Heat Defeat the Hurricanes at Home | Brisbane Heat

The hero: Lewis Gregory only cleared quarantine on Christmas Day so might well have missed out on the gift-giving ritual, but the Englishman was happily dispensing presents to the Heat fans in the form of wickets and catches on his Big Bash debut. There were five of them in fact – three wickets, all of them telling (D’Arcy Short, Dawid Malan, Peter Handscomb) – and a pair of catches to round out a promising entry into the competition.

The support cast: Openers Sam Heazlett (48) and Max Bryant (31) performed an admirable Bash Brothers impersonation in blazing their way to 73 inside the opening six overs, knocking over almost half the runs…