Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: WBBL 2022 - Melbourne Stars Women vs Sydney Thunder Women - 25th match - 31st Oct

The 25th match of the Women's Big Bash League 2022 will take place on the 31st of October between Melbourne Stars Women and Sydney Thunder Women at the Eastern Oval, Ballarat.

Live Scores - Melbourne Stars Women vs Sydney Thunder Women

Top Tournament Stats  -  Women's Big Bash League 2022

Top Batter - Runs Scored

Most Sixes

Top Bowler - Wickets Taken

Points Table

Melbourne Stars Women Form Guide:

Melbourne Stars Women are currently placed at the 6th position on points table with 1 win to their name so far.

The top run scorer for Melbourne Stars Women is Annabel Sutherland with 126 runs to her name.

The top wicket taker for Melbourne Stars Women is Annabel Sutherland with 7 scalps under her belt.

Melbourne Stars Women won their previous match against Melbourne Renegades Women by 6 wickets.

Melbourne Renegades Women batted first and they posted a small total of 91 before being bowled out in the 19th over. Hayley Matthews at the top of the order scored a run a ball 24. Apart from her, the rest of the top and middle order simply fell like a pack of cards. They couldn't play aggressively and submitted themselves against an accurate bowling display by Melbourne Stars Women. As a result, Melbourne Renegades Women were bowled out for a paltry 91.

During the chase, Melbourne Stars Women got off to a terrible start. They lost Jemimah Rodriguez and Lauren Winfield-Hill early on in the innings. Alice Capsey and Annabel Sutherland revived the innings with their 3rd wicket partnership of 47 runs. Annabel Sutherland played exceptionally well and she stayed not out at 42 in 48 balls to take Melbourne Stars Women home comfortably in the 18th over with 6 wickets in hand.


Sydney Thunder Women Form Guide:

Sydney Thunder Women are placed at the 7th position on points table with 1 win to their name so far in the competition.

The top run scorer for Sydney Thunder Women is Phoebe Litchfield with 169 runs to her credit.

The top wicket taker for Sydney Thunder Women is Lauren Smith with 7 scalps under her belt.

Sydney Thunder Women lost their previous match against Brisbane Heat Women by 3 runs (DLS method).

Sydney Thunder Women batted first and they posted a total of 139 for 7 in 20 overs. Tammy Beaumont lost her wicket early on but Phoebe Litchfield and Amy Jones revived the innings with their second wicket partnership of 47 runs. Phoebe Litchfield scored 50 off just 38 balls. Rachel Haynes in the middle order smashed 38 off 30 balls to take Sydney Thunder Women to a competitive total of 139 in 20 overs of play.

During the chase, Georgia Redmayne looked in good touch as she found the middle of the bat from ball one. However, she kept losing partners regularly and couldn't find an apt second fiddle to chase the total down. Once she got out, Brisbane Heat Women were in deep trouble at 72 for 5. Amelia Kerr and Charlie Knott then joined hands and scored some quick runs to get Brisbane Heat Women ahead in the DLS calculation. The rain arrived in the 18th over and the match couldn't restart again. According to the DLS method, Brisbane Heat Women were deemed winners of the match by 3 runs.

Let’s have a look at the squads:

Sydney Thunder Women: Samantha Bates, Hannah Darlington, Jess Davidson, Rachael Haynes, Phoebe Litchfield, Olivia Porter, Lauren Smith, Tahlia Wilson, Tammy Beaumont, Anika Learoyd, Sammy-Jo Johnson, Chloe Tryon, Amy Jones

Melbourne Stars Women: Meg Lanning (unavailable - personal reasons), Alice Capsey, Lucy Cripps, Sophie Day, Nicole Faltum (c), Tess Flintoff, Kim Garth, Rhys McKenna, Sasha Moloney, Sophie Reid, Jemimah Rodrigues, Annabel Sutherland, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Hasrat Gill, Olivia Henry


Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? –  Sydney Thunder Women

Who will win?- Sydney Thunder Women

Top Batter (Runs Scored) – Phoebe Litchfield (Sydney Thunder Women), Jemimah Rodriguez (Melbourne Stars Women)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) -  Sam Bates (Sydney Thunder Women), Kim Garth (Melbourne Stars Women)

Most Sixes – Phoebe Litchfield (Sydney Thunder Women), Jemimah Rodriguez (Melbourne Stars Women)

Player of the Match - Phoebe Litchfield (Sydney Thunder Women)

Team Scores Batting first – Sydney Thunder Women 145+, Melbourne Stars Women 125+

Match Handicap: Sydney Thunder Women


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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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