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Brisbane Heat will lock horns with Sydney Thunder in the 25th match of the Big Bash League 2024-25 at The Gabba, Brisbane on Monday, January 6.
Brisbane Heat, led by Colin Munro, is expected to have Michael Neser, and Jack Wildermuth back in the XI while keeper-batter Tom Alsop is all set to make his BBL debut with Tom Banton axed. They secured only two wins this season from six games.
On the other hand, Sydney Thunder, led by David Warner, has a lot of players who got injured and are set to miss this game. Though they bagged four wins in six matches, it would be interesting to watch how they would fare in this particular contest.
HEA vs THU, BBL Match 25 Details
Match: Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Thunder, BBL 2024-25, Match 25
Time & Date: 1:45 PM IST, Monday, January 6
Venue: The Gabba, Brisbane
HEA vs THU, BBL Match 25 Pitch Report
The average first-innings score on this surface this season is 160 with pacers getting good enough assistance in the initial and death overs. Captain winning the toss would love to bowl first and chase down the total and three matches so far in this season at this venue yielded positive results for the chasing sides.
HEA vs THU, BBL Match 25 Probable XIs
Brisbane Heat
Tom Alsop (wk), Colin Munro (c), Nathan McSweeney, Matt Renshaw, Max Bryant, Xavier Bartlett, Spencer Johnson, Mitchell Swepson, Matthew Kuhnemann, Michael Neser, Jack Wildermuth
Sydney Thunder
David Warner (c), Blake Nikitaras, Sam Billings (wk), Matthew Gilkes, Oliver Davies, Sherfane Rutherford, Chris Green, Tom Andrews, Lockie Ferguson, Wes Agar, Dan Christian
HEA vs THU, BBL Match Winner Prediction
Match Winner: Brisbane Heat
Sydney Thunder has multiple injured players and they have onboarded former all-rounder Daniel Christian to their side for this encounter. Though they bagged four wins so far, we can expect Brisbane Heat to make a strong comeback and secure a grand win in this affair as they have a few star players coming into the XI for this particular encounter.
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