MATCH NO – 33rd Match
SERIES – Women Big Bash League – 2024
DATE – 20th November, 2024
TIME – 12:40 PM IST
VENUE – Drummoyne Oval, Sydney
INTRODUCTION
The 2024–25 Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) kicks off on October 27, 2024, marking the 10th edition of the competition. The season opener will see Adelaide Strikers, the defending champions, take on Brisbane Heat at Adelaide Oval, followed by other matches on the same day, including Melbourne Renegades vs. Sydney Sixers at Adelaide Oval and Perth Scorchers vs. Melbourne Stars at the WACA.
This season features eight teams: Adelaide Strikers, Brisbane Heat, Hobart Hurricanes, Melbourne Renegades, Melbourne Stars, Perth Scorchers, Sydney Sixers, and Sydney Thunder. The tournament will follow a double round-robin format, with each team playing 14 games. The final is scheduled for December 1, 2024, with teams vying for hosting rights depending on their standings.
With a packed schedule of 43 matches, the WBBL promises marquee games across major venues, aiming for wider audience engagement and improved broadcast coverage. Players to watch include Tahlia McGrath (Adelaide), Chamari Athapaththu (Sydney Thunder), Beth Mooney (Perth Scorchers), and Sophie Ecclestone (Sydney Sixers). The league will feature several overseas stars, adding to the excitement of the competition.
MATCH PREVIEW
33rd match of the WBBL will be played between Melbourne Star Women vs Sydney Thunder Women. Last time when Melbourne Star played against Sydney Thunder, Sydney Thunder scored only 103 runs and Melbourne Star successfully chased the total and won the match by 7 wickets.
Both teams boast of strong batting & bowling attacks looks more balanced and strong, 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 Stars and Sydney Thunder.
PITCH REPORT
Drummoyne Oval is a well-known cricket and multi-sport venue located in Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia. It has hosted a variety of cricket matches, including domestic competitions like the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) and occasionally international women’s matches.
Key Features:
Pitch Characteristics:The pitch generally offers a good balance between bat and ball. Batters often enjoy the true bounce and pace, while bowlers, particularly spinners, can find assistance as the game progresses. Seamers might benefit early on with a bit of swing and movement.
Ground Dimensions:Drummoyne Oval has relatively short boundaries compared to larger stadiums, which often leads to high-scoring matches.
Facilities:It features high-quality training facilities, seating for spectators, and a scenic backdrop, making it a favorite for both players and fans.
Weather Factor:As an outdoor venue, matches can occasionally be influenced by rain, especially during the summer months.
GROUND STATS (WBBL)
| TOTAL MATCH | 20 |
| AVERAGE SCORE | 120+ |
| BATTING 1ST WON | 07 |
| BATTING 2ND WON | 12 |
| NO RESULT | 01 |
SCORING PATTERN
| BELOW SCORE 150 | 17 |
| BETWEEN 150 TO 169 | 02 |
| BETWEEN 170 TO 189 | 01 |
| ABOVE SCORE 190 | 00 |
SYT-W TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- In thisSeason Sydney Thunder Women performed superb and won 5 matches and lost 2 out of 8 matches and table topper in the points table.
- Last time when both teams played against each other Sydney Thunder Women team failed to defend a total of 103 runs and lost the match by 7 wickets.
- Georgia Voll has scored 288 runs in 9 innings in this season of Women’s Big Bash League.
- Chamari Athapaththu has scored 137 runs and 10 wickets in 7 innings in this season of Women Big Bash League.
- Phoebe Litchfield has scored 251 runs in 8 innings in this season of Women Big Bash League.
- Hannah Darlington has taken 8 wickets in 7 innings in this season of Women Big Bash League.
- Shabnim Ismail has taken 9 wickets in 8 innings in this season of Women Big Bash League.
- Samantha Bates has taken 13 wickets in 7 innings in this season of Women Big Bash League.
- In the last WBBL match Sydney Thunder successfully chased a total of 170 runs and won the match by 7 wickets against Perth Scorchers.
- Georgia Voll Scored 97 runs in 56 balls, Heather Knight scored 28 runs and Phoebe Litchfield scored 14 runs in the previous match against Perth Scorchers.
- Taneale Peschel took 3 wickets and Shabnim Ismail took 2 wickets in the previous match against Perth Scorchers.
- Both teams have played 16 matches and Sydney Thunder won 11 matches and lost 05 matches against Melbourne Stars.
SQUADS
Batting – Georgia Voll, Anika Learoyd, Phoebe Litchfield, Claire Moore, Tahlia Wilson © (wk)
Bowling – Samantha Bates, Hannah Darlington, Sienna Eve, Shabnim Ismail.
