MATCH NO – 32nd MATCH
SERIES – Men’s Big Bash – 2023
DATE – 10th January, 2024
TIME – 02:10 PM IST
VENUE – Brisbane Cricket Stadium, The Gabba
INTRODUCTION
Men’s Big Bash league is one of the most popular leagues in Men’s cricket. In this league many big stars like Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Steven Smith, Tim David, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Nathan Lyon etc play for many frenchies.
This t20 format started from 2011 by cricket Australia, This is an Australian professional t20 league and second most famous league after Indian Premier League.
Big bash league 2023-24 will start from 7th December.32nd match of Men’s Big bash will be played between Perth Scorcher & Brisbane Heat.Most Successful team of Big Bash history Perth Scorchers team have won 5 trophies of Big Bash league.Whereas Brisbane Heat have won one trophy of Big Bash League.
MATCH PREVIEW
The 32nd match played between Brisbane Heat (BRH) and Perth Scorchers (PRS) is going to be an exciting contest. Both teams have a strong line-up. In this season Brisbane Heat have won 6 matches out of 8 matches whereas Perth Scorchers won 5 out of 7 matches and lost 1 match. Perth Scorchers is 2nd position in point table whereas Brisbane Heat is table topper in point table.
Last time when both teams Brisbane Heat and Perth Scorcher played between each other Brisbane Heat scored 173 runs & Perth Scorchers chased it and won the match by 8 wickets.
Brisbane Heat, as the home team, will have the advantage of playing in familiar conditions.They have proven themselves in this Men’s Big Bash season and won 6 matches out of 8 matches, and only unbeaten team in this Big Bash season.They are known for their aggressive style of play and have a talented batting line-up, including the likes of Colin Munro, Max Brynat, Marnus Labuschagne, Usman Khawaja & Matt Renshaw. Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Spencer Johnson, Xavier Bartlett, Matthew Kuhnemann, Mitchell Swepson.They have many experience player like, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Colin Munro, Mitchell Swepson who gave solidity to the Brisbane Heat Team.
On the other hand, One of the most successful teams in big bash history Perth Scorchers is a well-balanced team with a blend of experienced and talented players. They have proven themselves in this Men’s Big Bash season unbeaten yet and won 5 matches out of 7 matches.They have talented & aggressive batsmen like Mitchell Marsh, Ashton Turner, Aaron Hardie, Laurie Evans, Sam Whiteman, Zak Crawley, Josh Inglis. Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Ashton Agar, Jhye Richardson, Jason Behrendorff, Andrew Tye & Lance Morris, adding 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 Brisbane Heat and Perth Scorchers.
PITCH REPORT
The Gabba Ground is an International cricket stadium located in Brisbane, Australia. It is owned and operated by the Brisbane’s cricket association operated by Cricket Australia. and serves as the home ground for the Brisbane Heat team. The stadium is in Brisbane, Australia.First test match was played on this ground in 1931 between Australia men’s team & South Africa men’s team.First Odi match was played on this ground in 1979 between Australian men’s Team & South Africa Men’sTeam.
Brisbane Cricket Ground is also known as The Gabba the one of the most popular grounds in the cricket world which is operated by the Australia Cricket Board. It has a seating capacity of 37000 and has hosted various international womens’ cricket matches, including Test matches and One Day Internationals.
Overall, Brisbane Cricket Ground holds a significant place in Women’s Big Bash cricket history and continues to be a prominent venue for domestic and international cricket matches in Brisbane.
This pitch has served – matches of Women’s Big Bash League and in 58 matches 30 times the first batting team won the match and 27 times second batting won the match. So toss is not an important role for this match.
The wicket boasts a consistently grass-covered, flat surface, promising reliable pace and bounce. After winning the toss, winning teams will likely bat first, aiming to set a target for their opponents on this ideal batting track. In the last two matches we have seen both matches were 180+ runs & 160+ runs in this venue.the most famous moment on the ground is one firmly from the past. The image of the deciding run-out in the tied Test of 1960-61, between Australia and West Indies, is one of the best known cricketing images of all time. In more recent times it has become a favourite haunt of Shane Warne, with the extra bounce from the often excellent wickets helping his leg spin.
GROUND STATS (BBL)
| TOTAL MATCH | 58 |
| AVERAGE SCORE | 165+ |
| BATTING 1ST WON | 30 |
| BATTING 2ND WON | 27 |
| NO RESULT | 01 |
SCORING PATTERN
| BELOW SCORE 150 | 16 |
| BETWEEN 150 TO 169 | 15 |
| BETWEEN 170 TO 189 | 15 |
| ABOVE SCORE 190 | 12 |
BOWLERS STATS ON THE GABBA (BBL)
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 58
PACER WICKETS – 452
SPINNER WICKETS – 236.
BRH TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Brisbane Heat is looking in very good form in this season and still unbeaten, They have won 6 matches out of 8 matches.
- Last time when both times played against each other Brisbane Heat have lost both against Perth Scorchers.
- Colin Munro scored 222 runs in 6 innings with 44+Avg in this Big Bash season and highest run scorer for Brisbane Heat.
