Chris Lynn of the Brisbane Heat with Kumar Sangakkara at the Gabba before the Tuesday Big Bash T20 match — Pic by Peter Wallis
SANGAKKARA: “Chris is a guy who on any given day can turn a match completely on its head,” . “Chris has got power; he’s got touch. But at the same time he’s got real positive intent and that’s exactly what you need in T20. He’s got a great future ahead of him and is one of the best young Australian players going around.”
This was in the morning of the 29th December. That evening, as the Heat XI chased a daunting total of 194 Chris Lynn scored 101 runs in 51 balls –a strike rate of 198.03 !!

Big Bash League, 12th Match: Brisbane Heat v Hobart Hurricanes at Brisbane, Dec 29, 2015
Hobart Hurricanes 194/4 (20/20 ov)
Brisbane Heat 179/9 (20.0/20 ov)
Hobart Hurricanes won by 15 runs
Big Bash League – 12th match
29 December 2015 – night match (20-over match)
Hobart Hurricanes innings (20 overs maximum) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
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BR Dunk | c Simmons b Badree | 27 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 122.72 |
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TD Paine*† | st †Peirson b Badree | 25 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 113.63 |
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KC Sangakkara | b Feldman | 32 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 168.42 |
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GJ Bailey | c Feldman b Steketee | 31 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 147.61 |
DT Christian | not out | 56 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 233.33 | |
DJG Sammy | not out | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
Extras | (lb 4, w 10, nb 2) | 16 | |||||
Total | (4 wickets; 20 overs) | 194 | (9.70 runs per over) |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
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JK Lalor | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 7.33 | (3w) | |
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LW Feldman | 4 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 13.25 | (2nb, 2w) |
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MT Steketee | 4 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 12.50 | (2w) |
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S Badree | 4 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 6.75 | (1w) |
BCJ Cutting | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 7.25 | (2w) | |
JS Floros | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9.00 |
Brisbane Heat innings (target: 195 runs from 20 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
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JJ Peirson† | c Rose b Reed | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
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LMP Simmons | b Tait | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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CA Lynn* | c †Paine b Boyce | 101 | 51 | 5 | 7 | 198.03 |
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SD Heazlett | c †Paine b Sammy | 26 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 108.33 |
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NJ Reardon | c Rose b Boyce | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
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JS Floros | b Reed | 15 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 83.33 |
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BCJ Cutting | c Christian b Reed | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 185.71 |
JK Lalor | not out | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 125.00 | |
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LW Feldman | run out (Reed) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
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MT Steketee | run out (Reed/Christian) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
S Badree | not out | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
Extras | (lb 5, w 7, nb 1) | 13 | |||||
Total | (9 wickets; 20 overs) | 179 | (8.95 runs per over) |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
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SW Tait | 4 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 13.50 | (2w) |
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JK Reed | 4 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 7.75 | (4w) |
CA Rose | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 7.33 | ||
DT Christian | 3 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 12.33 | (1nb, 1w) | |
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DJG Sammy | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4.00 | |
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CJ Boyce | 4 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 5.50 |