Seventh placed Brisbane Heat are set to take on Sixth-placed Hobart Hurricanes in the 49th match of Big Bash League 2022-23 at The Gabba, Brisbane. The match is set to start at 2.30 PM IST.
Brisbane Heat, after a below-par start to the tournament, have now slowly shown signs of form with back-to-back wins in their last two matches. Brisbane Heat defeated Melbourne Stars by 3 wickets where Matt Renshaw was the star with the bat, scoring an unbeaten 90 runs off 56 balls with 6 fours & 4 sixes. Michael Neser on the other hand was the top bowler for the heat, picking up 4 wickets for just 25 runs in his 4 overs.
Hobart Hurricanes on the other hand conceded a 7-wicket defeat against in-form Perth Scorchers in their last match. Tim David has been the top scorer for Hurricanes with 282 runs in 11 innings, while Riley Meredith and spinner Patrick Dooley have been the top bowlers with 17 and 16 wickets to their names respectively. When these two teams met in the reverse fixture, Strikers emerged victorious by 7 wickets against Hurricanes.
BH vs HH Probable Playing 11:
- Brisbane Heat – Josh Brown, Usman Khawaja (c), Marnus Labuschagne, Matt Renshaw, Sam Hain, Jimmy Peirson (wk), James Bazely, Michael Neser, Matthew Kuhnemann, Spencer Johnson, Mitchell Swepson
- Hobart Hurricanes – Caleb Jewell, Ben McDermott, Matthew Wade (c & wk), Zak Crawley, Tim David, D'Arcy Short, Faheem Ashraf, Tom Andrews, Nathan Ellis, Patrick Dooley, Riley Meredith
BH vs HH Fantasy 11:
- Wicket-keepers – Jimmy Peirson, Matthew Wade
- Batters – Tim David (c), Caleb Jewell, Josh Brown
- All-rounders – James Bazley, Michael Neser (vc)
- Bowlers – Matthew Kuhnemann, Nathan Ellis, Riley Meredith, Paddy Dooley
