Heat Spin Into First Bash Finals for Four Years | Brisbane Heat

The score: Brisbane Heat 7-181 (Lynn 51, Labuschagne 46; Tye 2-23) beat Perth Scorchers 6-175 (Marsh 54no, Roy 41; Labuschagne 3-35) by six runs

The summary: Brisbane’s 7-181 was their biggest total of BBL|10 and could not have been more timely given their need to win their last game of the regular season to steal a finals berth. The Heat were also aware that it was not an unsurpassable score, given that – of the three occasions teams had successfully chased scores of 180 or above at Adelaide Oval – Brisbane were responsible for two of them. Perth’s pursuit was floundering until Mitchell Marsh stepped up to bludgeon 54no from 26 balls to carry the Scorchers to the brink of a stunning win. But…