Brisbane Heat v Adelaide Strikers: match preview

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Brisbane Heat and Adelaide Strikers will be out to notch their second win of the season when they meet at the Gabba

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Match facts

Who: Brisbane Heat v Adelaide Strikers

What: Match 9, KFC BBL|14

Where: The Gabba, Brisbane

When: Sunday, December 22. Bat flip at 5.30pm local (6.30pm AEDT), first ball at 6.15pm local (7.15pm AEDT)

How to watch: Channel Seven, 7plus, Fox Cricket, Kayo Sports

Buy tickets: Tickets are on sale here

Live scores: Match Centre

Highlights, news and reactions after the match: cricket.com.au, the CA Live and Big Bash apps

Officials: Stephen Dionysius and Donovan Koch (field) Phillip Gillespie (third), Riki Wessels (fourth), David Johnston (match referee)

Final XIs

Brisbane Heat: Colin Munro (c), Jimmy Peirson (wk), Nathan McSweeney, Matthew Renshaw, Max Bryant, Paul Walter, Xavier Bartlett, Will Prestwidge, Tom Whitney, Mitch Swepson, Matt Kuhnemann

A late change to the Heat squad sees Will Prestwidge replace Tom Banton and come straight into the XI. Banton only arrived from the UK on Saturday night after signing as a replacement for the injury Tom Alsop. Colin Munro and Nathan McSweeney also return to the Heat side.

Adelaide Strikers: Matt Short (c), D'Arcy Short, Chris Lynn, Ollie Pope (wk), Alex Ross, Jamie Overton, Liam Scott, James Bazley, Henry Thornton, Cameron Boyce, Lloyd Pope

Chris Lynn returns for the Strikers in place of the injured Jake Weatherald.

Match squads

Brisbane Heat: Colin Munro (c), Tom Banton, Xavier Bartlett, Max Bryant, Daniel Drew, Matthew Kuhnemann, Nathan McSweeney, Jimmy Peirson, Matthew Renshaw, Tom Straker, Mitchell Swepson, Paul Walter, Tom Whitney, Jack Wildermuth

Ins: Nathan McSweeney, Tom Straker, Tom Banton. Outs: Tom Alsop (quad), Jack Wood, Will Prestwidge

Last season's championship winning captain Nathan McSweeney has been named after he was omitted from the Australian Test squad for the Boxing Day Test.

New Zealand batter Colin Munro is also in the squad after missing the Heat's season opening win over the Melbourne Stars on Wednesday with hamstring tightness. He trained on Saturday and will be checked again ahead of the match.

The Heat have added Tom Banton as a replacement player for Tom Alsop (quad) who has been ruled out of BBL|14, while teenage Queensland quick Tom Straker comes in as a local replacement player.

Banton, who set the BBL alight when he played with the Heat in BBL|09, has signed as Alsop's replacement until January 6 when he will head to the SA20.

Adelaide Strikers: Matt Short (c), James Bazley, Cameron Boyce, Brendan Doggett, Liam Haskett, Chris Lynn, Harry Manenti, Jamie Overton, Lloyd Pope, Ollie Pope, Alex Ross, Liam Scott, D'Arcy Short, Henry Thornton

Ins: Harry Manenti. Outs: Jake Weatherald

The Strikers have brought in Harry Manenti as a local replacement player for the injured Jake Weatherald, who didn't take the field after batting due back spasms in Friday's victory over Melbourne Stars in Adelaide.

Club news Brisbane HeatAdelaide StrikersGet the latest Top performersLocal knowledge Rapid stats Brisbane Heat have won five of their last six BBL matches against the Adelaide Strikers, including each of their last three; a fourth consecutive win in this game would be the longest winning run by either team in the history of this fixture. Brisbane Heat have scored 160-plus runs in each of their last three BBL innings; the last time they did so in more consecutive innings was a span of 10 from December 2015 to January 2017. Harry Nielsen (49) is one away from becoming the 11th player to reach 50 appearances for the Adelaide Strikers in BBL history; he scored 50 runs in his most recent innings against the Adelaide Strikers (January 22, 2024) – his highest score in the competition. Mitchell Swepson (79) is one away from surpassing Ben Cutting (79) for the outright third most appearances for the Brisbane Heat in BBL history (Jimmy Peirson – 111, Chris Lynn – 102); he has taken 23 wickets in his BBL career at the Gabba, the third most of any player in the history of the competition after Mark Steketee (48) and Cutting (28). KFC BBL|14 standings

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PTS 1 Brisbane Heat Men HEA 2 2 0 0 0 0.456 0 4 2 Sydney Sixers Men SIX 2 2 0 0 0 0.427 0 4 3 Melbourne Renegades Men REN 2 1 1 0 0 2.128 0 2 4 Perth Scorchers Men SCO 2 1 1 0 0 0.528 0 2 5 Adelaide Strikers Men STR 3 1 2 0 0 0.169 0 2 6 Sydney Thunder Men THU 2 1 1 0 0 0.073 0 2 7 Hobart Hurricanes Men HUR 2 1 1 0 0 -2.187 0 2 8 Melbourne Stars Men STA 3 0 3 0 0 -1.005 0 0

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Ded.: Deductions

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