Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Thunder, BBL T20 2021, Today Match Prediction 19 December 2021

brh vs syt Match Prediction & Analysis

BBL 2021-22 is back after a break of 4 days and teams will be looking forward to give their best after utilizing the break owing to the Ashes. Brisbane Heat are currently reeling at seventh position with just 4 points from the 3 matches and they will be very eager to march ahead in the points table with a victory in their fortress in this match. Sydney Thunder after their victory in the opening match succumbed to losses in their next 2 matches. They need to get their act right before time takes a toll on their qualification chances.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Brisbane Heat Preview

Brisbane Heat ended their losing streak after they chased the target of 141 runs inside 17 overs. Sam Heazlett (44 runs) and Chris Lynn (32 runs) played attacking knocks to lead their run chase alongside Xavier Barlett, Ben Duckett, and Max Bryant in the earlier matches. Their batting line-up has failed to make big scores so far.   

Their bowling unit restricted the opposition to 140/6 in their 20 overs. Bazlett was the pick of the bowlers as he claimed 3 wickets in the match. Liam Guthrie and Mujeeb were very economical as they had combined bowling figures of 8-0-29-1 in the match. Xavier Bartett and Mitchell Swepson chipped in with a wicket each in the match.

Key players to bet on our selected betting apps in India: Xavier Bartett, Sam Heazlett, James Bazlett

Brisbane Heat Predicted Playing XI:

Chris Lynn, Max Bryant, Ben Duckett, Sam Heazlett, Tom Abell, Jimmy Peirson (c & wk), James Bazley, Xavier Bartlett, Mitchell Swepson, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Liam Guthrie

Brisbane Heat Actual Playing XI:

Mark Steketee, Sam Heazlett, Tom Abell, Jimmy Peirson, Xavier Bartlett, Mitchell Swepson, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Ben Duckett, James Bazley, Max Bryant, Chris Lynn

Sydney Thunder Preview

Sydney Thunder were steered to a competitive score of 151/5 from 65/4 at the end of 12 overs by Alex Ross`s fighting knock of 77 runs off just 49 balls with 4 boundaries and 4 sixes. Alex Hales (28 runs) and Daniel Sams (22 runs) played support roles to keep their scoreboard ticking all along. Mathew Gikes and Sam Billings too have been excellent with the bat this season.

Their bowling unit were unable to stop the opposition as they chased the total in just 17.2 overs. Tanveer Sangha was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 4-1-20-2 in the match. Nathan McAndrew and Ben Cutting chipped in with a wicket each in the match. Gurinder Sandhu, Daniel Sams, and Chris Green need to be more consistent with the ball in hand.

Key players to bet on: Daniel Sams, Tanveer Sangha, Alex Ross

Sydney Thunder Predicted Playing XI:

Alex Hales, Sam Whiteman, Matthew Gilkes, Sam Billings (wk), Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, Ben Cutting, Nathan McAndrew, Chris Green (c), Gurinder Sandhu, Tanveer Sangha

Sydney Thunder Actual Playing XI:

Alex Hales, Jason Sangha, Ben Cutting, Sam Billings, Daniel Sams, Nathan McAndrew, Christopher Green, Matthew Gilkes, Tanveer Sangha, Saqib Mahmood, Alex Ross

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Brisbane will has bright and sunny weather on the match day with just 10% chances of rain by the forecasters. Rain interruptions are expected in this game.

Venue Details

Gabba is a spicy pitch with good pace and carry for the pace bowlers especially. And the batters might look to play through the line on this surface. We can expect a good contest between the bat and ball with average scores around 160-180 runs in this match.

Toss: To Bowl

Chasing teams have won 3 out of the last 4 matches and both captains will look to bowl first on this wicket owing to early moisture beneath the track.