Brisbane Heat Women vs Sydney Thunder Women, WBBL T20 2021, Today Match Prediction 19 November 2021

bhw vs sytw Match Prediction & Analysis

WBBL has come to the last week of the league phases with just 2 matches remaining for every team. Brisbane Heat are already qualified for the semi-finals while Sydney thunder no longer stay in contention for the play-offs. Brisbane Heat will look to win this match to put themselves in the top of the table and gather momentum before knockouts. Sydney thunder are free from any qualification pressure and will look to end the season with a couple of wins. We expect a good contest between the two teams in this match.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Brisbane Heat Women Preview

Sydney Thunder failed to chase down 15 runs despite Smriti Mandana scoring 114 runs in the last game. Tahila McGrath scored 38 runs to build a 125-run partnership in the middle. Phoebe Litchfield and Deepti Sharma too have scored good runs in middle order but are very inconsistent across matches.

Hannah Darlington and Deepti Sharma have been their strike bowlers with 14 & 10 wickets respectively so far while the trio of Sammy Jo-Johnson, Samantha Bates, and Isabella Wong have chipped with 8 wickets each in the season so far. Their bowling has been performing well when compared to the batters.

Top players to bet on:

Smriti Mandana – Mandana stole the show last night scoring 114 runs off 64 balls with 14 boundaries and 3 sixes in her knock. She got very little support at other end barring Tahila McGrath and was unlucky to end in the losing side.

Deepti Sharma – Deepti has scored 165 runs and took 10 wickets in the season so far. We expect her to continue her all-round brilliance in this match too.

Brisbane Heat Women Predicted Playing XI:

Smriti Mandhana, Tahlia Wilson (wk), Phoebe Litchfield, Corinne Hall, Sammy-Jo Johnson, Deepti Sharma, Hannah Darlington (c), Isabelle Wong, Lauren Smith, Kate Peterson, Samantha Bates

Brisbane Heat Women Actual Playing XI:

Smriti Mandhana, Lauren Smith, Phoebe Litchfield, Deepti Sharma, Hannah Darlington, Sammy Jo Johnson, Anika Learoyd, Tahlia Wilson, Issy Wong, Samantha Bates, kate Peterson

Sydney Thunder Women Preview

Brisbane Heat stumbled to 94/7 in their last match against Adelaide Strikers. Openers Georgia Redmayne (311 runs) and Grace Harris (341 runs) are their prolific run scorers this season so far. The trio of Laura Kimmince, Georgia Voll, and Mikayla Hinkley have played some good cameos but will need to make big scores consistently.

Their bowlers failed to defend the target with Courtney Sippel taking the 2 wickets in the last game. Skipper Jess Jonassen is their highest wicket-taker with 11 scalps so far while Poonam Yadav (8 wickets), Courtney Sippel (11 wickets), and Nicola Hancock (10 wickets) have chipped in with vital breakthroughs in the middle overs.

Top players to bet on:

Grace Harris – Harris has been excellent in this season scoring 341 runs and claiming 5 wickets with the ball so far. She has provided balance and depth with her all-round skills for the team.

Poonam Yadav – Poonam has took 8 wickets at an economy rate of 6.27 RPO in the 11 matches played so far. She will be their main trump card in the middle overs and will look for more wickets in this match.

Sydney Thunder Women Predicted Playing XI:

Georgia Redmayne (wk), Grace Harris, Georgia Voll, Mikayla Hinkley, Charli Knott, Jess Jonassen (c), Laura Kimmince, Nadine de Klerk, Nicola Hancock, Courtney Grace Sippel, Poonam Yadav

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Mackay will have bright and sunny weather on the match day with no chances of rain predicted as per forecasters. And, we expect rain to ay away from the match.

Venue Details

Harrup Park has been slightly double paced and teams has struggled to bat owing to slowness sometimes. Twice in 4 matches teams ended with scores less than 100 runs in the last 4 matches. We expect the teams to score in the range of 140-150 runs in this match.

Toss: To Bat

The pitch will slightly slow down as the match progresses and most captains winning the toss have opted to bat first on this track. Both matches were won by teams batting first last day.