Heat Dismantle Gades to Stay in BBL Finals Race | Brisbane Heat

The scorecard: Brisbane Heat 5-173 (Lynn 52, Labuschagne 49; Evans 3-34) beat Melbourne Renegades 147 (Harper 57, Marsh 28; Steketee 3-41) by 26 runs

The points: Heat 4, Renegades 0

The heroes: As ever, the fortunes of the Heat appeared to run in tandem with those of Chris Lynn. Lynn was out of the blocks with a couple of maximums early, prompting even Renegades ‘keeper Sam Harper to express his concern that a total of 200-plus would be on the cards if the Heat talisman stayed at the crease. Those fears looked likely to be realised when Lynn blazed a six over cover to move to his fourth fifty of the tournament, but from the very next…