The Sydney Sixers will bat first within the Big Bash grand-final qualifier towards the Brisbane Heat after successful the toss on the SCG.
Thursday evening’s winner will meet defending champions the Perth Scorchers for the decider at Optus Stadium this Saturday.
Both the Sixers and Heat are competing with out their Test stars, who’ve flown to India for the Test sequence after showing within the first weekend of the BBL play-offs.
Swashbuckling Sixers batter Steve Smith headlines the outs however the Heat are having to reconfigure their high order with Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne and Matthew Renshaw all away.
Sam Heazlett, Max Bryant and Nathan McSweeney all be a part of the batting order for the Heat. The final time the edges met, McSweeney scored 84 runs.
For the Sixers, Kurtis Patterson replaces Smith on the high of the order. Veteran Daniel Hughes is available in for less than his fourth recreation of the BBL summer season and can bat at first drop in Patterson’s place.
The Heat are the one workforce the Sixers haven’t crushed this summer season however the Sydneysiders are but to style defeat on the SCG from 5 video games.
Sixers XI: Josh Philippe (wk), Kurtis Patterson, Daniel Hughes, Moises Henriques (c), Jordan Silk, Hayden Kerr, Dan Christian, Ben Dwarshuis, Sean Abbott, Stephen O’Keefe, Izharulhaq Naveed
Heat XI: Sam Heazlett, Josh Brown, Nathan McSweeney, Sam Hain, Jimmy Peirson (c, wk), Max Bryant, James Bazley, Michael Neser, Xavier Bartlett, Spencer Johnson, Matthew Kuhnemann.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
