Lets discuss in detail Pitch report and Analysis of The Gabba Brisbane Australia.
All pitches in Australia are not simply flat. Theses pitches has something both for the batters and the bowlers. Unlike subcontinent pitches in India and Pakistan which are mostly flat. The pitches are bouncy and have pace.
The Gabba is one of the oldest cricket grounds located in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia. Established in 1895, The Gabba is owned by the Queensland Government.
The ‘GABBA is a fortress for Australia, as they have not lost here since 1988 when they faced those fearsome West Indians.
Why the stadium is called Gabba ?
The venue was traditionally known as the Brisbane Cricket Ground, but now officially known as The Gabba, named after the suburb in which it is located – Woolloongabba.
Home Ground of Brisbane Heat and Queensland
The Gabba is now the home ground of the Queensland Bulls in domestic cricket, the Brisbane Heat and Women’s Big Bash League team Brisbane Heat Women.
What is the Capacity of The Gabba Australia ?
The Gabba Brisbane Australia has a seating capacity of about 40000 spectators.
Boundry Lenght/Size/Dimensions of The Gabba Brisbane Australia
The straight boundary of The Gabba Brisbane Cricket Ground is 71 meters the square boundary on one side of this ground is 74 meters and the square boundary on the other side is 68 meters and the boundary in the direction of the fine leg and a third man of this ground is 65 meters. meter.
Pitch Report and Analysis of The Gabba Brisbane Australia
Batters love to play here. Home team always has advantage due to knowing the pitch condition and the ground. But the pitch is not too flat unlike Adelide Oval. Pitch has pace and bounce. Fast bowlers get return by bowling disciplined line and lengths and hitting the deck hard. Outfield is fast like many Australian grounds. Average T20 score is 166. Team winning the toss want to bat first. Gabba is among the largest ground in world cricket. So chasing team always find it difficult to score runs in the 2nd innings. Batsman not score freely if the bowler bowl disciplined lines. Ground is big so to score boundries freely is not possible. Also if you hit high, there is also possibility and risk of being caught out. To score sixes also need lot of power.Pitch has turn and bounce. Both fast bowlers and spin bowlers get assistance from the pitch if they bowl with discipline and in right lines. The winning score at this venue is at least 175-180.
BBL|14 9th Match: Brisbane Heat Vs Adelide Strikers
Match was played at the Gabba Brisbane ground. Adelide Strikers gave the target of 174/6. In reply Brisbane Heat chased it down on the last ball of the innings. Nathan Mcsweeney was declared the man of the match due to his match winning innings of 78 on 49 balls. Other main contributor from Brisbane Heat was Renshaw who made a quick 54 from 27 balls. These two batters were the difference in winning the match for Brisbane Heat.
BBL|13 1st match: Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Stars
Brisbane heat scored 214 runs but in chase Melbourne Stars bowled out at 111. This shows how beautifully track played in favor of Brsibane Heat batters.
BBL|13 16th Match: Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Thunder
Brisbane Heat again scored 171 and in responses Sydney Thunder made 157.
BBL|13 29th Match: Brisbane Heat vs Hobart Hurricanes
Weather conditions were overcaste. So brisbane heat scored just 132 runs as pitch has something for the fast bowlers. Brisbane Heat won by just 1 run in low scoring contest. Pitch favors the fast bowlers. This is the first success chase of over 150+ since 11 unsuccessful ones at the Gabba in BBL.
Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Sixers, 15th Match -BBL 2024-25
The Gabba has been pretty good for teams batting first of late and average scores have hovered around the 180-run mark. The Heat also have a superb record at home having won 9 out of the 10 matches here across the last two seasons. Should be another spicy contest.
In 10 overs Sydney Sixers only given 58/2 with their disciplined bowling and fielding. Not giving easy deliveries to hit for four or sixes. Good bowling unit selected for this match with two spinners also getting turn and bowling wicket to wicket.
In 20 overs, Brisbane Heat scored 138/9.10 off the last two balls and that’s a good end for the Heat. But Sixers will be very content with this score. The pitch has no demons and it should be a straightforward chase. Regular wickets hurt the Heat. Peirson was dropped on 0 but struggled to get the boundaries and fell to a superb catch by Silk. The top-order once again flopped for the Heat and it was left to McSweeney to do the repair job. He struck two sixes off Murphy but fell to him in trying to hit a 3rd. Useful contributions from Walter, Bartlett and Swepson at the end ensured Heat got to 138. Once again Dwarshuis was the pick of the bowlers with a four-fer while Murphy and Hayden Kerr were among the wickets too. The fielding from the Sixers was terrific again today with that man Silk leading the way with two superb catches.
