MATCH NO – 34th MATCH
SERIES – Men’s Big Bash – 2024-25
DATE – 14th January, 2025
TIME – 02:00 PM IST
VENUE – Bellerive Oval, Hobart
INTRODUCTION
The Big Bash League (BBL) is one of the premier professional Twenty20 cricket leagues in the world. Founded in 2011 by Cricket Australia, it is modeled after the Indian Premier League (IPL) and showcases some of the most exciting cricketing talent from Australia and around the globe.
The Big Bash League (BBL) 2024-25 season is set to run from December 15, 2024, to January 27, 2025. The tournament will feature eight teams: Brisbane Heat, Melbourne Renegades, Melbourne Stars, Adelaide Strikers, Perth Scorchers, Hobart Hurricanes, Sydney Sixers, and Sydney Thunder. The format consists of a single round-robin stage followed by playoffs, with a total of 44 matches scheduled.
Teams:
The league features 8 city-based franchises, representing different regions of Australia:
Adelaide Strikers, Brisbane Heat, Hobart Hurricanes, Melbourne Renegades, Melbourne Stars, Perth Scorchers, Sydney Sixers,Sydney Thunder.
Format:
The tournament follows a double round-robin format, where each team plays multiple matches against others, followed by knockout stages including eliminators, qualifiers, and the grand final.
Points are awarded for wins, and the top teams progress to the playoffs.
Records and Dominance:
The Perth Scorchers are the most successful team in BBL history, having won multiple titles.
Players like Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, Steven Smith, Marcus Stoinis and Rashid Khan are among the standout performers in the league’s history.
PITCH REPORT
The Bellerive oval is a famous cricket stadium located in Hobart, Australia. It is owned and operated by the Australian’s cricket association operated by Cricket Australia. It serves as the home ground for the Hobart Hurricanes team. Many Big bash, T20 Internationals & ODI matches were played at this venue.First Test match was played in 1989 between Australian team & Sri Lankan team.
Bellerive Oval Cricket Ground is also known as Oval the one of the new grounds in the cricket world which is operated by the Australia Cricket Board. It has a seating capacity of 20000.
Overall, Bellerive Oval Cricket Ground holds a significant place in Men’s Big Bash cricket history and continues to be a prominent venue for domestic and international cricket matches in Hobart.
This pitch has served many matches of Men’s Big Bash League and in 59 matches 32 times the first batting team won the match and 27 times second batting won the match. So toss is an important role for this match and the toss winner team will choose batting first.In 59 matches 47 times the team scored 170+scores that showed how much this pitch is helpful for batters.
Bellerive Ovall’s pitch is balanced for both departments. The last Big Bash season witnessed the batting first side crossing 155+ runs by Hobart hurricanes and chasing team Melbourne Stars won the match by DLS in just 6 overs. However, the ground has huge straight boundaries ranging 80 metres long. The square boundaries’ size reads 62-63 metres. This suggests that hitting sixes on this ground requires power, making it risky to go for the aerial route.
In the initial overs, the bowling side needs to maintain a tight line and length, aiming to secure early breakthroughs to restrict the opponent to a low score.Pacers will be difficult to deal with up front as the wicket at the Bellerive Oval provides an early lateral movement with the new ball. If the batters manage to get through the initial stage of the game, unscathed, then they can stamp their authority on the contest as the wicket tends to flatten out as the game advances. The breeze coming in from the Derwent River assists the pace bowlers and makes life difficult for the batters. Talking about the Par score, the team batting first should aim to score at least 180+ to be considered a competitive total.
GROUND STATS (BBL)
| TOTAL MATCH | 65 |
| AVERAGE SCORE | 165+ |
| BATTING 1ST WON | 33 |
| BATTING 2ND WON | 32 |
| NO RESULT | 00 |
SCORING PATTERN
| BELOW SCORE 150 | 11 |
| BETWEEN 150 TO 169 | 26 |
| BETWEEN 170 TO 189 | 21 |
| ABOVE SCORE 190 | 07 |
BOWLERS STATS ON BELLERIVE OVAL (BBL)
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 65
PACER WICKETS – 471
SPINNER WICKETS – 232
MATCH PREVIEW
34th match played between Hobart Hurricanes (HBH) and One time winner Melbourne Renegades (MLR) is going to be an exciting contest. Both teams have a strong line-up. In this season Melbourne Renegades (MLR) team performed very poor and won 3 matches and lost 5 matches out of 8 matches and last position in point table whereas Hobart Hurricanes (HBH) performed too good and won 5 matches and lost 1 match and out of 7 matches and second position in point table.
