Watch: Bizarre Bat Flip Leaves Everyone Stunned Before Sydney Thunder vs Brisbane Heat Clash
Published - 12 Dec 2023, 03:45 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 10:18 AM
Sydney Thunder and Brisbane Heat are locking horns against each other in the sixth match of the ongoing Big Bash League (BBL) 2023/24. While Brisbane Heat are playing their third game of the competition, Sydney Thunder are playing their first.
The Brisbane-based outfit began their campaign with a huge 103-run win over Glenn Maxwell-led Melbourne Stars. Their second game of the season was against Adelaide Strikers and it was abandoned without toss. Brisbane Heat will be looking to extend their winning start while Sydney Thunder will be keen to begin their campaign with a win.
Just before the game, an unexpected event took place during the bat flip. The traditional coin toss was replaced with the bat flip in the Big Bash League in 2018. As a result, the captains now face a decision between ‘hills’ and ‘flats’ instead of ‘heads’ and /tails’.
Talking about the incident, the bat flip was done by a fan. And when he threw the bat in the air, it landed on its edge rather than landing on either of the faces. He had to do the bat flip again and it went in favour of Sydney Thunder who decided to bowl first.
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Sydney Thunder start well with the ball:
Sydney Thunder have started well with the ball. At the time of writing this report, Brisbane Heat were on 50 for 1 in 7.5 overs. Liam Hatcher provided the Sydney-based outfit with its first breakthrough by dismissing Josh Brown for 14. Captain Colin Munro, who scored an unbeaten 99 in his last outing, and Nathan McSweeney were unbeaten at the crease.
Sydney Thunder: Alex Hales, Cameron Bancroft, Matthew Gilkes (wk), Oliver Davies, Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, Nathan McAndrew, Chris Green (c), Liam Hatcher, Zaman Khan, Tanveer Sangha
Brisbane Heat: Colin Munro (c), Josh Brown, Matthew Renshaw, Sam Billings (wk), Nathan McSweeney, Paul Walter, Michael Neser, Xavier Bartlett, Spencer Johnson, Mitch Swepson, Matt Kuhnemann
