Heat Brave But Beaten by Strikers | Brisbane Heat

Adelaide Strikers 6-150 (Renshaw 32, Wells 31; Bartlett 3-24) beat Brisbane Heat 9-148 (Peirson 69no, Cooper 22; Briggs 3-20) by two runs

The injury: On a horror night for the Heat Chris Lynn was ruled out pre-match with a hamstring strain suffered in warm-ups. With four matches in the next 12 days, the winless Brisbane side will be desperately hoping the news from their skipper’s scans is positive. 

The plot twist: This was a match that was following a rather mundane and – at least from the Heat’s perspective – sadly predictable path until near its closing stages. After the Strikers knocked up 6-150 courtesy of a strong performance from their middle order, their super bowling attack combined to…