All you need to know: Melbourne Stars v Brisbane Heat

Match facts

Who: Melbourne Stars v Brisbane Heat

What: Match 30, Weber WBBL|10

Where: Drummoyne Oval, Sydney

When: Sunday, November 17. Bat flip at 1.10pm AEDT, first ball at 1.55pm AEDT

How to watch: Channel 7, 7+, 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: Bede Sajowitz (field), Roberto Howard (field), Mitchell Claydon (third), Lauren McGill (fourth), Joanne Broadbent (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

Brisbane Heat: Jess Jonassen (c), Georgia Redmayne, Sianna Ginger, Lucy Hamilton, Nicola Hancock, Grace Harris, Laura Harris, Nadine de Klerk, Charli Knott, Shikha Pandey, Grace Parsons, Jemimah Rodrigues, Mikayla Wrigley

Form Guide:

Melbourne Stars: LLLWW (Most recent first)

Back-to-back losses to the Renegades has really put the Stars in a tough position.

Brisbane Heat: WWLLL

The Heat have re-found their form and are looking better with the ball.

Players to watch:

Kim Garth had the Renegades in all sorts early, but she ended up conceding a few more runs than she would have liked.

Shikha Pandey has been a wrecking ball for the Heat lately, taking out both Alyssa Healy and Amelia Kerr very cheaply.

Most Runs

WBBL|10 BKT Golden Bat

Player	Total
1 Lizelle Lee L Lee	332
2 Ellyse Perry E Perry	324
3 Georgia Voll G Voll	288
4 Bethany Mooney B Mooney	286
5 Phoebe Litchfield P Litchfield	251
6 Grace Harris G Harris	243
7 Heather Knight H Knight	226
8 Nicola Carey N Carey	217

Full Table

Head-to-head

Rapid Facts

• Melbourne Stars defeated the Brisbane Heat by 15 runs when the last met in the WBBL (19 November 2023); The stars will be aiming for back-to-back wins against the Heat in the competition for the first time since December 2016.
• Brisbane Heat have won each of their last two WBBL matches, as many as they won across their six games in the competition prior to that span (W2L4).
• Brisbane Heat have scored 57.1% of their runs from boundaries in WBBL|10, the best rate of any team in the competition and the Heat’s second best in this category in a single season in WBBL history (57.9% in WBBL|09).
• Brisbane Heat’s Jemimah Rodrigues (27.1% from 96 balls faced) and the Melbourne Stars’ Kim Garth (28% from 25 balls faced) have the best batting ball rates of any players in WBBL|10 (min. 15 ball faced).
• Rhys McKenna (Melbourne Stars) has a batting strike rate of 200 from 47 balls faced in WBBL|10, the best of any player in the competition (min. 15 ball faced).

What's on the line

If the Stars want to make the finals, then this is essentially a must-win. For the Heat, this game should keep them in the mix for a top-two spot with a win.

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 THU	8	5	2	0	1	0.291	0	11
2 Melbourne Renegades Women REN	8	5	3	0	0	0.208	0	10
3 Brisbane Heat Women HEA	8	5	3	0	0	0.2	0	10
4 Hobart Hurricanes Women HUR	8	4	4	0	0	0.257	0	8
5 Perth Scorchers Women SCO	7	4	3	0	0	0.099	0	8
6 Sydney Sixers Women SIX	8	3	4	0	1	-0.425	0	7
7 Melbourne Stars Women STA	7	2	5	0	0	-0.094	0	4
8 Adelaide Strikers Women STR	8	2	6	0	0	-0.594	0	4

Legend

M: Matches played

W: Wins

L: Losses

T: Ties

N/R: No results

NRR: Net Run Rate

Ded.: Deductions

PTS: Total points