This match is between the bottom 2 teams of this big bash league. Perth Scorchers are at the bottom with 6 points while Brisbane Heat is 2nd last with 7 points. Perth Scorchers are out for the fight of playoffs while Brisbane Heat might just have an outside chance. It will be interesting to see how these two team plays at The Gabba, Brisbane on 1st February.
Brisbane Heat has always looked off the best team on paper but they haven’t delivered to the expectation, they have been inconsistent in all the 3 departments. They qualification will depend upon a lot of factors which is unlikely to happen. Meanwhile, the Perth Scorchers have even worst situation, their batting has let them down in this season despite having Hilton Cartwright, veteran Michael Klinger and Aston Turner in the side.
Sam Heazlett has come back in the squad for the Brisbane and he is likely to replace Matt Renshaw while Mitch Swepson, out of the squad now, is likely to be replaced by Jack Prestwidge. The Scorchers have dropped Michael Klinger from the 13-man squad while Nathan Coulter-Nile also misses this match and Liam Guthrie might replace him
Key Player to watch:
Perth Scorchers: Shaun Marsh, Mitch Marsh, Ashton Turner
Brisbane Heat: Chris Lynn, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Ben Cutting
Probable- lineups:
Perth Scorchers: Cameron Bancroft (wk), Shaun Marsh, Mitch Marsh (c), Ashton Turner, Hilton Cartwright, Nick Hobson, Andrew Tye, Matthew Kelly, Liam Guthrie, Jason Behrendorff, Usman Qadir.
Brisbane Heat: Max Bryant, Brendon McCullum, Chris Lynn (c), Sam Heazlett, Alex Ross, Jimmy Peirson (wk), Ben Cutting, Jack Prestwidge, Josh Lalor, Brendan Doggett, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.
Playerzpot XI:
Playerzpot Prediction:
Brisbane Heat would like to win this match as to have a slight chance for qualifying in the playoffs.
