# 2018–19 Brisbane Heat season

The 2018–19 Brisbane Heat season was the eighth in the club's history. The team was coached by Daniel Vettori.

## Fixtures
### Match 1

* 19 December 2018 18:15 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Brisbane Heat 146 (19.4 overs) | v | Adelaide Strikers 5/147 (19.1 overs) |
| Chris Lynn 33 (20) Rashid Khan 3/19 (4 overs) | | Alex Carey 70 (46) James Pattinson 2/23 (4 overs) |
* Adelaide Strikers won by 5 wickets The Gabba, Brisbane Attendance: 26,932 Umpires: Simon Fry and Paul Wilson Player of the match: Rashid Khan (Adelaide Strikers)
* Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
* Max Bryant (Brisbane Heat) made his T20 debut.
* Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Brisbane Heat) made 27 runs, the highest score by a number 11 batsman in T20's and in the history of BBL.
* Jimmy Peirson and Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Brisbane Heat) made the highest last wicket partnership (of 45) in the history of BBL.

### Match 5

* 22 December 2018 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Hobart Hurricanes 6/159 (19 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat (H) 144 (18.4 overs) |
| D'Arcy Short 67 (52) Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2/23 (4 overs) | | Ben Cutting 58 (32) James Faulkner 3/25 (3.4 overs) |
* Hobart Hurricanes won by 15 runs Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast Attendance: 12,791 Umpires: Phillip Gillespie and John Ward Player of the match: D'Arcy Short (Hobart Hurricanes)
* Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
* Match was reduced to 19 overs per side due to rain.

### Match 15

* 1 January 2019 13:45 Scorecard
| (H) Brisbane Heat 7/164 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Sixers 5/165 (19.3 overs) |
| Chris Lynn 84 (55) Tom Curran 3/25 (4 overs) | | Moises Henriques 57 (37) Josh Lalor 2/32 (4 overs) |
* Sydney Sixers won by 5 wickets Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast Attendance: 17,106 Umpires: Phillip Gillespie and Donovan Koch Player of the match: Chris Lynn (Brisbane Heat)
* Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
* Justin Avendano (Sydney Sixers) made his T20 debut.

### Match 21

* 5 January 2019 18:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Perth Scorchers 6/135 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat 5/139 (18.2 overs) |
| Ashton Turner 47 (30) Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2/10 (4 overs) | | Chris Lynn 33 (34) Nathan Coulter-Nile 3/25 (4 overs) |
* Brisbane Heat won by 5 wickets Optus Stadium, Perth Attendance: 40,511 Umpires: Phillip Gillespie and Tony Wilds Player of the match: Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Brisbane Heat)
* Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.

### Match 24

* 8 January 2019 19:15 (D/N) Scorecard
| Brisbane Heat 8/186 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder (H) 2/34 (5.3 overs) |
| Brendon McCullum 56 (35) Jonathan Cook 3/27 (4 overs) | | Callum Ferguson 16 (12) James Pattinson 1/6 (2 overs) |
* Brisbane Heat won by 15 runs (D/L method) Spotless Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 11,147 Umpires: Shawn Craig and Greg Davidson Player of the match: Chris Lynn (Brisbane Heat)
* Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
* Rain stopped play during Sydney Thunder's innings.

### Match 26

* 10 January 2019 18:15 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Brisbane Heat 8/144 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades 2/145 (15.4 overs) |
| Brendon McCullum 50 (47) Usman Shinwari 3/16 (4 overs) | | Sam Harper 56* (40) Mujeeb Ur Rahman 1/23 (4 overs) |
* Melbourne Renegades won by 8 wickets The Gabba, Brisbane Attendance: 30,281 Umpires: Geoff Joshua and Simon Lightbody Player of the match: Sam Harper (Melbourne Renegades)
* Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.

### Match 29

* 13 January 2019 18:35 (D/N) Scorecard
| Brisbane Heat 4/192 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades (H) 91 (17.5 overs) |
| Brendon McCullum 69 (43) Dan Christian 2/24 (4 overs) | | Cameron Boyce 25 (21) Brendan Doggett 3/16 (2.5 overs) |
* Brisbane Heat won by 101 runs GMHBA Stadium, Geelong Attendance: 16,008 Umpires: Shawn Craig and Phillip Gillespie Player of the match: Max Bryant (Brisbane Heat)
* Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.

