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Usman Khawaja leads Brisbane Heat past Melbourne Renegades ... (ABC News)

The Brisbane Heat and Sydney Sixers will play a grand final qualifier on Thursday, but both teams will be without their biggest stars as they are called up ...

"There's a real great confidence in the group at the moment. But none of Smith, Khawaja, Labuschagne or Renshaw will be on the field at the SCG on Thursday when the Sixers and Heat play in "The Challenger", to try to reach the final game of the season against the Perth Scorchers. - The Heat and Sixers will play at the SCG on Thursday for a spot in the decider

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Khawaja powers Brisbane Heat into final three, as Renegades ... (The Sydney Morning Herald)

The Melbourne Renegades' Big Bash League campaign is over, despite veteran Shaun Marsh carrying his bat with a season-high 82 not out in their knockout loss ...

But Renshaw powered the Heat to victory with an unbeaten 27 off 13 balls, amassing the 34 required in just 17 balls. Wells then hit a six off the final ball to give the Renegades a total that Finch later described as a “par” score. In the end, 162 proved too few, as Khawaja continued his insatiable form to help his side continue its finals campaign. The pair put on a 50-run partnership in just 29 balls, before Harper was caught softly trying to ramp Xavier Bartlett over deep leg. off four) helped the home side post 5-162 off its 20 overs. The win sees the Heat move into Thursday’s Challenger with the Sydney Sixers for a spot in Saturday’s final against the Perth Scorchers, but they’ll be without Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne and Matt Renshaw for the rest of the Heat’s campaign, as they join Australia’s Test squad for the tour of India.

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Veteran's classy knock in vain as Khawaja heroics dump ... (Fox Sports)

The Melbourne Renegades have been knocked out of the Big Bash League, defeated by the Brisbane Heat in Sunday evening's Knockout at Marvel Stadium despite a ...

The Heat skipper brought up his fifty in 37 deliveries with a slog sweep over mid-wicket, his second half-century of the finals series. Tom Rogers returned to the attack in the 16th over and snared the crucial breakthrough, with Khawaja clipping the seamer directly towards deep fine leg for 59 (47). Labuschagne (23 off 21 balls) returned to the sheds a couple of minutes later to shift momentum firmly back in the Renegades’ favour. David Moody got the much-needed breakthrough for the Renegades in the ninth over, with Brown (39 from 27 balls) heaving a length delivery towards the deep mid-wicket boundary rider. After the Heat won the toss and elected to bowl first in Melbourne, paceman Xavier Bartlett struck in his first over of the evening, with New Zealand international Martin Guptill chipping a catch towards extra cover, departing cheaply for 1 (2). Bartlett returned to break the 58-run stand, with Harper ramping a length delivery directly towards deep fine leg, caught for 22 (21).

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Brisbane Heat cruises past Melbourne Renegades in BBL knockout (The New Daily)

Usman Khawaja will head to India full of confidence after helping Brisbane Heat past Melbourne Renegadesin their BBL knockout final.

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Khawaja blasts Heat in to a final he'll miss (NEWS.com.au)

The Brisbane Heat's BBL title hopes will rest on finding someone capable of replacing Test star Usman Khawaja after he guided his team in to a third final ...

I’m sure the guys coming in will do well. The 39-year-old smashes nine fours and a six in an unbeaten 82 in a lone-hand for his team before leaving the field with cramp, to avoid a potential soft-tissue injury, having batted himself to the point of exhaustion. After putting on a 74-run opening stand with Josh Brown to put his team in prime position to play the Sydney Sixers on Thursday night, Khawaja went on with things and brought up a second-straight half-century with a six to help the Heat reel in the home team’s total of 5-162. We didn’t really do much .. It was a sixth win in seven games for the Heat, who sacrificed a home final with a choke in Hobart before demolishing the Thunder then doing the same to the Renegades in a late-season flex that will need to continue without their star trio as they chase a first BBL title in 10 years. The Brisbane Heat’s BBL title hopes will rest on finding someone capable of replacing Test star Usman Khawaja after he guided his team in to a third final which he and his national teammates won’t get to play in.

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