Brisbane Heat won bat flip and elected to field against Melbourne Renegades
Tim Seifert helped Renegades post a towering total of 212 for 5
In response, Heat were restricted to 198 for eight
Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan flopped on BBL debuts
Melbourne Renegades defeated Brisbane Heat by 14 runs in the second match of Big Bash League 2025-26 at the GMHBA Stadium in South Geelong, Victoria on Monday (December 15).
Renegades posted a towering total of 212 for 5, with Tim Seifert hitting 102 off 56 balls and Ollie Peake smashing 57 off 29. In response, Heat were restricted to 198 for eight.
The match saw the BBL debuts of Pakistan star cricketers Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mohammad Rizwan, and both flopped. While Afridi had to be taken off the attack after bowling two beamers in an over, Rizwan could score just four runs from 10 balls before getting dismissed by left-arm spinner Patrick Dooley.
In the rain-affected season opener on Sunday, Perth Scorchers beat Sydney Sixers by five wickets. In that game, another star Pakistan player in the form of Babar Azam had disappointed on league debut.
Melbourne Renegades Vs Brisbane Heat, Big Bash League: Bat Flip Update
Brisbane Heat won the bat flip and elected to field first against Melbourne Renegades.
Melbourne Renegades Vs Brisbane Heat, Big Bash League: Playing XIs
Brisbane Heat: Colin Munro, Jack Wildermuth, Nathan McSweeney (c), Matt Renshaw, Max Bryant, Hugh Weibgen, Jimmy Peirson (wk), Xavier Bartlett, Shaheen Afridi, Liam Haskett, Patrick Dooley
Melbourne Renegades: Josh Brown, Tim Seifert, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Oliver Peake, Will Sutherland (c), Matthew Spoors, Hassan Khan, Gurinder Sandhu, Fergus O Neill, Jason Behrendorff
Big Bash League 2025-26 Live Streaming
Where will the Big Bash League 2025-26 be telecast and live streamed?
The Big Bash League 2025-26 matches will be telecast on the Star Sports Network TV channels in India and live streamed on the JioHotstar app and website in the country.
Melbourne Renegades Vs Brisbane Heat, Big Bash League: Squads
Brisbane Heat: Max Bryant, Colin Munro, Nathan McSweeney (c), Matt Renshaw, Jimmy Peirson (wk), Jack Wildermuth, Hugh Weibgen, Xavier Bartlett, Shaheen Afridi, Lachlan Hearne, Patrick Dooley, Liam Haskett, Ollie Patterson
Melbourne Renegades: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Josh Brown, Tim Seifert (wk), Hassan Khan, Harry Dixon, Oliver Peake, Will Sutherland (c), Fergus O Neill, Jason Behrendorff, Gurinder Sandhu, Andrew Tye, Mohammad Rizwan, Matthew Spoors, Caleb Jewell
