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CLAIM NOWSydney Thunder vs Brisbane Heat, WT20SC, Today Match Prediction 11 October 2024
Toss Winner - Brisbane Heat won the toss and choose to bowl first
Brisbane Heat beat Sydney Thunder by 9 wickets
Both Sydney and Brisbane squads have a good mix of experience and raw talent. Who’ll go on to win the first match of this inaugural competition?
- The Thunder are led by Tahlia Wilson and have a fairly talented squad with young players like Hannah Darlington, Ebony Hoskin, and Jade Allen.
- The Heat have a mix of experienced players like Georgia Redmayne and Lauren Winfield-Hill, and young talent like Charli Knott, Nichola Hancock, and Ruby Strange.
- Sydney Thunder Women have had an upper hand over Brisbane Heat women at this venue, with four wins in as many encounters.
We are backing Sydney Thunder Women as the winners of this contest
| Tournament: | T20 Spring Challenge, 2024 |
| Format: | t20 |
| Venue: | North Sydney Oval, North Sydney, Australia |
| Toss Prediction: | To Bowl |
| Weather: | 18.1°C|Mist |
STW vs BHW Match Prediction & Analysis
The Sydney Thunder women and Brisbane Heat women are set to face off in a thrilling match in the inaugural T20 Spring Challenge.
This tournament, designed to make up for the reduced WBBL competition, provides a valuable opportunity for young players to showcase their skills and potentially earn a spot in the main tournament. With several key players away on national duty, it promises to be a close contest. And both teams have young and talented players who are looking to make a name for themselves.
Given the home advantage and the presence of experienced players like Tahlia Wilson, the Sydney Thunder are expected to have the edge in this match. However, the Brisbane Heat have good depth and talented players in their squad and could surprise the Thunder.
RECENT PERFORMANCE
STW
L L L L W
STW
169/8 in 20.0 8.45
WBBLT20
Brisbane Heat Women won by 44 runs
125/9 in 20.0 6.25
118/6 in 20.0 5.9
121/7 in 20.0 6.05
120/1 in 16.1 7.42
116/8 in 20.0 5.8
BHW
L W W W L
BHW
169/8 in 20.0 8.45
WBBLT20
Brisbane Heat Women won by 44 runs
125/9 in 20.0 6.25
HEAD TO HEAD
Last 3 Matches
Brisbane Heat Women won by 44 runs
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TEAMS PREVIEW
Sydney Thunder Preview
In-form player and wicketkeeper Tahlia Wilson will lead Sydney Thunder women’s charge in the inaugural T20 Spring Challenge.
Coming off a solid 97 for NSW and as a top scorer in the Australia A- India A series, Wilson has been in sublime form. But marshalling a group of inexperienced players brings a different challenge.
With several of their leading stars away due to the ongoing World Cup in the UAE, Thunder has assembled a string of inexperienced and raw players with plenty of potential. But the captain thinks it’s a great chance to test a few players at certain spots and assess how well they fare.
It’s also an opportunity to fill some undecided spots in the XI going into the WBBL, so we expect the skipper to fiddle with the team combination, putting some exciting players and emerging talent in roles they’re not too familiar with.
The Thunder management looks at Wilson as a leader for the future, and the right individual to lead a squad of players like Hannah Darlington, Ebony Hoskin, Jade Allen and a lot others who’re looking to make their mark on the T20 scene for a franchise as popular as the Thunder.
Sydney Thunder Predicted Playing XI:
Tahlia Wilson (c/wk), Georgia Adams, Sam Bates, Hannah Darlington, Sienna Eve, Ebony Hoskin, Sammy-Jo Johnson, Anika Learoyd, Claire Moore, Taneale Peschel, Georgia Voll.
Sydney Thunder Actual Playing XI:
Tahlia Wilson, Georgia Adams, Anika Learoyd, Claire Moore, Sammy Jo Johnson, Georgia Voll, Taneale Peschel, Hannah Darlington, Ella Briscoe, Ebony Hoskin, Jade Allen
Brisbane Heat Preview
Brisbane Heat women has put together a squad for the T20 Spring Challenge that consists of seven contracted players from the WBBL heat line-up.
Although the Aussie legend Jess Jonassen and the experienced Australian A player Grace Parsons will sit this one out, the Brisbane Heat squad will still benefit from the experience of the 34-year old English veteran Lauren Winfield-Hill, the original Heat recruit who’s still going strong ten seasons later.
Georgia Redmayne, one of the few players to have featured in more than 100 games in the WBBL, has been entrusted with captaining the side as she looks forward to her fifth season in teal. Charli Knott, the Australian A skipper, is another key member of the squad alongside Nichola Hancock and a few exciting young allrounders namely Ruby Strange. The 21-year-old all-rounder comes in with a bit of reputation, having finished as the best player twice in the Katherine Raymont Shield in the KFC Queensland Premier Cricket.
At some point in the tournament we will see talented under 19 cricketers Lilly Bassingthwaighte and Lilli Hamilton in action, who’re taking big strides trying to break into the big franchise.
Brisbane Heat Predicted Playing XI:
Georgia Redmayne (c/wk), Charli Knott, Lilly Bassingthwaite, Sianna Ginger, Lucy Hamilton, Nic Hancock, Laura Harris, Kira Holmes, Ruby Strange, Mikayla Wrigley, Lauren Winfield-Hill.
Brisbane Heat Actual Playing XI:
Georgia Redmayne, Charli Knott, Laura May Harris, Mikayla Wrigley, Sianna Ginger, Nicola Hancock, Lucy Hamilton, Lucy Bourke , Ruby Strange, Lily Bassingthwaighte, Lilli Hamilton
PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS
Weather Conditions
The strip at this venue s batting more than it does bowling. With four totals above 200 and three over a 150, batters can dominate bowling attacks once they get their eye in. Bowlers can’t afford to stray away from operating on a nice line and length, or else they could leak runs. The weather forecast for the game is pretty good with no likely disruption in play due to rain.
STW vs BHW Pitch Report
The match will be played at the North Sydney Oval in Sydney. Sydney Thunder women, the hosts, have a perfect 4-0-win record against Brisbane Heat women in the WBBL.
Toss: To Bowl
If there was a venue where toss had its say, it would have to be the North Sydney Oval in Sydney. 8 out of 12 matches, WT20Is to be exact, have been won by teams chasing. Our guess is that the captain winning toss would most likely choose to send the opposition in to have a bat first.
STW vs BHW
Winning Prediction
Playing on their home strip, the Sydney Thunder women certainly have an edge on their rivals from Brisbane Heat women. Although both squads lack experience and their line-up could look completely new with some exciting raw talent in the mix, we reckon that Sydney Thunder women would dominate proceedings in this contest.
We are backing Sydney Thunder Women as the winners of this contest
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