HEA vs STA Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Stats, Venue Report, Recent Performances, Probable XIs, Head To Head, Toss Based Analysis, C/VC Choices - Match 1

Author: Shreyas
07 Dec 2023 02:16:29
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Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Stars - 1st Match of the Big Bash League 2023-24, at The Gabba, Brisbane

Weather Forecast
Partly Cloudy - 30°C

1. TOURNAMENT STATS AND INFO

(i) Points Table Scenario

BH - Not Played Yet
MS - Not Played Yet

2. VENUE AND PITCH INFO

Venue - The Gabba, Brisbane

(i) Total Matches - T20s

Overall - 98

Avg 1st Innings - 165
Avg 2nd Innings - 143

Highest total - 210/7 (Hobart Hurricanes vs Brisbane Heat - 27th December'2013)

(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground

BH - 55 - 23w/32l
MS - 8 - 3w/5l

(iii) Top Performers on this Venue

BH

Jimmy Peirson - 2nd highest run scorer (719), Avg (28.76) - 41M/38I
Max Bryant - 6th highest run scorer (461), Avg (28.81) - 18M/18I
Matthew Renshaw - 18th highest run scorer (262), Avg (20.15) - 15M/14I
Sam Billings - 32nd highest run scorer (198), Avg (39.60) - 5M/5I
Usman Khawaja - 48th highest run scorer (131), Avg (18.71) - 7M/7I

Michael Neser - 4th highest wicket taker (22), SR (16.55) - 17M/17I
Mitchell Swepson - 5th highest wicket taker (19), SR (28.74) - 25M/25I
Jack Wildermuth - 19th highest wicket taker (10), SR (24.60) - 13M/13I
Xavier Bartlett - 19th highest wicket taker (10), SR (16.8) - 9M/9I

MS

Joe Burns - 4th highest run scorer (575), Avg (27.38) - 26M/26I
Marcus Stoinis - 13th highest run scorer (295), Avg (59) - 8M/7I
Hilton Cartwright - 52nd highest run scorer (125), Avg (62.50) - 5M/4I

Mark Steketee - Highest wicket taker (48), SR (14.19) - 31M/31I
Scott Boland - 25th highest wicket taker (8), SR (13) - 5M/5I
Marcus Stoinis - 39th highest wicket taker (6), SR (9) - 8M/4I
Nathan Coulter-Nile - 39th highest wicket taker (6), SR (20.67) - 6M/6I

(iv) Recent Matches on this venue

1) Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Stars - 22nd January'2023
188/4 vs 184/3 (BH won by 4 runs)

Pacers - 3w+1w=4w
Spinners - 0w+2w=2w

2) Brisbane Heat vs Hobart Hurricanes - 20th January'2023
162/6 vs 150/6 (BH won by 12 runs)

Pacers - 6w+5w=11w
Spinners - 0w+1w=1w

3) Brisbane Heat vs Perth Scorchers - 11th January'2023
155/6 vs 157/2 (PS won by 8 wkts)

Pacers - 6w+1w=7w
Spinners - 0w+1w=1w

4) Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Sixers - 1st January'2023
224/5 vs 209/10 (BH won by 15 runs)

Pacers - 4w+8w=12w
Spinners - 0w+2w=2w

5) Brisbane Heat vs Adelaide Strikers - 23rd December'2022
166/9 vs 160/9 (BH won by 6 runs)

Pacers - 6w+8w=14w
Spinners - 3w+1w=4w

6) England vs New Zealand - 1st November'2022
179/6 vs 159/6 (ENG won by 20 runs)

Pacers - 3w+6w=9w
Spinners - 2w+0w=2w

7) Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka - 1st November'2022
144/8 vs 148/4 (SL won by 6 wkts)

Pacers - 3w+0w=3w
Spinners - 4w+4w=8w

8) Australia vs Ireland - 31st October'2022
179/5 vs 137/10 (AUS won by 42 runs)

Pacers - 5w+5w=10w
Spinners - 0w+4w=4w

9) Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe - 30th October'2022
150/7 vs 147/8 (BAN won by 3 runs)

Pacers - 4w+5w=9w
Spinners - 2w+2w=4w

10) Australia vs West Indies - 7th October'2022
178/7 vs 147/8 (AUS won by 31 runs)

Pacers - 6w+7w=13w
Spinners - 0w+1w=1w

SUMMARY

Pacers
1st Innings - 46w
2nd Innings - 47w

Spinners
1st Innings - 10w
2nd Innings - 18w

Overall
93w:28w (Pacers:Spinners)

