Heat bat first in BBL clash with Sixers

Rob Forsaith | December 29, 2021

Brisbane Heat have opted to bat first in their BBL match against Sydney Sixers at the SCG, where Pakistan star Shadab Khan is debuting for the hosts.

Shadab dismissed Mitch Marsh, Steve Smith, David Warner and Glenn Maxwell in this year’s Twenty20 World Cup semi-final.

The Sixers recruited the ex-Brisbane legspinner after English pacemen Chris Jordan and Tom Curran returned home.

Hunting a third straight title, the Sixers have recorded five wins from their opening six games.

Sydney Sixers XI: Josh Philippe, James Vince, Moises Henriques (capt), Daniel Hughes, Jordan Silk, Dan Christian, Sean Abbott, Hayden Kerr, Shadab Khan, Ben Dwarshuis, Lloyd Pope.

Brisbane Heat XI: Jimmy Peirson (capt), Chris Lynn, Ben Duckett, Sam Heazlett, Tom Cooper, Max Bryant, Xavier Bartlett, James Bazley, Mark Steketee, Matt Kuhnemann, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.