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CLAIM NOWToss Winner - Sydney Sixers won the toss and choose to bowl first
Sydney Sixers beat Brisbane Heat by 8 wickets
It's fourth versus first as Brisbane Heat host the Sydney Sixers at the Gabba on Sunday!
We are backing Sydney Thunder to win this match!
Tournament: | Big Bash League, 2024-25 |
Format: | t20 |
Venue: | The Gabba, Woolloongabba, Australia |
Toss Prediction: | To Bowl |
Weather: | 28.4°C|Partly cloudy |
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Both Brisbane Heat and Sydney Sixers were quick out of the traps in this edition of the Big Bash League but it is the latter who come into this game still with a 100% record.
Brisbane Heat got the better of both Melbourne Stars and Adelaide Strikers before they came a cropper against Perth Scorchers but Sydney Sixers have beaten Melbourne Renegades, Sydney Thunder and Melbourne Stars.
This game sees two of the most successful BBL franchises from the past few years go head to head and, even though Sydney Sixers lead the overall fixtures 14-7, it is Heat who have been far and away the more successful in recent clashes.
175/7 in 20.0 8.75
174/6 in 20.0 8.7
214/7 in 20.0 10.7
160/10 in 19.5 8.07
172/5 in 18.3 9.3
169/7 in 20.0 8.45
116/9 in 20.0
BBL T20 2022
Brisbane Heat won by 4 wickets
117/6 in 18.2
0/0 in 0.0
BBL T20 2022
No result
147/6 in 13.0
224/5 in 20.0
BBL T20 2022
Brisbane Heat won by 15 runs
209/10 in 20.0
After enjoying their first two games of the campaign, fielding first, Brisbane Heat found the going a lot tougher in Match 12 as they were downed by Perth Scorchers in spite of choosing to chase after winning the toss.
Their bowlers put in a reasonable display, picking up six wickets and restricting the Scorchers to 165 as Spencer Johnson announced his return to the tournament with a brilliant display of left-arm pace bowling. He took the now customary first over wicket of Finn Allen before retuning to dismiss Cooper Connolly in the 15th and Ashton Turner along with Ashton Agar in the 19th.
The batting is the area which needs improvement in this game. Only Matt Renshaw and Max Bryant made it into double figures in Brisbane Heat's ultimately futile chase. In this game, we expect Tom Banton, Jimmy Peirson, Colin Munro and Nathan McSweeney to all deliver.
Tom Banton, Jimmy Peirson (wk), Colin Munro (c), Nathan McSweeney, Matt Renshaw, Max Bryant, Paul Walter, Xavier Bartlett, Mitchell Swepson, Spencer Johnson, Matthew Kuhnemann
Paul Walter, Jimmy Peirson, Spencer Johnson, Mitchell Swepson, Matthew Kuhnemann, Xavier Bartlett, Max Bryant, Colin Munro, Matt Renshaw, Nathan McSweeney, Tom Banton
Sydney Sixers have had many strong squads over the past decade but this latest reincarnation could possibly be the best of the lot! Coming into this game, and still yet to fail to win a game in this edition, the Sixers managed to turn around conceding 116/3 in the opening ten overs against Melbourne Stars to romp home by eight wickets with 11 balls remaining.
Of the bowling attack, only Jack Edwards comes into this clash without a wicket in the last fixture and it was Jackson Bird who stoood out with figures of 3/35. It will turn at the Gabba which means Akeal Hosein and Todd Murphy will both be dangerous.
With the bat, it is England's James Vince who will be full of confidence after he hit an unbeaten 101 runs from 58 balls in the big win over Melbourne Stars.
Josh Philippe (wk), James Vince, Moises Henriques (c), Jordan Silk, Jack Edwards, Lachlan Shaw, Hayden Kerr, Ben Dwarshuis, Akeal Hosein, Todd Murphy, Jackson Bird
Moises Henriques, Josh Philippe, Hayden Kerr, Kurtis Patterson, Jackson Bird, Ben Dwarshuis, Jordan Silk, Todd Murphy, Akeal Hosein, James Vince, Lachlan Shaw
There could be plenty of life in the wicket early on in this game as Sunday is forecast to be very humid with thunderstorms throughout the morning and early afternoon. Fortunately this match does not start until 18:15, by which time the clouds are expected to have all cleared.
The Gabba is one of the world's most famous grounds with its distinctive yellow and brown seats making seeing the red ball a challenge at times. There is no such issues with the white ball in the BBL and we expect a par score to be around 180 on a pitch which will turn and bounce.
Sydney Sixers have won 12 of the 22 coin tosses against Brisbane Heat and we back the visitors to win the coin toss.
The last game played at Brisbane this season was a high scoring game with the total match score at 349 runs. The pitch offers assistance to batters and expect another high scoring game between two batting powerhouses and we predict the total match score to be over 335,5 runs.
With Sydney Sixers winning all three of their games when fielding first and Brisbane Heat doing the same in their opening two matches, we predict that both captains will want to bowl first in this fixture.
Make no mistake about it, Brisbane Heat are one of the strongest sides in the tournament, but they are up against the strongest squad that we have seen so far. As yet, Sydney Sixers have barely put a foot wrong and we expect them to make it four wins from four.
We are backing Sydney Thunder to win this match!
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