Big Bash League: Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Sixers Match Prediction and preview

The hosts are at the bottom of the table this season with just a single win in five games. They go into the New Year's Day match on the back of several straight losses.

Their opponents, the Sydney Sixers, on the other hand, have won four games in a row after losing their opening two games.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We take on the Brisbane Heat tonight at the Gabba from 7:15pm AEDT <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BBL12?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BBL12</a> <a href="https://t.co/LKTezYo1O9">pic.twitter.com/LKTezYo1O9</a></p>&mdash; Sydney Sixers (@SixersBBL) <a href="https://twitter.com/SixersBBL/status/1609308429637517314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

They go into this match as heavy favourites and could knock the Sydney Thunder off second place in the points table with a win over the Heat.

Pitch Report

The surface at the Gabba usually suits the bowlers, as recent Test matches between South Africa and Australia have shown. The team that wins the coin toss will tend to bowl first, given the support for the new-ball bowlers.

Players to watch

Josh Philippe

Sean Abbott

Colin Munro

Mark Steketee

Match Prediction: Sydney Sixers will win this game because they are unbeaten in the last four games and have beaten Brisbane Heat four times in the last five games

Squad:

Sydney Sixers squad: Kurtis Patterson, Josh Philippe(w), James Vince, Daniel Christian, Moises Henriques(c), Jordan Silk, Jackson Bird, Ben Dwarshuis, Hayden Kerr, Sean Abbott, Izharulhaq Naveed, Naveen-ul-Haq, Todd Murphy, Jack Edwards, Daniel Hughes

Brisbane Heat squad: Colin Munro, Max Bryant, Sam Billings, Jimmy Peirson(w/c), Ross Whiteley, Mark Steketee, Xavier Bartlett, James Bazley, Michael Neser, Spencer Johnson, Nathan McSweeney, Matthew Kuhnemann, Mitchell Swepson, Josh Brown