(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue

Brisbane Heat (BH)

1. Xavier Bartlett
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 42(29)*&2w, 19(20)*&0w

2. Matthew Renshaw
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(6), 12(10), 32(28), 9(9), 2(5), 27(21)&0w, 41(31)&1w, 7(9)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 22(19), 15(13)&0w, 1w, 26(24), 9(6)&1w, 52(45)*, 0(1)

3. Josh Brown
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 62(23), 18(13), 0(4), 4(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

4. Max Bryant
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(20), 18(16), 46(29), 36(27)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(6)*, 26(27), 71(30)*, 11(10), 28(18), 10(5), 12(12), 31(19), 32(21), 40(23), 15(11), 2(3), 2(2), 57(55)

5. Sam Billings
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(16), 64(27), 79(48), 28(21)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(5)

6. Usman Khawaja
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(6), 22(13), 0(2), 28(23), 18(17), 24(18)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 37(36)

7. Marnus Labuschagne
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 20(17)&0w, 3(8)&0w, 10(9)&0w, 28(25), 1(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(2)&1w, 1(5), 6(5)&3w, 3(6)&1w

8. Colin Munro
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(3), 10(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 23(11)

9. Michael Neser
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w, 11(18)&1w, 0(1)&1w, 12(14)&2w, 3w, 1(2)*&0w, 6(4)&3w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 13(22)&3w, 1w, 30(21)*&0w, 1(6)&1w, 1w, 1w, 1(1)*&1w, 4(5)&3w

10. Jimmy Peirson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(9), 27(17), 0(2), 0(0)*, 10(11), 51(36), 44(30), 19(13), 1(5), 16(9)*, 24(13)*, 12(16), 8(12), 1(2), 19(13), 26(25)*, 3(8), 57(43)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(3), 40(36), 1(2), 2(3), 1(2), 43(39), 26(13)*, 25(13)*, 2(2)*, 23(25)*, 0(1), 69(36)*, 16(15)*, 14(16), 20(19), 15(11)*, 47(44)*, 0(3), 2(2), 42(23)

11. Nathan McSweeney
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 84(51)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(5)&0w

12. Mitchell Swepson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w

13. Paul Walter
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Jack Wildermuth
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(4)&1w, 29(16)&1w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 6(10)&1w, 0(1)&0w, 1w, 1(3)&1w, 8(10)&1w, 0(4)&1w, 22(10)*&0w, 1w

15. Spencer Johnson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Will Prestwidge
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(7)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

17. Matthew Kuhnemann
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w

18. Jack Wood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

Melbourne Stars (MS)

1. Glenn Maxwell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 46(24), 5(3)&0w, 2(4)&0w, 1(4), 13(9)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(9), 0(1), 8(5)&0w

2. Tom Fraser Rogers
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 41(20)

3. Hilton Cartwright
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(17)*, 79(44)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1), 33(24)*

4. Marcus Stoinis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 33(19)*&2w, 81(51)&0w, 0(2), 35(25)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(8), 99(51)&3w, 36(23)*

5. Nick Larkin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

6. Sam Harper
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(19)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 56(40)*

7. Beau Webster
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(4)*, 36(26), 6(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

8. Liam Dawson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. Mark Steketee
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 4w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 15(17)&1w, 2w, 2w, 14(11)&1w, 4w, 2w, 0w, 33(24)&2w, 3w, 1w

10. Nathan Coulter-Nile
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(4)&3w, 1(4)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 19(14)*&0w, 23(6)*&0w, 16(11)*&1w, 1w

11. Usama Mir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

12. Scott Boland
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 0w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w

13. Haris Rauf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Joe Burns
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 44(27), 10(9), 27(20), 69(45), 1(4), 16(16), 51(33)*, 20(13), 50(28), 36(26), 20(14), 2(4), 2(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(5), 1(7), 8(5)*, 23(23), 35(22), 45(35)*, 13(14), 0(2), 10(10)*, 14(21), 1(7), 52(38), 17(17)*

15. Brody Couch
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Joel Paris
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w

17. Campbell Kellaway
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 25(23)

18. Corey Rocchiccioli
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

3. HEAD TO HEAD

(i) Overall
18 - 11w/7l (In favour of BH)

(ii) Last 5 Matches
5 - 3w/2l (In favour of BH)

(iii) On This Venue
8 - 5w/3l (In favour of BH)

(iv) Recent Head to Head Matches

1) Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Stars - 22nd January'2023
188/4 vs 184/3 (BH won by 4 runs)

