Melbourne Stars Women vs Sydney Sixers Women, WBBL T20 2022, Today Match Prediction 12 November 2022

mlsw vs sysw Match Prediction & Analysis

WBBL is building up towards the crucial phase of the league stages where each and every win changing the dynamics of the qualification. Melbourne Stars are currently in the sixth place and their campaign took a brilliant change after their 3 losses in first 3 matches. Sydney Sixers are sitting comfortably in the points at least and a victory in this match will take them to the top of the table. We expect a cracking match with a lot at stake with 2 points from this match. 

TEAMS PREVIEW

Melbourne Stars Women Preview

Melbourne Stars have posted below par totals so far and no batter is yet to breach the 200-run mark in their team so far. Annabel Sutherland is their top scorer with 160 runs while the duo of Lauren hill (117 runs) and Tess Flintoff (101 runs) have chipped in with crucial runs so far. J Rodrigues, Alice Capsey, and Kim Garth are yet to fire with the bat this season. 

Annabel Sutherland leads the bowling charts too with 10 wickets at an economy less than 7 RPO so far. Sasha Maloney (8 wickets), Kim Garth (6 wickets), and Sophie Day (7 wickets) took wickets regularly and at a good economy rate so far. Tess Flintoff and Alice capsey round off their bowling attack with their all around skills. 

KEY PLAYERS: ANNABEL SUTHERLAND, ALICE CAPSEY, KIM GARTH

Melbourne Stars Women Predicted Playing XI:

Annabel Sutherland, Lauren hill, Tess Flintoff, J Rodrigues, Alice Capsey, Kim Garth, Sasha Maloney, Sophie Day, Nicole Faltum, Sophie Reid, Rhys McKenna

Melbourne Stars Women Actual Playing XI:

Kim Garth, Rhys McKenna, Nicole Faltum, Sophie Day, Alice Capsey, Lauren Winfield, Jemimah Rodrigues, Sophie Reid, Sasha Moloney, Tess Flintoff, Annabel Sutherland

Sydney Sixers Women Preview

Ellyse Perry (215 runs), Erin Burns (207 runs), & Sophie Ecclestone (230 runs) have been their top run scorers in this season so far. Alysa Healy (152 runs) and Ashley Gardener (157 runs) have played some viral knocks for the team but they lack consistency so far. They have a strong batting line up with a number of quality players.

They have good mix of pace and spin bowlers in the squad. Their bowlers Ash Gardener (14 wickets), Sophie Ecclestone (13 wickets), Maitlan Brown (12 wickets) and Lauren Cheatle (11 wickets) have been amongst the wickets column consistently so far. Ellyse Perry and Nicole Bolton have taken up the role of the fifth bowler so far. 

KEY PLAYERS: ASH GARDENER, SOPHIE ECCLESTONE, ALYSSA HEALY

Sydney Sixers Women Predicted Playing XI:

Ellyse Perry, Alysa Healy, Ashley Gardener, Erin Burns, Ashley Gardener, Maitlan Brown, Lauren Cheatle, Nicole Bolton, Suzie bates, Jade Allen, Kate Peterson

Sydney Sixers Women Actual Playing XI:

Lauren Cheatle, Stella Campbell, Nicole Bolton, Alyssa Healy, Angelina Genford, Ellyse Perry, Suzie Bates, Sophie Ecclestone, Erin Burns, Ashleigh Gardner, Kate Peterson

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Junction oval is a good track with some support for both the batters and bowlers in the match. Pacers are expected to play a huge role in this match. Melbourne will have dark and cloudy weather on the match day. 

Venue Details

Melbourne is one of the iconic match venues in WBBL where a lot of matches are played regularly. We expect average scores around 150-170 runs in this match here. 

Toss: To Bowl

Both teams will look to bat first in this match as the pitch will be good to bat early in the match. The pitch might deteroiate as match progresses and batting will become difficult.