror collapse.
Jimmy Peirson hit one four in his run a ball 10, before he was trapped LBW by a superb Sean Abbott yorker.
Xavier Bartlett could only manage 1 off 4 balls, before he chipped a ball back to Joel Davies for a caught and bowled.
“It’s been an absolute shocker from the Heat,” Mike Hussey said.
Matt Kuhnemann was out for a first ball duck after a superb delivery from Davies bowled him through the gate.
Hugh Weibgen hit one six in his 23 off 24 balls, before he was run-out by Ben Dwarshuis trying to pinch a second run.
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