Brisbane Heat players on bench during Heat's innings, 28 December 2014.

The Brisbane Heat are an Australian cricket club who play in the Big Bash League, the national domestic Twenty20 competition. The club was established in 2011 as an inaugural member of the eight-club league. The Big Bash League consists of a regular season and a finals series of the top four teams. This list includes players who have played at least one match for the Heat in the Big Bash League and the Champions League Twenty20.

When the Big Bash League was established in 2011 a salary cap of $1 million was set for every club with a limit of two contracted international players.^[1] As of 2013 Brisbane Heat had eighteen full Contracts available,^[2] and for the 2020/21 season has nineteen contracted players.^[3] Players not contracted to the club may also be named as supplementary players and represent the Heat,^[4] and can also be signed on rookie contracts to train with the team.^[5]

List of players

Players are listed according to the date of their debut for the Heat. All statistics are for Big Bash League and Champions League Twenty20 only.

• Statistics up to date as of 29 November 2022
• The number to the left of player name represents 'cap'. For players who debuted for club in the same match, player caps are ordered by that of the batting order.
• Currently contracted players names are in bold.
• Hover over column headings for key

Brisbane Heat players						Batting							Bowling					Fielding		Ref
No.	Name	Nat	First	Last	Mat	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100	50	6's	Wkt	BB	Ave	ER	5wi	C	St	Ref
01	Brendon McCullum		2011/12	2018/19	35	920	72	27.88	136.50	0	9	38	–	–	–	–	–	18	0		[6]
02	Matthew Hayden		2011/12	2011/12	7	207	76	29.57	134.42	0	1	6	–	–	–	–	–	4	0	[7]
03	James Hopes		2011/12	2015/16	33	317	49	15.10	106.73	0	0	1	24	3/23	31.50	7.12	0	6	0	[8]
04	Chris Lynn		2011/12	2021/22	105	3052	101	33.91	147.79	1	24	181	3	2/15	29.00	7.25	0	31	0	[9][10][11]
05	Dan Christian		2011/12	2013/14	33	659	75*	23.54	127.47	0	3	29	29	5/26	25.90	8.08	1	14	0	[12]
06	Andrew Robinson		2011/12	2011/12	7	123	44	17.57	129.47	0	0	4	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	[13]
07	Peter Forrest		2011/12	2015/16	30	554	62*	23.08	106.54	0	3	12	–	–	–	–	–	15	0	[14]
08	Chris Hartley		2011/12	2013/14	18	124	35	20.67	113.76	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	11	1	[15]
09	Nick Buchanan		2011/12	2016/17	5	11	8*	3.67	73.33	0	0	1	4	2/42	32.25	10.75	0	3	0	[16]
010	Nathan Hauritz		2011/12	2013/14	24	23	16*	7.67	135.29	0	0	0	9	3/18	51.00	7.91	0	12	0	[17]
011	Alister McDermott		2011/12	2014/15	21	7	5	1.40	43.75	0	0	0	27	4/37	21.19	8.47	0	5	0	[18]
012	Michael Neser		2011/12	2021/22	9	59	30*	19.66	137.20	0	0	2	11	3/31	23.09	8.19	0	3	0	[19]
013	Ryan Harris		2011/12	2013/14	5	40	25*	20.00	114.29	0	0	0	6	2/14	25.17	7.81	0	1	0	[20]
014	Roelof van der Merwe		2011/12	2011/12	3	66	36	22.00	140.43	0	0	2	2	1/23	41.50	10.38	0	1	0	[21]
015	Steve Paulsen		2011/12	2011/12	2	35	35*	-	134.62	0	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	[22]
016	Daniel Vettori		2011/12	2014/15	15	74	40	14.80	119.35	0	0	2	10	2/10	42.40	7.31	0	5	0	[23]
017	Chris Swan		2011/12	2011/12	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1/16	16.00	4.00	0	0	0	[24]
018	Shane Watson		2012/13	2012/13	1	17	17	17.00	121.43	0	0	2	0	0/17	-	5.67	0	0	0	[25]
019	Luke Pomersbach		2012/13	2013/14	18	547	112*	32.18	134.40	1	3	15	–	–	–	–	–	5	0	[26]
020	Joe Burns		2012/13	2020/21	62	1237	69	25.77	121.75	0	5	48	3	1/8	19.66	7.37	0	27	0	[27][28][29]
021	Ben Cutting		2012/13	2019/20	82	1258	81*	22.07	146.11	0	2	78	66	3/24	30.09	8.81	0	33	0	[30]
022	Thisara Perera		2012/13	2012/13	6	91	38	22.75	178.43	0	0	6	6	3/18	21.67	9.07	0	0	0	[31]
023	Cameron Gannon		2012/13	2021/22	17	45	23	11.25	83.33	0	0	0	25	4/10	18.80	8.89	0	6	0	[32]
024	Kemar Roach		2012/13	2013/14	8	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	5	3/18	38.80	6.89	0	4	0	[33]
025	Chris Sabburg		2012/13	2013/14	8	59	19*	14.75	80.82	0	0	1	0	0/5	-	5.00	0	8	0	[34]
026	Matthew Gale		2013/14	2013/14	2	1	1	1.00	50.00	0	0	0	4	4/10	8.00	6.62	0	1	0	[35]
027	Dom Michael		2013/14	2013/14	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	[36]
028	Craig Kieswetter		2013/14	2013/14	8	192	51	24.00	116.36	0	2	8	–	–	–	–	–	7	2	[37]
029	Mark Steketee		2013/14	2021/22	61	169	33	7.68	101.19	0	0	7	78	4/33	24.47	8.90	0	20	0	[38][39][40]
030	Ben McDermott		2013/14	2013/14	1	30	30	30.00	115.38	0	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	[41]
031	Simon Milenko		2014/15	2020/21	6	24	13	4.00	75.00	0	0	1	0	0/4	–	24.00	0	1	0	[42]
032	Nathan Reardon		2014/15	2016/17	18	360	52*	25.71	124.57	0	1	15	–	–	–	–	–	3	0	[43]
033	Jimmy Peirson		2014/15	2021/22	88	1279	69*	21.31	124.78	0	4	35	–	–	–	–	–	46	14	[44][45][46]
