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\n Hobart Hurricanes Men
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Brisbane Heat have pulled off a remarkable final-over victory over the Hobart Hurricanes that keeps them firmly in the top-four mix<\/p>\n
Hobart Hurricanes v Brisbane Heat | BBL|15<\/p>\n
Brisbane Heat have kept themselves right in the mix for the Big Bash League finals after pulling off a stunning three-run final over win over the Hobart Hurricanes.<\/p>\n
Chasing 8-160, the Hurricanes were cruising after some top work by Ben McDermott (59 from 36) and Beau Webster (51 from 43) before a horror collapse at the death.<\/p>\n
Hobart needed only 25 runs with four overs to go on Wednesday night at Ninja Stadium but lost 4-7 in 13 deliveries.<\/p>\n
They required six runs off the final over but Pakistan import Zaman Khan held his nerve, conceding just two runs and also getting rid of Nikhil Chaudhary.<\/p>\n
A win would have secured top place on the ladder and a home final for the Hurricanes but they can now be overtaken by either the Perth Scorchers or Melbourne Stars and could drop to third.<\/p>\n
The win lifts the Heat from fifth to fourth on the ladder and keeps their finals hopes in their own hands with one match to play against the Sixers.<\/p>\n
The Hurricanes finished at 8-157 after being 2-124 in the 15th over.<\/p>\n
Heat quick Xavier Bartlett (3-44) played a big hand, picking up two wickets and conceding just five runs in the penultimate over.<\/p>\n
McDermott makes merry after early reprieve<\/p>\n
McDermott, who was earlier dropped twice in the outfield by Max Bryant, was bowled by man-of-the-match Matthew Kuhnemann (2-24) in the 16th over.<\/p>\n
McDermott and Webster combined after the Hurricanes fell to 2-26 early in the chase.<\/p>\n
Webster, who starred in the fifth Ashes Test with an unbeaten 70 and three wickets, earlier took the scalp of Usman Khawaja with his off-spin.<\/p>\n
The Hurricanes could be sweating on the fitness of allrounder Chris Jordan who left the field after pulling up sore with a foot problem but still came out to bat.<\/p>\n
After being sent in, the Heat were slow out of the blocks and didn’t hit their first boundary until the 16th ball of the innings.<\/p>\n
McSweeney (49 from 32) and Matthew Renshaw (37 from 25) got the Heat going through the middle overs but they fell away, losing 4-13 in the last three overs.<\/p>\n
Riley Meredith (3-40), Rishad Hossain (2-27) and Nathan Ellis (2-30) shared the spoils with captain Ellis getting the big scalp of McSweeney on the first ball of the power surge.<\/p>\n
KFC BBL|15 standings<\/p>\n
Team<\/p>\n
\n Matches played\n <\/p>\n
M<\/p>\n
\n Wins\n <\/p>\n
W<\/p>\n
\n Losses\n <\/p>\n
L<\/p>\n
\n Ties\n <\/p>\n
T<\/p>\n
\n No results\n <\/p>\n
N\/R<\/p>\n
\n Net Run Rate\n <\/p>\n
NRR<\/p>\n
\n Deductions\n <\/p>\n
Ded.<\/p>\n
\n Total points\n <\/p>\n
PTS<\/p>\n
1
\n
\n Hobart Hurricanes Men
\n HUR<\/p>\n
10
\n 6
\n 3
\n 0
\n 1
\n 0.331
\n 0
\n 13<\/p>\n
2
\n
\n Melbourne Stars Men
\n STA<\/p>\n
9
\n 6
\n 3
\n 0
\n 0
\n 1.031
\n 0
\n 12<\/p>\n
3
\n
\n Perth Scorchers Men
\n SCO<\/p>\n
8
\n 5
\n 3
\n 0
\n 0
\n 1.162
\n 0
\n 10<\/p>\n
4
\n
\n Brisbane Heat Men
\n HEA<\/p>\n
9
\n 5
\n 4
\n 0
\n 0
\n -0.375
\n 0
\n 10<\/p>\n
5
\n
\n Sydney Sixers Men
\n SIX<\/p>\n
8
\n 4
\n 3
\n 0
\n 1
\n 0.458
\n 0
\n 9<\/p>\n
6
\n
\n Adelaide Strikers Men
\n STR<\/p>\n
9
\n 3
\n 6
\n 0
\n 0
\n -0.625
\n 0
\n 6<\/p>\n
7
\n
\n Melbourne Renegades Men
\n REN<\/p>\n
8
\n 3
\n 5
\n 0
\n 0
\n -0.686
\n 0
\n 6<\/p>\n
8
\n
\n Sydney Thunder Men
\n THU<\/p>\n
9
\n 2
\n 7
\n 0
\n 0
\n -1.182
\n 0
\n 4<\/p>\n
Legend<\/p>\n
M: Matches played<\/p>\n
W: Wins<\/p>\n
L: Losses<\/p>\n
T: Ties<\/p>\n
N\/R: No results<\/p>\n
NRR: Net Run Rate<\/p>\n
Ded.: Deductions<\/p>\n
PTS: Total points<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brisbane Heat have pulled off a remarkable final-over victory over the Hobart Hurricanes that keeps them firmly in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-412478","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-text"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}