THU vs HEA Match Preview
In the knockout final match of the 10th season of KFC BBL, Sydney Thunder locks horns with Brisbane Heat who just defeated Adelaide Strikers in their previous game. The loser goes home while the winner of this game moves forward to the Challenger game to play with Perth Scorchers to contest for playing the final. In the meanwhile, we prepare you for fantasy by bringing THU vs HEA Dream11 Team Prediction.
- Match Venue : Manuka Oval, Canberra
- Match Time : 01:45 PM IST
Pitch Condition/Report:
This track here at Manuka Oval is mostly a balanced one, but it does help the batsmen a lot more in the second innings, as compared to the first.
Average first innings score:
164 (Last 5 BBL 2020-21 matches played at the venue)
Record of the chasing teams
Won – 5, Lost – 0, Tie – 0
Sydney Thunder Team News
Sydney Thunder just missed the top two spot by a Bash boost and here they are, playing the knockout final game hoping to win to stay alive in the competition. Thunder had quite a successful BBL campaign which they finished at third but despite all that, they are on the verge of getting eliminated if they don’t win the match.
The big news for Thunder, obviously is the return of Daniel Sams who missed the last 3 games due to hand injury. He has been cleared to play this match and this adds a whole new dimension to their whole squad. With Sams back, Thunder start the game as favorites. There has been no change in the squad apart from Sams.
Brisbane Heat Team News
Brisbane Heat really did an exceptional job to finish at 4th and qualify for the BBL playoffs from the start they had got but the real challenge for them begins here. They have crossed the first hurdle by defeating Adelaide Strikers and now they’re up against a strong Sydney Thunder.
Heat have named the same 18 members squad which had played and won against Adelaide Strikers in Eliminator. Marnus Labuschagne had quite a game with the ball but Heat will hope from him to perform with the bat too.
Players Recent Performance
Sydney Thunder
- Usman Khawaja : 0(1)
- Alex Hales : 63*(39)
- Callum Ferguson : 46*(33)
- Brendan Doggett : 1-19
- Nathan McAndrew : 1-8
- Adam Milne : 0-31
Brisbane Heat
- Chris Lynn : 6(4)
- Joe Denly : 41(40)
- Marnus Labuschagne : 6(5) & 3-13
- Jimmy Pierson : 47*(44)
- Mitchell Swepson : 2-23
- Morne Morkel : 1-31
THU vs HEA Playing 11
Sydney Thunder
U Khawaja- 36, 26, 48*, 37, 34, 17, 7
A Hales- 10, 5, 45, 71, 35, 0, 46
C Ferguson- 22, 0, 11, 51, 31, 0, 54
O Davies- 4, DNB, 2, 48
S Billings- 6, 83, 10, 6
A Rose- 18, 0, 34, 18
C Green- 4 (OVER-3,W-0), 7 (OVER-2,W-0), DNB (OVER-3,W-0), 12 (OVER-4,W-4), 8 (OVER-2,W-2), 6* (OVER-4,W-1), 5 (OVER-4,W-2)
B Cutting- 24* (OVER-4,W-0), 31 (OVER-4,W-1), DNB (OVER-1,W-0), 20 (OVER-1,W-0), 0, 29 (OVER-1,W-0), 2
N McAndrew- 17* (OVER-4,W-1), 4 (OVER-4,W-1), DNB (OVER-4,W-3), 20* (OVER-2,W-1), DNB (OVER-3,W-1), 6 (OVER-4,W-1)
A Milne- DNB (OVER-4,W-1), 1 (OVER-4,W-0), 3* (OVER-4,W-0)
B Doggett- DNB (OVER-4,W-2), 5 (OVER-4,W-4)
[ ] T Sangha- DNB (OVER-1,W-0), 0* (OVER-2,W-0), DNB (OVER-2,W-1), DNB (OVER-4,W-2), DNB (OVER-3.2,W-4), DNB (OVER-4,W-0), 0* (OVER-4,W-2)
BENCH
D Sams- DNB (OVER-4,W-1), 9 (OVER-4,W-1), 22 (OVER-2,W-1), 65* (OVER-4,W-2), 0 (OVER-3,W-2)
C Tremain- DNB (OVER-3,W-1), DNB (OVER-2.5,W-2)
B Holt- 0, 23, 1
A Milne- 3* (OVER-3,W-2)
J Cook- DNB (OVER-4,W-2), 2* (OVER-4,W-1)
Brisbane Heat
M Bryant- 26, 31, 15, 40, 12, 29, 20
C Lynn- 52, 48, 30, 69, 20
M Labuschange- 49 (OVER-2,W-1)
J Denly- 9, 0, 50, 19
J Burns- 7, 22*, 52, 1
L Gregory- 16* (OVER-2,W-1), 9* (OVER-2,W-1), 0 (OVER-3,W-1), 31* (OVER-4,W-1)
J Peirson- 10*, DNB, 15*, 20, 69*, 1, 18
M Steketee- DNB (OVER-3.4,W-3), DNB (OVER-2,W-3), DNB (OVER-4,W-2), DNB (OVER-4,W-4), 3 (OVER-4,W-2), 0* (OVER-4,W-1)
X Bartlett- DNB (OVER-4,W-0), DNB (OVER-2,W-0), DNB (OVER-3,W-1), DNB (OVER-3,W-1), 0 (OVER-4,W-3), 2 (OVER-4,W-1)
M Swepson- DNB (OVER-4,W-2)
B Laughlin- DNB (OVER-3,W-0), 6* (OVER-4,W-0), DNB (OVER-3.5,W-0), 0* (OVER-4,W-0)
BENCH
J Bazley- DNB, 4* (OVER-1,W-0), 5 (OVER-1,W-0)
J Wildermuth- DNB (OVER-2,W-0), DNB (OVER-4,W-1), 22* (OVER-3,W-0), 1 (OVER-4,W-1), 31 (OVER-4,W-3)
M ur Rahman- DNB (OVER-2,W-1), DNB (OVER-4,W-2), DNB (OVER-4,W-2), 18 (OVER-4,W-0), DNB (OVER-4,W-1)
M Kuhnemann- DNB (OVER-1,W-0), DNB (OVER-1,W-0), DNB (OVER-3,W-1), 9 (OVER-4,W-1)
S Heazlett- 17, 0, 20, 14
S Milenko- 1, 0 (OVER-0.1,W-0)
D Lawrence- 13, 20, 8 (OVER-2,W-0)
T Copper- 22, 5, 26
J Wood- 2 (OVER-3,W-2)
THU vs HEA Pitch Report
The statistics of this venue tells that Manuka Oval is quite a high scoring venue which has an average of 168 in the first inning. The highest score has been 219 while 5 out of 15 times, teams have scored between 170 and 189 on this venue.
5 matches have been while batting first while 10 have been while chasing so the team batting second has quite an advantage which tells that with the nature of the pitch staying true, batting gets a lot more comfortable on this deck.
THU vs HEA Head to Head
Overall
Sydney Thunder : 3 wins
Brisbane Heat : 9 wins
Players to pick from both sides
Sydney Thunder
- Sam Billings
- Alex Hales
- Callum Ferguson
- Daniel Sams
- Ben Cutting
- Tanveer Sangha
- Nathan McAndrew
Brisbane Heat
- Jimmy Pierson
- Chris Lynn
- Mark Steketee
- Marnus Labuschagne
THU vs HEA Captaincy & Vice Captaincy options
Captain : Alex Hales, Daniel Sams
Vice Captain : Nathan McAndrew, Chris Lynn, Sam Billings
Dream11 Team
