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Melbourne Stars Women vs Sydney Thunder Women WBBL 2020 Final | Bets that will Make you Rich

The final of the Women’s Big Bash League 2020 will be fought between Melbourne Stars Women and the Sydney Thunder Women at the North Sydney Oval on Saturday the 28th of November.

As the 6th season of the Women's Big Bash League draws to an end, we look in anticipation to the epic final between Melbourne Stars Women and Sydney Thunder Women. With the strong bowling side of Sydney Thunder Women including players like Hannah Darlington, Shabnim Ismail, Sammy Jo Johnson, and Samantha Bates and the formidable batting lineup of the Melbourne Stars with players like Meg Lanning, Mignon du Preez, Elyse Villani, and Natalie Sciver, this is going to be one beautiful match to watch. Sydney Thunder Women also boasts of a batting lineup consisting of batsmen like Rachel Trenaman, Rachael Haynes, Heather Knight, and Samantha Bates while Melbourne Stars Women have a bowling lineup consisting of Holy Ferling, Natalie Sciver, Alana King, and Erin Osborne. While Melbourne Stars have consistently given a dominating performance in the season, Sydney Thunder Women have had ups and downs throughout the season, including a semi-final where they looked all but lost, before taking down the middle and lower order batsmen barely giving any runs. It's more likely for the Stars to win and the betting odds are skewed in their favor, but even though the odds on Melbourne winning aren't great, I have picked out the best team bets that have the highest statistical chance of winning and will give you the best returns for your money.

Melbourne Stars to score Most Sixes

There is an overall lack in the number of sixes hit in the WBBL, having said that, Melbourne Stars Women have completely dominated the arena by their exemplary batting performances in this season. They have hit a total of 38 sixes from the 14 matches they played, averaging at 2.71, while the Sydney Thunder Women have managed to hit a total of 21 sixes in the 15 matches they have played in this season, averaging at 1.4. If we see the statistics of the last 5 matches we see that Sydney Thunder Women hit only 4 sixes in the last 5 games, with an average of 0.8 while Melbourne Stars Women managed to hit 19 sixes in the last 5 games, averaging at 3.8. It's assured that Melbourne Stars Women are going to hit More 6's in this match and Leovegas.com has offered odds of 1.85 for Melbourne Stars to hit the most match 6's.

Total Number of 6's to be under 5.5

The batting lineup of the Sydney Thunder Women is heavily reliant on two batsmen, Rachael Haynes and Heather Knight, and while these two have a lot of boundaries in their names, the total number of sixes they have hit in the 15 matches are 12. Melbourne Stars, who have a more well-rounded batting lineup, have been able to score more sixes but not against the strong bowling lineup of the Sydney Thunder Women. The only head to head match played by these teams in the season had a total of 0 sixes. If we look at the total sixes in the last 5 matches by both teams, they are as follows:

Melbourne Stars Women:9(3), 6(3), 7(4), 3(2), 11(7)

Sydney Thunder Women:1(0), 3(1), 5(0), 4(3), 1(0)

*figures in brackets are sixes hit by the team

We realize that out of the 10 innings only 4 innings had a total of more than 5.5 sixes, and it was mostly credited to the opponents of Melbourne Stars Women, while there was no inning for the Thunder Women which had more than 5.5 sixes. We also see that in the 10 innings, the two teams hit a combined total of 23 sixes at an average of 4.6. The Total number of Sixes will be under 5.5 and Leo Vegas is offering odds of 1.72 for the same. Interestingly Royal Panda is offering odds of 2.00 for the total number of 6's to be under 4.5, which is a very risky bet to make for the higher rewards, so choose carefully before betting.

Melbourne Stars to score the Most 4's

I mentioned earlier how this clash is going to be about Melbourne Stars batting against the bowling of Sydney Thunder Women. This makes it easier to predict this bet. The total number of fours hit by Melbourne Star Women in the 14 matches they played this season are 211 fours at an average of 15.07. While the total number of fours hit by the Sydney Thunder Women in the 15 matches they played this season have been 171 fours, averaging at 11.4. This clearly shows the discrepancy between the two teams. In the previous head to head match between these teams played in this season, the number of fours was 19 fours by Stars and 14 fours by Thunder Women. Interestingly if we add the total number of fours hit by the top 3 players of Melbourne Stars they are exactly the same as the total number of fours hit by the top 6 players of Sydney Thunder Women in the season. LeoVegas is offering odds of 1.72 for Melbourne Stars to hit more fours in the game and I think this bet is money in the bag.