Sydney Thunder vs Adelaide Strikers

KFC T20 Big Bash League 2016/2017

Jan 18, 2017 – 29th Match at Sydney Showground Stadium (night)

Match scheduled to begin at 19:40 local time (08:40 GMT | 13:40 PST | 14:10 IST | 14:40 BST)
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Who will win  Sydney Thunder vs Adelaide Strikers BBL?

The 29th match of the Big Bash League will be played between Sydney Thunder vs Adelaide Strikers on January 18, 2017. The match will be played at the Sydney Showground Stadium and the live action will begin at 19:40 local time.

Toss

The last 3 matches played at this ground have been won by the team that batted second. The pitch also will be good for the bowlers, so the team that wins the toss is recommended to bowl first.

Sydney Thunder Squad
SR Watson*, AC Blizzard, PJ Cummins, JR Doran, Fawad Ahmed, RJ Gibson, CJ Green, UT Khawaja, JS Lenton, AC McDermott, CJ McKay, EJG Morgan, KR Patterson, BJ Rohrer, AD Russell, GS Sandhu

Adelaide Strikers Squad
BJ Hodge*, WA Agar, AT Carey, JR Dean, BR Dunk†, TM Head, JM Holland, CJ Jordan, B Laughlin, JS Lehmann, TP Ludeman, MG Neser, KA Pollard, AU Rashid, KW Richardson, CJ Simmons, KR Smith, B Stanlake, J Weatherald

Sydney Thunder

Team News

The team is well prepared and are not about to make any major changes for this match against Adelaide Strikers.

Key Players

Eoin Morgan, Kurtis Patterson, and Ben Rohrer have been scoring decent runs and will be the main batsmen the team will depend upon to put up a good score against Adelaide Strikers. New addition James Vince also has been performing well and is likely to score good runs. Fawad Ahmed and Chris Green are the best wicket takers for Sydney Thunder, and with a decent help from Shane Watson, the bowling side can perform really well. Both batting and bowling sides have not been performing up to the mark, and need to dial up their game for better results.

Recent Form

Sydney Thunder have played 7 matches up till now in this season, and have won just 3 out of them. They’re currently on the 5th position on the points table out of 8 teams. The team has won the last 3 matches it played, and is expected to carry on the form.

Sydney Thunder Predicted XI

Carlos Brathwaite, Arjun Nair, Ryan Gibson, Jay Lenton (wk), Chris Green, Clint McKay, Fawad Ahmed, Ben Rohrer, Shane Watson (c), Kurtis Patterson, James Vince

Adelaide Strikers

Team News

Adelaide Strikers are not expected to make any big changes, and none of the players have been reported to be injured.

Key Players

Jay Weatherald, Ben Dunk, and Brad Hodge have been the top scorers for the team and will hopefully put up a respectable score against Sydney Thunder. The team may not be performing well overall, but the batting side is certainly putting in more efforts than the bowling side. Ben Laughlin, Chris Jordan, and Kieron Pollard have bowled well and will be expected to take most of the wickets for Strikers.

Recent Form

Adelaide Strikers have been in a deep struggle since the start of the season, and are currently on the last position on the points table. They can try to win this match for a respectable farewell, but the damage has already been done.

Adelaide Strikers Predicted XI

Jay Weatherald, Ben Dunk, Tim Ludeman (wk), Brad Hodge (c), Kieron Pollard, Jono Dean, Michael Neser, Ben Laughlin, Ish Sodhi, Liam O’Connor, Wes Agar

Sydney Thunder vs Adelaide Strikers Head to Head

This is the first time in this season when Sydney Thunder will be playing against Adelaide Strikers. Both teams played twice in the last season against each other, and Sydney Thunder won both matches.

­Sydney Thunder vs Adelaide Strikers Prediction

Sydney Thunder started off this season very badly, but have performed well in the last 3 matches, and are expected to carry on their current form. Adelaide Strikers, on the other hand, started off bad too, but have not picked up any real momentum and need to push their limits to win their last match of the season to leave with a little dignity.

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Adelaide Strikers

Will Win the Match

Sydney Thunder

Will Win the Toss

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BBL expert tips and predictions

Thunder. At home against a Strikers side missing Billy Stanlake, a resurgent Thunder side should be good enough to deliver the goods here.

Jeffrey

Thunder. If green Sydney win against the Sixers, this game is potentially huge for them. Either way, they’ll be keen to finish the tournament on a high and prove the doubters (myself included) wrong after their woeful start.

Conkey

Thunder. I’m telling you, the Thunder are coming. You know how you can judge how far away a storm is by counting the time between the lightning and the clap of thunder? By this game, the Thunder will be so close that your goddamn roof will have blown off.

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Thunder. Whoa, this is a game for the ages. Both teams have shown moments of brilliance wrapped up in layers upon layers of mediocrity, hence the reason they sit where they sit on the table. Of course, they’ve both played another game since I’ve written this, so the situation may not apply at all anymore. So when in doubt, go the home side.

McKay