'Greatest choke' ever leaves legends stunned

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The Brisbane Heat person failed to implicit a definite triumph against the Hobart Hurricanes aft bungling their tally pursuit successful Launceston.

The shocking nonaccomplishment threatens the team's location last hopes arsenic they present hinge connected the Stars beating the Thunder connected Wednesday nighttime to support the 4th spot connected the BBL ladder and the reward of a location final.

After the Hurricanes were sent into bat and made 9-120, the Heat came down to needing lone 19 runs disconnected the last 24 balls, and with six wickets up their sleeve.

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Victory inactive looked apt with a twelve balls to go, but past Hurricanes spinner Tim David hatched an astonishing last implicit to triumph the game.

The close limb off-spinner produced a tally retired with 3 balls to spell to crook the lucifer connected its head.

Brisbane past fell 2 runs abbreviated of the Hobart total.

"This is unbelievable," Brendon Julian said successful commentary for Fox Cricket.

"The Heat person mislaid the unlosable there," Mark Waugh added.

"The Hurricanes person got retired of jailhouse there."

The Heat's innings did not statesman good with Usman Khawaja hitting a starring borderline to beryllium caught by Mac Wright disconnected Riley Meredith for 10.

As the wickets began to tumble with 4 overs to go, the Hurricanes got a sniff of victory, but it inactive did not consciousness convincing capable to alteration the apt outcome.

That was until David entered the onslaught successful the last implicit - instigating a tally retired of Matt Kuhnemann for a duck.

All-rounder James Bazley struck 1 six successful his 10 runs not out, but had 4 dot balls successful the last over.

The Heat required 4 runs disconnected the past shot to clinch the win, but could lone negociate 1 to cough up the victory.

Brisbane has go notorious for snatching decision from the jaws of triumph successful matches they are good and genuinely successful power of.

Middle-order batter Sam Hain was deed connected the wrist by a Meredith transportation which could regularisation him retired for the Heat's play-off final.

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