Brisbane Heat

Players with international caps are in bold.

S/N	Name	Nat.	Date of birth (age)	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
1	Max Bryant		(1999-10-03) 3 October 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
5	Sam Heazlett		(1990-12-29) 29 December 1990	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	International Cap
15	Joe Burns		(1989-09-06) 6 September 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	International Cap
17	AB de Villiers		(1984-02-17) 17 February 1984	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Visa Contract and International Cap
50	Chris Lynn		(1990-04-10) 10 April 1990	Right-handed	Left-arm orthodox	Captain and International Cap
77	Matt Renshaw		(1996-03-28) 28 March 1996	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	International Cap
All-rounders
9	Marnus Labuschagne		(1994-06-22) 22 June 1994	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break	International Cap
14	Jack Prestwidge		(1996-02-28) 28 February 1996	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
31	Ben Cutting		(1987-01-30) 30 January 1987	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	International Cap
Wicketkeepers
18	Tom Banton		(1998-11-11) 11 November 1998	Right-handed	–	Visa Contract and International Cap
59	Jimmy Peirson		(1992-10-13) 13 October 1992	Right-handed	–
Pace bowlers
2	Josh Lalor		(1987-11-02) 2 November 1987	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
6	Mark Steketee		(1994-01-17) 17 January 1994	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
19	James Pattinson		(1990-05-03) 3 May 1990	Left-handed	Right-arm fast	International Cap
21	Cameron Gannon		(1989-01-23) 23 January 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Australian citizen with International Cap for the USA
55	Ben Laughlin		(1982-10-03) 3 October 1982	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	International Cap
Spin bowlers
4	Mitchell Swepson		(1993-04-10) 10 April 1993	Right-handed	Right Arm leg break	International Cap
7	Mujeeb Ur Rahman		(2001-03-28) 28 March 2001	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Visa contract and International Cap
30	Matthew Kuhnemann		(1996-09-20) 20 September 1996	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox
75	Zahir Khan		(1998-12-20) 20 December 1998	Left-handed	Left-arm unorthodox spin	Visa contract and International Cap

^* Includes matches determined by a Super Over ^** Ties counted as half a win

The team lost their first four matches, but – still with an outside chance to reach the semi-finals – won their last three matches and were just eliminated in the last match. Brendon McCullum missed some matches as he was playing HRV Cup in New Zealand simultaneously while Daniel Vettori missed few games because of injury while the original captain James Hopes missed the whole tournament because of injury. The team ended fifth out of eight on the points table.

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
16 December 2011	Sydney Sixers	Sydney Cricket Ground	Lost by 6 wickets
20 December 2011	Melbourne Stars	The Gabba	Lost by 8 runs
29 December 2011	Perth Scorchers	WACA Ground	Lost by 10 runs
3 January 2012	Adelaide Strikers	The Gabba	Lost by 31 runs
6 January 2012	Hobart Hurricanes	The Gabba	Won by 3 runs, MoM- Matthew Hayden 76 (51)
12 January 2012	Melbourne Renegades	Etihad Stadium	Won by 12 runs, MoM- Daniel Vettori 40 (25) and 0/27 (4 Overs)
17 January 2012	Sydney Thunder	The Gabba	Won by 91 runs, MoM- Daniel Christian 75* (47) and 1/17 (4 Overs)
Overall Record of 3–4 in BBL|01 Failed to make Semifinals, ended 5/8

The team started well, winning their first game against the Perth Scorchers. However, they lost out in many close matches over the course of the season. The Heat struggled but, managed to finish the season in 5th place. There were good signs for the Heat as Cameron Gannon led all BBL wicket-takers, snaring 18 wickets at an average of less than 12 – with best bowling of 4–10. Daniel Vettori was also miserly with the ball, going for just over six an over and picking up 7 wickets. Chris Lynn was the best of the batsman scoring 198 runs closely followed by Dan Christian who made 186 runs at an average of 46.5.[7]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
22 December 2013	Perth Scorchers	The Gabba	Won by 3 wickets, MoM- Chris Lynn 81 (53)
28 December 2013	Hobart Hurricanes	The Gabba	Lost by 3 wickets
30 December 2013	Melbourne Renegades	Etihad Stadium	Lost by 57 runs
2 January 2014	Sydney Sixers	The Gabba	Lost by 4 runs
8 January 2014	Sydney Thunder	Stadium Australia	Won by 48 runs, MoM- Chris Lynn 56 (35)
11 January 2014	Melbourne Stars	The Gabba	Lost by 3 wickets
18 January 2014	Adelaide Strikers	Adelaide Oval	Won by 32 runs, MoM- Daniel Vettori 2/10 (4 Overs)
23 January 2014	Hobart Hurricanes	Bellerive Oval	Lost by 40 runs
Overall Record of 3–5 in BBL|03 Failed to make Semifinals, ended 5/8

Brisbane Heat finished last in the league, with a record of 2–6, which led to the resignation of Stuart Law as coach, and James Hopes as captain. Brisbane Heat were the first team to win the wooden spoon, besides the Sydney Thunder, who won the spoon in the first 3 seasons of the BBL.

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
21 December 2014	Sydney Thunder	ANZ Stadium	Lost by 56 runs
28 December 2014	Melbourne Stars	The Gabba	Won by 1 run, MoM- Ryan Duffield 3/28 (4 overs)
2 January 2015	Hobart Hurricanes	Blundstone Arena	Lost by 6 wickets
4 January 2015	Adelaide Strikers	The Gabba	Lost by 5 wickets
8 January 2015	Perth Scorchers	#TheFurnace	Lost by 8 wickets
11 January 2015	Sydney Sixers	The Gabba	Lost by 6 wickets
13 January 2015	Melbourne Renegades	Etihad Stadium	Lost by 5 wickets
15 January 2015	Hobart Hurricanes	The Gabba	Won by 18 runs, MoM- Chris Lynn 81 (35)
Overall Record of 2–6 in BBL|04 Failed to make Semifinals, ended 8/8

Following the retirement of Daniel Vettori's playing career, he signed a 3-year contract to become the coach of the franchise. Heat signed Josh Lalor, Andrew Fekete (cricketer), Alex Doolan. West Indian pair Samuel Badree and Lendl Simmons were snapped up by Heat. Rookie players Jack Wildermuth, Mitchell Swepson were also picked up by Heat. They finished 6th in the table with 3 wins and 5 losses.

Following the retirement of Brendon McCullum's international playing career, he returned as a full-time participant for the Heat for his second stint for the franchise, this time as captain. He took no part in the previous season due to BBL coinciding with the final matches of his international career. James Hopes retired from cricket. Heat signed English fast bowler Tymal Mills. Heat finished 2nd in the table with 5 wins and 3 losses. In the semi-final, they were defeated by Sydney Sixers in a super over.

Player	Country	Years
Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	2011,2015+, 2016–2019
Roelof van der Merwe	Netherlands / South Africa	2011
Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	2011–2014
Thisara Perera	Sri Lanka	2012
Kemar Roach	Barbados	2012
Dale Steyn	South Africa	2012
Craig Kieswetter	England	2013
Andrew Flintoff	England	2014
Stephen Parry	England	2014
Samuel Badree	Trinidad and Tobago	2014–15
Lendl Simmons	Trinidad and Tobago	2015–16
Tymal Mills	England	2017
Shadab Khan	Pakistan	2017
Yasir Shah	Pakistan	2017
Mujeeb Ur Rahman	Afghanistan	2018–20
AB De Villiers	South Africa	2019-20

+= Did not play a game that season

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