Hobart will bowl first on the Gabba in opposition to Brisbane in a battle for fifth spot because the Big Bash League finals loom.
Whoever wins on Friday evening underneath gloomy skies will bounce the stalling Adelaide into fifth – the final play-off spot – with two video games to play.
The Strikers solely have another sport to play whereas the Heat and Hurricanes will play one another once more, the mini-series prone to determine which workforce progresses to the ultimate 5.
The Hurricanes will likely be with out key spinner Paddy Dooley (groin), changed by fast Joel Paris in what’s change into a pace-heavy assault.
The Heat (4 wins, six losses, one wash-out) are second final however after back-to-back wins are nonetheless a preventing probability of contesting finals.
They will go in unchanged after a last-ball defeat of Melbourne Stars, due to Matt Renshaw’s unbeaten 90.
The sport will likely be Heat wicketkeeper Jimmy Peirson’s one centesimal BBL conflict.
BRISBANE HEAT: Usman Khawaja (c), Josh Brown, Marnus Labuschagne, Matt Renshaw, Sam Hain, Jimmy Peirson (wk), James Bazley, Michael Neser, Spencer Johnson, Mitchell Swepson, Matthew Kuhnemann
HOBART HURRICANES: Ben McDermott, Caleb Jewell, Zak Crawley, Matthew Wade (c/wk) Tim David, D’Arcy Short, Mitch Owen, Farheem Ashraf, Joel Paris, Nathan Ellis, Riley Meredith.
