Melbourne Renegades vs Hobart Hurricanes (REN vs HUR) has been scheduled for the fifth match of the Big Bash League 2024/25 on Thursday evening at GMHBA Stadium, South Geelong, Victoria.
It will be the first game for Hobart Hurricanes in the 2024/25 season as the two-time runners-up finished in the sixth and fifth positions in the last two seasons, respectively.
It will be the second game for Melbourne Renegades this season who lost their season opener against Sydney Sixers by five wickets.
REN vs HUR Match Overview
Competition: Big Bash League (BBL)
Season: 2024/25 (BBL 2024/25)
Stage: League
Tournament Match no: 5
Match: Melbourne Renegades vs Hobart Hurricanes (REN vs HUR)
Format: T20
Date and Time: Thursday, 19 December, 19:15 local time (13:45 IST)
Venue: GMHBA Stadium, South Geelong, Victoria
Live Broadcasting/Streaming (only in India): Star Sports Network, Disney+Hotstar app
REN vs HUR Teams’ status
Melbourne Renegades openers Jake Fraser-McGurk (21) and Josh Brown (22) got fiery starts but failed to carry on. It massively hurt them as they were losing wickets at regular intervals till the 12th over. Tim Seifert scored 55 runs and captain Will Sutherland (36*) played crucial innings. Renegades bowlers also failed to make crucial damage at the early stage except for Josh Phillipe’s (5) wicket as Sydney Sixers comfortably chased the 170 runs target in 18.3 overs.
Hobart Hurricanes are ready to play their first match of the season.
REN vs HUR Weather Forecast
AccuWeather suggests no rain threat for this upcoming match. The match time temperatures can be between 23°C and 17°C.
REN vs HUR Head-to-Head (Overall)
Matches: 19
Melbourne Renegades won: 8
Hobart Hurricanes won: 11
No Result: 0
REN vs HUR Pitch Report
It will be the only second BBL match at Simonds Stadium (Geelong). This venue previously hosted Melbourne Renegades vs Brisbane Heat match, where Heat scored 192/4 and Renegades were all out for only 91 runs.
REN vs HUR Toss Prediction
Win the toss and bowl first.
REN vs HUR Full Available Squads
Melbourne Renegades
Will Sutherland (Captain), Jacob Bethell, Josh Brown, Laurie Evans, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mackenzie Harvey, Fergus O'Neill, Kane Richardson, Tom Rogers, Gurinder Sandhu, Tim Seifert, Callum Stow, Jon Wells, Adam Zampa
Hobart Hurricanes
Nathan Ellis (Captain), Marcus Bean, Nikhil Chaudhary, Tim David, Peter Hatzoglou, Shai Hope, Caleb Jewell, Chris Jordan, Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Mitch Owen, Waqar Salamkheil, Billy Stanlake, Matthew Wade
REN vs HUR Predicted XIs
Melbourne Renegades Predicted XI:
Josh Brown, Tim Seifert, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mackenzie Harvey, Laurie Evans, Jacob Bethell, Will Sutherland (Captain), Tom Rogers, Gurinder Sandhu, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa
Hobart Hurricanes Predicted XI:
Ben McDermott, Matthew Wade (wk), Shai Hope, Caleb Jewell, Nikhil Chaudhary, Tim David, Mitch Owen, Chris Jordan, Nathan Ellis (Captain), Billy Stanlake, Riley Meredith
REN vs HUR Dream11 Team Suggestion No 1
Wicketkeeper(s): M Wade (8 Cr), B McDermott (9 Cr), T Seifert (8 Cr)
Batter(s): T David (8 Cr), J Fraser-McGurk (9 Cr), J Brown (8 Cr)
All-rounder(s): C Jordan (8.5 Cr), W Sutherland (8.5 Cr)
Bowler(s): K Richardson (8.5 Cr), A Zampa (9 Cr), T Stewart Rogers (6 Cr)
Captain: Will Sutherland (Melbourne Renegades)
Vice-captain: Tim Seifert (Melbourne Renegades)
REN vs HUR Dream11 Team Suggestion No 2
Wicketkeeper(s): M Wade (8 Cr), T Seifert (8 Cr)
Batter(s): J Fraser-McGurk (9 Cr), J Brown (8 Cr)
All-rounder(s): C Jordan (8.5 Cr), N Chaudhary (8 Cr), W Sutherland (8.5 Cr)
Bowler(s): K Richardson (8.5 Cr), A Zampa (9 Cr), R Meredith (8.5 Cr), N Ellis (9 Cr)
Captain: Jake Fraser-McGurk (Melbourne Renegades)
Vice-captain: Chris Jordan (Hobart Hurricanes)
REN vs HUR Dream11 Top Backups (Excluding 2 Team Suggestions)
J Bethell (8 Cr), F ONeil (6 Cr), L Evans (7.5 Cr), B Stanlake (7 Cr)