Last Time when both teams (HBH VS MLR) met in a league match Hobart Hurricanes team bowled out at just 74 runs and Melbourne Renegades team successfully chased the total and won the match by 6 wickets.
Hobart Hurricanes is a well-balanced team with a blend of experienced and talented players. But They haven’t proven themselves in the previous season of Big Bash. They have talented & aggressive batsmen like Matthew Wade, Ben McDermott, Caleb Jewell, Manchester Wright, Tim David, Nikhil Chaudhary, Shai Hope. Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like, Nathan Ellis, Riley Meredith, Peter Hatzoglou, Chris Jordan, Rishad Hossain, add depth and experience to their batting and bowling line-up.
On the other hand, Melbourne Renegades is a well-balanced team with a blend of experienced and talented players. They have a talented batting line-up, including the likes of Jake Fraser-McGurk, Josh Brown, Jonathan Wells, Tim Seifert, Laurie Evans. Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Will Sutherland, Thomas Rogers, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa.
Both teams boast of strong batting & bowling attacks, so the battle between the batsmen and bowlers will be crucial in deciding the outcome of the match.
Considering the form and capabilities of both teams, this match has the potential to be a close contest. It will be interesting to see how the teams strategize and adapt to the conditions. Fans can again expect an exciting and competitive match between Adelaide Strikers and Hobart Hurricanes.
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 20
- MLR WIN – 09
- HBH WIN – 11
- NO RESULT – 00
HBH VS MLR TEAM NEWS,SQUADS, PLAYING11 & PLAYER STATS
HOBART HURRICANES (HBH)
TEAM NEWS
- Hobart Hurricanes performed too good and won 5 matches and lost 1 match of 7 and second position in the point table.
- When the Last match was played between Hobart Hurricanes & Melbourne Renegades, Hobart team failed to defend a total of 74 runs and lost the match by 6 wickets.
- Mitchell Owen has scored 202 runs in 6 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- Ben McDermott has scored 121 runs in 5 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- Tim David has scored 167 runs in 5 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- Nikhil Chaudhary has scored 115 runs and also took 3 wickets in 5 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- Nathan Ellis has taken 4 wickets in 5 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- Riley Meredith has taken 8 wickets in 6 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- Chris Jordan has taken 6 wickets in 6 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- In the last BBL match Hobart team successfully chased a total of 164 runs and won the match by 6 wickets against Sydney Sixers.
- Nikhil Chaudhary Scored 29 runs, Tim David scored 68 runs in just 38 balls, Matthew Wade & Mitchell Owen scored 13 runs each and Chris Jordan scored 18 runs in the previous match against Sydney Thunder.
- Riley Meredith took 2 wickets and Billy Stanlake, Chris Jordan, Nikhil Chaudhary took 1-1 wicket each in the previous match against Sydney Thunder.
- Both teams played 20 matches and Hobart Hurricanes team won 11 matches and lost 09 matches against Melbourne Renegades.
SQUADS
Batting – Tim David, Caleb Jewell, Charlie Wakim, Macalister Wright, Matthew Wade © (wk), Shai Hope (wk), Ben McDermott (wk).
Bowling – Rishad Hossain, Nathan Ellis, Peter Hatzoglou, Iain Carlisle, Patrick Dooley, Chris Jordan, Riley Meredith.
All Rounder – Nikhil Chaudhary, Mitchell Owen.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Mitchell Owen, Matthew Wade (wk), Ben McDermott/Caleb Jewell, Charlie Wakim, Tim David, Nikhil Chaudhary, Chris Jordan, Nathan Ellis ©, Billy Stanleke, Riley Meredith, Peter Hatzoglou.
