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Hobart Hurricanes will lock horns with Sydney Thunder in the BBL grand finale on Monday, January 27 at Bellerive Oval in Hobart.
Hobart Hurricanes, led by Nathan Ellis, topped the points table in the league phase and defeated the Sixers in the Qualifier. On the other hand, David Warner’s Syndey Thunder was second in the league stage and made it to the final after defeating Stars and Sixers in the knockouts.
HUR vs THU Probable XIs
Hobart Hurricanes
Caleb Jewell, Mitchell Owen, Matthew Wade (wk), Ben McDermott, Nikhil Chaudhary, Tim David, Chris Jordan, Nathan Ellis (c), Cameron Gannon, Peter Hatzoglou, Riley Meredith
Sydney Thunder
David Warner (c), Hugh Weibgen, Matthew Gilkes, Sam Billings (wk), George Garton, Jason Sangha, Chris Green, Nathan McAndrew, Tom Andrews, Wes Agar, Tanveer Sangha
HUR vs THU Pitch report
The Bellerive Oval is expected to assist both batters and bowlers equally. We can anticipate scores above 180 in the first innings. With the final pressure getting to both teams, the first innings score might come down a bit.
HUR vs THU Top Picks
Sam Billings
Sam Billings, the Thunder batter, looked promising in the previous match against the Sixers. He has so far scored 251 runs from 10 innings in this season.
Nathan Ellis
Hurricanes skipper and lead pacer Nathan Ellis has scalped 10 wickets from nine innings. Moreover, he can score some quick runs in the death overs.
HUR vs THU Captain picks
Mitchell Owen
Mitchell Owen is the third-leading run-scorer of the season and the top run-getter for the Hurricanes, accumulating 344 runs from 10 innings.
David Warner
David Warner is the leading run-scorer of the BBL 2024-25 season, scoring 357 runs from 11 innings at an average of 44.62.
HUR vs THU Head to Head Dream11 team
Matthew Wade, Ben McDermott, Sam Billings, David Warner (vc), Caleb Jewell, Mitchell Owen (c), Chris Green, Nikhil Chaudhary, Tom Andrews, Riley Meredith, Nathan Ellis
HUR vs THU Grand League Dream11 team
Sam Billings (c), David Warner, Mitchell Owen, Chris Jordan, Chris Green, Nikhil Chaudhary, Tom Andrews, Nathan McAndrew, Wes Agar, Riley Meredith, Nathan Ellis (vc)
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