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Melbourne Renegades take on Hobart Hurricanes in match 35 of the WBBL; the eighth edition of the tournament.
The game is scheduled to start at 7.10pm local time (8.10am BST) on Monday, November 7.
The game will be played in Hobart at the Blundstone Arena.
This season sits in the balance for Hobart Hurricanes; they have three wins and three losses and sit fifth in the table. There are 56 league games in the WBBL season, so there is still time for either a surge into the knockout phase or for their season to fall flat. The former will rely heavily on openers Elyse Villani and Lizelle Lee finding some of the form that has made them two of the finest players in the world game.
Captain Villani, who joined from Melbourne Stars at the start of the season, has just 56 runs at an average of just 9.3.
Melbourne Renegades secured just their second win of the season against fellow strugglers Sydney Thunder in their last game. They will hope it will ignite their season which has struggled after their overseas Harmanpreet Kaur was forced to withdraw from the tournament with injury. They will be encouraged by a fifty from captain Sophie Molineux against Thunder.
The addition of Ella Hayward to their bowling attack has been fruitful, her 15 tournament overs in five games have gone at an economy of just 4.8 per over.
Melbourne Renegades are off the foot of the table (Steve Bell/Getty Images)
The weather in Hobart is partly cloudy with just a 10 per cent chance of rain so hopefully, there will be a full game.
These two teams both had overseas players who pulled out through injury before playing a single game. Kaur is out with a back injury and Issy Wong is missing the whole Hurricanes season while she recovers from her own injury.
Hurricanes need Mignon du Preez to fire (Steve Bell/Getty Images)
Hobart Hurricanes: Nicola Carey, Julia Cavanough, Mignon du Preez, Maisy Gibson, Heather Graham, Ruth Johnston, Lizelle Lee, Emma Manix-Geeves, Hayley Silver-Holmes, Amy Smith, Naomi Stalenberg, Molly Strano, Rachel Trenaman, Elyse Villani, Issy Wong (injured, replaced by Hayley Jensen)
Melbourne Renegades: Sophie Molineux, Sarah Coyte, Josie Dooley, Ellie Falconer, Ella Hayward, Shabnim Ismail, Harmanpreet Kaur (injured, partially replaced by Eve Jones, permanently replaced by Chamari Atapattu), Carly Leeson, Hayley Matthews, Rhiann O’Donnell, Tayla Vlaeminck, Georgia Wareham, Courtney Webb, Georgia Prestwidge, Erica Kershaw
Hobart Hurricanes: Elyse Villani, Lizelle Lee, Mignon du Preez, Ruth Johnston, Heather Graham, Rachel Trenaman, Nicola Carey, Naomi Stalenberg, Hayley Jensen, Maisy Gibson, Molly Strano
Melbourne Renegades: Hayley Matthews, Chamari Atapattu, Josie Dooley, Sophie Molineux, Courtney Webb, Carly Leeson, Ellie Falconer, Sarah Coyte, Georgia Prestwidge, Ella Hayward, Shabnim Ismail
Melbourne Renegades are 6/4 to get the win, with Hobart Hurricanes at 1/2.
The Hobart batting lineup is due a big innings and if they can collectively fire they should have too much firepower for Renegades.
Yes. General admission is $10 for adults and free for children between 4-15 years old. They can be purchased on the TICKETET website.
Sky Sports holds the UK rights for the WBBL. This game will be shown on Sky Sports Cricket and Sky Sports Main Event.
In Australia, fans will be able to watch all 59 matches in the WBBL live and free on either the Seven Network or cricket.com.au
A total of 24 games will be televised on free-to-air on Seven and simulcast on Foxtel and Kayo, while the remaining 35 games will be shown on Foxtel and Kayo Sports and also live-streamed for free on cricket.com.au.
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