Hobart Hurricanes Women vs Melbourne Stars Women, WBBL T20 2021, Today Match Prediction 27 October 2021

hbhw vs mlsw Match Prediction & Analysis

Melbourne Stars and Hobart Hurricanes are currently in the bottom half of the points table and will be eager to get crucial points and move up the ladder. Melbourne Stars are slowing regaining form and momentum with 2 back-to-back wins after a couple of early losses in the tournament. They will look to continue their streak in this match too. Hobart Hurricanes are struggling at the pen ultimate place currently and will need to win matches to stay in the qualification race. We expect a fierce contest between two quality teams in this match.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Hobart Hurricanes Women Preview

Hobart Hurricanes batters struggled their way to a moderate total of 132/8 with an early 15/4 collapse in powerplay and then 60/6 in the 12th over. Ruth Johnson (47 runs), Sasha Moloney (24 run), and Molly Strano (33 runs) played crucial knocks to keep their scorecard moving in the match. They need to play well at the top to intimate the opposition with the bat.

Their bowlers never looked like defending the target as opposition cruised to victory with 9 balls and 8 wickets remaining. Nicola Carey took the 2 wickets to fall while the trio of Tayla Vlamenick, Sasha Moloney, and Ruth Johnson gave runs at just 6 RPO in the match.

Top Players to bet on:

Ruth Johnson: Johnson scored 47 runs off 42 balls and then came back to have bowling figures of 2-0-10-0 in the match. She will look to play crucial knock with the bat at the top to set the tone of the match.

Nicola Carey: Carey dismissed 2 quick wickets to give their team a slimmer of hope, but they failed to capitalize on it. We expect her to continue her good showing with the ball in this match too. 

Hobart Hurricanes Women Predicted Playing XI:

Ruth Johnston, Rachel Priest (c & wk), Mignon du Preez, Richa Ghosh, Naomi Stalenberg, Nicola Carey, Sasha Moloney, Molly Strano, Tayla Vlaeminck, Amy Smith, Chloe Rafferty

Hobart Hurricanes Women Actual Playing XI:

Naomi Stalenberg, Amy Smith, Nicola Carey, Molly Strano, Chloe Rafferty, Ruth Johnston, Tayla Vlaeminck, Rachel Priest, Sasha Moloney, Mignon du Preez, Richa Ghosh

Melbourne Stars Women Preview

Melbourne stars defended a small target of just 108 runs in their last game. Ellyse Villani scored 53 runs while Mark Bouchier gave her good support with 32 runs while the other batters struggled on the slow surface. Annabel Sutherland and Kim Garth scored 20+ cameos in the previous matches to help their team post a good score on board.

Stars bowling unit were phenomenal with the ball last night with Kim garth leading with figures of 4-3-11-3. Annabel Sutherland continued the scoring pressure in the powerplay with figures of 3-0-8-1 while Erin Osbourne, Lindsey Smith, and Sophie Smith had combined figures of 11-0-61-1 in the middle overs.

Top Players to bet on:

Ellyse Villani: Villani took the onus upon herself to score runs on a difficult track and held one end to score 53 runs of 63 balls which proved to be vital in the finish. We expect her to play a superb knock in this match too.

Kim Garth: Garth had dream figures of 3-3-0-3 at the end of powerplay and gave just 5 runs in 5 overs combined with Sutherland. We expect her to continue her supreme form in this match too.

Melbourne Stars Women Predicted Playing XI:

Elyse Villani, Annabel Sutherland, Meg Lanning (c), Maia Bouchier, Kim Garth, Erin Osborne, Nicole Faltum (wk), Tess Flintoff, Maddy Darke, Linsey Smith, Sophie Day

Melbourne Stars Women Actual Playing XI:

Meg Lanning, Tess Flintoff, Nicole Faltum, Maddy Darke, Erin Osborne, Sophie Day, Maia Bouchier, Elyse Villani, Linsey Smith, Kim Garth, Annabel Sutherland

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Launceston has a bright and sunny weather with just 5% chances of rain predicted as per weather forecasters on the match day. We expect no rain effect on this match`s outcome.

Venue Details

Auraro Stadium is helpful to the bowlers with it`s slow nature and uneven bounce. Batters need to work hard to score runs here. Spinners still have an upper hand due to the dry nature of the pitch.  We expect the scores to be around 120-140 runs.

Toss: To Bowl

The ball was doing things early in the match owing to the moisture content and kept improving as the match progressed in the last game. We expect both captains to bowl first in this match.