The big day is here – today we’ll find out the winners of this summer’s WBBL and BBL competitions, and as luck would have it, the same franchises are being represented in both matches.
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For both the male and female competitions it’s case of the Perth Scorchers hosting the Sydney Sixers at the WACA – sorry, #TheFurnace.
In both competitions, it is the Scorchers who will go in as favourites – understandable, given they are on home soil.
For either side though it will be a chance to do the double by winning both sides of the competition – coincidentally enough, the Sydney Thunder did exactly that last year.
So what we want to know is – who are you tipping? Will it be a Scorchers double, a Sixers double, or something in between?
Check out the key information for both matches below, and then let us know in the comments who you think will win, and why.
WBBL Final – Scorchers vs Sixers
Start time: 1:45pm (AEDT), 10:15am (local)
Venue: WACA Ground, Perth, Western Australia
Betting: Scorchers $1.83, Sixers $1.93
Last meeting: January 9, Sixers won by 4 wickets
Squads
Perth Scorchers
Suzie Bates (c), Megan Banting, Emma Biss, Nicole Bolton, Katherine Brunt, Mathilda Carmichael, Piepa Cleary, Lauren Ebsary, Heather Graham, Katie-Jane Hartshorn, Emma King, Chloe Piparo, Anya Shrubsole, Emily Smith, Elyse Villani.
Sydney Sixers
Ellyse Perry (c), Sarah Aley, Rhiannon Dick, Ashleigh Gardner, Alyssa Healy (wk), Jodie Hicks, Marizanne Kapp, Carly Leeson, Emily Leys, Sara McGlashan, Haylee Partridge, Angela Reakes, Lauren Smith, Lisa Sthalekar, Dane van Niekerk.
BBL Final – Scorchers vs Sixers
Start time: 7:15pm (AEDT) – 4:15pm (local)
Venue: W.A.C.A, Perth
Betting: Scorchers $1.74, Sixers $2.08
Last meeting: 27 December, Sixers won by 6 wickets at Sydney Cricket Ground
Squads
Perth Scorchers
Ashton Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Ian Bell, Hilton Cartwright, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mitchell Johnson, Michael Klinger, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, James Muirhead, Joel Paris, Jhye Richardson, Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye, Cameron Valente, Adam Voges, Sam Whiteman, David Willey
Sydney Sixers
Moises Henriques (c), Sean Abbott, Sam Billings, Jackson Bird, Doug Bollinger, Johan Botha, Ben Dwarshuis, Brad Haddin, Daniel Hughes, Michael Lumb, Nathan Lyon, Nic Maddinson, Joe Mennie, Steve O’Keefe, Jason Roy, Jordan Silk
Don Freo
Guest
You are not impressed by conceding only 3 runs in 4 overs?
Don Freo
Guest
Turner, Agar and Johnson are all "brutal power" with the bat. The Scorchers' fielding is a 30 run edge. The Scorchers' fielding has been "player of the tournament".
jameswm
Roar Guru
Johnson bowled well, but he didn't exactly get his wickets from great balls. The Scorchers' ineup looks a lot softer without the Marshes I must say. They lose their power hitter and SMarsh > Bancroft at the top - by a margin.
TheCunningLinguistic
Guest
S. Marsh hit form just at the end, big loss for the Scorchers, particularly with his bro still out too... They'll need Whiteman, Klingon & Voges to fire, with some big hitting from Turner & Agar at the end. Let's hope MJ bowls like the previous game! If everything clicks, Scorchers lads should still be able to do it without SOS. As for the ladies, bit close to call... Sixers have stronger line up on paper, but there's home ground advantage to consider. 50-50, maybe slight edge towards Sixers?
TheCunningLinguistic
Guest
jameswm- Both Marsh's are out, Behrendorff & Bancroft in.
JoM
Guest
Sixers for the girls. They have been the best team all comp. Just a shame they don't get any home advantage for coming 1st and their opposition do.
Howie
Roar Pro
Scorchers for the double, women's should be the closer game.
jameswm
Roar Guru
My heart says Sixers, head Scorchers. Trying to work out the Scorchers team: Klinger, SMarsh, Bell, Voges, MMarsh, Turner at 6, Whiteman, Agar, Richardson, Tye, Johnson - that means no Bancroft, NCN, Muirhead, Paris, Valente, Cartwright and Willey from that squad Weakness - hard to hit spinners and change up bowlers, and acking brutal power with the bat except for MMarsh Sixers like this? Hughes, Lumb, Maddinson, Henriques, Roy/Billings, Haddin, Botha, Abbott, Dwarshuis, Lyon, Bird, From that squad missing out - Bollinger, Mennie, Silk, SOK Not super strong at 5-6-7, spinners better, quicks not as good - Maddinson or Henriques need to score 70 off 40 for them to win
Wayne
Roar Guru
Same.
Gavin R
Guest
I've said on a previous article that maddinson is key. He needs to score 40+ for the Sixers to win.
Magnus M. Østergaard
Roar Guru
Its pretty easy. Chaser wins.
Stin
Guest
If Maddinson actually scores more than 5 maybe. WACA won't ever as helpful for Lyon but he needs to bowl well again. Still think Mitch's Scorchers will take it unfortunately.
Sumeet
Roar Rookie
Perth for women's & sixer for the men's
qwetzen
Guest
It doesn't matter which teams finish on top, chicken will be the real winner.
mds1970
Roar Guru
Sixers for the women, Scorchers for the men.