The Melbourne Renegades will take on the Brisbane Heat in the third match of the Big Bash League (BBL) 2015-16 Saturday at Gabba in Brisbane.
Watch the live stream and videos here, here, here and here and the live scores here and here. The T20 match starts at 6:10 p.m. local time (8:10 a.m. GMT/3:10 a.m. ET/12:10 a.m. PT/1:30 p.m. IST) on Dec. 19.
The Heat will be playing this season without Kiwi Brendon McCullum, who is considered to be one of the world's best T20 players.
"It was disappointing Brendon McCullum wasn't able to be here this year, but I'll try to bring his philosophies through (head coach) Dan Vettori and (bowling coach) Shane Bond (both former Black Caps players) to the playing group. And that is an aggressive style of cricket. We've got to be prepared to lose a game to win a game, and we'll take that throughout the tournament," Heat captain Chris Lynn said, according to The Chronicle.
In a setback to the Renegades ahead of their opening BBL match, batsman Callum Ferguson has been ruled out of the tournament due to an injury.
"It's more just a shame for Callum himself because he's in fantastic form. It'll have an impact on the team because he was one of our top-order batters and we were planning on him playing a big part for us this season," coach David Saker said, according to Herald Sun.
Melbourne Renegades Squad: Aaron Finch, Tom Beaton, Dwayne Bravo, Tom Cooper, Xavier Doherty, Callum Ferguson, Cameron Gannon, Chris Gayle, Nathan Hauritz, Peter Nevill, James Pattinson, Nathan Rimmington, Matthew Short, Peter Siddle, Chris Tremain, Matthew Wade, Guy Walker, Cameron White, Nick Winter.
Brisbane Heat Squad: Chris Lynn, Samuel Badree, Nicholas Buchanan, Joe Burns, Ben Cutting, Alex Doolan, Andrew Fekete, Luke Feldman, Jason Floros, Peter Forrest, James Hopes, Josh Lalor, James Peirson, Nathan Reardon, Mark Steketee, Lendl Simmons.
The fifth season of Australia's highly popular T20 tournament, the KFC BBL, is set to begin on Dec. 17 with the inaugural match between the Sixers and the Thunder (live stream and scores here). The Adelaide Strikers and the Melbourne Stars will play in the second match on Friday (live stream and live scores here).
The season features eight teams including the Sydney Sixers, the Melbourne Stars, the Adelaide Strikers, the Sydney Thunder, the Perth Scorchers, the Melbourne Renegades, the Hobart Hurricanes and the Brisbane Heat. Several international T20 players like Chris Gayle, Darren Sammy, Kumar Sangakkara, Dwayne Bravo and Kevin Pietersen are drafted in the Aussie club squads for the tournament.
