Jan 12, 2022
13:45 IST / 8:15 GMT
The Gabba - Brisbane, Australia
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Adelaide Strikers are favourites to win
Brisbane Heat host Adelaide Strikers at the Gabba, Brisbane on Wednesday evening in the 2021-22 BBL. Brisbane Heat are in 5th place after winning three of their opening ten games. Adelaide Strikers are bottom of the table with only two victories in the tournament so far. Read on as we preview this game. This BBL fixture begins in Queensland at 18:15 local time.
Brisbane Heat have struggled over recent weeks and are only two points above Adelaide Strikers in 8th place. However, they will certainly view this fixture as winnable.
Adelaide Strikers beat Hobart Hurricanes two games ago to signal the start of a march up the table. However, they were poor again against Melbourne Stars and look very low on confidence.
Seven Network and Fox Sports will show this game in Australia. In India, you can watch it on Sony Six. Sky Cricket have the rights in the UK with Willow TV showing the match in the USA. In South Africa you can watch it on SuperSport with Sky Sports showing the game in New Zealand.
BBL Live Streaming: Fans can stream the match on Disney+ Hotstar.
The last time they won the toss, Adelaide Strikers chose to field first. We expect Brisbane Heat to bat first irrespective of which skipper wins the toss.
The Gabba surface will be conducive to big hitting and fast bowling. We expect a par score to be 180-185 with spinners struggling to keep the runs down.
Sunny conditions with give way to clear evening skies with the temperature remaining above 20 degrees throughout.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Brisbane Heat vs Adelaide Strikers, Big Bash League 2021-22
Although some of the Brisbane Heat squad will now be ending their periods of isolation, we do not expect to see a large number return to the squad immediately for this game. They were well beaten by Hobart Hurricanes but Lachlan Pfeffer stood out with the bat and we do not expect to see any changes in the XI.
Brisbane Heat have won only one of their last five games and they desperately need to string some wins together.
Jake Lehmann, Jack Clayton, Lachlan Pfeffer (wk), Sam Heazlett, Tom Cooper (c), Jack Wood, Steve McGiffin, Will Prestwidge, Paddy Dooley, David Grant, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Top order batter Matthew Renshaw missed the defeat to Melbourne Stars due to isolation and he will continue to be unavailable for this fixture. We expect Jonathan Wells to be pushed up the order after he outperformed the rest of the side in Monday’s game.
No other team in the competition has won as few games as Adelaide Strikers. At the moment their returns with the bat are not good enough.
Matt Short, Henry Hunt, Jake Weatherald, Jonathan Wells, Thomas Kelly, Ryan Gibson, Rashid Khan, Harry Nielsen (wk), Harry Conway, Peter Siddle, Fawad Ahmed
Adelaide Strikers have a one match lead in the head to head but were well beaten in their last meeting in December.
| Matches Played | BRH Won | ADS Won | Tie | NR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Last 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Although the Strikers have been in very poor form, the bookies expect them to overturn an under strength Brisbane Heat side.
Lachlan Pfeffer and Jonathan Wells looked like they were batting on a different pitch to their team-mates in their respective previous games.
Lachlan Pfeffer, Jake Lehmann and Sam Heazlett are our batting tips for Brisbane Heat. Pfeffer will be looking to follow up his 69 with another big score in this match.
Matt Short, Jake Weatherald and Jonathan Wells are our batting recommendations for Adelaide Strikers. Wells is the only Strikers player with over 270 runs in the tournament.
For Brisbane Heat, Mujeeb ur Rahman, David Grant and Will Prestwidge are our bowling tips. Grant impressed with 3 wickets on his BBL debut against Melbourne Renegades.
For Adelaide Strikers, Rashid Khan, Peter Siddle and Wes Agar are our bowling tips. Agar and Siddle should both enjoy the pacey wicket at the Gabba.
Neither team comes into this game in strong form and it may be a case of which team makes the least mistakes who wins. Equally, it could take one big individual innings to win the match. We are predicting a close game but with Adelaide Strikers’ stronger bowling attack taking them to victory.
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