Jimmy Peirson - 57(43)*
Usman Khawaja - 24(18)
Mitchell Swepson - 2w
Tom Fraser Rogers - 41(20)
Marcus Stoinis - 36(23)*
Hilton Cartwright - 33(24)*
Campbell Kellaway - 25(23)
Nathan Coulter-Nile - 1w

2) Melbourne Stars vs Brisbane Heat - 16th January'2023
159/7 vs 160/7 (BH won by 3 wkts)

Nick Larkin - 58(36)
Beau Webster - 36(34)
Tom Rogers - 26(23)
Nathan Coulter-Nile - 1w
Matt Renshaw - 90(56)* & 1w
Jimmy Peirson - 22(18)
Michael Neser - 4w
Spencer Johnson - 1w

3) Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Stars - 16th January'2022
149/6 vs 150/2 (MS won by 8 wkts)

Mark Steketee - 1w
Glenn Maxwell - 37(30) & 2w
Marcus Stoinis - 29(10)*
Nathan Coulter-Nile - 1w

4) Melbourne Stars vs Brisbane Heat - 27th December'2021
207/9 vs 187/9 (MS won by 20 runs)

Hilton Cartwright - 79(44)
Brody Couch - 3w
Nathan Coulter-Nile - 1w
Mark Steketee - 3w
Matthew Kuhnemann - 1w

5) Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Stars - 7th January'2021
115/3 vs 111/5 (BH won by 7 wkts - Match reduced to 10 overs)

Max Bryant - 31(23)
Joe Burns - 22(11)*
Mark Steketee - 3w
Nick Larkin - 35(16)*
Marcus Stoinis - 34(20)

(v) Top Performers from current squads when both these teams meet

BH

Matt Renshaw - 7th highest run scorer (191), Avg (47.75) - 6M/5I
Jimmy Peirson - 10th highest run scorer (164), Avg (18.22) - 14M/11I
Max Bryant - 12th highest run scorer (154), Avg (30.80) - 6M/6I

Mitchell Swepson - Highest wicket taker (16), SR (15.38) - 11M/11I

MS

Marcus Stoinis - 2nd highest run scorer (378), Avg (31.50) - 14M/14I
Glenn Maxwell - 3rd highest run scorer (248), Avg (20.67) - 12M/12I
Hilton Cartwright - 5th highest run scorer (206), Avg (51.50) - 7M/7I
Joe Burns - 11th highest run scorer (161), Avg (53.67) - 7M/6I
Nick Larkin - 15th highest run scorer (131), Avg (65.50) - 6M/4I

Mark Steketee - 3rd highest wicket taker (13), SR (12.3) - 8M/8I
Nathan Coulter-Nile - 4th highest wicket taker (8), SR (16.38) - 6M/6I
Marcus Stoinis - 6th highest wicket taker (7), SR (12.9) - 14M/6I

(vi) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)

Brisbane Heat (BH)

1. Usman Khawaja
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 24(18)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 14(8)

2. Max Bryant
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 20(20), 31(23)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 24(18), 71(30)*, 6(8), 2(2)

3. Matt Renshaw
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(10)&0w, 7(9)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 45(43)&0w  1w, 39(30)&1w, 90(56)*&1w

4. Colin Munro
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. Marnus Labuschagne
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 24(13)*, 6(11)

6. Jimmy Peirson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1), 1(5), 18(21), 15(10)*, 57(43)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(7), 26(23), 3(5), 2(2), 22(18)

7. Paul Walter
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

8. Xavier Bartlett
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. Mitchell Swepson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 0w, 3w, 0w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 3w, 2w 1w, 1w, 0w

10. Spencer Johnson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

11. Nathan McSweeney
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 20(20)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

12. Sam Billings
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Jack Wildermuth
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Will Prestwidge
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Josh Brown
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(4)

16. Michael Neser
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w

17. Matthew Kuhnemann
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 0w

Melbourne Stars (MS)

1. Marcus Stoinis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1)&0w, 4(5)&0w, 43(29)&4w, 81(51)&0w, 16(19), 0(2)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(6), 99(51)&3w, 17(11), 0(2), 34(20), 29(10)*, 36(23)*

2. Glenn Maxwell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 50(39), 3(4)&1w, 5(3)&0w, 83(39)&0w, 2(4)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(9), 0(1), 8(5)&0w, 1(2)&0w, 46(26)&0w, 0(1)&1w, 37(30)&2w

