BBL 2018-19, Match 44, Hobart Hurricanes vs Brisbane Heat, Match Prediction – Weather Report, Pitch Conditions, Playing XIs and Live Streaming Details

The Hurricanes are yet to taste a defeat this season while playing at the Bellerive Oval.

Published - 28 Jan 2019, 14:27 IST | Updated - 28 Jan 2019, 14:27 IST

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The five-game road trip away from home for the Hobart Hurricanes has finally come to an end as they return to the Bellerive Oval to host the Brisbane Heat. The side is just one game away from securing a place in the semi-finals and they’d hope to do that in the upcoming match. The team won three out of the last five away games and stand at the top of the points table.

The Hurricanes enter into this match on the back of a loss against the Sydney Sixers. The tournament favourites will want to set the records straight by winning their 9th game out of 11. Their opponents, the Brisbane Heat did not have a particularly good tournament and are nearly out of the semi-final race. They lost six out of ten games and stand seventh on the points table. The Heat ended on the wrong side of the result in both their previous two games.

Pitch and Conditions

All the three matches played at Hobart this season have witnessed some good batting performances. The average score at the venue in this edition stands at 170.5 and it should have assistance for the batters even this time around. The Hurricanes chased targets on all the instances and won the games. It will be a 4 PM (local) start for this game and the temperature is high to start off with. It will ease down eventually and there could be strong winds blowing around.

Team Combinations

Hobart Hurricanes

With Johan Botha announcing a sudden retirement from all forms of cricket, there is one forced change that the Hurricanes will have to bring. The management needs to choose between Jarrod Freeman and David Moody. While Freeman is an off-spinner, Moody bowls medium pace. Depending on the conditions, a suitable pick could be made. The rest of the eleven is expected to be pretty much the same.

Predicted XI: Matthew Wade (C & wk), D’Arcy Short, Caleb Paul Jewell, Ben McDermott, George Bailey, Simon Milenko, James Faulkner, Jofra Archer, Jarrod Freeman/David Moody, Clive Rose, Riley Meredith.

Brisbane Heat

The Brisbane Heat retained the same 13-men from their last game against the Melbourne Stars. The team fell agonisingly short of the target in that game by just 5 runs. Even though they’ll be back on the field within 48 hours, the Brisbane Heat is expected to carry on with the same eleven.

Predicted XI: Max Bryant, Brendon McCullum, Chris Lynn (C), Matt Renshaw, Alex Ross, Jimmy Pierson (wk), Ben Cutting, Josh Lalor, Brendan Doggett, Mitchell Swepson, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.