SuperCoach Round 9 late mail: Loophole favourite Mac Wright in Hobart’s squad for Sixers clash

Hobart Hurricanes have confirmed an early change for their Round 10 fixture against Sydney Sixers, with SuperCoach captaincy loophole favourite Mac Wright returning. LATE MAIL.

AB De Villiers has arrived in Australia and is due to make his BBL debut on Tuesday.

SuperCoaches who have been using Hobart’s Mac Wright as a captaincy loophole will have to make alternative plans for Round 10 if he wins a re-call.

Wright has been included in the Hurricanes’ squad to face Sydney Sixers on Thursday in the first match of the Sixers double.

A $42,000 BAT-BWL, Wright made his BBL debut in Hobart’s loss to Melbourne Stars in Moe but has not featured since.

He has come into the Hurricanes squad at the expense of Simon Milenko, who has been dropped.

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Full squad:

Matthew Wade (c)

Qais Ahmad

George Bailey

Scott Boland

Jake Doran

Nathan Ellis

Caleb Jewell

Ben McDermott (wk)

David Miller

Jake Reed

Tom Rogers

Clive Rose

Mac Wright

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COULD COULTER-NILE RETURN LEAVE RAUF ON OUTER?

The table-topping Melbourne Stars will be boosted by the inclusion of Australian paceman Nathan Coulter-Nile for their Round 9 clash with Perth Scorchers.

Rested for the Stars victory over Sydney Sixers, Coulter-Nile returns to the 13-man squad in place of Jon Merlo.

His inclusion raises the possibility breakout paceman Haris Rauf could be rested.

It is expected Rauf will miss at least two games during the run home before being unleashed for finals.

However, the Pakistani quick has been named in the squad alongside Coulter-Nile and has travelled to Perth.

Rauf has reached $181,900 after starting the campaign at $42,000 and features in more than 20,000 SuperCoach teams.

RAIN FORECAST FOR DE VILLIERS’ BRISBANE DEBUT

AB De Villiers’ keenly-anticipated BBL debut could be delayed until January 17 with storms forecast for Brisbane on Tuesday.

The South African great is due to make the first of six appearances for the Heat on Tuesday afternoon, however thunderstorms are predicted to hit Brisbane.

The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting 2-10mm of rain in the Queensland capital with a 70 per cent chance of showers, most likely from the late morning.

The Heat are scheduled to face Adelaide Strikers from 3.40pm in De Villiers’ first match in Australia.

The former South African skipper is priced at $225,000 in SuperCoach BBL and has an average of 37.5 and a strike rate of 149.9 from 304 career T20s.

AB De Villiers has arrived in Australia and is due to make his BBL debut on Tuesday.

De Villiers has enjoyed a prolific year in Twenty20 cricket, compiling 348 runs at 69.6 in England’s Vitality Blast and 325 runs at 46.4 in South Africa’s Mzansi Super League.

He features in almost 5000 SuperCoach teams, despite being yet to debut.

Spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman ($158,200, BWL) will make his return to the Heat if the clash goes ahead.

The pair replaces Englishman Tom Banton and spinner Zahir Khan in the Brisbane squad.

Adelaide has travelled north with the same squad which claimed a crushing win over Melbourne Renegades.

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HEAT KEEPING FANS GUESSING OVER LINE-UP

Matt Renshaw, Joe Burns and Chris Lynn are in contention to replace Tom Banton as opener for Brisbane Heat.

Englishman Banton, who has partnered Max Bryant throughout the opening half of BBL09, has been replaced by De Villiers in the Heat squad.

Lynn said on Monday De Villiers would bat “three or four” but was otherwise coy about how Brisbane could line-up once the South African slots into its side.

Joel Paris celebrates a wicket in Perth Scorchers’ victory over Brisbane Heat.

SCORCHERS LOCK IN GAME ONE TEAM

Perth Scorchers, the team in focus for SuperCoach Round 9, have confirmed their 13-man squad to face Hobart Hurricanes in the round’s opening game.

The Scorchers are unchanged from their 34-run triumph over Brisbane Heat.

Liam Guthrie and Matthew Kelly were the players who missed that win and Kelly’s replacement Joel Paris ($79,000) performed strongly, snaring 2-29 from four overs.

We have an unchanged squad locked in for our clash against the Canes tomorrow in Hobart 👊More > https://t.co/XgIRPh51rd #MADETOUGH pic.twitter.com/hW8aPQ39qn

— Perth Scorchers (@ScorchersBBL) January 12, 2020

The left-armer, who played two one-day internationals for Australia in 2016, looms as the bargain of Perth’s double if he retains his spot for both games.

Paris has averaged 31.7 SuperCoach points in three games in BBL09.

The Hurricanes have named the same 13 which went down to Sydney Thunder by four wickets.

OTHER SQUADS

Sydney Thunder v Melbourne Renegades — Manuka Oval, Canberra

Thunder

Callum Ferguson (C)

Liam Bowe

Jono Cook

Brendan Doggett

Alex Hales

Usman Khawaja

Jay Lenton

Nathan McAndrew

Chris Morris

Arjun Nair

Alex Ross

Daniel Sams

Gurinder Sandhu

Renegades

Dan Christian (C)

Cameron Boyce

Tom Cooper

Andrew Fekete

Sam Harper

Marcus Harris

Shaun Marsh

Joe Mennie

Mohammad Nabi

Samit Patel

Will Sutherland

Beau Webster

Jack Wildermuth

Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Stars — Optus Stadium, Perth

Scorchers

Mitch Marsh (c)

Fawad Ahmed

Cameron Bancroft

Tim David

Cameron Green

Joshua Inglis

Chris Jordan

Matthew Kelly

Liam Livingstone

Jaron Morgan

Joel Paris

Jhye Richardson

Sam Whiteman

Stars

Glenn Maxwell (c)

Hilton Cartwright

Nathan Coulter-Nile

Jackson Coleman

Ben Dunk

Seb Gotch

Clint Hinchliffe

Sandeep Lamichhane

Nick Larkin

Lance Morris

Haris Rauf

Marcus Stoinis

Daniel Worrall

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Originally published as SuperCoach Round 9 late mail: Loophole favourite Mac Wright in Hobart’s squad for Sixers clash