Test batter, star’s mum in BBL spotlight

Welcome to news.com.au’s unrecorded sum of the Big Bash League last betwixt the Sydney Sixers and Brisbane Heat astatine the SCG.

The first-placed Heat and runners-up Sixers were the apical 2 teams each play agelong and are gathering successful a worthy decider.

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The Sydneysiders won the opening last betwixt these sides to vault into the decider, portion the Heat had to flooded the Adelaide Strikers connected the Gold Coast for different changeable astatine the magenta outfit.

You tin drawback each the large moments of the last close here.

5.30pm AEDT - Attention focused connected 1 cardinal fig astatine the SCG

Plenty of the pre-match absorption will, of course, beryllium connected Josh Brown’s mum, Kris.

During the Heat’s challenger last triumph implicit Adelaide, Kris Brown changeable to fame arsenic she was interviewed successful the assemblage watching her lad spell nuts with the willow.

It soon emerged Kris Brown would request a time disconnected from her leader Coles to ticker Josh successful the final.

It’s understood that was granted and she has been flown to Sydney by Fox Cricket.

Told her lad had deed the highest people ever successful a BBL last connected Monday, Kris replied: “Really? Oh my goodness, that’s amazing, that’s amazing.

“Wow. All those grooming sessions … I’m speechless, seriously. He’s an amazing, astonishing man.”

How tin you not emotion that?

Oh and determination volition besides beryllium immoderate involvement successful her son, who smashed a tourney grounds 12 sixes successful that bonzer sound connected Monday.

The antheral who doesn’t person a authorities declaration and supplements his income by moving with a bat maker, deed the second-fastest ton successful BBL history, from 41 deliveries, conscionable 2 much than Craig Simmons managed for the Scorchers 10 years ago.

5.15pm - Heat get a speedy changeable astatine revenge

The Queenslanders had been the signifier broadside each season, but suffered immoderate blips astatine the worst imaginable time.

Having threatened to tally the array undefeated, the Heat mislaid their past regular play lucifer to the Scorchers earlier dropping that qualifying last to the Sixers.

But that ascendant 54-run triumph implicit Adelaide astatine the Gabba gave the Brisbane broadside a swift changeable astatine payback against the Sydneysiders.

While Brown stole the headlines with his batting fireworks, left-arm speedy Spencer Johnson besides led the mode with the ball, finishing with 3-20 from his 4 overs arsenic the Strikers were dismissed for conscionable 160.

5pm AEDT - Heat prima could backmost up against the Windies

First Travis Head and then Cameron Green tested affirmative to Covid successful the past week up of Australia’s 2nd Test against the West Indies astatine the Gabba starting connected Thursday.

Head is expected to play, portion Green’s symptoms volition beryllium monitored earlier a last telephone is made connected him lining up.

That leaves the tiny anticipation that Matt Renshaw, the adjacent batter successful waiting to interruption into the Test side, could beryllium backing up astatine the Gabba pursuing the BBL final.

Renshaw volition bat astatine No. 4 astatine the SCG and past could beryllium successful the aforesaid presumption for a Test callback truthful if the Heat win, his celebrations volition person to beryllium chopped beauteous abbreviated we expect.

4.45pm - When is the BBL last Sixers vs Heat?

The large lucifer gets underway with the archetypal transportation astatine 7.15pm AEDT, with the all-important bat flip slated for 6.30pm astatine the SCG.

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Moises Henriques is captaining the location side, portion fashionable seasoned Stephen O’Keefe is playing his last lucifer successful magenta earlier retiring.

Brisbane is led by Nathan McSweeney, with Matt Renshaw backmost successful the squad and powerfulness hitter Josh Brown hoping to replicate his match-winning 140 from conscionable 57 deliveries against the Strikers connected Monday night.