The Stars host the Hurricanes at CitiPower Centre, with both sides getting off to strong start in WBBL|10
All you need to know: Stars v Hurricanes
Match facts
Who: Melbourne Stars v Hobart Hurricanes
What: Match 12, Weber WBBL|10
Where: CitiPower Centre, Melbourne
When: Sunday, November 3. Bat flip at 9.25am AEDT, first ball at 10:10am AEDT.
How to watch: Channel 7, 7+, Fox Cricket, Kayo Sports
Buy tickets: Tickets are on sale here
Live scores: Match Centre
Highlights, news and reactions after the match: cricket.com.au, the CA Live and Big Bash apps
Officials: Clare Haysom (field), Lisa McCabe (field), Daryl Brigham (third), Chris Grant (fourth), Bob Stratford (match referee)
Match squads
Stars: Yastika Bhatia, Sophie Day, Tess Flintoff, Kim Garth, Maisy Gibson, Marizanne Kapp, Meg Lanning, Ines McKeon, Rhys McKenna, Sasha Moloney, Sophie Reid, Deepti Sharma
Hurricanes: Elyse Villani (c), Kathryn Bryce, Nicola Carey, Zoe Cooke, Heather Graham, Ruth Johnston, Lizelle Lee, Tabatha Saville, Amy Smith, Lauren Smith, Molly Strano, Chloe Tryon, Danni Wyatt-Hodge
Form guide
Stars WLWWW
The Stars looked strong against the Sixers on Friday evening, with Rhys McKenna and Meg Lanning starring with the bat.
Hurricanes: WLWLW
The Hurricanes chased down Brisbane’s solid target score, thanks to Danni Wyatt-Hodge’s brilliance with the bat. They may need that again.
Players to watch
Rhys McKenna made the Sixers pay on Friday with 52 off 22. Meg Lanning was smoking them over extra cover to finish 58 not out as well.
Heather Graham was handy at the end against the Heat with 26* off 14 balls. Graham is off to a flying start in this tournament with both bat and ball.
Head-to-head
Overall: Stars (6 wins), Hurricanes (12 wins)
At CitiPower Centre: Stars (0 wins), Hurricanes (2 wins)
Most runs: Nicola Carey (295) Meg Lanning (294), Hayley Matthews (248), Mignon du Preez (239), Heather Knight (222),
Most wickets: Annabel Sutherland (17), Molly Strano (11), Nicola Carey (11), Heather Knight (10), Erin Osborne (9)
Rapid stats
- Hobart Hurricanes have won five of their last six WBBL matches against the Melbourne Stars, including each of their last three; a fourth consecutive win in this match would be the Hurricanes' outright longest winning run against the Stars in the history of the competition (also won three from December 2018 to October 2019).
- Melbourne Stars have won each of their last three WBBL matches in Victoria – their longest winning run in their home state in the history of the competition; the Stars have batted first on the day in each of those three victories.
- Batters have played a false shot on 32 per cent of the Melbourne Stars' balls bowled in WBBL10 – the highest rate of any team in the competition.
- Rhys McKenna (Melbourne Stars) has scored 89 per cent of her 52 runs from boundaries in WBBL|10 – the best rate of any player in the competition (minimum 30 runs scored).
- Hobart Hurricanes duo Molly Strano (9 runs from 5 balls faced) and Heather Graham (23 runs from 8 balls faced) are the only players to have faced more than three deliveries during the death overs (17th-20th) in WBBL|10 and recorded a batting dot ball rate of zero.
What's on the line?
The Stars will be keen to get their first win over the Hurricanes at CitiPower Centre, with a few more games to come at home.
Two wins in a weekend for the Hurricanes would see them rise to the top of the standings.
Weber WBBL|10 standings
| Team | M | W | L | T | N/R | NRR | Ded. | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
REN
|
10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.527 | 0 | 14 |
|
2
HEA
|
10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.384 | 0 | 14 |
|
3
THU
|
10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | -0.002 | 0 | 13 |
|
4
HUR
|
10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.189 | 0 | 10 |
|
5
SCO
|
10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | -0.171 | 0 | 9 |
|
6
SIX
|
10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | -0.477 | 0 | 8 |
|
7
STR
|
10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | -0.357 | 0 | 7 |
|
8
STA
|
10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | -0.205 | 0 | 5 |
M: Matches played
W: Wins
L: Losses
T: Ties
N/R: No results
NRR: Net Run Rate
Ded.: Deductions
PTS: Total points