The Ground: The ground's dimensions favor aggressive stroke-makers: square boundaries measure approximately 56-60 metres while straight boundaries extend to 60-67 metres, creating opportunities on both sides of the wicket.

The Pitch: The playing surface has evolved into a reliably batting-friendly venue, though pace bowlers find assistance with the new ball. The pitch tends to flatten and become easier for batting as matches progress. Fast bowlers dominate the wicket-taking statistics, averaging 24.72 compared to spinners' 27.50

Weather: Clear skies are expected with a 5% rain chance with a little cloud cover and little windy conditions are expected, helping pace bowlers generate swing.

Bowling: Leg Spinners and Left Arm Pacers do well at this venue and both teams have decent spinners. Hobart have an edge in pace department with Ellis, Meredith, Jordan and Rishad while Thunder would look to Chris Green, Mcandrew and Shadab to bowl well.

Batting: Batsmen enjoy the pace, bounce and carry of this wicket and both teams have some high quality batsmen. Hobart have power hitters like David, Owen and Mcdermott whereas Thunder have Billings, Konstas and Bancroft. The smaller boundaries mean that we should see lots of 4s and 6s and anyway 54% runs on this ground are scored in boundaries.

Teams: Apart from being the home venue, Hobart Hurricanes have an overall excellent record at this venue, whereas the Thunders have not done well here. Hobart have a 57% win rate here whereas Thunder have a 25% win rate. Thunder have been jolted with injury to David Warner but they welcome Daniel Sams back to the team. Hobart are nearly full squad with players like Ben McDermott, Matthew Wade, Tim David and Mitchell Owen. Mcdermott has an excellent record on this ground.

Toss Advantage: As per the ground stats, toss is not important at this venue and both chasing and defending are almost equal.

Match Prediction: Considering all factors, Hobart Hurricanes are favorites to win today in a medium to high scoring scoring match. We should see scores in the range of 165+ if Hobart bat first and 160-170 if Thunder bat first.