MS vs HH pitch report: Melbourne Cricket Ground pitch report Stars vs Hurricanes BBL 12 today match

Melbourne Stars will take on Hobart Hurricanes in the 4th league match of the Big Bash League 2022-23. This is the first match at the MCG in this BBL season, and looking at how rain impacted the games in Melbourne, the pitch here at the MCG will be one to look out for.

Melbourne Stars lost the first match, and they will be eager to get a win this time around. The way Trent Boult bowled in the last match was brilliant, and this track will assist him. Marcus Stoinis has to bat well as the batting of this side relies too much on him, and he was not in great touch in the last match.

Hobart Hurricanes will kickstart their campaign from this match, and they have some excellent T20 players in their ranks. With the likes of Matthew Wade, D’arcy Short, Ben McDermott, Tim David, etc in batting and Riley Meredith, Shadab Khan, Nathan Ellis, etc in bowling, this is a great side.

MS vs HH pitch report

The pitch at the Melbourne Cricket Ground has always been a competitive T20 track. A drop-in pitch will be used in this match, and the batters can play their shots by trusting the bounce on this wicket. There are no visible demons on this track that will favour the batters.

In the last T20 World Cup, it was clear that the pacers were getting a lot of help in the initial overs of the match, and the same can be expected in this match as well. Both sides have some great pacers in their ranks, and this can be a great contest between both sides.

The thing that goes in the favour of the bowlers is the ground dimensions at the MCG. This is one of the biggest stadiums in the world in terms of dimensions, and it is very difficult to clear the boundaries here. In the middle-overs, the spinners can be really deadly on this track.

The average 1st innings score in the T20 World Cup was 160 runs, and in the last BBL season, it was 171 runs. It is a day game, so batting first won’t be a bad decision on winning the toss here.