Max Bryant — Brisbane Heat batter, BBL 2026-27

The powerplay hitter

Bryant is a right-handed batter, and his game is built on one thing: hitting the ball hard and early. He takes on the new ball, clears the infield in the powerplay, and scores in boundaries. When it comes off, the Heat’s totals jump; when it does not, the innings has to rebuild.

That is the deal with every powerplay hitter, and Bryant has lived it for years at the Gabba. He has had seasons where he looked like the next big thing in Australian white-ball cricket, and seasons where the runs dried up. BBL|16 is another chance to turn the talent into a season of runs.

A Queenslander who grew up with the Heat

Bryant came through Queensland’s junior system and has played his whole BBL career with the Heat, growing up alongside the club’s other young Queenslanders. He has also played for Australia at Under-19 level, and his domestic career has been built on his ability to score quickly at the top of the order.

The Heat have backed him with a deal to BBL|18, the same length as Xavier Bartlett’s — a sign that the club’s rebuild is built on keeping its young Queensland core together. With Usman Khawaja and Matthew Renshaw providing experience around him, Bryant’s job is to give the innings its early momentum.

What Bryant brings to BBL|16

Bryant is one of the announced contracted players for BBL|16 — the full squad has not been announced yet — and his role is the powerplay aggressor. With Tim Robinson arriving as the other new top-order name, Brisbane have two batters who can take the game on early — and the side’s totals will depend on at least one of them firing most nights.

Watch his first ten balls. Bryant’s innings are usually decided early: if he connects, the powerplay belongs to Brisbane; if he falls, the middle order has to rebuild. There are no BBL|16 numbers for Bryant yet; the season starts on 12 December, and his first innings of the campaign comes against Sydney Sixers at the Gabba on 15 December.

What’s next

BBL|16 runs from 12 December 2026 to 26 January 2027. The opener is Match 1, Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers, on Saturday 12 December at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai — the first BBL match played outside Australia — starting at 2:40 PM IST (2:10 PM PKT). Max’s team, the Brisbane Heat, open their campaign in Match 2. The full list of every BBL fixture is on the BBL Schedule.

• Match 2 — Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Sixers: Tuesday 15 December 2026, 1:45 PM IST (1:15 PM PKT), The Gabba, Brisbane (Home).
• Finals: The finals are the Qualifier on 19 January, the Knockout on 20 January, the Challenger on 23 January and the final on 26 January, Australia Day. Finals venues and times are still to be confirmed.
• Points: Eight teams play ten league matches each. A win is worth 2 points, a no result is worth 1, and the top four qualify for the finals, with net run rate deciding places when teams are level on points.

Follow every BBL result as it happens on SialTV, with the points table updated after every match day.