Tom Banton smashed the second-fastest fifty in the Big Bash League (BBL) history to propel Brisbane Heat to v💙ictory over Sydney Thunder by the DLS method in a rain-af🌜fected match at Sydney on Monday.
The weather saw a delayed start and thꦕen limited Heat to just eight overs in the first innings, but Banton quickly made up for the lost time in a 16-run triumph.
The English batsman took just 16 balls to complete his fifty, ending on 56 after seven sixes that helped Heat post an impressive 119-4 on the board.
Further rain appeared the only hindrance to a dominant win, and neither the conditions nor Thunder – chasing 77 in a reduced five overs – could effectively intervene.
Banton blows Arjun Nair away
After bowling a dot ball in his very first over, things headed south for off-spinner Arjun Nair as he was taken to the cleaner🌳s by Banton.
The first of the five sixes disappeared over the boundary between deep mid-wicket and long-on before Banton launched the next delivery high into the air straight down the ground. The long-on fielder ma🤪naged to catch the ball only for him to step over the bou𝓀ndary and drop it.
Banton then added 𓂃insult to injury when he heaved one over deep mid-wi🅷cket for his third six. Then the next one was sent into the crowd over long-on before the Englishman danced down the track to lift another six in the deep mid-wicket region to complete the 30-run over.
Here’s the video:
This is just extraordinary.
Tom Banton launches five consecutive sixes!
— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL)
