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The 19th match of the ongoing Big Bash League (BBL) 2022-23, Sydney Thunder defeated Brisbane Heat in a nail-biting thriller at൲ Carrara Oval i🍌n Queensland on Thursday.
Chasing the massive target of 183, the Heat batters looked completely out of touch and kept getting dismissed at regular intervals. However, opener Colin Munro had some other plans as he played one of the 🅷finest BBL knocks to keep Heat i🧸n the game.
Munro took the game to the wire and kept his end alive until the final over when he was approaching a triple-figure mark. But unfortunately, the left-handed batter, in an attempt to clear the mid-wicket off Nathan McAndrew, failed to time the ball and Daniel Sams took a sensational outfield catch to dismiss Munro. The Black Caps batter ended up scoring 98 from just 53 balls with the help of nine fours and three sixeꦚs. Eventually, Thunder won the contest by 11 runs.
Earlier, Heat won the toss and asked the Thunder to bat first. Some vital contributions from batters inspired Thunder to reach a competitive total. Opener Matthew Gilkes (37), Rilee Rossouw (39) and Alex Ross (25) chipped in with impoℱrtant knocks before Sams provided the late flourish to push♑ Thunder over 180.
Sams played an unbeaten knock of 36 from just 15 deliveries, including 2 fours and 4 sixes, as Thunder made 182/6 in their allotted 20 overs. For the Heat, James Bazley was the star of the evening, picking a four-wicket haul while giving away 22 runs 🍎in his quota of 4 overs.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
So, close. – what an effort (98 from 53) 🙏
Thanks for com🐓ing out in droves Gold Coast fans!
— Brisbane Heat (@HeatBBL)
Top knock that from Colin Munro but the decision to run for the no-ball probably cost Heat the game. Remarkable that only once a 180+ target has been successfully chased down in BBL since 2019/20 🦹season (200+ matches).
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks)
The cling on!!
— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL)
Firstꦑ delivery with a fresh, dry ball and Munro is caught on the boundary by Daniel Sams.🔜
Big moment in the game, Thunder win.
— Lachlan McKirdy (@LMcKirdy7)
haha ya score 98 off 53 chasing 182 and still get beat, Surely a '"FUCK SAKE BOYS" and a bat throw by Colin Munro when he got back to the dugout
— Danny Ando (@AndoDanny)
Sadly didn't get the win, but take a bow Colin Munro! What an awesome innings so close to a century 🥲
— Hayden (@haydenjs94)
Highest scores😼 by New Zealand players in Big Bash League :-
114* – Colin Munro (for Scorchers) v Strikers, 2021
98 – Colin Munro (for Heat) v Thunder, today— Rhitankar Bandyopadhyay (@rhitankar8616)
Well, this Colin Munro i🍨nnings is a pure example of how numbers sometimes f💞ail to tell the story.
Nothing to take away from him, but he’s equ♊ally a contributor to his side’s ♊loss today with those dot balls during final 10-15 deliveries faced.
Pathetic.
— Yuvraj Nanda (@YuvrajNanda)
Anywaysssss I miss Colin Munro so muc🀅h and am happy for you Queenslanders who should be cherish🦩ing him
— B (@__bethlouise)
Give Colin Munro an෴other chance with the BlackCaps
— CFCDan (@DannCFC21)
If Colin Munro gets them home from here it just proves how dumb the scorchers were to take Evans in that♕ draft. Already a qu🦹ality knock @TeeeLew
— Ben Merrifield (@Bennom_1950)
Well done now to෴ find a few🍌 more Colin Munro hearted type batsmen.
— Claire22 (@ClaireHickey22)
Well done to Colin Munro. Great inni𒈔ngs. Put the team before himself.
Ball change in the last over was pretty rough.
— journalistagendas (@journalistagen1)
T𒁃ake a bow Colin Munro. One of the all-time grea💙t BBL innings.
— Dave Raj (@Djraj38313947)
Colin Munro deserved a century!
— Farzan Patel (@TheTipsyParsi)