MATCH NO – 10th MATCH
SERIES – Men’s Big Bash – 2023
DATE – 21st December, 2023
TIME – 01:45 pM IST
VENUE – Docklands Stadium, Melbourne
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, David Warner, Steven Smith, Tim David, Matthew Wade 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.10th match of Men’s Big bash will be played between melbourne Renegades & Brisbane Heat. Defending Runner up of previous season of Big Bash Brisbane Heat team have won one trophy of Big Bash league. Whereas Melbourne Renegades have won one trophy of Big Bash League.
MATCH PREVIEW
The 10th match played between Melbourne Renegades(MLR) and Brisbane Heat(BRH) is going to be an exciting contest. Both teams have a strong line-up. In the previous season Melbourne Renegades have won 7 matches out of 14 matches whereas Brisbane Heat have won 6 matches out of 14 matches in the previous match.
Last time when both teams Melbourne Renegades and Brisbane Heat played between each other Brisbane Heat scored just 137 runs & Brisbane Heat chased it successfully and won the match by 4 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 Quinton de Kock, Nic Maddinson,Jonathan Wells, Josh Brown, Aaron Finch. Their bowling department is one of the most well-equipped with bowlers like Kane Richardson, Peter Siddle, Mujeeb ur Rahamn, Thomas Rogers.This season they have added many good and experienced players like Peter Siddle & Quinton de Kock, who gave solidity in both batting & bowling for the Melbourne Renegades team.
On the other hand,Brisbane Heat have a good combination of players. 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 likeSpencer 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..
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 Melbourne Renegades and Brisbane Heat.
PITCH REPORT
Dockland Stadium is an International cricket stadium located in Melbourne, Australia. It is owned and operated by the Melbourne’s cricket association operated by Cricket Australia. It serves as the home ground for the Melbourne Renegades team. The stadium is in Melbourne, Australia.First ODI match was played on this ground in 2000 between Australia men’s team & South Africa men’s team. Not any T20I & Test match played yet on this grounds.
The Dockland Stadium is the one of the most popular grounds in the cricket world which is operated by the Australia Cricket Board. This is also known as Marvel stadium. It has a seating capacity of 40000 and has hosted various international mens’ cricket matches, including and One Day Internationals.
Overall, Docklands 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 Melbourne.
This pitch has served – matches of Men’s Big Bash League and in 60 matches 28 times the first batting team won the match and 32 times second batting won the match. So toss is not an important role for this matcht.
Melbourne’s pitch is balanced for both departments. The last Big Bash season witnessed the batting first side crossing 162 and the second batting team successfully chased it and won the match by 7 wickets.In 60 matches played 22 times the team scored 175+ runs on board.
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. The role of pacers becomes crucial in the Australian conditions. Due to the big boundaries, spinners and pacers who use variations can be effective here. Talking about the Par score, the team batting first should aim to score at least 170 to be considered a competitive total. In 60 matches played on this ground 28 matches batting 1st won and 32 matches won by 2nd batting.
GROUND STATS (BBL)
TOTAL MATCH | 60 |
AVERAGE SCORE | 160+ |
BATTING 1ST WON | 28 |
BATTING 2ND WON | 32 |
NO RESULT | 00 |
SCORING PATTERN
BELOW SCORE 120 | 16 |
BETWEEN 120 TO 139 | 22 |
BETWEEN 140 TO 159 | 15 |
ABOVE SCORE 160 | 07 |
BOWLERS STATS ON DOCKLANDS STADIUM (BBL)
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 60
PACER WICKETS – 400
SPINNER WICKETS – 210.
MLR TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Melbourne Renegades were looking good in the previous season of the Men’s Big Bash and won 7 out of 14 matches.
- This season Melbourne Renegades brought good players like Quinton de Kock, Adam Zampa & Peter Siddle.
- The Melbourne Renegades team is looking good in batting and bowling and is looking very balanced this season also like other seasons.
- Quinton de Kock, Aaron Finch, Nic Maddinson give solidity in the batting order of Melbourne Renegades.
- Kane Richardson, Peter Siddle, Tom Rogers & Mujeeb ur Rahaman make a strong bowling unit in BIg bash.
- Last match of the Melbourne Renegades was washed out due to rain.
- Last season when both teams played against each other Melbourne Renegades won both matches against Brisbane Heat.
- Both teams played 20 matches and Melbourne Renegades team won 13 matches and lost 7 matches against Brisbane Heat.
