The Adelaide Strikers have snapped a seven-year BBL New Year’s Eve hoodoo with Chris Lynn powering them to a resounding seven-wicket victory over the Brisbane Heat.<\/p>\n
After skittling the Heat for 121 in 19.4 overs at Adelaide Oval on Wednesday night, the Strikers romped home with 35 deliveries to spare.<\/p>\n
Master blaster Lynn, playing his 300th T20, thumped six fours and six sixes in an unbeaten 79 off 41 balls to pilot the clinical chase.<\/p>\n
It was the Strikers’ first win in the marquee December 31 clash since 2018, and swift payback for their seven-run loss to Brisbane at the Gabba on Saturday.<\/p>\n
“Started very well with a few wickets in the powerplay,” Adelaide’s English import Jamie Overton said.<\/p>\n
“To keep picking up wickets was great.<\/p>\n
“Then obviously very clinical from Lynny to see us over the line quite comfortably.”<\/p>\n
Captain Matt Short (19), Mackenzie Harvey (11) and Jerrssis Wadia (one) perished, but the Heat could not contain Lynn.<\/p>\n
He became the first BBL batter to reach 4,000 runs, fittingly raising the milestone by depositing Xavier Bartlett into the stands.<\/p>\n
Lynn raised his record-extending 32nd BBL half-century off 30 deliveries before smoking Matthew Kuhnemann for three successive sixes near the finish.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Brisbane crashed to 5-21 in the sixth over, before Kuhnemann (T20 career-best 31no) and Hugh Weibgen (28) avoided total embarrassment.<\/p>\n
Jamie Overton (3-19), Liam Scott (2-12) and Hassan Ali (2-29) were the pick of the Strikers attack.<\/p>\n
Scott, sparingly used in Adelaide’s opening two fixtures, took the new rock and bowled all his allotted four overs up-front.<\/p>\n
The Heat’s top three \u2014 Colin Munro (four), Jack Wildermuth (five) and Lachlan Hearne (two) \u2014 all succumbed in identical fashion, miscuing tamely to mid off.<\/p>\n
Golden bat leader Matt Renshaw (six) was run out, before Max Bryant (one) nicked off to Scott.<\/p>\n