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All you need to know: Melbourne Stars v Sydney Sixers

Melbourne Stars will host the Sydney Stars at the CitiPower Centre in the two sides second meeting of WBBL|10

Match facts

Who: Melbourne Stars v Sydney Sixers

What: Match 18, Weber WBBL|10

Where: CitiPower Centre, Melbourne

When: Friday, November 8. Bat flip at 10.30am local (10.30am AEDT), first ball at 11.00am local (11.00am AEDT)

How to watch: Fox Cricket, Kayo Sports

Buy tickets: Tickets are on sale here

For all matches in WBBL|10 there will be a Weber Baby Q up for grabs during the innings break. Fans can simply scan the QR code on the big screen to compete in trivia on their phone. The fan with the most correct answers in the fastest time will win.

Live scores: Match Centre

Highlights, news and reactions after the match: cricket.com.au, the CA Live and Big Bash apps

Officials: Daryl Brigham (field), Lisa McCabe (field), Chris Grant (third), Clare Haysom (fourth), Bob Parry (match referee), Sarah Elliott (match referee)

Match squads

Melbourne Stars: Annabel Sutherland (c), Yastika Bhatia, Sophie Day, Tess Flintoff, Kim Garth, Maisy Gibson, Marizanne Kapp, Meg Lanning, Ines McKeon, Rhys McKenna, Sasha Moloney, Sophie Reid, Deepti Sharma

The Stars have named an unchanged squad for their next two matches against the Sixers (Friday) and Melbourne derby against the Renegades (Saturday). 

Sydney Sixers: Hollie Armitage, Caoimhe Bray, Maitlan Brown, Sarah Bryce, Mathilda Carmichael, Lauren Cheatle, Sophie Ecclestone, Ashleigh Gardner, Elsa Hunter, Amelia Kerr, Kate Pelle, Ellyse Perry (c), Courtney Sippel

New Zealand star and T20 World Cup champion Amelia Kerr has been named in the Sixers squad after recovering from a left quad injury and will make her debut for the Sydney club if selected in the final XI. The Sixers will be missing Australia captain Alyssa Healy however due to load management, but she is set to return for Sunday's blockbuster Sydney Smash at the SCG.

Form guide

Melbourne Stars: WWL (most recent first)

The Stars have bounced back since losing their first game of the season, winning two games in a row including a rain-affected clash against the Sixers.

Sydney Sixers: WLLW

The Sixers won their must-win clash against the Hurricanes to snap a two-game losing streak, making it two wins from four games to start the season.

Players to watch

Ellyse Perry shows no sign of stopping after posting another half-century for the Sixers against the Hurricanes. She top scored again with a score of 86 from 63 balls, taking her average from four games to 84 at a strike rate of 165.

Sixers' young star Caiomhe Bray burst onto the scene in the sides' first game of the season against the Renegades but continues to show she is no one-hit wonder. Bray was crucial to the Sixers' win over the Hurricanes, taking the crucial wickets of Nicola Carey and Chloe Tryon.

Yastika Bhatia has made the Stars' top-order her own since touching down in the WBBL. The Indian batter had her best innings in the Stars' last start, showing off her class with a game-high score of 57.

Most Runs
WBBL|10 BKT Golden Bat
Player Total
1 Ellyse Perry E Perry
300
2 Grace Harris G Harris 165
3 Bethany Mooney B Mooney 152
4 Phoebe Litchfield P Litchfield 148
5 Courtney Webb C Webb 141
6 Georgia Voll G Voll 137
7 Nicola Carey N Carey 135
8 Heather Knight H Knight 135

Head-to-head

Overall: Melbourne Stars (10 wins), Sydney Sixers (9 wins)

 

At the CitiPower Centre: Melbourne Stars (1 win), Sydney Sixers (1 win)

 

Most runs: Ellyse Perry (567), Alyssa Healy (553), Meg Lanning (485), Ashleigh Gardner (421), Lizelle Lee (201)

 

Most wickets:  Marizanne Kapp (17), Ashleigh Gardner (14), Kim Garth (12), Annabel Sutherland (12), Sophie Day (10)

Ellyse Perry's hot form continues with 86 in Hobart

Rapid facts

  • Each of the last four WBBL games between the Melbourne Stars and Sydney Sixers has been won by the away team on the day, including a four-run win by the DLS method for the Sixers in their last game against the Stars in Melbourne.
  • Melbourne Stars have won five of their last six WBBL games, including their last two, after winning only two of their previous 10, while the Sydney Sixers are on a six-game winning streak outside New South Wales in the competition which is their best outside their home state.
  • Melbourne Stars have a bowling economy of exactly 6 this WBBL season – the best of any team – while the Sydney Sixers' economy of 8.2 runs per over is the most expensive of any bowling outfit in the competition; in fact, it is the Sixers' most expensive season on record by one run per over (7.2 in 2023).
  • Meg Lanning (Melbourne Stars) has scored 188 runs at an average of 62.7 across her last five WBBL innings and has hit four half-centuries across her last seven innings against the Sydney Sixers, including an unbeaten knock of 58 runs in her last match against them (November 1, 2024).
  • Ellyse Perry (Sydney Sixers) has scored 80-plus runs in three of her last five WBBL innings, logging four half-centuries in that period, and has a batting average of 84 this season, which is the third highest of any player in a campaign (minimum 50 balls faced).
Ellyse Perry's hot form continues with 86 in Hobart

What's on the line?

The Stars took the win the last time these two sides met in a rain-affected game earlier in the season.

The Sixers had to win against the Hurricanes on Wednesday to keep themselves in the hunt for a top-four spot and with that result ticked off, the Sixers will get a big boost with Melie Kerr joining the side for this clash.

While the Sixers will be looking to avenge for the loss earlier in the season, both sides need the points to solidify their path to the finals.

Weber WBBL|10 standings

Team
Matches played
M
Wins
W
Losses
L
Ties
T
No results
N/R
Net Run Rate
NRR
Deductions
Ded.
Total points
PTS
1 Sydney Thunder Women Sydney Thunder Women THU 4 3 1 0 0 1.104 0 6
2 Perth Scorchers Women Perth Scorchers Women SCO 4 3 1 0 0 0.297 0 6
3 Sydney Sixers Women Sydney Sixers Women SIX 5 3 2 0 0 -0.264 0 6
4 Melbourne Stars Women Melbourne Stars Women STA 4 2 2 0 0 0.492 0 4
5 Brisbane Heat Women Brisbane Heat Women HEA 5 2 3 0 0 -0.084 0 4
6 Melbourne Renegades Women Melbourne Renegades Women REN 5 2 3 0 0 -0.152 0 4
7 Hobart Hurricanes Women Hobart Hurricanes Women HUR 5 2 3 0 0 -0.227 0 4
8 Adelaide Strikers Women Adelaide Strikers Women STR 4 1 3 0 0 -0.9 0 2

M: Matches played

W: Wins

L: Losses

T: Ties

N/R: No results

NRR: Net Run Rate

Ded.: Deductions

PTS: Total points