Dec 19, 2021
14:10 IST / 8:40 GMT
The Gabba - Brisbane, Australia
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Sydney Thunder are favorites to win
Match 14 of the 2021-22 BBL season sees Brisbane Heat take on Sydney Thunder at the Gabba in Brisbane, Queensland on Sunday evening. Brisbane Heat have won one and lost two in this BBL campaign so far. Sydney Thunder have the same record but have picked up an additional bonus point. Read on as we preview this game. This group stage match begins at 18:40 local time.
Brisbane Heat got their first win of the competition with a 5 wicket win over Melbourne Renegades in their last game. They will need to be at their best again in this match to be competitive.
Sydney Thunder have lost their last two matches and need to get back to winning ways at the quickest opportunity. We expect to see them put in a focused performance in this game.
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.
Both captains have chosen to field first when they have won the toss in this year’s tournament. We expect to see the skippers insert the opposition again in this match.
This is the first game of this season’s tournament at the Gabba. We expect to see a green pitch which will offer something to pace and spin bowlers
Sporadic clouds with the temperature around 25 degrees throughout the game.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Thunder, Big Bash League 2021
Jimmy Peirson has a good squad of players to choose from and they will no doubt be high on confidence after getting the victory over Melbourne Renegades. With no injuries from the last game, we expect to see an unchanged XI for the Heat as they look to build on the win.
Two successive wins over Sydney Thunder has put Brisbane Heat back on the map in BBL 2021. After a poor season last year they could be about to challenge again.
Chris Lynn, Max Bryant, Ben Duckett, Sam Heazlett, Tom Abell, Jimmy Peirson (c) (wk), James Bazley, Zavier Bartlett, Mitchell Swepson, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Liam Guthrie
Batsmen:C Lynn, A Hales, A Ross(C), S Heazlett
All Rounder:B Cutting, J Bazley(vc)
Wicket Keeper:S Billings
Bowler:N McAndrew, X Bartlett, T Sangha, L Guthrie
After experiencing successive defeats to Melbourne Stars, Sydney Thunder will welcome the opportunity to travel to Brisbane for this game. They have a very talented group of players and with no injuries in Chris Green’s side, we expect to see the same XI.
The Thunder are not in particularly strong form with two successive defeats and only two wins from their last five
Alex Hales, Sam Whiteman, Matthew Gilkes, Sam Billings (wk), Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, Ben Cutting, Nathan McAndrew, Chris Green (c), Gurinder Sandhu, Tanveer Sangha
Brisbane Heat have a large lead over Sydney Thunder in the head to head fixtures.
| Matches Played | BRH Won | SYT Won | Tie | NR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Last 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
With Chris Lynn and Alex Hales both looking like finding their form, there could be some power hitting in this game.
Chris Lynn, Ben Duckett and Sam Heazlett are our batting tips for Brisbane Heat. Duckett has had a good start to his BBL career.
For Sydney Thunder, Alex Hales, Matthew Gilkes and Sam Whiteman are our tips with the bat. Hales is a natural boundary hitter.
For Brisbane Heat, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Liam Guthrie and James Bazley are our bowling tips. Guthrie has had an excellent start to this season.
Tanveer Sangha, Daniel Sams and Chris Green are our bowling recommendations for Sydney Thunder. Sangha has proved very hard to score runs off whilst still taking wickets.
This should be an entertaining game with Brisbane Heat looking for successive wins and Sydney Thunder desperate to register a victory after successive defeats. We are predicting a close match with Sydney Thunder getting the victory in Brisbane.
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