The Brisbane Heat are set to face the Melbourne Stars in the 20th match of the Big Bash League (BBL) 2025-26 at the Brisbane Cricket Ground (The Gabba) in Brisbane on Friday, January 2.
Preview
In the 20th game of the BBL 2025-26, Brisbane Heat (HEA) are set to face Melbourne Stars (STA). The Brisbane Heat didn’t have a start to this season as they won just two out of the five games so far. Moreover, they lost the previous game by 7 wickets against the Adelaide Strikers. In the previous game, Hugh Weibgen performed well and scored 28 runs, while the other players failed to perform well.
On the other hand, the Melbourne Stars had an outstanding start as they won all four games played so far. In the last game, they won by 9 wickets against the Sydney Thunder. Joe Clerk was the best performer for them as he scored 60 runs off 37 balls. While Haris Rauf did well with the ball and took three wickets.
Match Information
Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Stars, Match 20
Probable PlayingXI
Brisbane Heat
C Munro, Max Bryant, Lachlan Hearne, Matt Renshaw, Hugh Weibgen, Jack Wildermuth, Jimmy Peirson, Xavier Bartlett(C), Matthew Kuhnemann, O Patterson, Tom Balkin
Bench: Usman Khawaja, Michael Neser, S Afridi, TP Alsop, Marnus Labuschagne, NA McSweeney, Callum Vidler, SH Johnson, Paddy Dooley, Liam Haskett
Melbourne Stars
JM Clarke, TK Curran, MP Stoinis(C), Campbell Kellaway, HWR Cartwright, Tom Rogers, GJ Maxwell, SB Harper, Mitchell Swepson, PM Siddle, Haris Rauf
Bench: Hamish McKenzie, Liam Hatcher, Austin Anlezark, SM Boland, J Merlo, A Sharma, Tom Whitney
Injury News – (Will be added when there is an update)
Pitch Report
Captains
Matt Renshaw HEA | bat – 8.5
Matt Renshaw is currently performing brilliantly. Moreover, he scored 373 runs in the last 10 games. His form will definitely impact the team’s performance.
Marcus Stoinis STA | bat – 8
Marcus Stoinis performed well in the last season and is performing excellently in this season as well. Moreover, he also took two wickets in the last game against the Sydney Thunder.
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Max Bryant HEA | BAT – 7.5
Bryant is an aggressive batter. He scored 361 runs in the last 12 games. Moreover, he also scored 63 runs in the previous game.
Sam Harper STA | WK – 7.5
Sam Harper is currently performing well. Moreover, he has scored 29 runs in the last game. His brilliant performance in the top order will definitely affect the team’s performance this season.
Budget
Xavier Bartlett HEA | bowl – 8
Xavier Bartlett is currently in excellent form; he took 14 wickets in the 10 games. Moreover, he also took a wicket in the previous game against the Adelaide Strikers.
Tom Curran STA | ALL-ROUNDER – 7
Tom Curran is an excellent bowler and is currently in good form. Moreover, he took two wickets in the last game against Thunder. He has performed well in many crucial matches.
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Hugh Weibgen – HEA | BAT – 7.5
Campbell Kellaway – STA | BAT –
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