PLAYER STATS:
1. MITCHELL OWEN – RHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 13r, 37r, 33r, 8r, 101r. |
| Stats on venue | 5 INNINGS – 184 RUNS – 1W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | 10r. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | 1 INNING – 10 RUNS. |
2. MATTHEW WADE (WK) – LHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 13r, 27r, 15r, 5r, 68r. |
| Stats on venue | 31 INNINGS – 675 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | 5r, 82r, 20r, 48r, 0r. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | 13 INNINGS – 367 RUNS. |
3. CHARLIE WAKIM – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 16r, 24r, 0r, 30r, 37r. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 16 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | 12r. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | 1 INNING – 12 RUNS. |
4. BEN McDERMOTT – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 17r, 34r, 68r, 5r, 0r. |
| Stats on venue | 34 INNINGS – 1017 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | 0r, 25r, 28r, 3r, 127r. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | 13 INNINGS – 599 RUNS – 66.6A. |
5. NIKHIL CHAUDHARY – RHB+RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 29+1W, 22+0W, 42+1W, 20+1W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | 6 INNINGS – 147 RUNS – 5W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | 2+1W. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | 1 INNINGS – 2 RUNS – 1W. |
6. TIM DAVID – RHB+RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 68r, 62r, 4r, 33r, 0r. |
| Stats on venue | 22 INNINGS – 484 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | 0r, 6r, 12r, 9r, 5r. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | 11 INNINGS – 162 RUNS. |
7. CHRIS JORDAN – RHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 18+1W, 1W, 3W, 2W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | 10 INNINGS – 58 RUNS – 9W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | 0W, 0W,0W, 2W, 0W. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | 8 INNINGS – 7 WICKETS. |
8. NATHAN ELLIS © – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 0W, 0W, 1W, 1W, 35+2W. |
| Stats on venue | 27 INNINGS – 119 RUNS – 37W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | 35+2W, 1W, 2W, 1W, 0W. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | 10 INNINGS – 11 WICKETS. |
9. RILEY MEREDITH – RAF
| Recent 5 Innings | 2W, 1W, 1W, 0W, 3W. |
| Stats on venue | 29 INNINGS – 40 WICKETS |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | 1W, 1W, 1W, 1W, 3W. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | 12 INNINGS – 18 WICKETS. |
10. BILLY STANLAKE – RAF
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 1W, 2W, 1W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | 8 INNINGS – 11 WICKETS |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | 1W, 2W, 0W, 2W, 2W. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | 6 INNINGS – 9 WICKETS. |
11.PETER HATZOGLOU – RALB
| Recent 5 Innings | 0W, 1W, 2W, 1W, 2W. |
| Stats on venue | 6 INNINGS – 8 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLR | 0W, 1W, 0W, 1W. |
| Total Stats vs MLR | 4 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
MELBOURNE RENEGADES (MLR)
TEAM NEWS
- Melbourne Renegades performed not too good in this season and won 3 matches lost 5 matches out of 8 matches and sixth positions in the point table.
- When the Last match was played between Hobart Hurricanes & Melbourne Renegades, Melbourne Renegades team successfully chased a low total of 74 runs and won the match by 6 wickets.
- Josh Brown has scored 145 runs in 7 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- Tim Seifert has scored 176 runs in 8 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- Jacob Bethell has scored 108 runs and also took 2 wickets in 7 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- Kane Richardson took 8 wickets in 7 innings in the previous season of Big Bash.
- Adam Zampa took 10 wickets in 8 innings in the previous season of Big Bash.
- Thomas Rogers has taken 15 wickets in 8 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- Will Sutherland has scored 163 runs and also taken 9 wickets in 8 innings in this season of Big Bash.
- In the last BBL match Melbourne Renegades team failed to defend a total of 165 runs and lost the match by 42 runs against Melbourne Stars.
- Tim Seifert scored 26 runs, Jake Fraser-McGurk scored 19 runs and Will Sutherland scored 15 runs in the previous match against Melbourne Stars.
- Adam Zampa, Thomas Rogers, Fergus O’Neil & Kane Richardson took 2-2 wickets each, Jacob Bethell took 1 wicket in the previous match against Melbourne Stars.
- Both teams played 20 matches and Melbourne Renegades team won 09 matches and lost 11 matches against Hobart Hurricanes.