3. Nick Larkin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 58(36)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 22(22), 16(12)*, 35(16)*

4. Hilton Cartwright
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(13), 79(44), 7(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 46(42)*, 7(3)&0w, 16(7)*, 33(24)*

5. Tom Fraser Rogers
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 26(23)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 41(20)

6. Nathan Coulter-Nile
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 4w, 1w, 1w

7. Brody Couch
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

8. Sam Harper
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. Haris Rauf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

10. Usama Mir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

11. Beau Webster
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(7), 36(34)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w

12. Joel Paris
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Joe Burns
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 27(28), 50(28), 22(11)*, 2(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 42(32)*, 18(12)*

14. Scott Boland
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w

15. Liam Dawson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Mark Steketee
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w, 3w

17. Campbell Kellaway
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 25(23)

18. Corey Rocchiccioli
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

PLAYERS WHO HAVE PLAYED AGAINST THE OTHER AS PART OF DIFFERENT TEAMS

1. Usman Khawaja vs Melbourne Stars - Runs (388), Avg (35.27) - 12M/12I

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 109(70)*, 1(2), 33(27), 37(31), 24(18)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(7), 23(18), 70(40), 44(26), 23(15), 7(7), 14(8)

2. Michael Neser vs Melbourne Stars - Wickets (11), SR (20.73) - 11M/11I

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(11)&2w, 7(3)*&0w, 2(2)&1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 30(21)*&0w, 1w, 1(4)&0w, 1(4)&4w

3. Colin Munro vs Melbourne Stars - Runs (138), Avg (46) - 4M/4I

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 49(36), 46(30)*, 40(20)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(5)

4. Sam Billings vs Melbourne Stars - Runs (58), Avg (19.33) - 3M/3I

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(6), 9(19)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 43(31)

5. Sam Harper vs Brisbane Heat - Runs (210), Avg (23.33) - 10M/10I

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(19), 15(14), 12(13), 21(15), 22(21)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 56(40)*, 5(9), 57(32), 0(3), 0(1)

6. Joel Paris vs Brisbane Heat - Wickets (6), SR (20) - 5M/5I

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 2w

7. Scott Boland vs Brisbane Heat - Wickets (9), SR (13.67) - 6M/6I

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 3w, 0w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w

4. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING

A) BRISBANE HEAT (BH) SQUAD:

Injury - Spencer Johnson
Unavailable - Jimmy Peirson, Matt Renshaw, Michael Neser (Playing in the Warm Up Game against Pakistan for Prime Ministers XI)

Probable XI

1) Usman Khawaja - LHB
Last 10 - 102*, 22, 31, 22, 3, 114, 12, 30, 7, 12, 47, 72, 3, 18, 13, 43

2) Josh Brown - RHB
Last 10 - 38r 0w, 25, 20, 39, 3, 9, 4, 0, 5, 26

3) Colin Munro - LHB, RM
Last 10 - 44*, 36*, 1, 4, 55, 72*, 10, 33, 36,

4) Marnus Labuschagne - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 0r 0w, 24, 58*, 18, 14, 71, 18, 62, 8, 40

5) Sam Billings - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 0, 8, 10, 76*, 0, 2*, 14, 0*, 5*, 4, 25

6) Max Bryant - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 16, 62, 0, 42, 84, 38, 12, 24, 40, 28, 1

7) Paul Walter - LHB, LM
Last 10 - 41r 0w, 73, 14r 1w, 13r 0w, 2, 2, 7r 1w, 1w, 12r 0w, 28, 27r 2w, 22r 1w, 4r 1w

8) Xavier Bartlett - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 5r 1w, 3w, 3w, 0w, 32r 4w, 1w, 28r 1w, 23r 4w, 6r 1w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 28r 0w, 0w

9) Jack Wildermuth - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 9r 1w, 40r 3w, 17r 0w, 20r 1w, 21r 1w, 4r 2w, 2w, 0r 3w, 14r 2w, 1w, 9r 2w, 10r 1w, 52*, 3r 1w, 1w, 5r 2w, 15r 2w

10) Mitchell Swepson - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 16r 0w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 5w, 15r 3w, 21r 3w, 14r 0w, 21r 2w, 0w, 3w, 69r 2w

11) Will Prestwidge - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 37r 1w, 0w, 0r 2w, 21r 2w, 0w
/
Spencer Johnson (if fit)

BENCH

12) Matthew Kuhnemann - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 2w, 9r 1w, 8r 1w, 2w, 18r 0w, 7r 0w, 0w, 1w, 5w

