“I made my own bat, the Cooper Bison … it absolutely cannons off. It is one of the new ones I made myself and I fell in love with it,” Brown said after his innings. “All my mates call me ‘Bison’.”

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Allrounder Nathan McSweeney (84 off 51 balls) made a superbly paced maiden BBL half-century to lift the Heat to their highest BBL score.

Sixers openers Josh Philippe (27) and James Vince (41) took a franchise record 54 runs off the four overs of the power play in pursuit.

Silk and allrounder Hayden Kerr (27) added 54 in 26 balls for the sixth wicket but the brilliant stumping of Kerr by Jimmy Peirson off spinner Matt Kuhnemann (2-31) proved crucial.

Neser’s catch to dismiss Sixers skipper Silk was the decisive moment in the run chase after he took 3-41 with the ball.

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Elsewhere on Sunday, the Nic Maddinson’s suspected serious knee injury compounded the Melbourne Renegades’ woes after they suffered a fourth consecutive defeat.

The Renegades copped a five-wicket loss to the red-hot Perth Scorchers at Marvel Stadium, continuing their slide after a positive 3-0 start to the season.

Aaron Finch’s 65 off 48 had given the home side a sniff, steering them to 6-155 from their 20 overs.

But import opener Faf du Plessis (39 off 29) and Cam Bancroft (46 off 32) laid a solid platform for Perth and leading run scorer Josh Inglis (47 off 34) all but got the visitors over the line.

Inglis was out lbw to Will Sutherland (1-32) in the final over before Nick Hobson hit the winning run.

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