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Brisbane Heat score BBL finals win over Sydney Thunder thanks to Sam Heazlett and Jimmy Peirson
The Brisbane Heat have stormed home in their BBL knockout final against the Sydney Thunder, exploding in the back half of their run chase to score a seven-wicket win.
They will now play the Perth Scorchers for a spot in the final, but the game will be at Canberra’s Manuka Oval, after the Perth lockdown stripped the second-placed Scorchers of their home-ground advantage.
The Sydney Sixers are waiting in the decider after beating the Scorchers in the first game of the finals series.
The Heat were only set a target of 159 runs to win on Sunday night, but it looked well beyond them as they went at less than a run a ball for the first 12 overs.
But that was when Sam Heazlett (74* off 49) and Jimmy Peirson (43* off 24) launched a match-winning…
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