- Nathan McSweeney scored 142 runs in just 5- innings in this season.
- Xavier Bartlett took 13 wickets in 6 innings in this big bash season and highest wicket taker in this season.
- Mitchell Swepson took 8 wickets in 6 innings in this big bash season.
- Paul Walter took 10 wickets in 6 innings in this big bash season.
- Matthew Kuhnemann took 7 wickets in 6 innings for this Big Bash season.
- Both teams played 21 matches and the Brisbane Heat team won 07 matches and lost 14 matches against Perth Scorchers.
SQUADS
Batting – Jimmy Pierson © (wk), Sam Billings (wk), Colin Munro, Max Bryant, Josh Brown, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Matt Renshaw.
Bowling – Spencer Johnson, Xavier Bartlett, Matthew Kuhnemann, Jack Wood, Will Prestwidge, Mitchell Swepson.
All Rounder – Micheal Neser, Paul Walter, Jack Wildermuth.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Josh Brown/Usman Khawaja ©, Colin Munro, Nathan McSweeney, Matt Renshaw, Sam Billing (wk), Michela Neser, Paul Walter, Spencer Johnson, Xavier Bartlett, Matthew Kuhnemann, Mitchell Swepson.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Colin Munro | 56r, 9r, 0r, 12r, 46r. |
| Josh Brown | 19r, 43r, 39r, 14r, 14r. |
| Nathan McSweeney | 9r, 22r, 73r, 9r, 29r. |
| Matt Renshaw | 5r, 3r, 17r, 49r, 20r. |
| Sam Billings | 3r, 1r, 23r, 40r, 23r. |
| Paul Walter | 22+2W, 23+2W, 1+0W, 30+3W, 6+2W. |
| Micheal Neser | 1W, 0W, 0W, 0W, 1W. |
| Xavier Bartlett | 3W, 1W, 3W, 1W, 3W. |
| Matthew Kuhnemann | 0W, 2W, 2W, 0W, 2W. |
| Spencer Johnson | 2W, 1W, 2W, 1W, 0W. |
| Mitchell Swepson | 1W, 1W, 1W, 2W, 3W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON THE GABBA (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Colin Munro | 6 INNINGS – 189 RUNS. |
| Josh Brown | 6 INNINGS – 142 RUNS. |
| Nathan McSweeney | 4 INNINGS – 172 RUNS. |
| Matt Renshaw | 16 INNINGS – 284 RUNS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Sam Billings | 8 INNINGS – 242 RUNS. |
| Paul Walter | 3 INNINGS – 23 RUNS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Micheal Neser | 17 INNINGS – 76 RUNS – 20 WICKETS. |
| Xavier Bartlett | 12 INNINGS – 18 WICKETS. |
| Matthew Kuhnemann | 15 INNINGS – 11 WICKETS. |
| Spencer Johnson | 27 INNINGS – 23 WICKETS. |
| Mitchell Swepson | 6 INNINGS – 6 WICKETS. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS PRS (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS PRS |
| Colin Munro | 45r. |
| Josh Brown | 15r, 18r, 34r. |
| Nathan McSweeney | 41r, 6r, 6r. |
| Matt Renshaw | 27r, 19r, 3r, 1r, 1r. |
| Sam Billings | 27r, 19r, 67r, 83r, 33r. |
| Paul Walter | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Micheal Neser | 0W, 0W, 0W, 1W, 0W. |
| Xavier Bartlett | 1W, 1W, 34+1W, 19+0W, 0W. |
| Matthew Kuhnemann | 1W, 1W, 1W, 1W, 0W. |
| Spencer Johnson | 1W, 0W. |
| Mitchell Swepson | 0W, 2W, 1W, 2W, 1W. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS PRS (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS PRS |
| Colin Munro | 1 INNING – 45 RUNS. |
| Josh Brown | 3 INNINGS – 7 RUNS. |
| Nathan McSweeney | 3 INNINGS – 53 RUNS. |
| Matt Renshaw | 7 INNINGS – 84 RUNS. |
| Sam Billings | 7 INNINGS – 269 RUNS. |
| Paul Walter | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Micheal Neser | 13 INNINGS – 12 WICKETS. |
| Xavier Bartlett | 5 INNINGS – 59 RUNS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Matthew Kuhnemann | 6 INNINGS – 6 WICKETS. |
| Spencer Johnson | 2 INNINGS – 1 WICKET. |
| Mitchell Swepson | 7 INNINGS – 10 WICKETS. |
PRS TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Perth Scorchers team is one of the most successful teams of the big bash league season. Perth Scorchers team have won 5 Big bash trophies.
- Last match played between Brisbane Heat & Perth Scorchers, Brisbane Heat scored 174 runs and Perth Scorchers team chased successfully and won the match by 5 wickets.
- In the last match against Sydney Thunder, Sydney Thunder team scored 137 and Perth chased this target and won the match by 7 wickets.
- Aaron Hardie scored 273 runs in 7 innings in this Big Bash season and highest run scorer for Perth Scorchers team.
- Laurie Evans scored 143 runs in 4 innings in this Big Bash Season.
