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Brisbane Heat fall agonisingly short of miracle BBL comeback – Wide World of Sports
Heat’s epic recovery from dire position
A Brisbane Heat outfit inspired by fill-in captain Jimmy Peirson tonight went tantalisingly close to pulling off one of the greatest comeback victories in Big Bash League history.
The Adelaide Strikers won the Gabba clash by two runs when Peirson could only manage a four off the last ball, instead of a six that would have sent the match to a super over.
But it was astounding the hosts got within such close range as they had crumbled to 8-68 in their pursuit of 151 to win.
Peirson, who was handed…
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