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THU vs HEA Today Match Prediction : Sydney Thunder will take on Brisbane Heat in the Knockout of Big Bash League 10 in Canberra on Sunday, 31 January. Sydney Thunder did finish at 3rd position in the standings while Brisbane Heat are coming with a win over Adelaide Strikers in the Eliminator and both the sides will look to give their best to qualify for the Challenger where winner of this match will meet Perth Scorchers.
Here we are going to discuss strengths and weakness of Sydney Thunder as well as of Brisbane Heat and will also make our THU vs HEA Today Match Prediction
Strengths :
Sydney Thunder’s strength is their batting as opener Alex Hales is in great form and currently he is the leading run scorer this season, captain Callum Ferguson too is batting well and the likes of Sam Billings, Ben Cutting and Usman Khawaja too have played some good knocks here and there. In bowling they have Adam Milne, Brendan Doggett and Nathan McAndrew who have been good with pace and the return of Daniel Sams will strengthen their pace unit and in spin Tanveer Sangha and Chris Green will be key bowlers.
Brisbane Heat’s strength is Chris Lynn, Marnus Labushchange and Joe Denly in the batting as all three especially Lynn and Labushcnage are scoring big runs at top of the order and then in middle order they have Lewis Gregory who played a good cameo against Scorchers. Then in the bowling they have Mark Stekette, Ben Laughlin, Jack Wildermuth, Morne Morkel and spinners Mitchell Swepson and Marnus Labuschange who in a unit have been good so far.
Weaknesses :
Brisbane Heat’s batsmen crumble under pressure and they have collapsed a lot of times in this season as well and their openers like Sam Heazlett and Max Bryant have been poor and it puts extra pressure on Chris Lynn.
Sydney Thunder will be worries about Usman Khawaja’s poor form as the opener isn’t scoring big runs and it can put pressure on Alex Hales and their lower order batsmen aren’t scoring runs consistently and spinner Chris Green isn’t taking wickets in middle overs.
Here we are going to discuss both Sydney Thunder and Brisbane Heat’s playing combination and probable playing XIs who will be useful for making THU vs HEA Dream11 Team
Sydney Thunder will make at least one change as Daniel Sams is fit to play. On the other side, Brisbane Heat might continue with the same playing 11 who played against Adelaide Strikers in Eliminator.
THU vs HEA Prediction, Playing 11
Sydney Thunder :
Alex Hales, Usman Khawaja, Callum Ferguson (c), Sam Billings (wk), Alex Ross, Ben Cutting, Daniel Sams, Chris Green, Brendan Doggett, Adam Milne, Tanveer Sangha
Brisbane Heat :
Chris Lynn (c), Max Bryant, Marnus Labuschange, Joe Denly, Joe Burns, Lewis Gregory, Jimmy Pierson (wk), Jack Wildermuth, Mark Steketee, Mitchell Swepson, Ben Laughlin
THU vs HEA Today Match Prediction :
Here we are going to discuss about a few players from both sides who can be very good picks for THU vs HEA Dream 11 Prediction teams
Chris Lynn : He has been in good form this season and so far has scored 426 runs at 38.72 in 11 innings with 5 fifties.
Marnus Labuschange : He has been very effective with bat as well as ball so far as he has scored 129 runs at 32.25 and has also taken 9 wickets at 8.66 in 4 innings.
Alex Hales : Opener of Sydney Thunder is in great form and this season with 535 runs at 41.15 in 14 innings with 1 hundred and 3 fifties he is the leading run scorer.
Callum Ferguson : Captain of Sydney Thunder is also in good form and has scored 380 runs at 31.66 in 14 innings with 3 fifties.