Melbourne Renegades Women v Brisbane Heat Women: Big Bash Women's Final preview

The 10th edition of the Women's Big Bash will come to its conclusion on Sunday, when Melbourne Renegades take on the Brisbane Heat at Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Melbourne and Brisbane both finished the regular season with 7-3 win-loss records, but it was the Renegades who clinched top spot due to their better net run rate.

The Heat went up against Sydney Thunder in the Challenger round and Mark Sorrell's side eased into the final of the competition, recording a comfortable nine-wicket victory.

Two-time Big Bash winners Brisbane are back in the final for the second year in a row after losing to the Adelaide Strikers in 2023, while Melbourne are featuring in the showpiece event for the first time.

Melbourne Renegades Women v Brisbane Heat Women betting preview

Duo in red-hot form

Net run rate was the only thing that separated these two in the regular season and Sunday's final promises to be a fascinating encounter between two evenly matched teams.

Melbourne have won five games in a row heading into this contest, last taking to the field on November 23rd, while Brisbane's Challenger triumph over Sydney on Friday extended their winning streak to six matches.

While the Renegades will be fresher going into the final, they could also be a little rusty and that could play into the hands of the Heat, who should be nicely fine-tuned after that Sydney success.

Georgia Redmayne scored a brilliant unbeaten 53 to guide her side to victory, although there will be a slight concern after Jemimah Rodrigues (43) retired hurt with a wrist injury.

It is 1.83 for Aussie ace Redmayne to score over 17.5 runs, something she has achieved in the last four innings for the Heat.

With the likes of Grace Harris, Charli Knott and Jess Jonassen ably supporting Redmayne, there is plenty of firepower in this Brisbane batting line-up, but one player that will hoping to combat those individuals is Melbourne skipper Sophie Molineux.

The Australian all-rounder has taken a leading 15 wickets for her team from just six matches, boasting an average of 11.40 and an economy rate of 7.12.

Molineux, who took 2-35 when these two met back in October, finished with 4-23 and hit an unbeaten 42 in her last match for Brisbane and the 1.83 available on her to go over 45.5 in Player Performance is hard to ignore.

History on Brisbane's side

Brisbane are aiming to become the first team to win the Women's Big Bash three times, having won both of their titles in 2019 after final victories over the Sydney Sixers and Adelaide Strikers.

The Heat have won the most Big Bash matches of any women's side and they have a particularly good record when it comes to facing the Renegades.

Brisbane have won five of the last six meetings against Melbourne, including the most recent clash in October when they registered a convincing 28-run success.

The last two meetings between these two in Melbourne at Junction Oval have also gone the way of the Heat, in November 2019 and October 2023.

With the potential of nerves for Melbourne in their first ever Women's Big Bash final, Brisbane's experience could help them get over the line.

Melbourne Renegades Women v Brisbane Heat Women odds

Melbourne Renegades Women - 1.90
Brisbane Heat Women - 1.90

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