Rahul Tiwari
khelja|11-01-2025
The 31st match of the Big Bash League 2024-25 being played in Australia was played between the teams of Adelaide Strikers and Brisbane Heat. This match was very high scoring, a total of 446 runs were seen in the entire match. At the same time, an incident also happened in this match which surprised everyone. Actually, in the match, a six was hit on the ball of a bowler and during this time a person sitting in the stand took the catch. But the surprising thing was that this person was none other than the father of this bowler.
Actually, this match was the debut match of Adelaide Strikers fast bowler Liam Haskett. He managed to take wickets in his first match, but he also proved costly. Liam Haskett bowled 3 overs in this match and conceded 43 runs at an economy of 14.33. During this period he also took 2 wickets. Liam Haskett hit 4 sixes during his spell. One of these six was hit by young batsman Nathan McSweeney.
Nathan McSweeney hit a ball from Liam Haskett on the leg-side and the ball went comfortably for a six. During this, Liam Haskett sitting in the stand caught the ball. But he did not appear happy at all. Let us tell you, his mother was also present in the stand, but during this special moment she also appeared angry. The video of this incident is now going viral on social media. It is believed that such a unique incident had hardly been seen before in the history of cricket.
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Talking about the match, Adelaide Strikers won this match by 56 runs. Adelaide Strikers, batting first, scored 251 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs, which was also the second highest score in the history of this league. During this, Matthew Short played a captaincy innings and scored 109 runs in 54 balls, which included 10 fours and 7 sixes. But in response to this target, Brisbane Heat team was all out after scoring 195 runs in 20 overs. Darcy Short took maximum 4 wickets in the match and led his team to victory.