The 48th match of WBBL T20 is scheduled to play between Melbourne Stars Women and Hobart Hurricanes Women on Wednesday, 16th November 2022 at Latrobe Recreation Ground, Latrobe.

The performance of Melbourne Stars Women had not been impressive overall but they beat Hobart Hurricanes Women in their most recent match with a margin of four wickets. They won the toss and decided to field first. The way how their bowling unit performed in that match was just outstanding. They leaked just 130 runs in 20 overs. They used seven bowlers in that match and almost all bowlers from their side performed well. Annabel Sutherland was the most successful and highest wicket-taker from their side who picked three wickets in four overs against just 18 runs. Sasha Moloney was the other bowler who performed well and picked two wickets in four overs but she leaked a lot of runs. She was charged with 40 runs in four overs.

Kim Garth, Sophie Day, and Alice Capsey picked one wicket each while Tess Flintoff and Rhys McKenna were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket in the previous match. The batting order of Melbourne Stars Women also performed well and chased the target of 131 runs in 19.1 overs. Alice Capsey was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side who scored 80 runs on 52 balls with the help of three boundaries and five huge sixes. She remained not out till the chase of the target. Annabel Sutherland was the other batter who put some runs on the board. She scored 25 runs but she destroyed 30 balls and smashed just two boundaries. Bess Heath scored 12 runs while no other batter from their side could even enter into the double figure. Lauren Winfield-Hill scored just two runs while Kim Garth failed to open the account on the scoreboard.

Hobart Hurricanes Women totally collapsed in the previous match and failed to give the best performance in each and every department of the game. They were asked to bat first after losing the toss. The performance of their batting order was not much impressive and they could manage to score just 130 runs in 20 overs. Nicola Carey was the highest run-scorer from their side with 31 runs to her name. Manix-Geeves also performed well and scored 20 runs on 21 balls with the help of two boundaries. She remained not out till the 20th over.

Rachel Trenaman scored 18 runs while the skipper, Elyse Villani scored 14 runs and Lizelle Lee had 13 runs to her name. The bowling unit of Hobart Hurricanes Women performed well but failed to defend a low target on the board and leaked the target of 131 runs in 19.1 overs. Molly Strano was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side who picked three wickets in four overs against just 17 runs. Nicola Carey was the other bowler who performed well in the previous match. She picked up two wickets in four overs while she was charged with 33 runs. Hayley Jensen, Maisy Gibson, and Amy Smith were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket in the previous match.

• Total Matches: 14
• MLSW Won: 05
• HBHW Won: 09

Melbourne Stars Women is the strong team as compared to the Hobart Hurricanes Women at least on paper and also had much experience. According to our WBBL T20 prediction, Melbourne Stars Women is the favorite team who will win this match. There are many factors that make Melbourne Stars Women a favorite team to win this match. Some of the key factors are mentioned as under.

• Melbourne Stars Women has beaten Hobart Hurricanes Women in this tournament
• Hobart Hurricanes Women are the third-best performing team in this tournament
• Melbourne Stars Women has a strong batting order in their squad but they had not performed well
• Hobart Hurricanes Women is also a strong and experienced team

Melbourne Stars Women is full of experienced and young players in the t20 format. The batting order of this team is also strong and some well-known hitters of the t20 format are part of the squad of this team, so the winning chances of today’s match for Melbourne Stars Women have been increased. The equation of who will win today’s cricket match prediction and who will win the cricket match today is mentioned as under.

Melbourne Stars Women have a 52% chance to win this match
Hobart Hurricanes Women has a 48% chance to win this match

The toss is going to play important in the result of each and every match of WBBL T20. According to our toss prediction, the team who will win the toss will elect to bat first as chasing had been difficult in most matches of WBBL.

The 48th Match of Women’s Big Bash League is going to be held at the Latrobe Recreation Ground, Latrobe. We had observed in the previous matches played here that the pitch here at this venue is good for batting. The track is slower than the others we have seen and helps the spinners quite a bit. We are hoping that the surface is bound to get slower and be a bit more difficult for batting in this match. A score of 160 is going to be tough to chase.

The weather forecast for Latrobe is not good for this cricket match. There are some chances of rain in the region but we are hopeful that we will have a full match to enjoy.

We will update you shortly.

• Date: Wednesday, 16th November 2022
• Time: 04:00 AM GMT / 03:00 PM LOCAL / 09:30 AM IST

• Stadium: Latrobe Recreation Ground
• Location: Latrobe, Australia
• Time Zone: UTC +11:00

Lauren Winfield-Hill, Bess Heath, Alice Capsey, Annabel Sutherland, Kim Garth, Nicole Faltum(w/c), Sasha Moloney, Tess Flintoff, Sophie Reid, Rhys McKenna, Sophie Day, Lucy Cripps, Jemimah Rodrigues, Una Raymond-Hoey.