Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Stars, 20th Match
Regular Season 2025/2026 · T20 · · The Gabba, Brisbane
Brisbane Heat won by 4 wickets (with 2 balls remaining) (Brisbane Heat 199/6, Melbourne Stars 195/6).
- Brisbane Heat: 199/6 (19.4 ov)
- Melbourne Stars: 195/6 (20 ov)
Match report
Brisbane Heat (BH) faced Melbourne Stars (MLS) in the 20th Match of Regular Season 2025/2026, a T20 match, at The Gabba, Brisbane. Play began on Friday, 2 January 2026 at 08:15 UTC. Each side bats for up to 20 overs, so a full match takes about three hours.
Brisbane Heat won the toss and chose to bowl. The on-field umpires were Roberto Howard and Troy Penman, with Joanne Broadbent as match referee.
Melbourne Stars made 195/6 in 20 overs, with Marcus Stoinis top-scoring on 43 from 35 balls. Thomas Balkin was the pick of the bowlers with 2 for 35. Brisbane Heat made 199/6 in 19.4 overs, with Max Bryant top-scoring on 48 not out from 26 balls. Mitchell Swepson was the pick of the bowlers with 2 for 30.
Result: Brisbane Heat won by 4 wickets (with 2 balls remaining). Max Bryant was named player of the match.
The full scorecard, fall of wickets and every ball of the commentary are on the Scorecard and Commentary tabs, and the Crease Cam replays each delivery as an animation.
Melbourne Stars · 1st innings: 195/6 (20 ov)
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Harper | c Jack Wildermuth b Thomas Balkin | 37 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 160.87 |
| Thomas Fraser Rogers | b Matt Renshaw | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 108.33 |
| Marcus Stoinis | c Thomas Balkin b Xavier Bartlett | 43 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 122.86 |
| Campbell Kellaway | c Max Bryant b Thomas Balkin | 29 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 207.14 |
| Glenn Maxwell | c Jimmy Peirson b Matthew Kuhnemann | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Hilton Cartwright | not out | 26 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 130 |
| Tom Curran | c Colin Munro b Ollie Patterson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Blake Macdonald | not out | 37 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 308.33 |
Extras: 7 · Did not bat: Mitchell Swepson, Haris Rauf, Peter Siddle
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Wildermuth | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 16 |
| Xavier Bartlett | 4 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 12 |
| Ollie Patterson | 4 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 10.25 |
| Matthew Kuhnemann | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 5.5 |
| Thomas Balkin | 4 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 8.75 |
| Matt Renshaw | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 6.5 |
Brisbane Heat · 1st innings: 199/6 (19.4 ov)
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Wildermuth | c Hilton Cartwright b Peter Siddle | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 150 |
| Colin Munro | c Sam Harper b Tom Curran | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Nathan McSweeney | 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 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Jimmy Peirson | c Tom Curran b Haris Rauf | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 175 |
| Xavier Bartlett | not out | 21 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 233.33 |
Extras: 13 · Did not bat: Matthew Kuhnemann, Thomas Balkin, Ollie Patterson
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Maxwell | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6.67 |
| Tom Curran | 4 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 11.75 |
| Peter Siddle | 4 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 9.5 |
| Haris Rauf | 3.4 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 10.91 |
| Marcus Stoinis | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 9 |
| Mitchell Swepson | 3 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 10 |
Latest overs
- Over 20 (BH, Haris Rauf): 13 runs, 194/6 – 4 6 2 1
- Over 19 (BH, Tom Curran): 17 runs, 181/6 – 2 6 1 2 4 2
- Over 18 (BH, Peter Siddle): 18 runs, 164/6 – • 6 nb5 4 • 2 •
- Over 17 (BH, Mitchell Swepson): 15 runs, 146/6 – 1 wd wd 0lb 4 6 1 wd •
- Over 16 (BH, Haris Rauf): 14 runs, 131/6 – 0lb 1 W 6 1 6
- Over 15 (BH, Peter Siddle): 9 runs, 117/5 – 1 • • 1 4 2 wd