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<\/p>\nA Brisbane Heat outfit inspired by fill-in captain Jimmy Peirson tonight went tantalisingly close to pulling off one of the greatest comeback victories in Big Bash League history.<\/p>\n
The Adelaide Strikers won the Gabba clash by two runs when Peirson could only manage a four off the last ball, instead of a six that would have sent the match to a super over.<\/p>\n
But it was astounding the hosts got within such close range as they had crumbled to 8-68 in their pursuit of 151 to win.<\/p>\n
Peirson, who was handed the Heat captaincy when superstar batsman Chris Lynn pulled his hamstring in the warm-up, walked to the middle at number seven and blasted an unbeaten 69 off 36 balls.<\/p>\n
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The 28-year-old arrived at the crease in the ninth over with Brisbane's score a woeful 5-37, and by the end of the game he had spearheaded his team to 9-148.<\/p>\n
Nineteen-year-old Afghan tail-ender Mujeeb Ur Rahman gave the run-chase a boost in a blitz of 18 off 10 deliveries, which included two reverse-sweeps for four and a flush hit for six over long-on, all off the bowling of leg-spinning countryman Rashid Khan.<\/p>\n
Peirson and Rahman combined for a record ninth-wicket partnership of 60.<\/p>\n
But Adelaide's early-innings carnage with the ball had set them up for victory, and astute Peter Siddle<\/a> leadership late in the innings proved decisive.<\/p>\n Adelaide's skipper brought himself back on to bowl and skittled Rahman's stumps in his first over, soaking up a delivery, halting Brisbane's momentum and sending the dangerous pinch-hitter back to the pavilion.<\/p>\n A second BBL match in as many days reignited the debate surrounding the absence of the decision review system<\/a> when Heat batsman Tom Cooper copped an outrageous call from umpire Tony Wilds.<\/p>\n The veteran was given out off the bowling of Strikers spinner Danny Briggs despite having clearly hit the ball with his bat.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeatBBL\/status\/1341700540795768833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n The horrendous decision followed that of umpire Simon Lightbody at Manuka Oval on Tuesday night<\/a>, which saw Sydney Thunder batsman Usman Khawaja given not out despite having clearly nicked the ball through to Perth Scorchers wicketkeeper Josh Inglis.<\/p>\n If the DRS was used in not just international cricket but the BBL, both decisions would have undoubtedly been overturned.<\/p>\n Tonight's win means the Strikers have climbed to third on the table, while the Heat are still winless and anchored to the bottom of the ladder.<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Brisbane Heat outfit inspired by fill-in captain Jimmy Peirson tonight went tantalisingly close to pulling off one of the greatest comeback victories in Big […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13130"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13130"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13132,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13130\/revisions\/13132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n
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