Adelaide Strikers 125 for 3 (Lynn 79*, Patterson 1-15) beat Brisbane Heat 121 (Kuhnemann 31, Overton 3-19, Scott 2-12) by seven wickets
Lynn, playing his 300th T20, thumped six fours and six sixes in an unbeaten 79 off 41 balls to pilot the clinical chase. It was the Strikers’ first win in the marquee December 31 clash since 2018, and swift payback for their seven-run loss to Brisbane at the Gabba on Saturday.
Captain Matt Short (19), Mackenzie Harvey (11) and Jerrssis Wadia (1) perished, but the Heat couldn’t contain Lynn. He became the first BBL batter to reach 4000 runs, fittingly raising the milestone by depositing Xavier Bartlett into the stands.
Scott, sparingly used in Strikers’ opening two fixtures, took the new ball and bowled all his allotted four overs upfront. The Heat’s top three – Colin Munro (4), Jack Wildermuth (5) and Lachlan Hearne (2) – all succumbed in identical fashion, miscuing tamely to mid off. Golden bat leader Matt Renshaw (6) was run out, before Max Bryant (1) nicked off to Scott.
When Jimmy Peirson (13) chopped on to Hasan, Heat were 47 for 6. Kuhnemann – whose previous career-best was 9* – took the long handle to Lloyd Pope and put on 36 for the eighth wicket with Weibgen, but their team’s hole was too deep.