SQUADS
Batting – Quinton de Kock(wk), Joe Clarke (wk), Jordan Cox (wk), Aaron Finch, Nic Maddinson ©, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mackenzie Harvey, Shaun Marsh, Jonathan Wells, Harry Dixon.
Bowling – Kane Richardson, Peter Siddle, Tom Rogers, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Adam Zampa, Nathan Lyon, Ruwantha Kellapotha.
All Rounder – Will Sutherland, Fergus O’Neil.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Quinton de Kock (wk), Joe Clarke, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Nic Madiinson ©, Aaron Finch, Jonathan Wells, Will Sutherland, Tom Rogers, Kane Richardson, Peter Siddle, Mujeeb ur Rahman.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
Quinton de Kock | 12r, 1r, 5r, 11r, 2r. |
Joe Clarke | 6r, 22r, 70r, 62r, 141r. |
Aaron Finch | 33r, 11r, 42r, 19r, 2r. |
Nic Maddinson | 6r, 0r, 0r, 1r, 0r. |
Jonathan Wells | 6r, 12r, 20r, 5r, 44r. |
Jake Fraser-McGurk | 48r, 101r, 6r, 31r, 8r. |
Will Sutherland | 1W, 51+2W, 13+0W, 14+0W, 18+4W. |
Tom Rogers | 1W, 0W, 2W, 42+1W, 1W. |
Kane Richardson | 1W, 1W, 2W, 1W, 1W. |
Mujeeb ur Rajman | 0W, 0W, 1W, 0W, 1W. |
Peter Siddle | 0W, 3W, 3W, 1W, 2W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON DOCKLAND STADIUM (BBL)
PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
Quinton de Kock | NOT PLAYED YET. |
Joe Clarke | 2 INNINGS – 69 RUNS. |
Aaron Finch | 42 INNINGS – 1554 RUNS. |
Nic Maddinson | 13 INNINGS – 208 RUNS – 3 WICKETS. |
Jonathan Wells | 10 INNINGS – 165 RUNS. |
Jake Fraser-McGurk | 9 INNINGS – 149 RUNS. |
Will Sutherland | 15 INNINGS – 74 RUNS – 10 WICKETS. |
Tom Rogers | 10 INNINGS -17 WICKETS. |
Kane Richardson | 25 INNINGS – 36 WICKETS. |
Mujeeb ur Rajman | 4 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
Peter Siddle | 7 INNINGS – 5 WICKET. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS BRH (BBL)
PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS BRH |
Quinton de Kock | NOT PLAYED YET. |
Joe Clarke | 31r, 4r, 62r, 85r. |
Aaron Finch | 10r, 31r, 4r, 37r, 4r. |
Nic Maddinson | 2r, 87r, 22r, 19r, 3r. |
Jonathan Wells | 12r, 0r, 1r, 23r, 55r. |
Jake Fraser-McGurk | 6r, 3r, 6r, 7r, 40r. |
Will Sutherland | 0W, 0W, 0W, 0W, 0W. |
Tom Rogers | 2W, 4W, 1W, 1W, 2W. |
Kane Richardson | 0W, 0W, 2W, 1W, 1W. |
Mujeeb ur Rajman | 1W, 0W. |
Peter Siddle | 2W, 2W, 0W, 2W, 1W. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS BRH (BBL)
PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS BRH |
Quinton de Kock | NOT PLAYED YET. |
Joe Clarke | 4 INNINGS – 182 RUNS. |
Aaron Finch | 14 INNINGS – 516 RUNS. |
Nic Maddinson | 15 INNINGS – 288 RUNS. |
Jonathan Wells | 18 INNINGS – 406 RUNS. |
Jake Fraser-McGurk | 5 INNINGS – 62 RUNS. |
Will Sutherland | 6 INNINGS – 49 RUNS – 3 WICKETS. |
Tom Rogers | 6 INNINGS – 10 WICKETS. |
Kane Richardson | 12 INNINGS – 13 WICKETS. |
Mujeeb ur Rajman | 2 INNINGS – 1 WICKET. |
Peter Siddle | 13 INNINGS – 16 WICKETS. |
BRH TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Brisbane Heat were looking good in the previous season of the Men’s Big Bash and Fifth position in point table.
- Brisbane Heat bought good players like Paul Walter who performed really well in the THE 100s league in both Batting & Bowling.
- The Brisbane team is looking good in batting, but bowling is a weak point after the release of Mark Steeketee.
- Usman Khawaja & Marnus Labuschagne will miss some matches due to the test series against Pakistan.