### Match 33

* 17 January 2019 18:15 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sydney Thunder 4/186 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat (H) 2/10 (3 overs) |
| Shane Watson 100 (62) Ben Cutting 2/41 (4 overs) | | Chris Lynn 4 (9) Gurinder Sandhu 1/3 (1 over) |
* No result The Gabba, Brisbane Attendance: 26,644 Umpires: Shawn Craig and Donovan Koch
* Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
* Jack Prestwidge (Brisbane Heat) made his T20 debut.
* A flood light failure stopped play during Brisbane Heat's innings.

### Match 36

* 20 January 2019 19:15 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Sydney Sixers 7/177 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat 98 (18.1 overs) |
| James Vince 75 (46) Josh Lalor 5/26 (4 overs) | | Ben Cutting 28 (26) Tom Curran 3/16 (4 overs) |
* Sydney Sixers won by 79 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Attendance: 14,921 Umpires: Shawn Craig and John Ward Player of the match: James Vince (Sydney Sixers)
* Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.

### Match 42

* 27 January 2019 19:40 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Melbourne Stars 134/8 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat 129/8 (20 overs) |
| Marcus Stoinis 43 (29) Ben Cutting 2/10 (2 overs) | | Matt Renshaw 45 (43) Marcus Stoinis 4/21 (4 overs) |
* Melbourne Stars won by 5 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Attendance: 22,231 Umpires: Simon Fry and Geoff Joshua Player of the match: Marcus Stoinis (Melbourne Stars)
* Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.

### Match 44

* 29 January 2019 16:00 Scorecard
| Brisbane Heat 6/145 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes (H) 1/146 (14.2 overs) |
| Alex Ross 62 (35) James Faulkner 2/27 (4 overs) David Moody 2/27 (4 overs) | | D'Arcy Short 68* (41) Ben Cutting 1/29 (3 overs) |
* Hobart Hurricanes won by 9 wickets Blundstone Arena, Hobart Attendance: 11,320 Umpires: Sam Nogajski and John Ward Player of the match: D'Arcy Short (Hobart Hurricanes)
* Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
* Jarrod Freeman (Hobart Hurricanes) made his T20 debut.

### Match 48

* 1 February 2019 19:40 (D/N) Scorecard
| Perth Scorchers 9/128 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat (H) 4/130 (17.3 overs) |
| Nick Hobson 43 (35) Mujeeb Ur Rahman 3/16 (4 overs) | | Chris Lynn 56* (39) Matthew Kelly 2/27 (3 overs) |
* Brisbane Heat won by 6 wickets The Gabba, Brisbane Attendance: 21,254 Umpires: Greg Davidson and Donovan Koch Player of the match: Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Brisbane Heat)
* Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
* Matthew Kuhnemann (Brisbane Heat) and Clint Hinchliffe (Perth Scorchers) both made their T20 debuts.
* Josh Lalor (Brisbane Heat) took a hat-trick.
* Chris Lynn (Brisbane Heat) became the leading run-scorer in the Big Bash League with 1,945 runs.

### Match 53

* 8 February 2019 19:40 (D/N) Scorecard
| Melbourne Stars 8/156 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat (H) 0/158 (10 overs) |
| Marcus Stoinis 81 (51) Josh Lalor 3/43 (4 overs) | | Ben Cutting 81* (30) |
* Brisbane Heat won by 10 wickets The Gabba, Brisbane Attendance: 21,391 Umpires: Greg Davidson and Tony Wilds Player of the match: Ben Cutting (Brisbane Heat)
* Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.

## Ladder

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | Hobart Hurricanes | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.603 | Advance to play-off phase |
| 2 | Melbourne Renegades (C) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0.173 | Advance to play-off phase |
| 3 | Sydney Sixers | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0.047 | Advance to play-off phase |
| 4 | Melbourne Stars | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.062 | Advance to play-off phase |
| 5 | Brisbane Heat | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 0.249 | |
| 6 | Sydney Thunder | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 0.000 | |
| 7 | Adelaide Strikers | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.473 | |
| 8 | Perth Scorchers | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | −0.502 | |