Ben Dwarshius | Player of the Match: It was nice to win the toss and bowl, the conditions suited that. There was a bit of seam movement early. Was nice to extract a few wickets early and keep the runs down.
A pretty convincing win for the Sixers here. The Heat are pretty strong at home but the Sixers, who have a tremendous record away from home, have triumphed tonight. Earlier, led by Dwarshius’ 4-fer, the Sixers restricted the home side to just 138. The pitch seemed to ease up a touch and batting seemed to get easier under lights when they got back out there. Although they lost Vince early, the Sixers seized the momentum and the runs flowed quite easily. Patterson led the initial charge while Philippe and Henriques continued to sustain the pressure. The Heat put Phillippe down early and it proved to be detrimental. He made the most of his opportunity and ended up unbeaten on 66. The Heat just didn’t have enough runs to play with and the Sixers cruised home.
T20 Stats at the Gabba Brisbane Australia
Total 11 international matches are played here at the Gabba Brisbane. Out of which 8 won by the team batting first. Average 1st innings score is 160. Average 2nd innings score is 138. Highest score chased is 164/4 by Australia against South Africa.
Other Factors taking into consideration with Pitch to predict the Winner
Toss too has affect on the match result. If the pitch is batting friendly. Then obviously team winning the toss love to bowl first and chase it down on a batting paradise pitch. It is easy to chase down total on a batting friendly pitch.
If the pitch is balanced one for both batters and bowlers, then toss has little impact on the match result.
If pitch has something for the bowlers. The team winning the toss love to bowl first and exploit the pitch in the 1st innings and bowl out the opposite site on low total. Even there are also fair chances for the team bowling in 2nd innings to restrict the side by exploiting the pitch pace and bounce. Turn if the pitch got slower and spin.
On pitches where pitches get slower with passage of time. Team want to bat first and exploit the slowness of pitch by bowling slow deliveries and by putting on spinners.
2.Host Team prepare Pitch on their Strength
Host team always has advantage of their home grounds. Host team prepare pitches according to their team strengths. Like India make batting flat pitches as there batting is awlays strong and powerful. Sometimes against Australia and England, they make spin friendly pitches as Spin is their main weapon against these teams. Australia make pitches with pace and bounce as fast bowing at their home grounads is their main strength. This factor is also an important factor and can impact the match result also.
3.Dew affect on the Match Result
Dew also has affect on the match. If there is dew factor on the ground. Team love to chase as bowl became wet. Very difficult for the team bowling 2nd to grip the ball properly.
4.Weather Conditions affect on the Match Result
Weather too play the role. In case of rain, team try to chase the total as they have score in mind that is to be chased down.
5.Proper Discipline and Execution
Look at the matches played daily in the world. Some teams come to play on the stadium with proper planning,strategy and discipline. They excute better than the rival team. So team analysis is very important who is the captain of this team, team management and coaches, fighting instincts in the team etc.
For example, yesterday match was played between Mumbai Indians Women and Royal Challengers Women of WPL 2024. MI Women come with proper planning,goals and strategy even Harman preet Kaur and Shabnim Ismail were injured and not playing.
6.Strong team vs Weak Team
Like Multans Sultans is appearing to be the most balanced team in PSL 2024. They have good batters and very strong squad in bowlinng too. Hence they are at the top in the points table. On the other hand Lahore Qalandars and Karachi Kings are weak in this PSL and they are at the bottom. Lahore Qalandars unable to find right combinnation without Rashid Khan, Tim David and some other overseas players absence.
Very important factor in winning the match is team analysis of two teams.Pitch conditions are exception if the match is b/w a strong team and a weak team. Strong team is always favorite to win a cricket match. In current era, India and Australia are strong teams. Both teams have quality batters and bowlers. They are always favorite whatever the pitch condition is. Same applies to T20 leagues teams in IPL, BBL, PSL etc. Strong teams batters and bowlers have the requisite skills to win the match in their team favor. So team analysis is very important to assess before the match to preditct which team can win the match. For my point of view, team analysis is more important than pitch conditions. In BBL matches also strong and favorite teams have upper hand in the match.
