Heat Set For Hurricanes
The Brisbane Heat has maintained the same 14-player squad that took the club to victory earlier this week against the Sydney Sixers in Coffs Harbour for tonight's KFC BBL fixture at the Gabba.
The Heat will host the Hobart Hurricanes in their First Nations Round match, with Brisbane maintaining top spot on the ladder following their win over the Sixers.
The Heat will wear their latest First Nations inspired playing strip at home for the first time in this this season's BBL.
The playing strip is an evolution from the original First Nations Round playing strip as worn for the past two seasons.
This year’s design has a centrepiece in Heat colours on the front of the shirt that depicts the Brisbane Cricket Ground in Woolloongabba (“place of whirling water”.)
The dots and wavy lines represent the flowing waterholes.
There are 87 strokes that represent the first-class wickets taken by the trail-blazing Aboriginal great, Eddie Gilbert who played 23 games for Queensland in the 1930s.
The same design features on the brim of the Heat’s First Nations playing cap and on the sleeve of the playing shirts.
WBBL Heat batter Mikayla Hinkley, a proud Kunja woman who traces her Indigenous heritage to the county around Cunnamulla, south of Charleville in western Queensland, had a role in designing the First Nations Round playing shirt.
She collaborated with Brisbane Indigenous artist, and close friend, Delores McDonald (“Aunty Delly”) to create the jersey.
The design also recognises the Brisbane River, with its abundance of foods, plus animal and human tracks, which is illustrated on the long sleeve versions of the shirt by the Rainbow serpent/snake. This motif represents both male and female players.
The back of the playing shirt contains a Circle representing the Gabba, with the lines radiating out from it illustrating the journeys the teams take to and from the ground.
The ochre and red oxide circles signify the land on which the Gabba is located, a special place where all are included and welcome.
Tonight will also feature a Welcome to Country and a special First Nations themed StreetSmart Innings Break show.
The match will also be broadcast on Channel 7 and FOX Cricket and streamed on Kayo.
KFC Big Bash League
Brisbane Heat v Hobart Hurricanes
The Gabba, 615pm Qld time tonight
82. Colin Munro (Int) (c)
19. Xavier Bartlett
7. Sam Billings (Int)
23. Josh Brown
17. Max Bryant
99. Jordan Buckingham (LRP)
45. Spencer Johnson
30. Matthew Kuhnemann
38. Nathan McSweeney
20. Michael Neser
59. Jimmy Peirson
77. Matthew Renshaw
4. Mitch Swepson
22. Paul Walter (Int)
