Melbourne Stars finals hopes are on the line in this clash against the Sydney Thunder
All you need to know: Sydney Thunder v Melbourne Stars
Match facts
Who: Sydney Thunder v Melbourne Stars
What: Match 33, Weber WBBL|10
Where: Drummoyne Oval, Sydney
When: Wednesday, November 20. Bat flip at 5.25pm AEDT, first ball at 6.10pm 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: Troy Penman (Field), Mitchell Claydon (Field), Roberto Howard (Third), Bede Sajowitz (Fourth) and Joanne Broadbent (Referee)
Match Squads
Sydney Thunder: Phoebe Litchfield (C), Georgia Adams, Chamari Athapaththu, Sam Bates, Ella Briscoe, Hannah Darlington, Sienna Eve, Shabnim Ismail, Sammy-Jo Johnson, Anika Learoyd, Taneale Peschel, Georgia Voll, Tahlia Wilson
Melbourne Stars: Annabel Sutherland (c), Yastika Bhatia, Sophie Day, Tess Flintoff, Kim Garth, Maisy Gibson, Liv Henry, Marizanne Kapp, Meg Lanning, Rhys McKenna, Ines McKeon, Sophie Reid, Deepti Sharma
Form Guide:
Sydney Thunder: NRWLWW (Most recent first)
Sydney Thunder couldn’t notch a win in the Sydney Smash after rain stopped play in the second innings.
Melbourne Stars: LLLWW
The Stars suffered their third loss in a row when the Heat easily accounted for the side in Sydney.
Players to watch:
Since moving down to the Thunder Georgia Voll has been a new player. She has made the opening spot at the Thunder her own, making two scores over 90, including her 97 not out on the MCG against the Scorchers.
Kim Garth has shown off her all round skills this season for the Stars, taking wickets and pinch hitting with the bat. Garth top scored for her side in their loss to the Heat and also took the key wicket of Grace Harris.
Head-to-head
What's on the line
The Melbourne Stars season hangs by a thread and their slim finals chances hinge on the result of this match up.
If the Stars can manage upsetting the Thunder, they will keep their small chance of making it into the top four alive but a loss will dash all hopes of a finals appearance.
The Thunder sit on the other side of the equation with their finals place almost sewn up. If they win this game, they’ll have one hand on a finals finish and also the top spot.
Weber WBBL|10 standings
| Team | M | W | L | T | N/R | NRR | Ded. | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
THU
|
8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.291 | 0 | 11 |
|
2
REN
|
8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.208 | 0 | 10 |
|
3
HEA
|
8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 10 |
|
4
HUR
|
8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.257 | 0 | 8 |
|
5
SCO
|
8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -0.105 | 0 | 8 |
|
6
SIX
|
8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | -0.425 | 0 | 7 |
|
7
STR
|
9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | -0.357 | 0 | 6 |
|
8
STA
|
7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | -0.094 | 0 | 4 |
M: Matches played
W: Wins
L: Losses
T: Ties
N/R: No results
NRR: Net Run Rate
Ded.: Deductions
PTS: Total points