All Rounder – Georgia Adams, Chamai Athapaththu, Saskia Horley, Heather Knight, Sammy Jo-Johnson, Taneale Peschel.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Tahlia Wilson (wk), Chamari Athapaththu, Phoebe Litchfield, Anika Learoyd, Georgia Voll, Georgia Adams, Sammy Jo-Johnson, Hannah Darlington, Taneale Peschel, Samantha Bates, Shabnam Ismali.
SYT-W – PLAYER STATS:
1. GEORGIA VOLL – RHB+RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 29+0W, 97+0W, 8r, 17r, 22r. |
| Stats on venue | 2 INNINGS – 37 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLS-W | 9r, 48r, 6r, 40r, 2r. |
| Total Stats vs MLS-W | 7 INNINGS – 160 RUNS. |
2. CHAMARI ATHAPATHTHU – LHB+RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 7r, 9r, 0+2W,33+2W, 17+1W. |
| Stats on venue | 2 INNINGS – 17 RUNS – 2W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLS-W | 17+0W, 69+0W, 0r, 17r, 10r. |
| Total Stats vs MLS-W | 6 INNINGS – 121 RUNS – 0W. |
3. PHOEBE LITCHFIELD © – LHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 28r, 14r, 27r, 34r, 40r. |
| Stats on venue | 2 INNINGS – 55 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLS-W | 5r, 6r, 19r, 50r, 49r. |
| Total Stats vs MLS-W | 9 INNINGS – 179 RUNS. |
4. GEORGIA ADMAS – RHB+RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 19r, 3+1W, 8+1W, 0W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 19 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLS-W | 12+1W. |
| Total Stats vs MLS-W | 1 INNING – 12 RUNS – 1W. |
5. TAHLIA WILSON (WK) – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 0r, 14r, 7r, 2r, 3r. |
| Stats on venue | 2 INNINGS – 10 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLS-W | 13r, 15r, 53r, 0r. |
| Total Stats vs MLS-W | 4 INNINGS – 111 RUNS. |
6. ANIKA LEAROYS – RHB+RALB
| Recent 5 Innings | 0r, 9r, 4r, 3r, 2r. |
| Stats on venue | 2 INNINGS – 4 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLS-W | 11r, 4r, 21r. |
| Total Stats vs MLS-W | 3 INNINGS – 36 RUNS. |
7. SAMMY JO-JOHNSON – RHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 14r, 3+0W, 0W, 6+0W, 7+0W. |
| Stats on venue | 2 INNINGS – 19 RUNS – 0W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLS-W | 8+1W, 1W, 1W, 2W, 7+0W. |
| Total Stats vs MLS-W | 12 INNINGS – 57 RUNS – 13W. |
8. HANNAH DARLINGTON – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 0W, 1W, 2W, 1W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | 2 INNINGS – 1 WICKET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLS-W | 5W, 2W, 1W, 17+1W, 1W. |
| Total Stats vs MLS-W | 8 INNINGS – 13 WICKETS. |
9. TANEALE PESCHEL – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 3W, 0W, 2W, 2W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | 2 INNINGS – 0 WICKET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLS-W | 0W, 0W, 0W, 2W, 0W. |
| Total Stats vs MLS-W | 12 INNINGS – 5 WICKETS. |
10. SAMANTHA BATES – LAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 0W, 1W, 3W, 4W. |
| Stats on venue | 2 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLS-W | 1W, 0W, 2W, 1W, 1W. |
| Total Stats vs MLS-W | 12 INNINGS – 10 WICKETS. |
11. SHABNAM ISMAIL – RAF
| Recent 5 Innings | 0W, 2W, 2W, 0W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | 2 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MLS-W | 0W, 3W, 0W, 1W, 2W. |
| Total Stats vs MLS-W | 10 INNINGS – 11 WICKETS. |
MLSW TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- In this Women’s Big Bash season Melbourne Stars team did not perform well and won only 2 matches and lost 5 out of 7 matches and seventh position in the points table in this season.
- Last match when both teams played against each other Melbounre Stars team successfully chased a total of 103 runs and won the match by 7 wickets.
- Yastika Bhatia scored 154 runs in 6 innings in this season of Women’s Big Bash League.
- Star Player Meg Lanning did not performed well and scored only 145 runs in 7 innings in this season of Women’s Big Bash League.
- Star Allrounder Annabeal Sutherland scored only 138 runs and also took 7 wickets in 7 innings in this season of Women’s Big Bash League.
- No. 1 Odi Allrounder Marizanne Capp scored only 97 runs and took 6 wickets in 7 innings in this season of Women’s Big Bash League.
- Kim Garth took 9 wickets in 7s innings in this season of Women’s Big Bash League.
- Sophie Day took 7 wickets in 7 innings in this season of Women’s Big Bash League.
- In the last match Melbourne Star team failed to chase a total of 170 runs and lost the match by 9 runs against Melbourne Renegades.
