Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Stars Preview & Prediction | WBBL|10 | League Stage
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Brisbane Heat’s hopes of sneaking into second-place involves them beating Melbourne Stars here and hoping the Renegades lose their remaining game
Date & Time: Friday 22nd November, 2024: USA PT – 2:10am / USA ET – 5:10am / UK – 9:10am
Venue: Allan Border Field, Brisbane, Australia
Weather: Showers forecast throughout the day, which could impact the scheduled start of play.
How To Watch: USA – Willow TV / UK – Sky Sports & Sky Go / Australia – Seven Network, Foxtel & Kayo Sports
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Brisbane Heat Preview: Top four not quite secure just yet
Although Brisbane Heat sit in third-place with two games still to play, their play-off place isn’t yet locked down. Defeats in both matches would likely see them edged out of the postseason, so full focus is needed here in a contest they need to win against a side already eliminated from contention. But the Heat come into this one in form, winning their last three.
Melbourne Stars preview: Playing for pride and to end losing streak
Melbourne Stars arrive in Brisbane having lost each of their last five WBBL fixtures, which has ended any hopes they had of finishing inside the top four. Avoiding the wooden spoon should still be seen as a target, with them two points adrift of seventh-placed Adelaide Strikers as it stands with two matches to play.
Brisbane Heat Betting Analysis
Lucy Hamilton’s breakthrough performance in the reverse fixture between these two sides was enough for everyone to sit up and take notice. The 18-year-old left-arm pacer offered a genuine point of difference for the Heat and came away with incredible figures of 5/8 from her four overs. Melbourne Stars didn’t know how to play Hamilton and such numbers warrant further investment from bettors in this rematch. Consider stakes on the Queenslander both to take 2+ wickets and to finish as Brisbane’s top bowler.
Melbourne Stars Betting Analysis
The under-performance of top players has been a significant factor in the struggles faced by Melbourne Stars across the WBBL this year. Captain Annabel Sutherland has struck just 141 runs across eight innings so far, averaging just 20.14. She is yet to record a half-century for the Stars and whenever Sutherland starts well, she seems to find ways of getting out. Backing her to accumulate under 22.5 match runs here may prove a shrewd play.
Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Stars Expert Prediction
The Melbourne Stars players may well have already checked out on this WBBL campaign now that they’ve been eliminated and when you’ve lost five games on the bounce, it’s difficult to pull things back. Brisbane Heat on the other hand, have plenty to play for, are full of confidence and are consistently finding ways to win. Back them to get the better of the Stars in this one.
Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Stars Top Tip: Brisbane Heat to win
