Colin Munro and Paul Walter make a big mistake by frustrating Xavier Bartlett during the Big Bash League 2024-25 (BBL 2024-25) Match 15 between Brisbane Heat and Sydney Sixers at The Gabba Stadium in Brisbane on Sunday, December 29.
Sydney Sixers’ 139-run 3rd innings against the Brisbane Heat in the BBL 2024-25 clash in Brisbane was marred by a freak fielding error and the crowd could not hide their disappointment.
Colin Munro and Paul Walter error cost Brisbane Heat BBL 2024-25 against Sydney Sixers
Brisbane Heat bowler Xavier Bartlett delivered a full delivery outside off and Josh Philippe He attempted an overhead shot from the ground, but he got the timing all wrong. The ball hung in the air for centuries, giving Paul Walter in the middle and Colin Munro in the middle enough time to settle under the ball and complete the catch in the BBL 2024-25 game.
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But in a moment of confusion, both fielders hesitated, looked at each other, then stopped again, moving towards the ball. However, Paul Walter and Colin Munro went for the catch, but then left it to each other without either, and the ball fell harmlessly between them.
Xavier Bartlett nodded off and Josh Philippe got a lifeline as Brisbane Heat squandered an easy chance. It wasn’t Walter and Munro’s first time in the Big Bash League, which continues in the 2024-25 season, but this time the Brisbane Heat paid the price by dropping the game to the Sydney Sixers. Lifeline in Brisbane.
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Colin Munro and Paul Walter were there but neither player went for the catch. #BBL14 pic.twitter.chem/bSRHeLPQRLx
— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) December 29, 2024
Philippe went on to hit a stunning fifty and added two partnerships to help the Sixers beat the Heat by eight wickets in the ongoing BBL 2024-25 encounter at The Gabba. The Sixers opener first put on a partnership of 54 runs from 33 balls with Kurtis Patterson who scored 32 runs from 20 balls for the second wicket.
Josh Philippe takes advantage of Brisbane Heat’s pitch confusion
He then added an unbeaten 79 runs with captain Moises Henriques (29*) for third wicket to take the Sixers over the line against the Heat with 22 balls to spare in Brisbane. Paul Walter and Colin Munro’s fielding error cost the Heat dearly as Josh Phillips made an unbeaten 66 off 42 balls in the BBL 2024-25 clash.
He smashed seven boundaries and two sixes in their win over the Sixers at The Gabba in Brisbane. Xavier Bartlett and Walter scalped a wicket each for Brisbane Heat. Previously, Ben Dwarshuis Captain Henriques and Todd Murphy rushed the Heat’s batting line-up with four wickets as they snared two wickets each to bundle them to 138/9 in Brisbane.
Nathan McSweeney was the Heat’s top scorer with 34 runs off 39 balls, Jimmy Pearson (24) and Walter (22) could only cross the 20-run mark in the match, while the rest of the squad failed to even manage 15. Balls against the Sixers.
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