2015–16 Brisbane Heat season

Brisbane Heat

2015–16 season
Coach	Daniel Vettori (5th season)
Captain(s)	Chris Lynn (5th season)
Home ground	The Gabba, Brisbane
BBL	6th
BBL Finals	DNQ
Highest home attendance	33,783 vs Strikers (8 January 2016)
Lowest home attendance	26,245 vs Renegades (19 December 2015)
Average home attendance	29,352

Ladder

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
Adelaide Strikers	8	7	1	0	14	+0.544	Teams qualified for the semi-finals
Melbourne Stars (R)	8	5	3	0	10	+0.366
Perth Scorchers	8	5	3	0	10	+0.181
Sydney Thunder (W)	8	4	4	0	8	+0.375
Melbourne Renegades	8	3	5	0	6	-0.041	Teams eliminated after regular season
Brisbane Heat	8	3	5	0	6	-0.204
Hobart Hurricanes	8	3	5	0	6	-0.955
Sydney Sixers	8	2	6	0	4	-0.330

Point table on ESPN CricInfo

Ladder progress

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A
Result	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	W
Position	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	6

Ground: A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win

Regular season

19 December 18:10 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Brisbane Heat 5/180 (20 overs)	v	Melbourne Renegades 3/184 (19.3 overs)
Chris Lynn 35 (20) Xavier Doherty 2/29 (4 overs)		Aaron Finch 65 (45) Andrew Fekete 2/44 (4 overs)

Melbourne Renegades won by 7 wickets The Gabba Attendance: 26,245[1] Umpires: Ashley Barrow and Sam Nogajski Player of the match: Aaron Finch (Renegades)

• Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.
• Guy Walker (Renegades) made his T20 debut.

22 December 19:10 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Hobart Hurricanes 3/184 (20 overs)	v	Brisbane Heat 8/164 (20 overs)
Tim Paine 87* (58) Ben Cutting 1/32 (4 overs)		Jason Floros 42 (23) Sam Rainbird 3/37 (4 overs)

Hobart Hurricanes won by 20 runs Blundstone Arena Attendance: 14,848[2] Umpires: Greg Davidson and Michael Graham-Smith Player of the match: Tim Paine (Hurricanes)

• Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
• The crowd of 14,848 is the highest in Tasmanian domestic cricket history, beating the previous record of 14,744 set in the previous season between the same teams.^[2]

26 December 16:10 Scorecard

Brisbane Heat 7/117 (20 overs)	v	Perth Scorchers (H) 1/118 (15.1 overs)
Chris Lynn 75* (58) Andrew Tye 3/23 (4 overs)		Michael Klinger 53* (42) Andrew Fekete 1/16 (2 overs)

Perth Scorchers won by 9 wickets #TheFurnace Attendance: 19,225[3] Umpires: Shawn Craig and Michael Graham-Smith Player of the match: David Willey (Scorchers)

• Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.

29 December 18:10 (D/N) Scorecard

Hobart Hurricanes 4/194 (20 overs)	v	Brisbane Heat (H) 9/179 (20 overs)
Daniel Christian 56* (24) Samuel Badree 2/27 (4 overs)		Chris Lynn 101 (51) Jake Reed 3/31 (4 overs)

Hobart Hurricanes won by 15 runs The Gabba Attendance: 29,876[4] Umpires: Ashley Barrow and Simon Fry Player of the match: Chris Lynn (Heat)

• Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sam Heazlett (Heat) made his T20 debut.

3 January 18:10 (D/N) Scorecard

Sydney Thunder 5/186 (20 overs)	v	Brisbane Heat (H) 4/189 (19.3 overs)
Michael Hussey 56 (43) Samuel Badree 1/26 (4 overs)		Chris Lynn 75 (32) Andre Russell 2/28 (4 overs)

Brisbane Heat won by 6 wickets The Gabba Attendance: 27,507[5] Umpires: Simon Fry and Michael Graham-Smith Player of the match: Chris Lynn (Heat)

• Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.

