MATCH NO – 5 MATCH    

SERIES – Men’s Big Bash – 2024-25

DATE – 19th December, 2024

TIME – 01:45 PM IST

VENUE – Simonds Ground, Gleeson  

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

Simonds Stadium, also known as GMHBA Stadium, is located in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Primarily recognized as a venue for Australian rules football, it has also hosted several cricket matches, including T20 Internationals and domestic T20 games.

Pitch Characteristics:

Batting Surface: The pitch at Simonds Stadium is generally considered favorable for batting, offering a flat surface that allows the ball to come onto the bat nicely, facilitating stroke play. 

Pace vs. Spin: While the pitch supports batsmen, it also provides assistance to pace bowlers, especially under lights when conditions can offer movement. Spinners may find limited turn, making it crucial for them to focus on accuracy and variations.

T20 Statistics:

Average First Innings Score: In T20 Internationals, the average first innings score at Simonds Stadium is approximately 147 runs. 

Highest Total: The highest T20I total recorded here is 173 all out by Australia. 

Lowest Total: The lowest T20I total is 73 all out by the United Arab Emirates. 

Match Outcomes: Out of 7 T20I matches played, teams batting first have won 4 times, while teams chasing have secured victory on 3 occasions, indicating a slight advantage for setting a target. 

Recent Matches:

In recent Big Bash League (BBL) matches, the pitch has produced varied scoring encounters:

On January 11, 2022, Perth Scorchers posted 196/3 against Melbourne Stars, showcasing the pitch’s potential for high scores. 

Conversely, on December 30, 2022, Melbourne Renegades were restricted to 124/7, with Sydney Sixers chasing it down comfortably, highlighting that disciplined bowling can be rewarding. 

PERFECT LINEUP

Conclusion:

Simonds Stadium offers a balanced pitch that slightly favors batsmen but provides opportunities for bowlers who can exploit the conditions effectively. Captains winning the toss might prefer to bat first, aiming to set a competitive total around or above the average first innings score of 147, considering the ground’s history and recent match outcomes.

GROUND STATS (BBL)  

TOTAL MATCH	09
AVERAGE SCORE	150+
BATTING 1ST WON	03
BATTING 2ND WON	06
NO RESULT	00

 SCORING PATTERN

BELOW SCORE 150	04
BETWEEN 150 TO 169	03
BETWEEN 170 TO 189	01
ABOVE SCORE 190	01

BOWLERS STATS ON SIMONDS GROUND (BBL)

TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 09

PACER WICKETS – 75

SPINNER WICKETS – 26

MATCH PREVIEW

5th match played between One time winner Hobart Hurricanes (HBH) and One time winner Melbourne Renegades(MLR) is going to be an exciting contest. Both teams have a strong line-up. ln previous season Hobart Hurricanes (HBH) team performed not too good and won only 4 matches and lost 6 matches out of 10 matches and fifth position in point table whereas Melbourne Renegades ( MLR) performed very poor and won only 2 matches out of 10 matches and second last position in point table.    

Last Time when both teams met in a league match (HBH VS MLR) Melbourne Renegades team scored 147 runs and Hobart team successfully chased the total and won the match by 6 wickets.

Melbourne Renegades, as the home team, will have the advantage of playing in familiar conditions. They are known for their aggressive style of play and 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.

On the other hand, 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. 

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 Hobart Hurricanes and Melbourne Renegades.

HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS  

HBH VS MLR 

TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 19

• HBH WIN – 11
• MLR WIN – 09
• NO RESULT – 00

HBH VS MLR TEAM NEWS,SQUADS, PLAYING11 & PLAYER STATS

HOBART HURRICANES (HBH)

TEAM NEWS           

• Hobart Hurricanes performed not too good and won only 4 matches lost of 6 matches out of 10 matches and fifth position in point table.
• When the Last match was played between Hobart Hurricanes & Melbourne Renegades, Hobart team successfully chased a low total of 147 runs and won the match by 6 wickets.
• Matthew Wade scored 186 runs in 6 innings in the previous season of Big Bash.
• Ben McDermott scored 261 runs in 8 innings in the previous season of Big Bash.
• Caleb Jewell scored 187 runs in 10 innings in the previous season of Big Bash.
• Nikhil Chaudhary scored 154 runs and also took 5 wickets in 7 innings in the previous season of Big Bash.
• Macalister Wright scored 154 runs in 7 innings in the previous season of Big Bash.
• Nathan Ellis took 12 wickets in 10 innings in the previous season of Big Bash.
• Riley Meredith took 7 wickets in 9 innings in the previous season of Big Bash.
• Chris Jordan scored 133 runs and also took 9 wickets in 10 innings in the previous season of Big Bash.
• In the last BBL match Hobart team successfully defended a total of 187 runs and won the match by 7 runs against Melbourne Stars.
• Ben McDermott Scored 50 runs and Matthew Wade scored 63 runs in the previous match against Melbourne Stars.
• Nathan Ellis took 2 wickets and Riley Meredith & Chris Jordan took 1-1 wickets each in the previous match against Melbourne Stars.
• Both teams played 19 matches and Hobart Hurricanes team won 11 matches and lost 8 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

Matthew Wade (wk) ©, Ben McDermott, Caleb Jewell, Macalister Wright, Tim David, Nikhil Chaudhary, Rishad Hossain, Chris Jordan, Nathan Ellis, Peter Hatzoglou, Riley Meredith.