SQUADS
Batting – Tim Seifert (wk), Harry Dixon, Laurie Evans, Mackenzie Harvey, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Josh Brown, Jonathan Wells.
Bowling – Nathan Lyon, Kane Richardson, Tom Rogers, Gurinder Sandhu, Adam Zampa.
All Rounder – Jacob Bethell, Fergus O’Neill, Will Sutherland.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Jake Fraser-McGurk, Marcus Harris, Josh Brown, Tim Seifert (wk), Jacob Bethell, Jonathan Wells, Harry Dixon, Will Sutherland ©, Fergus O’Neil, Tom Rogers, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson.
PLAYER STATS:
1. MARCUS HARRIS – LHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 1r, 21r, 41r, 0r, 2r. |
| Stats on venue | 5 INNINGS – 105 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs HBH | 3r, 2r, 20r, 3r, 50r. |
| Total Stats vs HBH | 8 INNINGS – 135 RUNS. |
2. JOSH BROWN – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 4r, 6r, 66r, 22r, 12r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs HBH | 13r, 19r, 9r, 0r. |
| Total Stats vs HBH | 4 INNINGS – 41 RUNS. |
3. JAKE FRASER-McGURK – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 19r, 0r, 12r, 1r, 26r. |
| Stats on venue | 5 INNINGS – 16 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs HBH | 5r, 26r, 0r, 1r, 21r. |
| Total Stats vs HBH | 7 INNINGS – 55 RUNS. |
4. TIM SEIFERT (WK) – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 26r, 0r, 17r, 4r, 9r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs HBH | 37r. |
| Total Stats vs HBH | 1 INNING – 37 RUNS. |
5. JACOB BETHELL – LHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 1r, 2r, 49r, 21r, 2r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs HBH | 3r. |
| Total Stats vs HBH | 1 INNING – 3 RUNS. |
6. HARRY DIXON – LHB+RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 13r, 13+2W, 1+0W, 19+1W, 28r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs HBH | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs HBH | NOT PLAYED YET. |
7. WILL SUTHERLAND © – RHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 15+0W, 70+2W, 9+0W, 18+0W, 2W. |
| Stats on venue | 2 INNINGS – 47 RUNS – 0W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs HBH | 3W, 12+0W, 7+0W, 4+1W, 40r. |
| Total Stats vs HBH | 7 INNINGS – 69 RUNS – 5W. |
8. TOM ROGERS – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 2W, 49+2W, 1W, 2W, 23+1W. |
| Stats on venue | 17 INNINGS – 52 RUNS – 13W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs HBH | 3W, 0W, 2W, 2W, 1W. |
| Total Stats vs HBH | 5 INNINGS – 8 WICKETS. |
9. FERGUS O’NEIL – RHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 12+2W, 0W, 0W, 1W, 3W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs HBH | 3W, 2W. |
| Total Stats vs HBH | 2 INNINGS – 5 WICKETS. |
10. ADAM ZAMPA – RALB
| Recent 5 Innings | 2W, 3W, 0W, 2W. |
| Stats on venue | 7 INNINGS – 5 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs HBH | 1W, 1W, 0W, 0W, 3W. |
| Total Stats vs HBH | 14 INNINGS – 15 WICKETS. |
11. KANE RICHARDSON – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 2W, 1W, 0W, 1W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | 8 INNINGS – 11 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs HBH | 0W, 1W, 2W, 0W, 1W. |
| Total Stats vs HBH | 12 INNINGS – 13 WICKETS. |
FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – T. Seifert.
BATSMEN – M. Owen, T. David, J. Bethell.
ALL-ROUNDERS – C. Jordan, N. Chaudhary, W. Sutherland, F O’Neil.
BOWLERS – T. Rogers, A. Zampa, R. Meredith.
GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – B. McDermott.
BATSMEN – M. Owen, T. David, J. Bethell.
ALL-ROUNDERS – C. Jordan, N. Chaudhary, W. Sutherland.
BOWLERS – T. Rogers, A. Zampa, R. Meredith, N. Ellis.
BACK-UPS – B. Stanlake, M. Wade.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – W. Sutherland, T. Rogers.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – M. Owen, C. Jordan.
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
HOBART HURRICANES MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.
