Brisbane Heat thumped Adelaide Strikers by 39 runs in Adelaide on Thursday in a Big Bash League fixture. Batting first, the Heat rode on a brilliant partnership between Duckett and Heazlett of 114 runs to post a massive total of 208/7 in 20 overs.
While Duckett struck a 47-ball 78, Heazlett fell short of a fifty by just one run during the course as he was out for 49 off 30 deliveries.
For the Strikers, Rashid Khan scalped three wickets for 34 runs in 4 overs while Fawad Ahmed didn’t pick any wickets but returned with an impressive economy rate as he just gave 25 runs in 4 overs.
Later, the Adelaide Strikers lost a couple of early wickets before Matt Renshaw and Jonathan Wells chipped in with a stand of 71 runs for the third wicket before Renshaw was sent back in the hut by Bazley for 22 off 23.
Wells went on to score a fifty but his departure saw the Adelaide side losing wickets at regular intervals and the asking rate kept mounting as they were eventually restricted to 169/8 in 20 overs.
Mark Steketee and Bazley were the pick of the bowlers for the team. While Steketee scalped a three-wicket haul for 27 runs in 4 overs, Bazley returned with two wickets for 27 runs in 4 overs.
"Yeah very important win for us. A very proud win for us. Its quite fantastic to come here at the Adelaide Oval and get a win. I was actually quite happy with the tossing the balls. Yeah, Garton smacked a few but I enjoyed it after the wicket. It was beautiful to see Duckett and Heazlett get some runs, It gets really tough against them in the nets,” Matthew Kuhnemann said after the match.