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Sydney Sixers vs Brisbane Heat Predictions - Renshaw to ride his good form with the bat

Simon Lewis

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2026

Simon Lewis 04 Jan 2026

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Babar Azam has scored 58 & 58* in his last three innings.
Matt Renshaw has scored 102, 43, 33 and 41 in his five Big Bash innings.
Can the Sixers draw level with the Heat by winning their fifth match?

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Babar Azam pulls against the Renegades (Getty Images).

Sydney Sixers vs Brisbane Heat Predictions

Both sides have lost three of their matches, but the Heat are two points ahead of the Sixers after playing (and winning) an extra match. A win for the Sixers will give them a great advantage over the Heat in the race for the playoffs.

Sydney Sixers vs Brisbane Heat Predictions
Head-to-Head
Sydney Sixers Form
Brisbane Heat Form
Sydney Sixers vs Brisbane Heat Team News

Sydney Sixers’ Babar Azam scored 58* off 46 balls against the Renegades.
Sydney Sixers’ Daniel Hughes has scored 25, 60 & 30 in his last 3 innings.
Brisbane Heat’s Matt Renshaw (243 runs, 163.08) is 1st on the Big Bash runs list.
Brisbane Heat’s Max Bryant has scored 28*, 25, 63 & 48* in his last 5 innings.

Head-to-Head

The Sixers have won two and lost two of their last five Big Bash matches against the Heat. The other match was rained out.

Sydney Sixers Form

Sydney Sixers made it two wins from their last three matches when they beat the Renegades by six wickets.

Josh Philippe started like a house on fire, scoring 28, 46 and 96, but has failed to pass 16 in his last two knocks. Babar Azam has picked up two half-centuries at an average of 32.25 (strike rate 117.27). Daniel Hughes has provided runs up top (25, 60 and 30). Moises Henriques has scored 20, 18 and 23 and will be looking to kick on.

Jack Edwards has been the Sixers’ top performer with the ball, taking 2/27, 5/26 and 2/23 in his five matches. Sean Abbott was Player of the Match against the Renegades, taking 3/16 off his four overs (econ 4.00). Ben Dwarshuis’ top score in five matches is 14, but he has picked up 2/36, 1/39 and 2/47. Joel Davies took 3/24 against the Thunder and 2/16 against the Stars.

Brisbane Heat Form

The Heat bounced back from defeat against the Strikers to pick up their third win of the season when they beat the Stars by four wickets.

The Heat have two batters in the top six runs list, with Matt Renshaw top and Max Bryant in sixth place on 179 runs (ave 44.75). Both batters are scoring at faster than 158.00 runs per 100 balls.

Xavier Bartlett and Jack Wildermuth have both taken eight wickets this season. Bartlett took 2/44 against the Scorchers and 3/26 against the Strikers. Wildermuth scored a match-winning 110* against the Scorchers but hasn’t passed 15 since then. His bowling has been excellent, taking 3/34 against the Renegades, 2/25 against the Thunder and 2/59 against the Strikers.

Sydney Sixers vs Brisbane Heat Team News

The Sixers have brought in Kane Richardson in place of Jafa Chohan, but the Heat have not made any changes to their matchday squad.

Sydney Sixers (squad): Sydney Sixers: Sean Abbott, Babar Azam, Joel Davies, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Moises Henriques (c), Daniel Hughes, Hayden Kerr, Ben Manenti, Mitch Perry, Josh Philippe, Kane Richardson, Lachlan Shaw, Jordan Silk.

Brisbane Heat (squad): Tom Balkin, Xavier Bartlett, Max Bryant, Liam Haskett, Lachlan Hearne, Matthew Kuhnemann, Nathan McSweeney (c), Colin Munro, Oli Patterson, Jimmy Peirson, Matthew Renshaw, Hugh Weibgen, Jack Wildermuth, Jack Wood.

Verdict

Sydney Sixers v Brisbane Heat

I am backing the Sixers to win, with Babar Azam to top score.

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