13) Jimmy Peirson - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 0, 28, 16, 61, 13, 40, 52, 28, 1, 32, 15, 25, 106

14) Matt Renshaw - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 37, 6, 2r 0w, 3, 26r 1w, 3, 7r 0w, 57, 102r 0w, 135r 0w, 13r 0w, 17r 0w, 55, 14r 0w

15) Michael Neser - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 4r 0w, 0r 0w, 0r 0w, 51r 2w, 90r 1w, 1w, 18r 3w, 140, 40r 1w, 0r 0w, 3r 1w, 176r 1w

16) Spencer Johnson - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 1w

17) Jack Wood - RHB, LWS
Last 10 - 12r 0w, 2r 2w, 35r 0w, 1w, 46r 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 18r 2w, 0w, 0w

18) Nathan McSweeney - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 25r 0w, 20, 53r 1w, 15, 36, 112r 1w, 13r 2w, 41r 0w, 25r 0w, 49r 1w, 64, 100, 62r 0w, 2r 0w, 48

Safe C/VC Choices
Usman Khawaja, Colin Munro

B) MELBOURNE STARS (MS) SQUAD:

Unavailable - Imad Wasim (will join from 26th Dec'23), Mark Steketee, Beau Webster (Playing in the Warm Up Game against Pakistan for Prime Ministers XI)

Probable XI

1) Tom Fraser Rogers - LHB, RM
Last 10 - 7, 42, 11, 38, 45, 14, 35, 41, 26, 27

2) Nick Larkin - RHB
Last 10 - 5*, 58, 21*, 9, 5*, 48*, 9*, 4

3) Sam Harper - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 151, 4, 0, 12, 0, 28, 24, 19, 47, 29, 0, 8, 28, 13, 96

4) Glenn Maxwell - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 104r 0w, 12r 0w, 2r 1w, 1r 0w, 201r 1w, 41r 1w, 106, 0r 0w, 31r 1w, 3r 2w

5) Marcus Stoinis - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 17, 45r 1w, 7r 0w, 1w, 6r 0w, 35r 1w, 21r 2w, 20r 0w, 5r 0w

6) Hilton Cartwright - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 132r 0w, 8, 40, 10, 22, 0, 56, 17, 7, 0, 27r 3w, 82, 28

7) Liam Dawson - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 13r 5w, 34r 4w, 1r 3w, 119r 2w, 57r 0w, 115r 3w, 4w, 7w, 19r 2w, 1r 1w, 24r 1w, 2w, 1r 0w

8) Usama Mir - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 15r 2w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w

9) Scott Boland - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 4w, 4w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 20r 1w, 2w, 3w

10) Nathan Coulter-Nile - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w

11) Haris Rauf - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 0w, 3w, 1w, 35r 3w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 3w, 0w

BENCH

12) Beau Webster - RHB, RM, Offbreak
Last 10 - 6r 1w, 5r 1w, 103r 2w, 1w, 47r 0w, 97r 2w, 10r 2w, 59r 1w, 70r 0wz 64r 1w, 32*, 42r 1w, 62r 0w, 4w, 65r 0w

13) Joe Burns - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 21, 62*, 16, 9, 12, 91, 2, 133, 55, 31, 0, 7, 3, 29, 24, 18, 17, 12

14) Brody Couch - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w

15) Joel Paris - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 5r 3w, 6r 2w, 24r 2w, 26, 6w, 25r 5w, 1w, 0w, 31r 2w, 3w, 10r 2w, 3w, 2w, 3w, 2w, 1w, 1w

16) Mark Steketee - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 16r 4w, 37r 1w, 4r 2w, 4w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 11r 2w, 6r 1w, 1w, 32r 2w, 4w

17) Corey Rocchiccioli - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 15r 0w, 0w, 36r 0w, 25r 1w, 8r 2w, 0, 10r 1w, 2w, 29r 4w, 2w, 17r 3w, 3w, 12r 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 4w, 0w, 1w, 1w

18) Campbell Kellaway - LHB
Last 10 - 46, 45, 48, 34, 51r 0w, 3, 19, 0, 0r 0w, 33, 38, 46, 5, 10, 14, 1

Safe C/VC Choices
Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell

Differential GL C/VC choices

BH - Paul Walter, Marnus Labuschagne, Jack Wildermuth, Josh Brown/Nathan McSweeney

MS - Haris Rauf, Liam Dawson, Scott Boland, Nick Larkin

 

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