- Yastika Bhatia scored 11 runs, Meg Lanning scored 14 runs, Deepti Sharma scored 15 runs, Marizanne Kapp scored 32 runs, Rhys McKenna scored 34 runs & Annabel Sutehrland scored 21 runs each in the previous match against Melbourne Renegades.
- Kim Garth took 2 wickets, Marizanne Kapp & Annabel Sutehrland, Sophie Day & Maisy dDeepti Sharma took 1-1 wicket each in the previous match against Melbourne Renegades.
- Both teams have played 16 matches and Melbourne Star team have won 05 matches and lost 11 matches against Sydney Thunder.
SQUADS
Batting – Olivia Henry,Meg Lanning, Ines McKeon, Sasha Moloney, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Sophie Reid (wk).
Bowling – Sophie Dey, Maisy Gibson, Kim Garth, Rhys McKenna, Hasrat Gill.
All Rounder – Deepti Sharma, Tess Flintoff, Marizanne Kapp, Annabel Sutherland ©.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Yasrika Bhatia (wk), Ines McKeon, Meg Lanning, Annabel Sutheland ©, Marizanne Kapp, Deepti Sharma, Tess Flintoff, Rhys McKenna, Kim Garth,Sophie Day, Maisy Gibson.
MLS-W – PLAYER STATS:
1. YASTIKA BHATIA (WK) – LHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 11r, 22r, 20r, 57r, 36r. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 8 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SYT-W | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs SYT-W | NOT PLAYED YET. |
2. INES MACKEON – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 2r, 7r, 16r, 6r, 24r. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 20 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SYT-W | 2+3W, 8+0W, 0W. |
| Total Stats vs SYT-W | 3 INNINGS – 10 RUNS – 3W. |
3. MEG LANNING – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 14r, 22r, 2r, 27r, 58r. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 13 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SYT-W | 19r, 17r, 2r, 6r, 13r. |
| Total Stats vs SYT-W | 14 INNINGS – 259 RUNS. |
4. ANNABEL SUTHERLAND © – RHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 21+1W, 16+2W, 42+0W, 26+0W, 12+1W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 21 RUNS – 1W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SYT-W | 3+3W, 42+0W, 0W, 0W, 1W. |
| Total Stats vs SYT-W | 10 INNINGS – 92 RUNS – 9W. |
5. MARIZANNE KAPP – RHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 32+1W, 16+2W, 16+0W, 15+2W, 4+0W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 9 RUNS – 0W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SYT-W | 32+0W, 2W, 1W, 1W, 5+0W |
| Total Stats vs SYT-W | 15 INNINGS – 136 RUNS – 17W. |
6. DEEPTI SHARMA – LHB+RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 15+1W, 23+0W, 0W, 1W, 15+3W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 6 RUNS – 0W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SYT-W | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs SYT-W | NOT PLAYED YET. |
7. TESS FLINTOFF – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 19+0W, 0W, 1W, 1W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 7 RUNS – 1W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SYT-W | 0W, 0W, 17+0W, 0W, 1W. |
| Total Stats vs SYT-W | 7 INNINGS – 21 RUNS – 2W. |
8. KIM GARTH – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 2W, 0W, 1W, 2W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 31 RUNS – 1W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SYT-W | 0W, 0W, 0W, 0W, 1W. |
| Total Stats vs SYT-W | 10 INNINGS – 10 WICKETS. |
9. RHYS MCKENNA – RHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 34r, 1r, 7+0w, 52r, 0r. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 20 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SYT-W | 2+3W, 8+0W, 0W. |
| Total Stats vs SYT-W | 3 INNINGS – 10 RUNS – 3W. |
10. SOPHIE DAY – LAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 1W, 0W, 1W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 0 WICKET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SYT-W | 4W, 0W, 1W, 0W, 0W. |
| Total Stats vs SYT-W | 7 INNINGS – 6 WICKETS. |
11. MAISY GIBSON – RALB
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 0W, 0W, 0W, 3W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 15 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SYT-W | 0W, 2W, 1W, 2W. |
| Total Stats vs SYT-W | 4 INNINGS – 5 WICKETS. |
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 16
- MLS-W WIN – 05
- SYT-W WIN – 11
- NO RESULT – 00
FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – Y. Bhatia.
BATSMEN – M. Lanning, P. Litchfield, G. Voll.
ALL-ROUNDERS – C. Athapaththu, M. Kapp, D. Sharma, A. Sutherland.
BOWLERS – S. Ismail, K. Garth, S. Bates.
GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – Y. Bhatia.
BATSMEN – M. Lanning, P. Litchfield, G. Voll.
ALL-ROUNDERS – C. Athapaththu, M. Kapp, A. Sutherland.
BOWLERS – S. Ismail, K. Garth, S. Bates, H. Darlington.
BACK-UPS – S. Day, T. Flintoff, M. Gibson.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – C. Athapaththu, A. Sutherland.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – M. Kapp, S. Bates.
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
SYDNEY THUNDER WOMEN MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.