BRISBANE – Sherfane Rutherford failed to fire and his Sydney Thunder missed an opportunity to go top of the table in the Big Bash League when they went down by five wickets to the Brisbane Heat in Australia on Monday.
After being sent in to bat, the Thunder finished on 173 for eight from their 20 overs, with opener and captain David Warner topscoring with an even 50 from 36 balls.
Rutherford, who played a match-winning innings in their last match, made just 11 from nine balls before pulling a delivery from Matthew Kuhnemann to Nathan McSweeney at midwicket.
Spencer Johnson was the main destroyer for the Heat with 3-39, while Kuhnemann and Michael Neser took two wickets apiece.
Max Bryant then lashed 72 from 35 balls, with four sixes and seven fours and Matt Renshaw scored an unbeaten 48 to lead the Heat to 174 for five off 18.5 overs.
With the win, the Heat moved up to fourth on seven points from their seven games while the Thunder remained in second position on eight points, one point behind the Sydney Sixers.
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