PLAYER STATS:

1. MATTHEW WADE © (WK)  – LHB

Recent 5 Innings	68r, 5r, 21r, 8r, 1r.
Stats on venue	NOT PLAYED YET.
5 Innings Against vs MLR	82r, 20r, 48r, 0r, 13r..
Total Stats vs MLR	12 INNINGS – 362 RUNS.

2. BEN McDERMOTT – RHB

Recent 5 Innings	3r, 16r, 3r, 13r, 68r.
Stats on venue	NOT PLAYED YET.
5 Innings Against vs MLR	25r, 28r, 3r, 127r, 1r.
Total Stats vs MLR	12 INNINGS – 599 RUNS – 75A.

3. CALEB JEWELL – LHB

Recent 5 Innings	16r, 4r, 5r, 61r, 3r.
Stats on venue	NOT PLAYED YET.
5 Innings Against vs MLR	13r, 0r, 28r, 8r, 35r.
Total Stats vs MLR	7 INNINGS – 88 RUNS.

4. MACALISTER WRIGHT – RHB

Recent 5 Innings	0r, 36r, 16r, 37r, 11r.
Stats on venue	NOT PLAYED YET.
5 Innings Against vs MLR	8r, 63r, 70r.
Total Stats vs MLR	3 INNINGS – 141 RUNS.

5. TIM DAVID – RHB+RAO

Recent 5 Innings	24r, 1r, 30r, 21r, 2r.
Stats on venue	1 INNING – 16 RUNS.
5 Innings Against vs MLR	6+1W, 12r, 9r, 5r, 46r.
Total Stats vs MLR	10 INNINGS – 162 RUNS – 1W.

6. NIKHIL CHAUDHARY – RHB+RAMF

Recent 5 Innings	16r, 2r, 3r, 5r, 5r.
Stats on venue	NOT PLAYED YET.
5 Innings Against vs MLR	1W..
Total Stats vs MLR	1 INNING – 1 WICKET.

7. CHRIS JORDAN – RHB+RAMF

Recent 5 Innings	13+0W, 3W, 27+1W, 2W, 0W.
Stats on venue	2 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS.
5 Innings Against vs MLR	0W, 0W, 2W, 0W, 2W.
Total Stats vs MLR	7 INNINGS – 7 WICKETS.

8. RISHAD HOSSAIN – RHB+RALB

Recent 5 Innings	1W, 2W, 1W, 2W, 0W.
Stats on venue	NOT PLAYED YET.
5 Innings Against vs MLR	NOT PLAYED YET.
Total Stats vs MLR	NOT PLAYED YET.

9. NATHAN ELLIS – RAMF

Recent 5 Innings	1W, 0W, 3W, 0W, 0W.
Stats on venue	NOT PLAYED YET.
5 Innings Against vs MLR	1W, 2W, 1W, 0W, 0W.
Total Stats vs MLR	9 INNINGS – 9 WICKETS.

10. RILEY MEREDITH – RAF

Recent 5 Innings	4W, 1W, 3W, 3W, 1W.
Stats on venue	NOT PLAYED YET.
5 Innings Against vs MLR	1W, 1W, 1W, 3W, 1W.
Total Stats vs MLR	11 INNINGS – 17 WICKETS.

11. PETER HATZOGLOU – RALB

Recent 5 Innings	2W, 1W, 2W, 0W, 0W.
Stats on venue	1 INNING – 1 WICKET.
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 very poor and won only 2 matches lost 6 matches out of 10 matches and seven positions in the point table. 
• When the Last match was played between Hobart Hurricanes & Melbourne Renegades, Melbourne Renegades team failed to defend a low total of 147 runs and lost the match by 6 wickets.
• Josh Brown scored 366 runs in 9 innings in the previous season of Big Bash.
• Laurie Evans scored 292 runs in 7 innings with 58+avg in the previous season of Big Bash.
• Jake Fraser-McGurk scored 257 runs in 8 innings in the previous season of Big Bash.
• Jonathan Wells scored 157 runs in 7 innings in the previous season of Big Bash.
• Kane Richardson took 6 wickets in 6 innings in the previous season of Big Bash.
• Thomas Rogers took 8 wickets in 9 innings in the previous season of Big Bash.
• Adam Zampa took 6 wickets in 8 innings in the previous season of Big Bash.
• Will Sutherland scored 112 runs and  took 7 wickets in 8 innings in the previous season of Big Bash.
• In the last BBL match Melbourne Renegades team failed to defend a total of 169 runs and lost the match by 5 wickets against Sydney Sixers.
• Tim Seifert Scored 55 runs,Josh Brown scored 22 runs, Jake Fraser scored 21 runs and Will Sutherland scored 36 runs in the previous match against Sydney Sixers.
• Will Sutherland took 2 wickets and Thomas Rogers, Hassan Khan & Kane Richardson took 1-1 wickets each in the previous match against Sydney Sixers.
• Both teams played 19 matches and Melbourne Renegades team won 8 matches and lost 11 matches against Hobart Hurricanes.    

