Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars Preview & Prediction | WBBL|10 | League Stage
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The first edition of this highly-anticipated Melbourne derby this season sees the Stars face the Renegades knowing that defeat would see them overtaken by their inter-city rivals.
Date & Time: Friday 8th November, 2024: USA PT – 9:00pm / USA ET – 12:00am / Saturday 9th November, 2024: UK – 4:00am
Venue: CitiPower Centre, Melbourne, Australia
Weather: Dry with sunny intervals, light winds and temperatures at 21c.
How To Watch: USA – Willow TV / UK – Sky Sports & Sky Go / Australia – Seven Network, Foxtel & Kayo Sports
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Melbourne Renegades Preview: Victory Should See Them Back In Contention
Melbourne Renegades need to win this game to get their record back even across the tournament so far after having lost three and won two of their five matches played. The most recent of those saw them beaten by just 2 runs in an absolute thriller against Perth Scorchers
Melbourne Stars preview: Quick Turnaround Following Sixers Defeat
After losing out against Sydney Sixers just over 24 hours prior to the scheduled start of this next match, Melbourne Stars will need to quickly pick themselves back up with the stakes very high here. They are currently hanging onto a play-off place but defeat would bump them out of the top four.
Melbourne Renegades Betting Analysis
Much was expected of Alice Capsey’s batting prior to the start of the tournament, but Melbourne Renegades’ overseas star has really struggled with the willow, although she did pick up a five-wicket haul with the ball last time out. Capsey’s latest knock ended in a first-ball duck, her second scoreless innings of the tournament and a high score of 14 across five innings illustrates her lack of form. Utilise the ‘Batter Match Runs’ market and back Capsey to record under 16.5 match runs here.
Melbourne Stars Betting Analysis
In a big derby match, you need your big-name players to step up. We’ve not seen much of Annabel Sutherland across this season’s WBBL so far with the Australian international currently averaging 26.66 across four innings. But a game of such magnitude is where we so often see the likes of Sutherland stand up and be counted. It would be no surprise to see her contribute heavily for the Stars in this one and backing Sutherland to gain 20+ runs is worth making a move on.
Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars Expert Prediction
Two inconsistent sides make this Melbourne derby a tough one to call. Neither are bad teams by any stretch, but nor have they proven strong enough to really cement a place in the top four. It could well turn out to be a day for the bowlers and Renegades’ Sophie Molineux will be confident of increasing her total tournament tally of nine wickets across four games. The Gades captain already boasts a ‘4fer’ this season and is well worth backing to add another 2+ wickets to her collection here.
Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars Top Tip: Sophie Molineux to take 2+ wickets