Sydney Sixers Women vs Melbourne Stars Women match prediction 1st match

SS-W vs MS-W Match 1 Predictions & Betting Tips

In the opening match of the 2021 edition of the Women’s Big Bash League, the Sydney Sixers Women will take on Melbourne Stars Women on October 14 (Thursday) at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart.

And the time of the year is here. The Australia vs India Women’s Multi-format series has come to an end and we are all set to welcome the Women’s Big Bash League competition, ready to cut slash. The 2021 edition will begin with the last year’s finalists - Melbourne Stars and Sydney Sixers - and what better way than getting our point across by choosing the bets for the two best sides in the tournament.

SS-W vs MS-W Player Bets:

As we have drawn closer to the first game of the WBBL, we have assorted a couple of excellent bets for you that will help you earn a fortune. Our suggestions are based on excellent data analysis that will convince you to go for the bet.

Meg Lanning to score more than 38.5 @ 1.83

Meg Lanning is one of the superstars in Australian cricket and more so, in the Women’s Big Bash League where she averages 47.19 in 51 matches. Lanning has a strike rate of 120.7 in the competition but what makes her presence so special is her consistency. Only once in five years of participation, her average has dropped below 40 and helped her put up 20 fifty-plus scores in the process.

In 2019, when she played in the WBBL for the last time, the Australian skipper had put up seven fifty-plus scores and that shows her incredible consistency. Run-scoring hasn’t really been difficult at Hobart with batters scoring at a run rate of 7.1 runs per over. With balls per dismissal rate being a stunning 18.4, Lanning can very well use that to her advantage and score the required runs in this market. Go ahead and place your bet on Bet365 to start the tournament on a big note.

Shafali Verma to score less than 28.5 @ 1.83

After enjoying a startling start to her career, Shafali Verma faced a road bump in 2021. Make no mistake - she has been scoring runs as potently as she ever did but somehow, the intensity in the shortest format has died down. Ahead of her WBBL debut, it must be remembered that she is averaging 22.22 in 2021 in T20Is - that is way lesser than the asking market. Further, her average of 22.07 in Australia is the second-lowest in any country and that doesn’t inspire any confidence.

Verma might have been successful in producing many more impactful innings in Australia during the 2020 T20 World Cup - which is understandable after looking at his strike rate of 142.8 - but given the fact that she has found run-scoring difficult, I would bet for a below part. Check out the odds on our affiliate platform Bet365 to soar high this week.

SS-W vs MS-W Team Bets:

While the aforementioned two bets are sure to pay you a good value, you can boast of a greater return with a one-sided market. Bet365 gets you covered.

Sydney Sixers to hit more sixes @ 1.95

It is a straightforward shoot-out, isn’t it? Sydney Sixers Women have been one of the most dominant sides in the history of the competition and that stands true for their six-hitting as well. In 78 matches, the Sixers have hit as many as 199 sixes with balls per boundary average of 7.2. On both counts, they are the best in the competition and that tells a story. To put things in perspective, they have had a boundary percentage of 50.96%.

But compare that to Melbourne Stars, which have a boundary percentage of 43.02%, you get the drift. With a balls per boundary rate of 8.9, they are far behind and have hit only 105 sixes in 69 matches. They have the lowest fours among all teams and fourth lowest sixes as well, but with no comparable genius to be taken care of. Thus you can be confident about the same and place your bet on Bet365.