- In the last matches, Brisbane Heat team Successfully defended an average score of 151 runs against Sydney Thunder and won the match by 20 runs.
- Both teams played 20 matches and the Brisbane Heat team won 07 matches and lost 13 matches against Melbourne Renegades.
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/Max Bryant, Spencer Johnson, Xavier Bartlett, Matthew Kuhnemann, Mitchell Swepson.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
Colin Munro | 46r, 99r, 44r, 36r, 1r. |
Josh Brown | 14r, 38r, 25r, 20r, 39r. |
Nathan McSweeney | 29r, 25r, 20r, 53r, 36r. |
Matt Renshaw | 20r, 6r, 37r, 3+0W, 2+1W. |
Sam Billings | 23r, 18r, 10r, 76r, 0r. |
Paul Walter | 6+2W, 1W, 73+0W, 41r, 13+0W. |
Micheal Neser | 1W, 2W, 0W, 0W, 0W. |
Xavier Bartlett | 3W, 2W, 3W, 0W, 1W. |
Matthew Kuhnemann | 2W, 1W, 1W, 0W, 2W. |
Spencer Johnson | 0W, 1W, 0W, 0W, 2W. |
Mitchell Swepson | 2W, 3W, 0W, 0W, 2W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON DOCKLAND STADIUM (BBL)
PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
Colin Munro | 7 INNINGS – 202 RUNS. |
Josh Brown | 1 INNING – 39 RUNS. |
Nathan McSweeney | 1 INNING – 6 RUNS. |
Matt Renshaw | 2 INNINGS – 92 RUNS. |
Sam Billings | NOT PLAYED YET. |
Paul Walter | NOT PLAYED YET. |
Micheal Neser | 6 INNINGS – 9 WICKETS. |
Xavier Bartlett | 3 INNINGS – 5 WICKETS. |
Matthew Kuhnemann | 3 INNINGS – 1 WICKET. |
Spencer Johnson | 1 INNING – 0 WICKET. |
Mitchell Swepson | 4 INNINGS – 4 WICKETS. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS MLR(BBL)
PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS MLR |
Colin Munro | 8r, 35r, 58r, 20r, 52r. |
Josh Brown | 39r, 7r. |
Nathan McSweeney | NOT PLAYED YET. |
Matt Renshaw | 27r, 29r, 30r, 35r, 65r. |
Sam Billings | 25r, 6r, 10r, 22r. |
Paul Walter | NOT PLAYED YET. |
Micheal Neser | 2W, 4W, 1W, 2W, 0W. |
Xavier Bartlett | 3W, 0W, 1W, 2W, 1W. |
Matthew Kuhnemann | 0W, 0W, 3W, 1W. |
Spencer Johnson | 0W. |
Mitchell Swepson | 0W, 1W, 1W, 2W, 0W. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS MLR (BBL)
PLAYERS NAME |
TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS MLR |
Colin Munro | 6 INNINGS – 173 RUNS. |
Josh Brown | 2 INNINGS – 46 RUNS. |
Nathan McSweeney | NOT PLAYED YET. |
Matt Renshaw | 9 INNINGS – 219 RUNS. |
Sam Billings | 4 INNINGS – 63 RUNS. |
Paul Walter | NOT PLAYED YET. |
Micheal Neser | 12 INNINGS – 108 RUNS – 18 WICKETS. |
Xavier Bartlett | 5 INNINGS – 7 WICKETS. |
Matthew Kuhnemann | 4 INNINGS – 4 WICKETS. |
Spencer Johnson | 1 INNING – 0 WICKET. |
Mitchell Swepson | 10 INNINGS – 8 WICKETS. |
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 20
- MLR WIN – 13
- BRH WIN – 07
- NO RESULT – 00
FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – Q de Kock, S. Billings.
BATSMEN – A. Finch, C. Munro, J Fraser McGurk.
ALL-ROUNDERS – M. Neser, P. Walter, W. Sutherland.
BOWLERS – K. Richardson, M. Swepson, X. Bartlett.
GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – Q de Kock, S. Billings.
BATSMEN – A. Finch/N. Maddinosn, C. Munro.
ALL-ROUNDERS – M. Neser, M. Renshaw, P. Walter, W. Sutherland..
BOWLERS – P. Siddle, X. Bartlett, T. Rogers.
BACK-UPS – J. Clarke, M. ur rahman, J. Wells, M. kuhnemann.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – Q de Kock, C. Munro.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – W. Sutherland, M. Neser.
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
MELBOURNE RENEGADES MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.