Brisbane Warmth chase 258 in Gabba six-fest to seal largest BBL run chase

Brisbane Warmth’s Matt Renshaw and Jack Wildermuth rejoice collectively, Brisbane Warmth vs Perth Scorchers, BBL, Brisbane, December 19, 2025. — Cricket Australia

Brisbane Warmth pulled off the largest chase in Large Bash League historical past on the Gabba on Friday, overhauling 258 in a 515-run spectacle that produced a document 36 sixes.

After Perth Scorchers posted 257 for six, Warmth stormed dwelling to 258 for two with one ball to spare to win by eight wickets, powered by centuries from Matt Renshaw (102 off 51) and Jack Wildermuth (110 not out off 54) in a chase that rewrote the competitors’s document e-book.

Perth’s innings was pushed by Finn Allen (79 off 38) and Cooper Connolly (77 off 37), who traded blows in a second-wicket stand of 142 off 64 balls and collectively struck 14 sixes. 

Xavier Bartlett led Warmth’s bowling effort with 2 for 44, whereas Shaheen Shah Afridi completed with 1 for 49 from 4 overs as all 5 Warmth bowlers conceded no less than 11 an over. The Scorchers’ complete was, briefly, the second-highest in BBL historical past.

Warmth’s chase started with an instantaneous setback when Colin Munro fell to Jhye Richardson off the primary supply, however the momentum swung when Richardson later had Renshaw caught off a no-ball on 20. 

Renshaw and Wildermuth then took management with sustained power-hitting, including a document 212-run partnership, the very best for any wicket in BBL historical past, as Warmth grew to become the primary aspect within the competitors to function two centuries in a single run chase.

The goal of 258 was the very best efficiently chased in BBL historical past, eclipsing the earlier document of 230, and it was additionally the third-highest profitable chase in T20 cricket general. 

Each groups hit 18 sixes every, taking the match complete to 36, a brand new BBL document, whereas the 515 combination was the primary 500-plus match complete within the league and solely the sixth males’s T20 recreation by which each side posted 250-plus totals.

The night time additionally featured expensive misses and harm setbacks. Warmth captain Nathan McSweeney injured his left ankle whereas dropping a excessive ball late within the innings and was unable to bat, whereas Max Bryant retired damage with a shoulder harm in the course of the chase. 

Scorchers captain Ashton Turner additionally dropped Wildermuth on 42, giving Warmth one other essential reprieve on an evening when the bat dominated all through.