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A finals spot is on the line for both the Heat and Sixers in a makeshift finals clash on Sunday night.<\/p>\n
With the Hurricanes, Stars and Scorchers already locked in to the BBL15 finals series and the Strikers, Renegades and Thunder out of contention \u2014 only one spot remains.<\/p>\n
While the winner of Brisbane or Sydney will slot into the final, there\u2019s also something on the line for Hobart who learn if they have a second chance depending on the result.<\/p>\n
Short hits MASSIVE six for Strikers | 00:30<\/p>\n
If the Sixers win, the Hurricanes finish in second and face Perth with a second chance, <\/p>\n
The Heat, meanwhile, kept their finals hopes alive with an impressive win in the final over against the Hurricanes in their last outing.<\/p>\n
The Sydney side in magenta will be hopeful Test superstar Steve Smith can once again shine after he belted a staggering century against the Thunder.<\/p>\n
Brisbane also have a host of Test stars in their ranks, with the likes of Usman Khawaja, Michael Neser and Marnus Labuschagne returning after the conclusion of the Ashes.<\/p>\n
SQUADS<\/p>\n
Brisbane Heat: Tom Balkin, Xavier Bartlett, Max Bryant, Zaman Khan, Usman Khawaja (c), Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan McSweeney, Michael Neser, Oli Patterson, Jimmy Peirson, Matthew Renshaw, Hugh Weibgen, Jack Wildermuth<\/p>\n
Sydney Sixers: Sean Abbott, Babar Azam, Sam Curran, Joel Davies, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Daniel Hughes, Moises Henriques (c), Hayden Kerr, Ben Manenti, Josh Philippe, Lachlan Shaw, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Heat have suffered an early collapse, losing three quick wickets after seamers Mitchell Starc and Sean Abbott…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-420907","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"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420907","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=420907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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