2017–18 Brisbane Heat season

The 2017–18 Brisbane Heat season was the seventh in the club's history. The team was coached by Daniel Vettori.

Fixtures

Match 2

20 December 2017 18:40 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Brisbane Heat 7/206 (20 overs)	v	Melbourne Stars 6/191 (20 overs)
Alex Ross 51 (36) Marcus Stoinis 3/38 (4 overs)		Marcus Stoinis 99 (51) Shadab Khan 2/41 (4 overs)

Brisbane Heat won by 15 runs The Gabba, Brisbane Attendance: 27,433[1] Umpires: Shawn Craig and John Ward Player of the match: Marcus Stoinis (Melbourne Stars)

• Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
• Brendan Doggett (Brisbane Heat) made his T20 debut.

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Match 6

23 December 2017 19:25 (D/N) Scorecard

Brisbane Heat 8/132 (20 overs)	v	Melbourne Renegades (H) 3/137 (18.4 overs)
Alex Ross 48 (44) Jack Wildermuth 3/16 (4 overs)		Tom Cooper 52* (44) Shadab Khan 2/17 (4 overs)

Melbourne Renegades won by 7 wickets Docklands Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 20,567[2] Umpires: John Ward and Paul Wilson Player of the match: Jack Wildermuth (Melbourne Renegades)

• Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 8

27 December 2017 18:10 (D/N) Scorecard

Sydney Thunder 4/149 (17 overs)	v	Brisbane Heat (H) 4/153 (16.5 overs)
Shane Watson 56 (34) Shadab Khan 2/27 (4 overs)		Joe Burns 45* (35) Mitchell McClenaghan 2/45 (4 overs)

Brisbane Heat won by 6 wickets (D/L) The Gabba, Brisbane Attendance: 34,343[3] Umpires: Gerard Abood and Tony Wilds Player of the match: Alex Ross (Brisbane Heat)

• Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
• Both innings were reduced to 17 overs due to a rain delay, with Brisbane Heat set a target of 151 to win by the D/L method.

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Match 12

31 December 2017 18:40 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Adelaide Strikers 7/147 (20 overs)	v	Brisbane Heat 91 (16.2 overs)
Michael Neser 40* (26) Josh Lalor 3/40 (4 overs)		Cameron Gannon 23 (26) Ben Laughlin 3/11 (2.2 overs)

Adelaide Strikers won by 56 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Attendance: 46,594[4] Umpires: Michael Graham-Smith and Geoff Joshua Player of the match: Michael Neser (Adelaide Strikers)

• Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat

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Match 15

2 January 2018 19:10 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Melbourne Stars 7/141 (20 overs)	v	Brisbane Heat 1/144 (14.4 overs)
Glenn Maxwell 50 (39) Mitchell Swepson 3/14 (4 overs)		Chris Lynn 63* (46) Liam Bowe 1/21 (2 overs)

Brisbane Heat won by 9 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Attendance: 36,834[5] Umpires: Michael Graham-Smith and Geoff Joshua Player of the match: Mitchell Swepson (Brisbane Heat)

• Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field

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Match 18

5 January 2018 18:10 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Brisbane Heat 6/191 (20 overs)	v	Perth Scorchers 142 (19 overs)
Ben Cutting 46 (20) David Willey 2/40 (4 overs)		Ashton Agar 31 (18) Brendan Doggett 5/35 (4 overs)

Brisbane Heat won by 49 runs The Gabba, Brisbane Attendance: 35,564[6] Umpires: Phillip Gillespie and Tony Wilds Player of the match: Ben Cutting (Brisbane Heat)

• Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 24

10 January 2018 18:40 (D/N) Scorecard

Hobart Hurricanes 4/179 (20 overs)	v	Brisbane Heat (H) 8/176 (20 overs)
D'Arcy Short 122* (69) Ben Cutting 2/27 (4 overs)		Sam Heazlett 45 (33) Cameron Boyce 2/23 (4 overs)

Hobart Hurricanes won by 3 runs The Gabba, Brisbane Attendance: 33,017[7] Umpires: Greg Davidson and Simon Fry Player of the match: D'Arcy Short (Hobart Hurricanes)

• Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
• D'Arcy Short (Hobart Hurricanes) scored the highest individual score in a BBL match.^[8]

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Match 29

15 January 2018 19:40 (D/N) Scorecard

Brisbane Heat 8/165 (20 overs)	v	Hobart Hurricanes (H) 4/166 (18.2 overs)
Brendon McCullum 51 (38) Jofra Archer 2/32 (4 overs)		D'Arcy Short 59 (49) Joe Burns 1/10 (1 over)

Hobart Hurricanes won by 6 wickets Bellerive Oval, Hobart Attendance: 14,873[9] Umpires: Gerard Abood and Tony Wilds Player of the match: Dan Christian (Hobart Hurricanes)

• Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat

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Match 32

18 January 2018 19:40 (D/N) Scorecard

Brisbane Heat 73 (16.4 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers (H) 1/74 (10 overs)
Alex Ross 15 (21) Sean Abbott 4/11 (4 overs)		Daniel Hughes 37 (28) Yasir Shah 1/37 (4 overs)

Sydney Sixers won by 9 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Attendance: 22,900 Umpires: Michael Graham-Smith and Geoff Joshua Player of the match: Sean Abbott (Sydney Sixers)

• Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 40

27 January 2018 18:20 (D/N) Scorecard

Melbourne Renegades 3/187 (20 overs)	v	Brisbane Heat (H) 161 (19.5 overs)
Tom Cooper 65* (36) Mitchell Swepson 1/27 (4 overs)		Alex Ross 36 (27) Kane Richardson 4/35 (4 overs)

Melbourne Renegades won by 26 runs The Gabba, Brisbane Attendance: 34,543[10] Umpires: Gerard Abood and Phillip Gillespie Player of the match: Tom Cooper (Melbourne Renegades)

• Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field

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Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Perth Scorchers	10	8	2	0	16	0.154	Advanced to semi-finals
2	Adelaide Strikers (C)	10	7	3	0	14	0.801
3	Melbourne Renegades	10	6	4	0	12	0.297
4	Hobart Hurricanes	10	5	5	0	10	−0.291
5	Sydney Sixers	10	4	6	0	8	0.331
6	Sydney Thunder	10	4	6	0	8	−0.039
7	Brisbane Heat	10	4	6	0	8	−0.437
8	Melbourne Stars	10	2	8	0	4	−0.926

Source: ^[11]
(C) Champions