Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Stars Preview & Prediction | BBL|15 | Knockout

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It’s win or go home for Hobart Hurricanes and Melbourne Stars in the knockout between the BBL’s third and fourth place finishers this season.

Date & time:

Venue: Ninja Stadium, Hobart, Australia

Weather: Heavy rain may end up disrupting the scheduled hours of play.

How to watch: UK – Sky Sports & Sky Go / USA – Willow TV / Australia – Seven Network, Foxtel & Kayo Sports

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Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Stars prediction

Melbourne Stars will be nervously glancing at the weather forecast ahead of this game, which currently predicts heavy rain in Hobart on Wednesday. This is great news for the Hurricanes, as a washout would see them automatically progress through to the Challenger due to finishing higher in the league stage table than Melbourne, who would be eliminated.

When taking into account the potential of bad weather, a fast bowler of the speed possessed by Haris Rauf will be key. The Stars pacer has registered 18 wickets so far in this BBL season, the joint-most of any player across the league stage. A winner-take-all fixture such as this should bring the best out of Rauf so back the Pakistan international to take over 1.5 match wickets.

Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Stars tip: Haris Rauf to take over 1.5 match wickets