We take a look at Tuesday nights (8/1/2019) BBL Big Bash 2019 match which is between the Sydney Thunder and the Brisbane Heat. The Thunder go into the match as the red hot favourites at home and on paper they look hard to beat.
When: Tuesday 8 January at 7:15pm
Where: Spotless Stadium
Bet: Bet On This Match HERE
Preview:
The Thunder were straight-up embarrassed against the Stars on Saturday losing by eight-wickets in a dismal batting display.
Brisbane, on the other hand, finally claimed their first win of the season over the hapless Scorchers in Perth, but with a second straight road trip to Spotless Stadium ahead, the Heat still find themselves as underdogs.
Interestingly enough, the Heat have won three straight over the Thunder dating back to 2014. This is also the first time in their six meetings Brisbane has entered as the underdog.
With the Thunder sitting fifth in the competition at 3-3, give the importance of this match up, Sydney should rebound to keep their finals hopes alive.
Odds:
ip: Sydney Thunder at $1.81
Value BET: MOM: Shane Watson at $9.00
Teams:
Sydney Thunder squad
Shane Watson (c), Fawad Ahmed, Jos Buttler (England) Pat Cummins, Anton Devcich (New Zealand) Callum Ferguson, Ryan Gibson, Chris Green, Liam Hatcher, Chris Jordan (England), Usman Khawaja, Jay Lenton, Nathan McAndrew, Arjun Nair, Kurtis Patterson, Sam Rainbird, Joe Root (England), Daniel Sams, Gurinder Sandhu, Jason Sangha
Brisbane Heat squad
Chris Lynn, Max Bryant, Joe Burns, Ben Cutting, Brendan Doggett, Sam Heazlett, Matt Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Lalor, Brendon McCullum, James Pattinson, Jimmy Peirson, Jack Prestwidge, Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Afghanistan), Matt Renshaw, Alex Ross, Mark Steketee, Mitchell Swepson
*Odds correct at time of posting. Subject to change