Brisbane Heat will face off against Adelaide Strikers in the thirteenth match of big bash league, This article provides details about the playing 11 of Brisbane Heat vs Adelaide Strikers for the thirteenth match of the tournament.
Brisbane Heat Playing XI vs Adelaide Strikers – BBL 2025-26, Match 13:
Openers: Colin Munro, Jack Wildermuth
Brisbane Heat, who have been a part of two contrasting matches in recent times, will take on the Adelaide Strikers at the Gabba in Brisbane after suffering a record-breaking total of 258, losing by 34 runs while chasing 195.
The former BBL champions will be eyeing a win in the upcoming match, which would be their second win in four matches in the current season.
For this to happen, the home team will have to rely on their opening batsmen to provide the lead. Good starts both while batting first and while chasing.
The opening pair of Colin Munro and Jack Wildermuth will be entrusted with the responsibility of playing their role and setting a platform for the upcoming batsmen.
Along with this, both the batsmen will also hope to score a big score individually so as to gain confidence for the upcoming matches.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Nathan McSweeney (captain), Matthew Renshaw, Max Bryant, Hugh Wiebgen, Jimmy Pearson (wicketkeeper).
As far as Brisbane Heat’s middle order is concerned, it includes names like captain Nathan McSweeney, who is expected to make a comeback after being ruled out of the last game, Matthew Renshaw and Max Bryant.
All the above batsmen are capable of taking the game away from the opposition team and will try to do the same in the upcoming match.
Apart from them, batsmen like Hugh Wiebgen and Jimmy Pearson are also skilled enough to make meaningful contributions to the team while batting towards the end of the innings.
The top five batsmen will have to take the responsibility of scoring most of the runs for the team and by doing so will have to put pressure on the Adelaide Strikers and increase their chances of achieving victory.
Bowlers: Xavier Bartlett, Shaheen Afridi, Liam Haskett, Matthew Kuhnman
If we talk about Brisbane Heat’s bowling attack for this particular match, it includes names like Xavier Bartlett, Shaheen Afridi and Matthew Kunhemann, all of whom have the ability to take wickets at crucial moments.
The Brisbane Heat captain and management are expected to perform well with the ball and prevent the opposition batsmen from scoring runs freely at all stages of the innings.
If we specifically talk about the Heat’s fast bowling lineup, it will be handled by Xavier Bartlett, Shaheen Afridi and Liam Haskett, with Afridi taking the new ball and taking the responsibility of taking wickets in the powerplay and at the end of the innings.
While the spin bowling department of the team will be looked after by Matthew Kuhnman, who will be looking to utilize all the experience he has.