Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: Big Bash League 2022-2023 - Sydney Thunder vs Brisbane Heat - 57th Match - Eliminator - 27th January 2023

The 57th match and the Eliminator of the Big Bash League 2022-2023 will take place between Sydney Thunder and Brisbane Heat on the 27th of January, 2023 at the Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney.

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Brisbane Heat Form Guide:

Brisbane Heat are currently placed at the 5th position on points table.

The top run scorer for Brisbane Heat is Jimmy Peirson with 323 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Brisbane Heat is Michael Neser with 22 scalps under his belt.

Brisbane Heat have lost their previous match against Hobart Hurricanes by a small margin of 2 runs.

Hobart Hurricanes batted first and they posted a total of 120 for 9 in 20 overs. Caleb Jewell and Zak Crawley lost their wicket early on in the innings. Tim David and Matthew Wade also got dismissed while trying to provide impetus into the innings. Macalister Wright played a good knock of a run a ball 56 to help Hobart Hurricanes reach 120 in 20 overs of play.

During the chase, Brisbane Heat lost Marnus Labuschagne and Josh Brown early on. Usman Khawaja and Matt Renshaw also got out without troubling the scorers much. Sam Hain and Jimmy Peirson got the chase back on track. They made 26 and 39 balls to almost seal the game in favor of Brisbane Heat. However, magical last 4 overs by Nathan Ellis and company restricted Brisbane Heat to 118, as they lost the match by 2 runs.

Sydney Thunder Form Guide:

Sydney Thunder are placed at the 4th position on points table.

The top run scorer for Sydney Thunder is Oliver Davies with 333 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Sydney Thunder is Daniel Sams with 17 scalps under his belt.

Sydney Thunder have won their previous match against Melbourne Stars by 3 wickets.

Melbourne Stars batted first and they posted a total of 119 for 7 in 20 overs. Joe Clarke, their top run maker in the tournament got out cheaply. It was followed by the dismissals of Campbell Kellaway and Marcus Stoinis and Melbourne Stars found themselves in deep trouble. Hilton Cartwright played a valuable knock of a run a ball 36 which helped Melbourne Stars cross the 110 run mark to reach 119 in 20 overs of play.

During the chase, David Warner and Jason Sangha were dismissed early on. Oliver Davies and Alex Ross also lost went back to the pavilion without scoring too many runs. Daniel Sams and Nathan Mcandrew played defining knocks of 28 and 12 runs respectively to take Sydney Thunder home in the 19th over with 3 wickets in hand.

Let’s have a look at the squads:

Sydney Thunder - Oliver Davies, Brendan Doggett, Matthew Gilkes, Chris Green, Alex Hales, Baxter Holt, Nathan McAndrew, Alex Ross, Rilee Rossouw, Daniel Sams, Jason Sangha, Tanveer Sangha, David Warner, Fazalhaq Farooqi (replacing David Willey, first nine matches only), Ben Cutting, Usman Qadir, Gurinder Sandhu

Brisbane Heat - Xavier Bartlett, James Bazley, Sam Billings, Max Bryant, Sam Hain, Sam Heazlett, Usman Khawaja, Matthew Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Colin Munro, Michael Neser, Jimmy Peirson, Matthew Renshaw, Mark Steketee, Mitchell Swepson, Ross Whiteley, Jack Wildermuth, Spencer Johnson, Will Prestwidge

Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – Brisbane Heat

Who will win?- Sydney Thunder

Top Batter (Runs Scored) – David Warner (Sydney Thunder), Matt Renshaw (Brisbane Heat)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Michael Neser (Melbourne Stars), Daniel Sams (Sydney Thunder)

Most Sixes – David Warner (Sydney Thunder), Matt Renshaw (Brisbane Heat)

Player of the Match- David Warner (Sydney Thunder)

Team Scores Batting first – Brisbane Heat 155+, Sydney Thunder 170+

Match Handicap: Sydney Thunder

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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.

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