034	Andrew Flintoff		2014/15	2014/15	7	74	46	14.80	123.33	0	0	2	3	2/41	45.33	11.33	0	3	0	[47]
035	Ryan Duffield		2014/15	2014/15	6	1	1	1.00	33.33	0	0	0	5	3/28	39.40	9.38	0	2	0	[48]
036	Jason Floros		2014/15	2017/18	13	88	42	11.00	104.76	0	0	3	3	2/35	60.33	9.44	0	1	0	[49]
037	Stephen Parry		2014/15	2014/15	2	2	2*	-	100.00	0	0	0	2	1/16	16.50	8.25	0	3	0	[50]
038	Lendl Simmons		2015/16	2015/16	8	177	54	22.13	128.26	0	1	7	–	–	–	–	–	5	0	[51]
039	Josh Lalor		2015/16	2019/20	36	93	14	7.75	92.08	0	0	1	42	5/26	23.50	7.77	1	11	0	[52]
040	Samuel Badree		2015/16	2016/17	13	7	6*	-	140.00	0	0	0	14	5/22	23.86	6.42	1	2	0	[53]
041	Andrew Fekete		2015/16	2015/16	5	1	1*	-	100.00	0	0	0	4	2/44	38.00	11.69	0	0	0	[54]
042	Sam Heazlett		2015/16	2021/22	48	793	74*	17.62	124.88	0	2	31	–	–	–	15.00	-	21	0	[55]
043	Luke Feldman		2015/16	2015/16	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	1	1/53	53.00	13.25	0	1	0	[56]
043	Mitchell Swepson		2015/16	2021/22	54	53	11*	4.07	86.88	0	0	0	53	3/14	26.64	7.53	0	14	0	[57]
044	Alex Ross		2016/17	2018/19	27	518	64	28.78	121.03	0	3	16	–	–	–	–	–	10	0	[58]
045	Jack Wildermuth		2016/17	2021/22	24	203	31	12.68	134.43	0	0	13	24	3/23	27.29	8.10	0	4	0	[59][60][61]
046	Tymal Mills		2016/17	2016/17	2	0	0*	-	-	0	0	0	1	1/20	50.00	6.25	0	0	0	[62]
047	Marnus Labuschagne		2016/17	2021/22	17	276	49	18.40	112.19	0	0	5	12	3/13	20.83	9.25	0	8	0	[63]
048	Shadab Khan		2017/18	2017/18	3	0	0*	-	0.00	0	0	0	6	2/17	14.17	7.08	0	0	0	[64]
049	Brendan Doggett		2017/18	2018/19	15	16	6	4.00	80.00	0	0	0	17	5/35	24.88	8.91	1	6	0	[65]
050	Yasir Shah		2017/18	2017/18	7	6	6*	3.00	60.00	0	0	0	5	2/18	36.00	6.43	0	0	0	[66]
051	Matthew Renshaw		2017/18	2019/20	24	549	90*	27.45	130.09	0	4	18	6	1/2	28.83	7.52	0	10	0	[67]
052	Max Bryant		2018/19	2021/22	48	1012	81	22.00	132.63	0	4	33	–	–	–	–	–	23	0	[68][69][70]
053	James Pattinson		2018/19	2019/20	11	47	27*	9.40	120.51	0	0	3	13	5/33	22.85	7.46	1	2	0	[71]
054	Mujeeb Ur Rahman		2018/19	2021/22	37	52	27	5.77	110.63	0	0	1	37	5/15	24.21	6.20	1	7	0	[72]
055	Jack Prestwidge		2018/19	2019/20	10	14	9*	7.00	127.27	0	0	0	9	2/15	20.00	8.31	0	2	0	[73]
056	Matthew Kuhnemann		2018/19	2021/22	18	22	9	7.33	100.00	0	0	0	11	3/47	32.18	7.69	0	6	0	[74][75][76]
057	Tom Banton		2019/20	2019/20	7	223	64	31.86	176.98	0	3	16	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	[77]
058	Zahir Khan		2019/20	2019/20	8	22	19*	-	169.23	0	0	1	8	2/18	23.88	6.59	0	0	0	[78]
059	Ben Laughlin		2019/20	2020/21	21	48	17	16.00	96.00	0	0	1	16	3/31	40.31	8.83	0	14	0	[79]
060	AB de Villiers		2019/20	2019/20	6	146	71	24.33	140.38	0	1	6	–	–	–	–	–	3	1	[80]
061	Dan Lawrence		2020/21	2020/21	4	41	20	10.25	93.18	0	0	1	0	0/10	-	8.67	0	1	0	[81]
062	Tom Cooper		2020/21	2021/22	12	142	32	11.83	123.47	0	0	6	–	–	–	16.00	–	7	0	[82]
063	Jack Wood		2020/21	2021/22	2	14	12	7.00	87.50	0	0	1	2	2/28	20.50	10.25	0	0	0	[83]
064	Xavier Bartlett		2020/21	2021/22	23	154	42*	30.80	124.19	0	0	3	23	4/30	24.65	8.31	0	7	0	[84][85][86]
065	Lewis Gregory		2020/21	2021/22	14	173	36	19.22	132.06	0	0	8	7	3/22	39.28	10.18	0	9	0	[87][88][89]
066	James Bazley		2020/21	2021/22	19	216	49*	18.00	132.51	0	0	10	15	3/28	27.86	8.06	0	3	0	[90][91][92]
067	Joe Denly		2020/21	2021/22	12	223	50	18.58	107.72	0	1	5	0	0/8	–	7.66	0	1	0	[93][94][95]
068	Morne Morkel		2020/21	2021/22	6	4	2	2.00	36.36	0	0	0	5	2/24	35.20	8.38	0	0	0	[96][97]
069	Ben Duckett		2021/22	2021/22	12	302	78	25.16	128.51	0	3	6	–	–	–	–	–	9	0	[98][99]
070	Liam Guthrie		2021/22	2021/22	6	17	11*	8.50	141.66	0	0	1	6	2/32	34.00	9.27	–	3	0	[100][101]
071	Tom Abell		2021/22	2021/22	2	9	9	9.00	69.23	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	[102][103]
072	Jake Lehmann		2021/22	2021/22	3	74	65	24.66	110.44	0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	[104][105]
073	Jack Clayton		2021/22	2021/22	2	21	15	10.50	91.30	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	[106][107]
074	Fakhar Zaman		2021/22	2021/22	1	3	3	3.00	37.50	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	[108][109]
075	Lachlan Pfeffer		2021/22	2021/22	4	109	69	27.25	114.73	0	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	[110][111]
076	Steven McGiffin		2021/22	2021/22	2	20	14*	20.00	86.95	0	0	0	–	–	–	11.50	–	1	0	[112][113]
077	Will Prestwidge		2021/22	2021/22	3	23	21	11.50	121.05	0	0	2	4	2/34	23.25	9.96	–	0	0	[114][115]
078	Ronan McDonald		2021/22	2021/22	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1/21	21.00	10.50	–	1	0	[116][117]
079	David Grant		2021/22	2021/22	2	1	1*	–	–	–	–	–	3	3/20	16.00	6.00	–	0	0	[118][119]
080	Paddy Dooley		2021/22	2021/22	1	4	4*	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	-	6.25	–	0	0	[120][121]
081	Nathan McSweeney		2021/22	2021/22	3	31	20	10.33	100.00	–	–	–	–	–	-	6.00	–	0	0	[122][123]

