# 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 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.

### 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 Umpires: John Ward and Paul Wilson Player of the match: Jack Wildermuth (Melbourne Renegades)
* Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.

### 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 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.

### 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 Umpires: Michael Graham-Smith and Geoff Joshua Player of the match: Michael Neser (Adelaide Strikers)
* Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat

### 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 Umpires: Michael Graham-Smith and Geoff Joshua Player of the match: Mitchell Swepson (Brisbane Heat)
* Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field

### 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 Umpires: Phillip Gillespie and Tony Wilds Player of the match: Ben Cutting (Brisbane Heat)
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.

### 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 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.

### 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 Umpires: Gerard Abood and Tony Wilds Player of the match: Dan Christian (Hobart Hurricanes)
* Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat

### 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.

### 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 Umpires: Gerard Abood and Phillip Gillespie Player of the match: Tom Cooper (Melbourne Renegades)
* Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field

## Ladder

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | Perth Scorchers | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0.154 | Advance to play-off phase |
| 2 | Adelaide Strikers (C) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0.801 | Advance to play-off phase |
| 3 | Melbourne Renegades | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0.297 | Advance to play-off phase |
| 4 | Hobart Hurricanes | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | −0.291 | Advance to play-off phase |
| 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 | |