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Win ... Alastair McDermott picks up a wicket on the final ball. Source: Dave Hunt / AAP
Brisbane Heat weathered a Lasith Malinga onslaught before keeping their KFC T20 Big Bash League finals hopes alive with a 24-run victory over Melbourne Stars at the Gabba.
T20 - Gabba
3 January 2013 - Day 1, Session 2
Stars 1st Innings
| C. McKay | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| L. Malinga | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 |
| A. McDermott | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 5.25 |
In a match where tempers frayed between Australia one-day teammates Clint McKay and Dan Christian, the Heat (5-171) ended the Stars' four-match winning streak on Thursday night.
Super slinger Malinga continued his destructive BBL form with an amazing 3-0 from his first 10 balls to have the home side staring at a sub-par total of 140.
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But thanks largely to Shane Warne's rusty fielding and Chris Lynn's late-innings hitting, Brisbane set a respectable target which couldn't be reined in.
Warne dropped a simple chance from Christian (27 from 23) before Lynn (26 not out) then peeled off 17 runs from the final over by Malinga (3-26).
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Heat skipper James Hopes followed his 49 with the bat to take 3-28 with the ball in a man-of-the-match performance which tormented the Stars' international-quality line-up.
Sri Lankan allrounder Thisara Perera, in his last match for Brisbane, chimed in with 3-18 as the visitors were kept to 9-147.
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A big crowd of 24,500 - the biggest of the BBL season - lapped up the result which moves the Heat to fifth on the table with 3-3 record.
The Stars (4-2) remain in second place on eight points.
Emotions boiled over in the Heat innings when McKay and Christian engaged in a heated exchange, trading insults from close quarters, after the batsman prevented a run-out with his running line.
Warne, who won the toss and bowled first, showed his own lack of confidence in the field by calling Luke Wright to take a skied ball from Perera that landed where the 43-year-old had been standing.
Warne admitted the Stars let the home side off the hook following their impressive start.
"It was a little disappointing tonight in all three departments - our fielding and our bowling, we didn't quite get it right, and in our batting we lost wickets at crucial times,'' he said.
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"Our last four overs went for 52 and 170 was a par score here as it was a really good wicket so we thought we could chase it down.''
Hopes, who set the foundations with a two-paced 63-run second-wicket stand with surprise No.3 Chris Hartley, felt the Heat had some momentum after winning just one of their first four matches.
"It's a funny thing with our side, we tend to play our best when our backs are to the wall and we have to lose a few first to get on a winning streak,'' he said.
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