Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Renegades

KFC T20 Big Bash League 2016/2017

Match scheduled to begin at 19:40 local time Jan 20, 2017 (18:40 local | 08:40 GMT | 13:40 PST | 14:10 IST | 14:40 BST )
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Brisbane Heat

Team News

Samuel Badree may return to the squad after missing the last 3 matches because of an injury.

Key Players

The batsmen have been performing commendably and a lot will be expected from them in this match. Joe Burns, Brendon McCullum, and Alex Ross have been scoring well this season and together will hopefully post a big score on the board. Mark Steketee has been bowling very well for the team, and every bowler has been contributing in picking up wickets, making the bowling side as good as the batting side.

Recent Form

Brisbane Heat have played 7 matches in this season and have won 5 of them. The team is on the top of the points table and have secured a place in the semi-final.

Brisbane Heat Predicted XI

Brendon McCullum, Jimmy Peirson (wk), Nathan Reardon, Alex Ross, Tymal Mills, Joe Burns (c), Mitchell Swepson, Jack Wildermuth, Mark Steketee, Ben Cutting, Marnus Labuschagne.

Melbourne Renegades

Team News

Peter Nevill will be missing the match because of an injury he suffered in the last match against Adelaide Strikers.

Key Players

Cameron White, Aaron Finch, and Marcus Harris have been scoring well for the team, and the batting side has been performing well. Tom Cooper and Callum Ferguson are also capable of scoring good runs and will hopefully help the team stand firm with a good score against Brisbane Heat. The bowlers too have a great potential to take their team forward, with Sunil Narine, Brad Hogg, and Tom Cooper.

Recent Form

Melbourne Renegades have played 7 matches in this season of BBL and have won 3 of them. The team may still have a chance to make it to the semi-final if they win this match.

Melbourne Renegades Predicted XI

Marcus Harris, Aaron Finch (c) (wk), Tom Cooper, Cameron White, Callum Ferguson, Thisara Perera, James Pattinson, Sunil Narine, Brad Hogg, Nathan Rimmington, Xavier Doherty.

Our Prediction

Brisbane Heat

Will Win the Match

Brisbane Heat

Will Win the Toss

Else Where

Cricfrog

Match – Melbourne Renegades

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Match – Brisbane Heat

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Match – Melbourne Renegades

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Match – Brisbane Heat

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Match – Brisbane Heat

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Match – Brisbane Heat

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Match – Brisbane Heat

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Match – Brisbane Heat

BBL expert tips and predictions

Renegades. The Heat are already in the finals, and even though they’ll have Mighty Baz The Downtrodden back on deck after a clearly unjust suspension, red-Melbourne will be more desperate to win through to the semis (and make my guess accurate).

Brett McKay

Renegades. My dream finish to this BBL season is to have as many teams as possible relying on Net Run Rate to make the semi-finals because teams don’t pay enough attention to NRR during the season and this is the only way they’ll learn. So I want the Renegades to win this one.

Dan Liebke

Renegades. The Heat sprung a surprise win over the Stars at the MCG this week, but their batting is just too thin without Chris Lynn at first drop.

Daniel Jeffrey

Renegades. With the Brisbane side already assured of a finals berth, red Melbourne should have the extra intensity required to win this. The crucial victory over the Hurricanes will give the Renegades confidence and an in-form Marcus Harris should love the Gabba. Thisara Perera has been hit and miss in the Big Bash with the ball. He’ll need a solid performance to stop the likes of Brendon McCullum.

BJ Conkey