Brisbane Heat set a new BBL record after successfully chasing the 258-run target against Perth Scorchers with the help of two centuries. 

After the hosts Brisbane Heat chose to field first at Brisbane on Friday (December 19), Perth Scorchers scored 257/6 in 20 overs. In reply, Brisbane Heat chased down the target in 19.5 overs after losing two wickets. While Scorchers recorded the second-highest BBL total at that time, Heat not only broke that record but also set a new record for the highest BBL chase. 

Finn Allen and Copper Connolly powered Perth Scorchers innings

In the first innings, opener Finn Allen and Copper Connolly had a 142-run partnership for the second wicket. While Finn scored 79 off 38 balls with three fours and eight sixes, Copper scored 77 off 37 balls with six fours and six sixes. At the late, Aaron Hardie (23 off 12 balls), captain Ashton Turner (12 off five balls), Laurie Evans (16 not out off nine balls), and Nick Hobson (26 off 11 balls) had some useful cameos. 

Among the Heat bowlers, only Xavier Bartlett got multiple wickets (2/44), while all other bowlers got one wicket each. 

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Jack Wildermuth and Matt Renshaw slammed centuries in historic BBL chase

In reply, after Colin Munro was dismissed for a golden duck on the first ball of the innings, Jack Wildermuth and Matt Renshaw set the historic chase with the 212-run partnership for the second wicket. While Wildermuth scored 110 not out off 54 balls with five fours and nine sixes, Renshaw scored 102 runs off 51 balls with five fours and nine sixes before he was run out. 

Max Bryant scored a crucial 28 off 16 balls with four fours before he was retired hurt after the fourth ball of the final over of the match due to a shoulder injury. While Hugh Weibgen joined at the non-striker end at Heat needed two runs in the last two balls, Wildermuth finished the game successfully with two runs on the fifth ball of the final over, as Heat created history by winning the match by eight wickets with one ball left. 

It was the third-highest successful chase in T20 cricket history. Meanwhile, the fixture experienced 36 sixes in total, which set a new record for most sixes in a BBL match, as it was well ahead of the previous record with 26 sixes in two BBL games.