7.Presence of X Factor Players in the Team
If one team has more X factor players then that team has more chance of winning the match. X factor players are those players who can win the match for his team single handedly. Like in first match of KKR in IPL 204, Andress Russell won match for KKR when they were in worse condition top batters were out. It seems that on batting friendly Eden Gardens Kolkata team was going to score only 140-150 but Andree Russel innings of 64 in just 25 balls with a strike rate of 256 with with seven 6s and three 4s.That was unbeliveable batting. Andree Russel also took 2 wickets as he is an all rounder.
Travis Head, Pat Cummins,Buttler,Pant, Chahal, Rashid Khan, Bumrah, Hardik Pandya,Rohit Sharma,Kohli, Siraj, Surayakumar Yadav,Pooran, Hasaranga,Parag,Abhishek Sharma,Jaiswal and many more are some of the examples of X factor players. If team has more X factors players like RR and SRH in IPL 204. These team have ofcourse more chance of winning the match and we are also seeing on ongoing IPL 2024. Both RR and SRH are winning.
X factor players are also called match winner players and they are purchased at a very high price and some clicket while the tournament goes on. Like Parag, Abhishek Sharma developed as match winners in IPL 2024.
8.Poor Team Selection/ Cominbation and Team Conflict
This is the responsiblity of the captain, team owners and team management to select the best strong and balanced team from auction and trade window. Otherswise team can suffer hugely. If playing XI is balanced with good team combination ofcourse the winning team is predictable almost 70%. Sometimes something is not in your hand like if the pitch is very batting friendly. Team chasing has 70% chance of winning.
That too is a big factor. Like in IPL 2024, Rajhastan Royals and SRH selcted the best team. Their think tank were wise and sharp. That is why they are enable to find the right combination and a perfect team. They have good analysis of players. They have more X factor players like Travis Head, Pat Cummins, Klassen, Buneshver kumar. Abhishek Sharma also clicked with a big impact. Same is the case of RR. They are now rebuild a strong balanced team. Team has many X factor players like Butler, Samson, Parag, Boult, Burger,Chahal, Sandeep Sharma, Ashwin. So both teams are winning even on batting friendly pitches of India.
Mumbai Indians this IPL 2024 is suffering at initial stage. Mumbai Indians replaced Rohit Sharma with Hardik Pandya as captain. MI unable to fight a very balanced and strong team for IPL 2024. The team is exposed. Also SRK Yadav is injured and Kishan is out of form. Bumrah, Hardik Pandya and Rohit Sharma are their X facctor players. But not all XI are plyaing their part. Their overseas selection is not performing at excellent level. Team combination is also suffering. Two big legends are in the team one joined the team sa captain and the other one is left by team managemnt. It also contributed negatively on the Mumbai Indians for IPL 2024.
Mumbai Indians lost plenty of followers on their social media platforms when Hardik Pandya replaced Rohit Sharma as Mumbai’s captain a few months back, and the Mumbai fans haven’t shown any mercy to their new skipper since the start of the tournament either. They have trolled Hardik at Ahmedabad and Hyderabad, and the crowd at the Wankhede can be even more brutal, given the history of IPL at this particular venue. Even Virat Kohli has been booed here in the past. Hopefully this backlash doesn’t dent Hardik’s confidence going forward. Can he put up a better performance and earn the trust of MI fans?
Mumbi Indians have not been helped by off-field issues which have threatned to derail their compaign this season if not being settled soon.
There is lot of pressure mainly on two big players, Hardi Pandya and Rohit Sharma to perform due to captaincy decision change.
9. Assessing the Pitch Conditions
In T20 World Cup 2024 match, Sri Lanka will rue the fact that they did not show application while batting and did not assess the pitch or the conditions well. That’s where the game was lost. Another 30-40 runs on this and it could well have been a different story. Srilanka scored only 77 runs on a tricky slow surface. If they score 120. They can be in a position to win the match.
10. Home Ground and Home Crowd Advantage
There is also advantage of home ground. Australia always has the advantage of being the home team. Same likely Sydney Sixers has the advantage as Sydney cricket ground is where they prepare and train. Play home matches here in BBL. Then there are the fans, who always cheer and up the confidence of the home team by slogans and pleasing smiles and voices. These boosts up the confidence and energy of the home team. Like India in India is difficult to beat as being the favorites on home ground and having local crowed advantages who came to see them on the venue in thounsads.
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