AS-W Vs BH-W 1st Match Preview: Key Players And Stats, Live Streaming, Pitch Report, Probable XIs

Adelaide Strikers will take on Brisbane Heats in the 1st Match of WBBL 10 [Source: @HeatBBL,@StrikersWBBL/x.com]

Nearly 11 months after a nail-biting Women’s Big Bash League 2023-2024 final, defending champions Adelaide Strikers Women will host Brisbane Heat Women in the opener of the 10th season of the coveted tournament. Adelaide Oval, which had witnessed the home team sealing a narrow 3-run victory to lift their second title in a row, will be hosting not one but the first two matches of the imminent season.

AS-W vs BH-W 1st Match: Match Details And Live Streaming

AS-W Vs BH-W 1st Match: Clash Of The Titans

Take into consideration any season or venue but you won’t get a lot to differ between these two solid teams. A 12-10 head-to-head record favoring Strikers confirms the same. As far as playing at this particular venue is concerned, both the teams have won a couple of matches against each other over the years.

Slightly behind in the overall record which includes two defeats in the season gone by, Heat would be keen to make amends as soon as possible this year. Runners-up of WBBL 9, however, would be confident on the back of defeating this opponent two times in a row in the recently concluded T20 Spring Challenge. Although each team is slated to play only 10 league matches this season, these two powerhouses will clash in Brisbane as well.

Pursuing a hat-trick of titles, AS-W will take the field under the leadership of Tahlia McGrath. BH-W, who unsuccessfully pursued such a dream in the sixth season, will continue to play under Jess Jonassen, who will be itching to prove a point after being left out of Australia’s ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 squad. Most Indian cricketers, meanwhile, will miss the first few matches due to their participation in the ongoing three-match ODI series against New Zealand.

AS-W vs BH-W Pitch Report

The pitch at the Adelaide Oval will doubtlessly favor the batters and the pacers. A venue where chasing teams have won 16 times as compared to teams batting first’s eight wins should motivate captains to win the toss and chose to field. Average first innings totals in Women’s BBL hovers in the mid-120s range here.

AS-W Vs BH-W: Key Player And Stats

• Katie Mack in WBBL matches at Adelaide Oval: 247 runs at an average of 82.33 and a strike rate of 121.08
• Tahlia McGrath’s 91* (49) is the highest individual score in Women’s T20I at the Adelaide Oval
• Amanda-Jade Wellington in WBBL at Adelaide Oval: 22 wickets at an economy and strike rate of 6.40 and 16.45 respectively
• Megan Schutt in WBBL at Adelaide Oval: 12 wickets at an economy and strike rate of 5.55 and 32 respectively

AS-W vs BH-W: Probable Playing XIs

Adelaide Strikers Women: Katie Mack, Eleanor Larosa, Tahlia McGrath (c), Laura Wolvaardt, Bridget Patterson (wk), Maddie Penna, Orla Prendergast, Amanda-Jade Wellington, Anesu Mushangwe, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown

Brisbane Heat Women: Georgia Redmayne (wk), Grace Harris, Charli Knott, Jess Jonassen (c), Sianna Ginger, Laura Harris, Nadine de Klerk, Shikha Pandey, Nicola Hancock, Grace Parsons, Lucy Hamilton

AS-W vs BH-W: Winner Prediction

Taking into consideration the recent form of these two teams, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that Brisbane Heat Women have an upper hand at a stadium where they’ve done better than the hosts.

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