Adam Gilchrist slams ‘comedy of errors’ as Adelaide suffer comical Big Bash run-out in loss to Heat

Brisbane’s BBL final faint hopes remain alive after their players fended off a seemingly modest total to defeat the Strikers by 17 runs at Adelaide Oval.

A comic mix-up that resulted in Colin de Grandhomme being dropped with him and Cameron Boyce on one end summed up the dire situation for the Strikers, whose batting woes from their heavy loss to the Melbourne Stars at the MCG on Thursday continued.

With Adelaide chasing a modest 155 to win, de Grandhomme, who made 21, and Boyce ended up stranded on the same 18 after executing a takedown.

Boyce initially started, only to be called back when the umpires reviewed the breaking of the bails and determined that it was the New Zealander, the last recognized batsman for the Strikers, who had been dismissed for the run.

‘This is a comedy of errors here. Can you believe it? My God,” Adam Gilchrist said on Fox Sports.

“It was a bit like Wacky Races to be brutally honest.”

The catastrophic crash was so bad that Australian star Mitchell Marsh, who worked on the game as an analyst, felt compelled to apologize to viewers back home.

‘If you were someone who has never watched cricket before [and] you just turned on the television, I apologize,’ he said.

The bottom-placed Heat looked behind the eight ball as they were sent off and bowled over for 154, before holding the Strikers to 9-137 in their 20 overs.

Pace midfielder James Bazley (3-30) and spinners Matthew Kuhnemann (2-26) and Mitch Swepson (1-21) deftly exploited a slow, held wicket, which only Matt Short (39) seemed to master.

“We thought we were definitely below par, but after our bowling innings it was obviously enough,” said Swepson.

Boyce initially departed, only to be called back as the umpires reviewed the breaking of the bails.

The review determined that de Grandhomme had been fired for the race.

‘Our bowlers did a good job of keeping them below that. Big confidence for our bowlers who have had it pretty tough lately.

The Strikers never quite recovered after falling to 3-42 in the eighth over – their big three of Chris Lynn (22), Alex Carey (two) and Travis Head (one) all back in the sheds.

The long-awaited return of Adelaide’s star Test duo Head and Carey turned out to be an anticlimax.

Head was castled by Kuhnemann in the opener, an ominous sign ahead of next month’s Test tour of India, before Carey went down in soft fashion, elevating Swepson to Sam Hain to practice catching.

Speaking on Fox Sports, Australian great Adam Gilchrist described the comedic race as something out of ‘Wacky Races’

Brisbane kept their faint hopes of making the BBL finals live by beating Adelaide

Adelaide-born Brisbane firebrand Spencer Johnson packed too much heat for Lynn, tossing a maiden alongside her during which the speed gun topped 150km/h.

Lynn, who heads to the United Arab Emirates to play in the ILT20, finished his debut campaign in Strikers colors with 416 runs at 41.6 but was unable to capitalize on a promising start to his farewell dig, cutting Kuhnemann to Johnson. o’clock.

Short passed on Lynn for Golden Bat honors before passing on Bazley to Jimmy Peirson.

“It was still good turf, we just beat bad,” Lynn said. We can’t use the wicket as an excuse. I couldn’t hit the ball to get going.

Harry Conway (right) was the bowlers’ choice for the strikers, taking three wickets

Earlier, Harry Conway justified his selection ahead of teammate Henry Thornton by posting a career best 3-36, including key scalps from Marnus Labuschagne (46) and Usman Khawaja (two).

The Heat were well placed at 2-86 at the 10-plus mark before being held to 8-68 in the second half of innings.

Conway was well supported on the ball by Peter Siddle (2-24), Wes Agar (2-27) and Boyce (2-29).