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A pulsating 140 off just 57 balls from Josh Brown has propelled the Brisbane Heat to a massive 214 in their 20 overs against the Adelaide Strikers in the BBL Challenger final. His innings included 10 fours and 12 sixes.
The winner plays the Sydney Sixers in the Final at the SCG on Wednesday.
The 2023 ICC Awards are being given out this week. First off is the T20 teams of the year.
Men: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Phil Salt, Nicholas Pooran, Mark Chapman, Sikandar Raza, Alpesh Ramjani, Mark Adair, Ravi Bishnoi, Richard Ngarava, Arshdeep Singh
Women: Chamari Athapaththu (captain), Beth Mooney, Laura Wolvaardt, Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Amelia Kerr, Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner, Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Megan Schutt
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I recognise about 4 players in that list (Salt, Pooran, Raza, Adair), and if anyone else can get more itâs an obvious lie or Google job
Didnât he shoot John Lennon?
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I think Chapman is from an associate nation? And I know of Arshdeep (a mateâs cousin, from India) and Raza (from Zimbabwe).
Does this list include league cricket? Youâd have to assume so.
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He plays for New Zealand.
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Must have been a Big Show!
Also played for Hong Kong in the past.
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Today is menâs and womenâs ODI teams of the year and menâs test team of the year.
Menâs ODI team of the year: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Travis Head, Virat Kohli, Daryl Mitchell, Heinrich Klaasen, Marco Jansen, Adam Zampa, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami
Womenâs ODI team of the year: Phoebe Litchfield, Chamari Athapaththu (captain), Ellyse Perry, Amelia Kerr, Beth Mooney, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Ashleigh Gardner, Annabel Sutherland, Nadine de Klerk, Lea Tahuhu, Nahida Akter
Menâs test team of the year: Usman Khawaja, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kane Williamson, Joe Root, Travis Head, Ravindra Jadeja, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins (captain), Ravichandran Ashwin, Mitchell Starc, Stuart Broad
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2023 ICC Awards continue today. Here are todayâs announcements.
ICC Menâs Associate Cricketer of the Year: Bas de Leede (Netherlands)
ICC Womenâs Associate Cricketer of the Year: Queentor Abel (Kenya)
ICC Menâs T20I Cricketer of the Year: Suryakumar Yadav (India)
ICC Womenâs T20I Cricketer of the Year: Hayley Matthews (West Indies)
ICC Emerging Menâs Cricketer of the Year: Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand)
ICC Emerging Womenâs Cricketer of the Year: Phoebe Litchfield (Australia)
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Finally a win for a Brisbane team in a national sporting competition!
The Heat have beaten the Sixers by 54 runs (8/166 vs 112 all out) to win their 2nd BBL title.
The outfield catch to get rid of Sean Abbott is quite remarkable too.
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Great crowd at the SCG tonight: 43,153.
The player of the final is Spencer Johnson who took 4/26 in the Sixersâ innings. The player of the tournament will be revealed at the Australian Cricket Awards next week.
Unfortunately Steve OâKeefe ended his stellar career with a loss. He was the last batter out with a first ball duck.
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The early tip from James Brayshaw regarding the order of venues for next summerâs test series against India:
1st Test: Perth (start late November)
2nd Test: Adelaide
3rd Test: Brisbane
4th Test: Melbourne (Boxing Day)
5th Test: Sydney (New Years)
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Happy for the Heat. Tipped them to win on New Yearâs Day. Seeing Perth or Sydney win again would be dull.
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Today is the final day of 2023 ICC Awards, where the biggest individual awards are announced.
ICC Menâs Test Cricketer of the Year: Usman Khawaja (Australia)
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award for ICC Womenâs Cricketer of the Year: Nat Sciver-Brunt (England)
ICC Womenâs ODI Cricketer of the Year: Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka)
ICC Menâs ODI Cricketer of the Year: Virat Kohli (India)
Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Menâs Cricketer of the Year: Pat Cummins (Australia)
David Shepherd Trophy for ICC Umpire of the Year: Richard Illingworth (England)
ICC Spirit of Cricket Award: West Indiesâ Akeal Hosein consoled by Zimbabwean players after his side lost a high-intensity match at the 2023 ICC World Cup qualifier in Zimbabwe
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Its a shame they donât start im Dec and finish on Australia day. So its school holidays.
Reasonable 1st innings score from the Windies of 311.
Does look to be a good batting surface though. Expecting AUS to get 400+ when they bat shortly.
Edit: and now at tea, AUS 4/24! LOL! The Smith opening experiment has just not worked.
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CA wants the BBL to be as free of Test matches as possible so they can try and get as many of the internationals back into the tournament - I wouldnât be surprised if there is a slightly later start to the BBL as well.
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