Other players

Listed below are players who have been associated with the Heat but have not played for the club.

No.	Name	Nat	First	Last	Contract Type	Ref
01	Ryan Broad		2011/12	2011/12	Full Contract		[124][125]
02	Dale Steyn		2012/13	2012/13	One-Match Contract	[126]
03	Mitchell Johnson		2012/13	2014/15	Full Contract	[127][128]
04	Glen Batticciotto		2012/13	2013/14	Supplementary List	[129][130]
05	Alex Kemp		2012/13	2013/14	Supplementary List	[131][132]
07	Nick Stevens		2012/13	2013/14	Supplementary List	[133][134]
08	Asad Vala		2013/14	2013/14	Community Rookie	[135]
09	Peter George		2014/15	2014/15	Supplementary List	[136]
010	Michael Philipson		2014/15	2014/15	Supplementary List	[137]
011	Billy Stanlake		2014/15	2014/15	Supplementary List	[138]
012	Scott Walter		2015/16	2015/16	Supplementary List	[139]
013	Charlie Hemphrey		2015/16	2015/16	Supplementary List	[140]
015	Mitchell English		2015/16	2015/16	Supplementary List	[141]
016	Matthew Willans		2018/19	2021/22	Rookie/Full Contract	[142][143][144]
018	Jack Sinfield		2020/21	2020/21	Replacement Player	[145]
019	Connor Sully		2020/21	2021/22	Replacement Player/Full Contract	[146][147][148]

See also

• Brisbane Heat
• Big Bash League
• Champions League Twenty20

References