8 January 18:40 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Brisbane Heat 6/175 (20 overs)	v	Adelaide Strikers 2/179 (18.4 overs)
Jimmy Peirson 51 (36) Adil Rashid 2/17 (4 overs)		Tim Ludeman 57* (49) Samuel Badree 1/25 (4 overs)

Adelaide Strikers won by 8 wickets The Gabba Attendance: 33,783[6] Umpires: Ashley Barrow and Phillip Gillespie Player of the match: Mahela Jayawardene (Strikers)

• Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
• The crowd of 33,783 is the highest crowd at the Gabba for a BBL match.^[6]

10 January 19:25 (D/N) Scorecard

Brisbane Heat 8/162 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers (H) 8/156 (20 overs)
Joe Burns 60 (51) Sean Abbott 3/8 (2 overs)		Michael Lumb 47 (38) Mitchell Swepson 2/26 (3 overs)

Brisbane Heat won by 6 runs Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 24,192[7] Umpires: Phillip Gillespie and Michael Graham-Smith Player of the match: Joe Burns (Heat)

• Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.
• Nick Larkin (Sixers) and Mitchell Swepson (Heat) both made their T20 debuts.

14 January 19:40 (D/N) Scorecard

Brisbane Heat 7/188 (20 overs)	v	Melbourne Stars (H) 9/132 (20 overs)
Chris Lynn 56 (24) Adam Zampa 2/31 (4 overs)		Evan Gulbis 61* (52) Samuel Badree 5/22 (4 overs)

Brisbane Heat won by 56 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance: 30,649[8] Umpires: Greg Davidson and Sam Nogajski Player of the match: Samuel Badree (Heat)

• Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

S/N	Name	Nat	DOB	Bat	Bowl	Notes
	Batsmen
62	Joe Burns		6 September 1989	Right-handed	Right arm medium
54	Lendl Simmons		25 January 1985	Right-handed	Right arm medium	Overseas player (replaced McCullum)
14	Alex Doolan		29 November 1985	Right-handed	Right arm medium
	Peter Forrest		15 November 1985	Right-handed	Right arm medium
50	Chris Lynn		10 April 1990	Right-handed	Left arm orthodox	Captain
36	Nathan Reardon		8 November 1984	Left-handed	Right arm medium
	All-rounders
52	Jason Floros		24 December 1990	Left-handed	Right arm off spin
39	James Hopes		24 November 1978	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium
24	Jack Wildermuth		1 September 1993	Right-handed	Right arm medium fast
	Wicketkeepers
42	Brendon McCullum		27 September 1981	Right-handed	Right arm medium	Overseas player (withdrew from BBL05)
59	James Peirson		13 October 1992	Right-handed	—
	Bowlers
16	Nick Buchanan		4 March 1991	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium
12	Andrew Fekete		18 May 1985	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium
58	Luke Feldman		1 August 1984	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium
2	Josh Lalor		4 November 1987	Right-handed	Left arm fast medium
31	Ben Cutting		30 January 1987	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium
6	Mark Steketee		17 January 1994	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium
77	Samuel Badree		8 March 1981	Right-handed	Right arm leg spin	Overseas player
4	Mitchell Swepson		4 October 1993	Right-handed	Right arm leg spin

Home attendance

Game Opponent Attendance 1 Melbourne Renegades 26,245 4 Hobart Hurricanes 29,876 5 Sydney Thunder 27,507 6 Adelaide Strikers 33,783 Total Attendance 117,411 Average Attendance 29,353 References 26,245 fans in the Gabba this evening! twitter.com/HeatBBL. Retrieved on 19 Dec, 2015 TAKE A BOW TASMANIA.... A RECORD crowd in just our first home match for #BBL05 twitter.com/HurricanesBBL. Retrieved on 22 Dec, 2015 Official numbers are in.... and there are 19 225 people here at #TheFurnace today! twitter.com/ScorchersBBL. Retrieved on 26 Dec, 2015 Final crowd tonight is 29,876 - our 2nd biggest in BBL history! twitter.com/HeatBBL. Retrieved 29 Dec, 2015 Another great crowd of 27,507 in the house to watch a grandstand finish. 39 needed from 22 balls. #TurnUpTheHeat #BBL05 twitter.com/HeatBBL. Retrieved on 3 Jan, 2016 Official crowd for tonight is 33,783. A Gabba @BBL record twitter.com/HeatBBL. Retrieved on 8 January 2016 OFFICIAL CROWD FOR TONIGHT IS 24,192! Thanks Sydney! twitter.com/SixersBBL. Retrieved 10 Jan, 2015 Total attendance for #BBL05 = 163,944 fans, averaging over 40,000 per match. 30,649 is tonight's official crowd. #ThanksTeamGreen twitter.com/StarsBBL. Retrieved on 14 January 2016 External links Official website of the Brisbane Heat Official website of the Big Bash League Template:Brisbane Heat seasons