Sydney Sixers’ seam attack seized early control of their Big Bash League 2025-26 clash against Brisbane Heat at Coffs Harbour, with Sean Abbott producing a spellbinding dismissal of Jack Wildermuth that lit up the 24th match of BBL|15. The Heat, sent in after the Sixers won the bat flip, limped to 89/8 in 15.4 overs as the hosts’ experienced bowling group repeatedly exposed their brittle top and middle order.
Sean Abbott’s spectacular delivery floors Jack Wildermuth in BBL|15
Brisbane Heat’s innings had finally begun to find some momentum through Wildermuth, who counter-attacked superbly with 31 off just 17 deliveries, striking two fours and two sixes at a strike rate of 182.35. Having watched partners fall around him, Wildermuth took it upon himself to go downtown and break the early stranglehold imposed by the Sixers’ new-ball pair.
Abbott, into his second over, responded with a classic fast-bowler’s reply – a full, bustling delivery that honed in on off stump before jagging back late. Wildermuth, looking to launch down the ground, left a gaping corridor between bat and pad, and the late movement was enough to send the middle stump cartwheeling, leaving the Coffs Harbour crowd roaring as the lights flashed in dramatic fashion. The dismissal, recorded at 3.6 overs with Heat 33/2, broke a dangerous stand and halted the only sustained surge of scoring Brisbane had managed in the powerplay.
Abbott’s figures at that stage, 2 for 18 off three overs, underlined his impact, as he complemented the headline wicket of Wildermuth by trapping Jimmy Peirson lbw for 10 off 10 later in the innings. His disciplined lengths, subtle seam movement and refusal to over-pitch for cheap boundaries epitomized the Sixers’ bowling blueprint on a surface offering just enough help if bowlers hit the top of off.
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Sean Abbott doing what Sean Abbott does in the Big Bash.
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Sydney Sixers’ bowlers dismantle Brisbane Heat lineup
The Heat’s scorecard told the story of a lineup repeatedly rebuilt and then broken again, with only Wildermuth and Hugh Weibgen offering any meaningful resistance. After a modest Powerplay 1 that yielded 33 runs for the loss of two wickets in the first four overs, Brisbane crawled to 50/5 by 7.6, then 58/5 at drinks, never once threatening to impose themselves on the contest.
Ben Dwarshuis set the tone early, removing Nathan McSweeney for 11 and Max Bryant for 3 to finish with an incisive 2 for 19 from 2.4 overs, repeatedly angling the ball across the right-handers and dragging their strokes into the infield. At the other end, Jack Edwards (1 for 27) and Hayden Kerr (1 for 4 off two overs) used the seam-friendly conditions smartly, with Kerr allowing just four runs in his spell to choke the scoring rate in the middle overs.
Joel Davies’ left-arm angle further tightened the squeeze, as he removed Xavier Bartlett and Matthew Kuhnemann in quick succession to return 2 for 19 from his full quota, triggering a collapse from 72/6 to 74/8. With Lachlan Hearne lbw for 1, Matt Renshaw dismissed for 2, and Oli Patterson unable to accelerate in his unbeaten 6 from 9, the Heat’s projected total hovered around a modest 104, underlining how comprehensively the Sixers’ attack had dictated terms. Brisbane Heat got bowled out for a low total of 114/9 setting up a target of 115 against Sydney Sixers.
