Big Bash League 2025-26 results: Brisbane Heat mount record chase to beat Perth Scorchers

Centuries from Matt Renshaw and Jack Wildermuth propelled the Brisbane Heat to the highest successful run chase in the Big Bash League in a stunning eight-wicket win over the Perth Scorchers.

Chasing 258 to win at the Gabba, Heat opener Colin Munro was dismissed off the first ball but Wildermuth and Rensaw combined to make a Big Bash record 212.

Renshaw brought up his maiden T20 century off 48 balls but started to cramp and was run out for 102 trying a tight second run.

Wildermuth continued the task to reach his maiden T20 century off 46 balls and was ably supported by Max Bryant, leaving the Heat needing nine from the final over, bowled by Aaron Hardie.

In a dramatic finale, Hardy missed an easy opportunity to run out Bryant after Wildermuth blocked a yorker and ran, before Bryant was forced to retire hurt by 28 of 16 after slipping on a spin for the third round and injuring his shoulder.

With two balls needed, Wildermuth clipped the penultimate delivery to backward point and an error allowed him to go back for a second, finishing unbeaten on 110 off 54.

It is the third highest successful run chase in all T20s and the first time two players have made centuries in the second innings of a T20.

Renshaw and Wildermuth each hit five fours and nine sixes in their stunning knock.

“The message at the break was just to believe in ourselves,” Renshaw said.

“Funnily enough, I hit the ball terribly into the net during the interval.

“We had some luck on our side, but knowing how good the batting was gave us confidence that the wicket was excellent and the target was achievable.”

The Heat’s chase was made all the more remarkable given that captain Nathan McSweeney, who was due to come on at number three, rolled his ankle while trying to catch in the Scorchers’ innings and was unable to bat.

The 515 runs scored across the match is a Big Bash record, as is the 36 points scored by both sides.

After being put into bat, the Scorchers scored 257-6, thanks to New Zealand batsman Finn Allen’s 79 off 38 and Australian all-rounder Cooper Connolly’s 77 off 37.

It was the second-highest score in Big Bash history, only to be bettered by the Heat in a scintillating chase in front of 25,000 fans in Brisbane.

The Melbourne Stars hold the record for the highest total in the Big Bash, reaching 273-2 against the Hobart Hurricanes in the 2021-22 competition.

The Heat and Scorchers each have two points, with one win and one defeat so far. The Scorchers are third in the table, with the Heat in fifth, due to their superior net run rate.