Melbourne Renegades vs Hobart Hurricanes Preview & Prediction | BBL|14 | League Stage
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Hobart Hurricanes are the final team to begin their BBL 14 campaign and they do so in Geelong against Melbourne Renegades, who went down to Sydney Sixers at the SCG on Monday.
Date & time: Thursday December 19th 2024: USA PT – 12:15am / USA ET – 3:15am / UK – 8:15am
Venue: GMHBA Stadium, Geelong, Australia
Weather: Sunshine to start play, before clear skies later on as temperatures drop rapidly from 27c down to 21c.
How to watch: USA – Willow TV / UK – Sky Sports & Sky Go / Australia – Seven Network, Foxtel & Kayo Sports
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Melbourne Renegades Preview: Gades unable to stave off Sixers
Melbourne Renegades set Sydney Sixers 170 to win after losing the toss, their top three batters each contributing over 20 runs with Tim Seifert’s 55 top-scoring. However, they failed to build upon the early wicket of Josh Philippe, allowing the Sixers to set a platform which ultimately led to them reaching their victory target in the 19th over.
Adam Zampa going wicketless against the Sixers was particularly disappointing when taking into account his obvious class and they’ll hope for more spin-bowling assistance from the pitch here in Geelong
Hobart Hurricanes Preview: Top heavy line-up
When you take a look at Hobart Hurricanes’ top order, you have every reason to be impressed and opponents have every reason to feel intimidated. Matthew Wade and Ben McDermott is an opening partnership that specialises on power hitting, as does the notorious Tim David, who is a flexible player capable of floating around Hobart’s order depending on the match situation.
Riley Meredith and Nathan Ellis are both vitally importance pieces with the ball and they will be backed up by the vast experienced Chris Jordan, who is a tried and tested death-bowling option. Paddy Dooley and Peter Hatzoglou offer left and right arm mystery spin respectively.
Melbourne Renegades Betting Analysis
Whilst he didn’t go on and play a game-changing knock against the Sixers, Josh Brown’s 22 off 10 balls showed promising signs of things to come from a player who was one of the best batters in BBL 13 whilst at Brisbane Heat. Brown could improve on that in Geelong vs a Hurricanes side who may show signs of early-season rust and is worth backing to this time register 30+ runs via the ‘Batter Milestone’ market.
Hobart Hurricanes Betting Analysis
When it comes to hitting 6s, you won’t find many more effective at doing so across the entire BBL than Tim David. The Australian white ball international makes a habit of clearing the boundary ropes, no matter what stage of an innings and he is crucial to the success of this Hobart Hurricanes team whether they be setting or chasing a target. Bettors should explore backing David to accumulate the most match 6s of any Hobart player across this match.
Melbourne Renegades vs Hobart Hurricanes Expert Prediction
Melbourne Renegades may have lost their opening game, but at least they will be match-fit and razor-sharp heading into this encounter, whereas Hobart Hurricanes enter a little cold, having still not played. That may be reflected in their team showing, whether that be in the field or with bat/ball. The Renegades showed enough promise away to a strong Sixers side to suggest that they will compete this season and warrant backing to take the two points here.
Melbourne Renegades vs Hobart Hurricanes Top Tip: Melbourne Renegades to win
