Duckett fires as Heat bounce back over Strikers

English batter Ben Duckett has put the Brisbane Heat's KFC BBL|11 campaign back on track with his maiden half century in the competition helping down the Strikers in Adelaide.

After a couple of quiet games, Duckett got back among the runs as he registered the Heat's first fifty of the season as they posted an imposing 7-208 at Adelaide Oval.

Chris Lynn (10 off five balls) and Tom Cooper (16 off five) both made quick starts as skipper Jimmy Peirson won the bat flip and elected to bat first.

Duckett got going immediately with a boundary from his third ball as the left-hander and opener Max Bryant put on 40 for the third wicket at more than 10 an over.

Both batters targeted Strikers superstar Rashid Khan, not allowing him to settle before Bryant attempted one heave too many and was out for 32 off 20 balls in the seventh over.

From there it was the Duckett and Sam Heazlett show as the 27-year-old Englishman swept, reverse swept and lapped his was to 78 from 47 balls.

He was especially damaging against part-time off-spinner Matt Short, taking his solitary over for 20 runs, while the Strikers English import George Garton also copped the treatment as his power surge over was smashed for 26.

The 42 runs Heazlett and Duckett took of the two power surge overs was the highest of BBL|11 so far as they put on 114 for the fourth wicket, the Heat's fifth highest partnership ever.

Both were out in successive balls to Rashid (3-34) in the 18th over but the damage was done as Peirson whacked 11 off five deliveries to finish the innings in style for the Heat.

Heazlett finished with 49 from 30 balls, his third score in the 40s this BBL season.

Duckett said it was nice to contribute to the win after the Heat's "pretty disappointing" first game back at the Gabba.

"The way that Coops (Cooper) went out and whacked it from ball one meant I could just get myself in and assess conditions," he said on Fox Cricket after the match.

"To be honest it wasn't the prettiest innings I've ever played, I got a bit of luck but managed to find the boundary a bit at the end."

In reply, the Strikers lost both openers Matt Short (14 off four balls) and Jake Weatherald (1) inside the first two overs as they set about chasing the monstrous score of 208, which was the third highest BBL total at Adelaide Oval.

Jon Wells (55 off 41) and Matt Renshaw (22) then put on 71 for the third wicket but they couldn't quite keep up the pace as the required run rate ballooned to more than 15 an over by the time Wells was out in the 13th over.

From there the chase petered out despite the efforts of Thomas Kelly, who backed up his 41 against the Sydney Sixers in the last game with 27 from 22 balls.

Garton, who went for a whopping 48 runs off his three overs with the ball, redeemed himself somewhat with three sixes in a row off Matt Kuhnemann (3-47) before the left-arm spinner pinned him in front with a quicker ball attempting a reverse sweep.

Mark Steketee was the pick of the Heat's bowlers with 3-27.

The Strikers eventually finished 39 runs short on 8-169 as they slumped to a 1-4 record as they prepare to face the Hobart Hurricanes at Blundstone Arena next on December 27.

It was the Heat's second win of BBL|11 and moves them up to fourth on the table ahead of their clash against the Melbourne Stars at the Gabba on December 27 as well.