The 29-year-old produced a whirlwind 62 off 23 balls in the Heat's 5-224 while using a Cooper Cricket bat.Â
Brown has crafted hundreds of Cooper bats himself, and repaired thousands.
Allrounder Nathan McSweeney (84 off 51 balls ) kept Brown's momentum going with a superbly paced maiden BBL half-century to lift the Heat to their best score in the franchise's history.
The Heat, in last place on the BBL ladder, needed something special to get their season moving and Brown provided it.
He brought up his fifty in just 19 deliveries, the equal fifth fastest in Heat history in just his second BBL game.
Brown cleared the boundary six times with an assortment of scintillating strokes, including one lofted cover drive off Jackson Bird that had class written all over it.
Brown works with Cooper Cricket founder Rod Grey.
"That is my full-time job outside of cricket. I make my own bats. It is pretty fun," Brown told Fox Cricket after his knock.
"I do most of the repairs for the (Heat) boys."
Brown has been in scintillating form for his Brisbane club side Norths this season, but said he didn't know he was any good at cricket until he was 24.
Twenty20 franchises around the world will no doubt be making further enquiries about him.
"I just found my new favourite player," Adam Gilchrist said in commentary.
McSweeney crafted his innings to perfection and ensured the Heat surpassed the 3-212 they made against the Hobart Hurricanes in 2020 after Heat captain Jimmy Peirson won the toss.