Melbourne Stars vs Brisbane Heat Scorecard, Match 20, Big Bash League 2025-26

Result · Jan 02 2026, Fri - 01:45 PM (IST)

MELBOURNE STARS

195/6

BRISBANE HEAT

199/6

Brisbane Heat won by 4 wickets with 2 balls remaining

CRR:10.12

Player Of The Match

MELBOURNE STARS - 195/6 (20.0)

Batsman	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sam Harper (wk) c Jack Wildermuth b Thomas Balkin	37	23	5	1	160.87
Tom Rogers b Matt Renshaw	13	12	2	-	108.33
Marcus Stoinis (c) c Thomas Balkin b Xavier Bartlett	43	35	5	1	122.86
Campbell Kellaway c Max Bryant b Thomas Balkin	29	14	6	-	207.14
Glenn Maxwell c Jimmy Peirson b Matthew Kuhnemann	1	2	-	-	50
Hilton Cartwright Not out	26	20	1	2	130
Tom Curran c Colin Munro b Oli Patterson	2	2	-	-	100
Blake Macdonald Not out	37	12	4	2	308.33
Mitchell Swepson	-	-	-	-	-
Haris Rauf	-	-	-	-	-
Peter Siddle	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	7 ( lb: 4 w: 3)
Total	195 / 6 (20.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Jack Wildermuth	2	-	32	0	16
Xavier Bartlett	4	-	48	1	12
Oli Patterson	4	-	41	1	10.3
Matthew Kuhnemann	4	-	22	1	5.5
Thomas Balkin	4	-	35	2	8.8
Matt Renshaw	2	-	13	1	6.5

BRISBANE HEAT - 199/6 (19.4)

Batsman	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Jack Wildermuth c Hilton Cartwright b Peter Siddle	15	10	3	-	150
Colin Munro c Sam Harper b Tom Curran	3	6	-	-	50
Nathan McSweeney (c) c Marcus Stoinis b Peter Siddle	43	31	5	1	138.71
Matt Renshaw c Campbell Kellaway b Mitchell Swepson	41	27	4	1	151.85
Max Bryant Not out	48	26	3	4	184.62
Hugh Weibgen c Sam Harper b Mitchell Swepson	1	2	-	-	50
Jimmy Peirson (wk) c Tom Curran b Haris Rauf	14	8	1	1	175
Xavier Bartlett Not out	21	9	2	1	233.33
Matthew Kuhnemann	-	-	-	-	-
Thomas Balkin	-	-	-	-	-
Oli Patterson	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	13 ( lb: 5 w: 7 Nb: 1)
Total	199 / 6 (19.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Glenn Maxwell	3	-	20	0	6.7
Tom Curran	4	-	47	1	11.8
Peter Siddle	4	-	38	2	9.5
Haris Rauf	3.4	-	41	1	11.2
Marcus Stoinis	2	-	18	0	9
Mitchell Swepson	3	-	30	2	10

Match Info

Series:	Big Bash League
Date:	Jan 02 2026, Fri - 01:45 PM (IST)
Country:	Australia
City:	Brisbane
Venue:	Brisbane Cricket Ground
Toss:	Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bowl.
Brisbane Heat Playing XI:	Jack Wildermuth, Colin Munro, Nathan McSweeney (c), Matt Renshaw, Max Bryant, Hugh Weibgen, Jimmy Peirson (wk), Xavier Bartlett, Matthew Kuhnemann, Thomas Balkin, Oli Patterson
Melbourne Stars Playing XI:	Tom Rogers, Sam Harper (wk), Campbell Kellaway, Blake Macdonald, Marcus Stoinis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Hilton Cartwright, Tom Curran, Mitchell Swepson, Haris Rauf, Peter Siddle

The Brisbane Heat have won four of their last five BBL matches against the Melbourne Stars but lost by five wickets in their most recent encounter, which was at the Brisbane Cricket Ground; in fact, they’ll be aiming to avoid back-to-back losses at home to the Stars for the first time in BBL history.
The Brisbane Heat have won 10 of their last 13 BBL matches at the Brisbane Cricket Ground, including their last two in a row; in fact, they’ve scored an average of 213 runs per innings across their last three matches at the venue.
The Melbourne Stars have won nine of their last 10 BBL matches after losing seven in a row prior to that frame and have won their last four matches in a row; in fact, they’ve won those last four in a row batting second on the day in each and chasing down their target with an average of 21.5 balls remaining.
The Brisbane Heat have scored an average of 27.3 runs per wicket batting against the Melbourne Stars in the BBL, the most of any team against the Stars in the competition and the Heat’s best average against any opponent.
Sam Harper (Melbourne Stars) has scored 194 runs across his last three BBL innings which is more than he had scored across all his 20 previous innings for the Stars combined (190); though, he’s scored 113 runs at an average of just 14.1 across his last eight innings against the Brisbane Heat.

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