- Jason Behrendroff took 9 wickets in 6 innings in this big bash season.
- Lance Morris took 9 wickets in 5 innings in this big bash season.
- Andrew Tye took 7 wickets in 7 innings in this big bash season.
- Both teams played 21 matches and Perth Scorchers won 14 matches and lost 07 matches against Brisbane Heat.
SQUADS
Batting – Nick Hobson, Laurie Evans, Zak Crawley, Sam Fanning, Josh Inglis(wk), Sam Whiteman(wk), Stephen Eskinazi (wk).
Bowling – Lance Morris, Andrew Tye, Jhye Richardson, Jason Behrendroff, Matthew Kelly, Liam Haskett, Cameron Gannon.
All Rounder – Aaron Hardie ©, Cooper Connolly, Ashton Turner, Mitchell Marsh, Ashton Agar.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Zak Crawley, Sam Whiteman, Aaron Hardie ©, Josh Ingis (wk), Laurie Evans, Cooper Connolly, Ashton Agar, Jhye Richardson, Andrew Tye, Lance Morris, Jason Behrendroff/Hamish McKenzie.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Zak Crawley | 58r, 8r, 10r, 1r, 65r. |
| Sam Whiteman | 10r, 0r, 31r, 10r, 137r. |
| Aaron Hardie | 22+0W, 35r, 34r, 57r, 85r. |
| Josh Inglis | 26r, 39r, 26r, 64r, 17r. |
| Laurie Evans | 25r, 9r, 85r, 24r, 13r. |
| Cooper Connolly | 3W, 23+0W, 14+0W, 0r, 5r. |
| Ashton Agar | 2W, 0W, 0W, 0W, 1W. |
| Jhye Richardson | 0W, 0W, 2W, 1W, 0W. |
| Andrew Tye | 0W, 0W, 2W, 2W, 2W. |
| Jason Behrendroff | 0W, 1W, 1W, 4W, 3W. |
| Lance Morris | 0W, 1W, 5W, 2W, 1W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON THE GABBA (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Zak Crawley | 1 INNING – 5 RUNS. |
| Sam Whiteman | 2 INNINGS – 18 RUNS. |
| Aaron Hardie | 1 INNING – 65 RUNS. |
| Josh Inglis | 3 INNINGS – 78 RUNS. |
| Laurie Evans | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Cooper Connolly | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Ashton Agar | 3 INNINGS – 38 RUNS – 1 WICKET. |
| Jhye Richardson | 2 INNINGS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Andrew Tye | 4 INNINGS – 6 WICKETS. |
| Jason Behrendroff | 3 INNINGS – 4 WICKETS. |
| Lance Morris | NOT PLAYED YET. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS BRH (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS BRH |
| Zak Crawley | 3r, 5r. |
| Sam Whiteman | 11r, 4r, 12r, 5r, 6r. |
| Aaron Hardie | 17r, 65r, 57r, 6r, 5r. |
| Josh Inglis | 26r, 67r, 6r, 28r, 12r. |
| Laurie Evans | 33r. |
| Cooper Connolly | 0W, 25+0W. |
| Ashton Agar | 0W, 1W, 1W, 14+2W, 11+0W. |
| Jhye Richardson | 0W, 1W, 2W, 2W, 1W. |
| Andrew Tye | 1W, 1W, 3W, 1W, 2W |
| Jason Behrendroff | 2W, 3W, 1W, 2W, 1W. |
| Lance Morris | 2W, 0W. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS BRH (BBL)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS BRH |
| Zak Crawley | 2 INNINGS – 8 RUNS. |
| Sam Whiteman | 5 INNINGS – 38 RUNS. |
| Aaron Hardie | 6 INNINGS – 161 RUNS. |
| Josh Inglis | 10 INNINGS – 220 RUNS. |
| Laurie Evans | 1 INNING – 33 RUNS. |
| Cooper Connolly | 2 INNINGS – 25 RUNS – 0 WICKET. |
| Ashton Agar | 9 INNINGS – 102 RUNS – 5 WICKETS. |
| Jhye Richardson | 9 INNINGS – 10 WICKETS. |
| Andrew Tye | 15 INNINGS – 23 WICKETS. |
| Jason Behrendroff | 14 INNINGS – 23 WICKETS. |
| Lance Morris | 2 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 21
- PRS WIN – 14
- BRH WIN – 07
- NO RESULT – 00
FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – J. Inglis.
BATSMEN – C. Munro, Z. Crawley, L. Evans.
ALL-ROUNDERS – P. Walter, A. Hardie, C. Connolly.
BOWLERS – J. Behrendorff, A. Tye, X. Bartlett, L. Morris.
GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – S. Billings, J. Inglis.
BATSMEN – L. Evans, C. Munro.
ALL-ROUNDERS – M. Neser, P. Walter, A. Hardie.
BOWLERS – J. Richardson, L.Morris, X. Bartlett, M. Swepson.
BACK-UPS – A. Agar, J. Brown, N. McSweeney, S. Johnson.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – A. Hardie, P. Walter.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – X. Bartlett, C. Munro.
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
PERTH SCORCHERS MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.