The Brisbane Heat is an Australian Twenty20 cricket team. They compete in the Women’s Big Bash League. The Heat has won two championships. They won back-to-back titles in WBBL 04 and WBBL 05. The team is based in Albion, Queensland.
The Heat has a diverse roster of players. The women’s team features domestic players and an international player. The team also has a co-ed men’s team. Pooja Krishnamurthy and Smriti Mandhana have played for the Heat in the past. In addition to Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur has won Player of the Tournament in the past. The Heat also features Pooja Vastrakar, who is part of the Indian women’s squad for the Commonwealth Games. However, she has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss the team’s opening game against Australia.
The Heat’s starting lineup is one of its strongest assets. The team relies on their top order to produce runs. However, they don’t have experience in fast bowling. As a result, the players need to deliver on their promises. The team started out with a loss in their first three games, but then won two of their last three.
The Heat have made several significant additions to their roster this season. They have brought back Michael Neser from his injury-plagued 2011-12 season and have also added English hitter Ben Duckett, rising pacer Connor Sully, and rising pacer Tom Abell.
The Heat had a difficult season. They had three players retire from the tournament before the final. As a result, they missed the semi-finals for the fifth straight year. They had to play without the regulars of the previous season. This made them vulnerable to injuries. There were many players who had to play because of injury. This weakened the team’s lineup. This resulted in a lower score.
The Queensland Heat have signed Australian wicket-keeper bat Amelia Kerr. The right-hander is likely to return to the team for the second season of the Women’s Big Bash League. Kerr took 31 wickets in 30 matches and scored 204 runs with the bat since joining Brisbane in 2019. She’ll join the Australian left-arm spinner Jess Jonassen.
The Heat’s captain was Chris Lynn, and they made some interesting changes to the team. AB de Villiers made his Big Bash debut and was instrumental in bringing the team closer to a title. Meanwhile, the Heat also added a Pakistani leg-break bowler, Shadab Khan. The team started the season by beating the Stars and Renegades, but lost the next two matches. The Heat went on to win four of their last eight games, but ultimately finished sixth in the competition.
The Heat went on to win their first season against the Sydney Thunder. They were given a target of 138 in the second half of the game. They needed to win by five runs to win. In the end, they got there by six runs. Despite this setback, they won the game and boosted their title hopes.
Sydney Thunder were batting second after a successful powerplay. They started the day with Tammy Beaumont, but she was brought down by a slower ball from Nicola Hancock during the last over of the powerplay. The Thunder were also unable to make a breakthrough during the middle innings, as the Heat bowlers managed to get economical figures of 3/30 from seven overs.