The Melbourne Stars and Adelaide Strikers will hope to finish their season on a high at CitiPower Centre.
All you need to know: Melbourne Stars v Adelaide Strikers
Match facts
Who: Melbourne Stars v Adelaide Strikers
What: Match 39, Weber WBBL|10
Where: CitiPower Centre, Melbourne
When: Sunday, November 23. Bat flip at 9.15am AEDT, first ball at 10.00am AEDT
How to watch: Channel 7, 7+, Fox Cricket, Kayo Sports
Buy tickets: Tickets are on sale here
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Live scores: Match Centre
Highlights, news and reactions after the match: cricket.com.au, the CA Live and Big Bash apps
Officials: Chris Grant (Field), Lisa McCabe (Field), Clare Haysom (Third), Gaurav Bawa (Fourth), Sarah Elliot (Referee), Bob Parry (Referee)
Match Squads
Melbourne Stars: Annabel Sutherland (c), Sophie Day, Tess Flintoff, Kim Garth, Maisy Gibson, Hasrat Gill, Liv Henry, Marizanne Kapp, Meg Lanning, Ines McKeon, Rhys McKenna, Sophie Reid, Deepti Sharma
Adelaide Strikers: Tahlia McGrath (C), Jemma Barsby, Maggie Clark, Ellie Johnston, Eleanor Larosa, Katie Mack, Smriti Mandhana, Anesu Mushangwe, Bridget Patterson, Maddie Penna, Megan Schutt, Amanda-Jade Wellington, Ella Wilson
Form Guide:
Melbourne Stars: LLLWL (Most recent first)
It's been a tough end to the season for the Stars who saw their finals hopes fade with three losses in a row.
Adelaide Strikers: WWLLL (Most recent first)
The Strikers have been able to find some joy late in the season with back-to-back wins over the Scorchers and Hurricanes that brought an end to a tough start to the competition for the side.
Players to watch:
Tahlia McGrath has led from the front for the Strikers in their recent uptick in performance. The Strikers captain has contributed strongly with bat and ball including career best figures against the Hurricanes.
Melbourne Star's Sophie Day may not have been able to reach the heights of last season but the Stars have just re-signed the young gun for another two-years alongside fellow young gun Rhys McKenna.
Head-to-head
What's on the line
This game will be all about pride for the Melbourne Stars and Adelaide Strikers with both sides failing to live up to expectations in WBBL|10.
The season will be particularly disappointing for the Strikers who were looking to become the first Big Bash team to take out three championships in a row but a win over the Stars will stop them from taking out the wooden spoon instead this year.
After a couple of lean years in the competition, the Stars loaded up with talent ahead of WBBL|10 but they couldn't find their groove, and despite the result will slump to a bottom two finish for the second year in a row.
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
THU
|
10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | -0.002 | 0 | 13 |
|
3
HEA
|
9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.276 | 0 | 12 |
|
4
SCO
|
9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | -0.091 | 0 | 9 |
|
5
HUR
|
9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.104 | 0 | 8 |
|
6
SIX
|
9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | -0.367 | 0 | 8 |
|
7
STR
|
9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | -0.357 | 0 | 6 |
|
8
STA
|
9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | -0.205 | 0 | 4 |
M: Matches played
W: Wins
L: Losses
T: Ties
N/R: No results
NRR: Net Run Rate
Ded.: Deductions
PTS: Total points
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