Brisbane Heat Cricket Team 2025
Brisbane Heat is a Big Bash League (BBL) cricket franchise based in Brisbane, Australia.
Founded in 2011, the Brisbane Heat replaced the Queensland Bulls who represented the region in the now-defunct KFC T20 Big Bash.
They play their home games at the Brisbane Cricket Ground, famously known as The Gabba.
Over the years, the team has been led by some famous cricketers such as Usman Khawaja, Chris Lynn, Brendon McCullum, and Daniel Vettori.
Brisbane Heat’s journey in BBL so far:
In their first season of the BBL, Brisbane Heat failed to advance ahead of the league stage and finished at the fifth spot in the 8-team competition.
However, in the following season, they went all the way and won the title for the first time. The Brisbane-based outfit is yet to win the BBL title again.
After winning the title, Brisbane Heat failed to advance to the finals for the next three seasons before losing in the semifinals in the 2016-17 season.
It was followed by another poor run in the BBL as they could not go past the league stage from 2017-18 to 2019-20 seasons.
In the 2020-21 season, they lost the Challenger before exiting at the group stage in 2022 and 2023.
The Heat finally laid their hands on the BBL trophy in 2024 by winning the 2023-24 edition.
Brisbane Heat's season-wise result in BBL:
|
Season |
League position |
|
2011–12 |
5th |
|
2012–13 |
4th |
|
2013–14 |
5th |
|
2014–15 |
8th |
|
2015–16 |
6th |
|
2016–17 |
2nd |
|
2017–18 |
7th |
|
2018–19 |
5th |
|
2019–20 |
7th |
|
2020–21 |
4th |
|
2021–22 |
7th |
|
2022–23 |
5th |
|
2023-24 |
1st |
Brisbane Heat squad:
Tom Alsop, Xavier Bartlett, Max Bryant, Spencer Johnson, Usman Khawaja, Matthew Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan McSweeney, Colin Munro, Michael Neser, Jimmy Peirson, Will Prestwidge, Matthew Renshaw, Mitchell Swepson, Callum Vidler, Paul Walter, Jack Wood
COMPLETED / 29th Match / Melbourne Cricket Ground
132/9 (20 ov)
188/7 (20 ov)
Heat won by 56 runs
COMPLETED / 26th Match / Sydney Cricket Ground
156/8 (20 ov)
162/8 (20 ov)
Heat won by 6 runs
COMPLETED / 23rd Match / The Gabba
175/6 (20 ov)
179/2 (18.4 ov)
Strikers won by 8 wkts (8b rem)
COMPLETED / 18th Match / The Gabba
189/4 (19.3 ov)
186/5 (20 ov)
Heat won by 6 wkts (3b rem)
COMPLETED / 12th Match / The Gabba
179/9 (20 ov)
194/4 (20 ov)
Hurricanes won by 15 runs
COMPLETED / 9th Match / W.A.C.A. Ground
118/1 (15.1 ov)
117/7 (20 ov)
Scorchers won by 9 wkts (29b rem)
COMPLETED / 7th Match / Bellerive Oval
184/3 (20 ov)
164/8 (20 ov)
Hurricanes won by 20 runs
COMPLETED / 3rd Match / The Gabba
180/5 (20 ov)
184/3 (19.3 ov)
Renegades won by 7 wkts (3b rem)
Brisbane Heat Stats
Most Run Scores
8
Matches
378
Runs
8
Matches
177
Runs
8
Matches
155
Runs
Most Wickets Takers
8
Matches
9
Wickets
2
Matches
4
Wickets
5
Matches
4
Wickets
Brisbane Heat Players
