High Risk-Good Returns

Katherine Brunt: has been wicketless in last 3 matches played but had bowling figures of 2/19 against Thunder in their last clash

Mignon Du Preez: had scored 57* in last encounter against the Thunder

X-factor Picks

Tess Flintoff: has taken 6 wickets in last 3 matches with 3-fer in 2 matches out of the last 3

Shabnim Ismail: has taken 7 wickets in last 5 matches played

Must-Have

Meg Lanning: has scored 2 half centuries in last 5 WBBL matches (total 177 runs in last 5 matches)

Natalie Sciver: has scores of 30+ runs in last 3 matches played and taken 3 wickets

Elysse Villani: has scored 143 runs in her last 4 matches played, with one half century scored

Alana King: has taken minimum 1 wicket in her last 6 matches played, with 3-fer in her last match

Tammy Beaumont: has scored 20+ runs in last 3 matches played

Hannah Darlington: has taken 12 wickets in her last 5 matches , with 3-fers in 3 out of last 5 matches

Sammy Jo Johnson: in her last 5 matches her bowling figures are 2/14,1/27,3/25,3/25,1/26

Squads:

Melbourne Stars Women : Meg Lanning (c), Katherine Brunt, Natalie Sciver, Elyse Villani, Mignon du Preez (wk), Annabel Sutherland, Lucy Cripps, Bhavi M Devchand, Alana King, Holly Ferling, Erin Osborne, Tess Flintoff, Nicole Faltum, Georgia Gall, Sophie Day, Rosemary Mair, Anna Lanning

Sydney Thunder Women : Rachael Haynes (c), Tammy Beaumont, Heather Knight, Shabnim Ismail, Samantha Bates, Hannah Darlington, Saskia Horley, Sammy-Jo Johnson, Phoebe Litchfield, Lauren Smith, Rachel Trenaman, Tahlia Wilson, Anika Learoyd, Kate Peterson, Gabrielle Sutcliffe, Samantha Arnold