Brisbane Heat vs Perth Scorchers

KFC T20 Big Bash League 2016/2017

Jan 11, 2017 – 23rd Match at Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane (night)
Match scheduled to begin at 18:40 local time (08:10 GMT | 13:40 PST | 14:10 IST | 14:40 BST)
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Brisbane Heat

Team News

Chris Lynn has been selected in the Australian one-day squad for the five-match ODI series against Pakistan and the batsman won’t be available for the Heat’s remaining league-stage matches. Tymal Mills replaces injured Samuel Badree and will be available for this match.

Key Players

With Chris Lynn out of the picture, the onus will now be on skipper Brendon McCullum to lead with the bat. He will be coming into this game after having scored an unbeaten fifty in the reverse fixture and we predict the in-form McCullum to make a healthy contribution for his side. Mark Steketee and Mitchell Swepson have taken seven wickets apiece and they will be the biggest challenge for the Scorchers.

Recent Form

Brisbane Heat have so far been good with both the bat and the ball, and as a result, they are occupying the pole position in the standings with four wins from five league matches. They beat the Perth Scorchers in their last match and it was quite a resounding victory with nine wickets and 32 balls to spare.

Brisbane Heat Squad
BB McCullum*, S Badree, JA Burns, BCJ Cutting, AJ Doolan, AL Fekete, LW Feldman, JS Floros, SD Heazlett, M Labuschagne, JK Lalor, CA Lynn, JJ Peirson†, NJ Reardon, AI Ross, MT Steketee, MJ Swepson, JD Wildermuth

Perth Scorchers

Team News

Perth Scorchers have lost Mitchell Marsh to the Australian national team and his replacement has yet to be announced. The rest of the team is likely to remain the same for this upcoming fixture.

Key Players

The team will expect a lot from their skipper Michael Klinger and Ian Bell with the bat in the absence of Mitchell Marsh. They will need to score the big runs if the Scorchers are to get into a strong position. Fast bowler David Willey will be the key in their bowling lineup. He has taken seven wickets so far in BBL 2016-17 season and we predict him to cause a few problems for the Brisbane batsmen.

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Perth Scorchers are one place below the Heat at the second spot on the points table with three wins and two losses from five league games. After winning two consecutive games against Melbourne Renegades and Sydney Thunder, they suffered a defeat at the hands of Brisbane Heat in their previous match.

Perth Scorchers Squad
AC Agar, CT Bancroft, IR Bell, HWR Cartwright, NM Coulter-Nile, MG Johnson, M Klinger, MR Marsh, SE Marsh, JM Muirhead, JS Paris, JA Richardson, AJ Turner, AJ Tye, C Valente, AC Voges, SM Whiteman, DJ Willey

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BBL expert tips and predictions

Hey; I just lost my prediction on Adelaide so I will try to be more objective this time.

It is a fact that at this moment; there is no other Big Hitter than Chris Lynn! But this is also true that unlike in other/previous editions of BBL; Perth Scorchers have shown more strength and depth as a batting unit.

While Chris Lynn is a strong point for Brisbane; Shaun Marsh is the weakling of Perth. I hardly feel that he has any worth to be in the team yet; he will be in the team and it will be a burden. Despite that; Perth has quick run makers in form of Ian Bell; Michael Clinger and Mitchel Marsh!

Ashton Turner is one of the best allrounder who is still playing the BBL and the trio of David Willey, Andrew Tye and Jhye Richardson is the deadliest fast bowling attack across all teams competing in BBL this year.

Brisbane on the other hand is dependent on pyrotechnics of Lynn and Brendon. While Lynn has proven himself as a consistent deliver; Brendon was never consistent throughout his career. What I am feeling; and it is less on reasons and more on my personal bias; is that tomorrow; while Brendon may still stand for long; but Chris Lynn is going to fail. Yet; Brisbane has Ben Cutting; the all rounder who is Dangerous and Joe Burns can burn any bowler on any pitch!

In essence; team of Brisbane is more dependent on talented swashbucklers. On the other hand; Perth is a team dependent on talented dependable performers.

Perth certainly have better bowling unit but Brisbane has Swepson who can perform wonders.

Perth batting depends on Clinger; Bell, Voges, Mitchell, Turner and Paris. Any one of them can offer a sounding answer to any question raised by Lynn and/or Brendon.

I am finding both teams on equal footings but since; it is the issue of returning the favors; I strongly feel that Perth is going to win the Match.

For tomorrow’s match; my Team is Perth.

Perth will win the match!

Correction:

David Willey is bowling in India; so he is out of equation. But Mitchell Johnson is going to bowl tomorrow; so not much difference. Plus; May be Mitchel Marsh won’t play (How I wish he plays and Shaun doesn’t)! Hilton Cartwright will be playing tomorrow! From my POV; still not much change and I am backing Perth Scorchers for tomorrow.

Perth will win tomorrow’s match!

U_Diva

Scorchers. Surely Chris Lynn has done enough to make the ODI squad for Australia against Pakistan. I’m going with the Scorchers on the proviso that Lynn will be out of action. Michael Klinger and Ian Bell will continue to churn out the runs up the top.

BJ Conkey

Heat. Brisbane seem to be able to post scores at home, and presuming their batsmen can post one run more than the bowlers can defend, then that should be enough.

Brett McKay

Heat. I’ll take the Heat, purely because of Chris Lynn and Brendon McCullum. If they get set, there’s no containing Brisbane at the Gabba.

Daniel Jeffrey