Heat Complete BBL|10 Roster | Brisbane Heat

Rising young Queensland pace bowlers Xavier Bartlett and Matthew Willans join the Heat’s contracted list of 19 players for the first time for this summer’s KFC Big Bash League after both quicks previously filled player roles within the organization.

Bartlett, 21, was signed by Brisbane as a replacement player in January 2017 when he took over from an injured Luke Feldman in the Heat squad.

While not required to play on that occasion, the 18-year-old Gold Coast product trained on with the club during the remaining matches in BBL|06 after Feldman returned from injury.

Willans, who turns 20 in December, has gained a full contract for the first time after being a Heat rookie-contracted player for the…