SQUADS

Batting – Tim Seifert (wk), Harry Dixn, 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, Josh Brown, Tim Seifert (wk), Mackenzie Harvey, Laurie Evans, Will Sutherland ©, Hassan Khan, Tom Rogers, Adam Zampa, Fergus O’Neill, Kane Richardson.

PLAYER STATS:

1. JOSH BROWN – RHB

Recent 5 Innings	22r, 1r, 10r, 17r, 3r.
Stats on venue	NOT PLAYED YET.
5 Innings Against vs HBH	19r, 9r, 0r.
Total Stats vs HBH	3 INNINGS – 28 RUNS.

2. JAKE FRASER-McGURK – RHB

Recent 5 Innings	21r, 43r, 1r, 18r, 20r.
Stats on venue	2 INNINGS – 12 RUNS.
5 Innings Against vs HBH	26r, 0r, 1r, 21r, 0r.
Total Stats vs HBH	6 INNINGS – 50 RUNS.

3. TIM SEIFERT  (WK) – RHB

Recent 5 Innings	55r, 2r, 102r, 6r, 3r.
Stats on venue	NOT PLAYED YET.
5 Innings Against vs HBH	NOT PLAYED YET.
Total Stats vs HBH	NOT PLAYED YET.

4. MACKENZIE HARVEY – LHB

Recent 5 Innings	11r, 1r, 134r, 2r, 21r.
Stats on venue	4 INNINGS – 21 RUNS.
5 Innings Against vs HBH	0r, 40r, 15r, 7r.
Total Stats vs HBH	4 INNINGS – 62 RUNS.

5. LAURIE EVANS – RHB

Recent 5 Innings	1r, 0r, 18r, 15r, 12r.
Stats on venue	1 INNING – 69 RUNS.
5 Innings Against vs HBH	9r, 40r.
Total Stats vs HBH	2 INNINGS – 49 RUNS.

 6. HASSAN KHAN – RHB+LAO

Recent 5 Innings	6+1W, 1r, 27r, 25+1W,  2W.
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	36+2W, 9+0W, 27+2W, 32+0W,  3W.
Stats on venue	6 INNINGS – 20 RUNS – 3W.
5 Innings Against vs HBH	12+0W, 0W, 4+1W, 40r, 6+1W.
Total Stats vs HBH	6 INNINGS – 69 RUNS – 2W.

8. TOM ROGERS – RAMF

Recent 5 Innings	1W, 14+1W, 1W, 0W, 11+0W.
Stats on venue	3 INNINGS – 6 WICKETS.
5 Innings Against vs HBH	0W, 2W, 2W, 1W.
Total Stats vs HBH	4 INNINGS – 5 WICKETS.

9. ADAM ZAMPA – RALB

Recent 5 Innings	0W, 3W, 1W, 2W, 2W.
Stats on venue	1 INNING – 1 WICKET.
5 Innings Against vs HBH	1W, 0W, 0W, 3W, 1W.
Total Stats vs HBH	13 INNINGS – 14 WICKETS.

10. KANE RICHARDSON – RAMF

Recent 5 Innings	1W, 2W, 0W, 0W, 0W.
Stats on venue	8 INNINGS – 5 WICKETS.
5 Innings Against vs HBH	1W, 2W, 0W, 1W, 0W.
Total Stats vs HBH	11 INNINGS – 13 WICKETS.

11. FERGUS O’NEIL – RAMF

Recent 5 Innings	0W, 5W, 4W, 0W, 0W.
Stats on venue	NOT PLAYED YET.
5 Innings Against vs HBH	2W.
Total Stats vs HBH	1 INNING – 2 WICKETS.

FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM

SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)

WK BATSMAN – T. Seifert, B. McDermott.

BATSMEN – T. David, J. Fraser-McGurk, J. Brown.

ALL-ROUNDERS – C. Jordan, W. Sutherland, N. Chaudhary.

BOWLERS – K. Richardson, R. Meredith, N. Ellis.

GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)

WK BATSMAN – T. Seifert, M. Wade, B. McDermott.

BATSMEN – T. David, J. Fraser-McGurk

ALL-ROUNDERS – C. Jordan, W. Sutherland,

BOWLERS – K. Richardson, T. Rogers, N. Ellis, A. Zampa.

BACK-UPS – L. Evans, C. Jewell, H. Khan.                  

CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – W. Sutherland, C. Jordan.

CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – B. McDermott, J. Fraser. 

POSSIBLE OUTCOME – 

HOBART HURRICANES  MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.