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It has been a weird week when it comes to Brisbane Heat and Melbourne Renegades.

On Tuesday, a James Pattinson-inspired Heat smashed the Strikers. Three days later, they were smashed by the same team. Their 100 all-out abomination last game was another chapter in the book of poor batting by most teams in recent times in BBL09. Can the Heat fire this time?

For the Renegades, they finally picked up their first win of the campaign. They held their nerve in a rain-affected game against Thunder, winning the key moments, including the death overs with the bat, to register a win.

With their playoff hopes gone, the Renegades can look to be of nuisance to the other teams fighting for a top five spot. Can they annoy the Heat in Brisbane?

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Key Players to Watch/Key Stats

• Sam Harper was man-of-the-match against Heat at the Gabba a year ago. Also, he is coming off 52 off 42 balls vs Thunder a few days ago.
• Only Marcus Stoinis is ahead of Shaun Marsh in the list for most runs in BBL09 (366 runs in 10 games at 36.60).
• AB de Villiers looked in fine touch on his BBL debut at the Gabba on Tuesday. A magnificent player and one to watch, as always.
• Chris Lynn continues to inspire more confidence when batting first (94, 88*, 31, 26) than when batting second (9, 6, 14, 9, 14, 0).
• Out of all players set to play today’s game, Ben Cutting has the most runs (242) and most wickets (8) of any player in Heat-Renegades matches.
• Beau Webster remains in the top 10 run-scorers in BBL09 with a fine record: 318 runs, avg. 53.00, SR: 142.60.
• Matt Renshaw has hit 52* and 43 in his last two games.
• Daniel Christian stepped up for the Renegades last game in what has been a disappointing season. He scored 21* (12) and took 3/14 in the crunch overs.
• Samit Patel has taken a wicket in each of his past three games. Mohammad Nabi has taken at least one wicket in each of his past nine T20s.
• James Pattinson, if recovered from illness, will be a key player for the Heat. He took 5/33 on this ground on Tuesday.
• Cameron Boyce took 2/17 at the Gabba last season.

Head-to-Head

• Matches 11, Heat 3, Renegades 8.
• Melbourne Renegades won comfortably at the Gabba last season.

Possible Playing 11

Brisbane Heat have left out Max Bryant. In comes Sam Heazlett.

Brisbane Heat: 1. Sam Heazlett, 2. Chris Lynn (c), 3. AB de Villiers, 4. Matt Renshaw, 5. Joe Burns, 6. Ben Cutting, 7. Jimmy Peirson (wk), 8. James Pattinson, 9. Mitch Swepson, 10. Ben Laughlin, 11. Mujeeb ur Rahman

Melbourne Renegades have picked the same 13-man squad from their win over Thunder.

Melbourne Renegades: 1. Shaun Marsh, 2. Marcus Harris, 3. Sam Harper (wk), 4. Beau Webster, 5. Dan Christian (c), 6. Mohammad Nabi, 7. Samit Patel, 8. Jack Wildermuth, 9. Will Sutherland, 10. Cameron Boyce, 11. Andrew Fekete

Gabba Pitch Report and Conditions

The Heat bowlers have had a good time of it at the Gabba in the past two games. Hobart Hurricanes (126/9) and Adelaide Strikers (110) were both restricted when batting first.

Usually in night games, the ball skids onto the bat nicely. However, thunderstorms are forecast for Sunday evening in Brisbane, which will likely impact this game.

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Match Prediction

If the weather permits, it could come down to which team chases in a Duckworth/Lewis scenario.

There have been a lot of low scores in BBL09 recently, so the team bowling first could look to put pressure on the opponent. Both teams have really been up-and-down with the bat in BBL09.

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