WBBL 2024, Match 17 | PS-W vs MR-W Preview: Key Players And Stats, Live Streaming, Pitch Report, Probable XIs

PS-W and MR-W will be locking horns for the second time within a week. [Source: @ScorchersBBL/X]

Barring Adelaide Strikers, all other teams in the ongoing 10th season of the Women’s Big Bash League have four points in front of their names. Perth Scorchers and Melbourne Renegades, two out of these seven teams, will lock horns in the 17th league match on a double-header day at the Western Australia Cricket Association Ground.

PS-W vs MR-W: Match Details And Live Streaming

PS-W vs MR-W: Opportunity To Take Revenge For Perth Scorchers

Scorchers, who have won two out of their first three matches, ended up losing against the same opposition less than a week ago. For a team of their legacy, they would be eager to avenge a 6-wicket loss at the Junction Oval.

Speaking of playing at this venue, PS-W have not lost a match to MR-W in almost six years now. In what remains their lone loss against them here, it has been followed by four victories on the trot. With the overall head-to-head record and the recent results also in their favour, one expects them to better all these records on Thursday.

PS-W vs MR-W: Melbourne Renegades Eye Performing A Hat-Trick

Having kick-started their season with a couple of losses away from home, Renegades turned the tide by defeating two strong units at home. Set to travel again, they would be wary of this challenge especially against PS-W without captain Sophie Molineux, who has been ruled out of the clash due to knee soreness.

Since they’ve already lost a match more than Perth at this point in time, stakes are higher for MR-W. As a result, the star-studded lineup comprising two West Indian superstars would want to stand tall on their potential to avoid flashbacks of the last two seasons. The fact that they will be able to power themselves at the top of the points table with a win should be enough an incentive for them to perform a hat-trick of wins on November 7.

PS-W vs MR-W Pitch Report: WACA To Offer Assistance To Bowlers

Perth, who won both their WBBL 10 matches at their home ground after being asked to bat first, would be looking to do the same in this match as well. Why? Not only because this surface has assisted bowlers more than batters in the season thus far but also because it’s going to be the second match to be played at the stadium on the given day.

With 18 wickets each falling in the last two matches, readers must note that the teams batting second were bundled out by the home bowlers. 121.75 is the average innings total at this ground this season.

PS-W vs MR-W: Key Players & Stats

• Beth Mooney is the highest run-scorer (768 runs at an average of 51.20 and a strike rate of 132.19) against MR-W
• Among active Women’s cricketers, Mooney (473 runs at an average of 31.73 and a strike rate of 120.20) is the second-highest T20 run-scorer at the WACA
• Among active Women’s cricketers, Alana King (16 wickets at an average of 7.11 and a strike rate of 18.5) is the third-highest T20 wicket-taker at the WACA

PS-W vs MR-W: Probable Playing XIs

Perth Scorchers Women: Beth Mooney (wk), Sophie Devine (c), Dayalan Hemalatha, Amy Jones, Mikayla Hinkley, Chloe Piparo, Alana King, Chloe Ainsworth, Amy Edgar, Lilly Mills, Ebony Hoskin

Melbourne Renegades Women: Hayley Matthews (c), Courtney Webb, Alice Capsey, Emma de Broughe, Georgia Wareham, Deandra Dottin, Charis Bekker, Naomi Stalenberg, Nicole Faltum (wk), Saraah Coyte, Tara Norris

PS-W vs MR-W: Winner Prediction

Molineux missing this match will make it really difficult for Renegades to register a victory in Perth, a venue where Scorchers have won two matches in a row.

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