Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Stars

KFC T20 Big Bash League 2016/2017

Jan 4, 2017 – 16th Match at Sydney Showground Stadium (night)
Match scheduled to begin at 19:10 local time (08:10 GMT | 13:10 PST | 13:40 IST | 14:10 BDT)
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Who will win Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Stars BBL today match

The 16th match of the Big Bash League will be played between Sydney Thunder and Melbourne Stars on January 4. 2017. The match will be played at the Sydney Showground Stadium and the live telecast will begin at 19:10 local time.

Toss

Majority of the matches played here have been won by the team that batted second. The ground is not good for high scores, so the team that wins the toss is recommended to bowl first in order to make the chase a bit easier.

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

Melbourne Stars Squad
DJ Hussey*, MA Beer, SM Boland, JR Coleman, JP Faulkner, SE Gotch, EP Gulbis, PSP Handscomb, SB Harper, JW Hastings, BW Hilfenhaus, GJ Maxwell, KP Pietersen, RJ Quiney, MP Stoinis, TIF Triffitt, DJ Worrall, LJ Wright, A Zampa

Sydney Thunder

Team News

Sydney Thunder may not be doing wonders but are not expected to experiment with their current squad for this match against Melbourne Stars.

Key Players

Eoin Morgan, Ryan Gibson, and Pat Cummins have been performing decently in the batting side. The batsmen have not really been performing up to the mark in this season, and need to raise their game in order to climb up the points ladder. The bowlers are also at par with the batsmen, with a lack of consistency. Fawad Khan, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, and Chris Green are good bowlers but they’re not in the form they were last season. The bowling side can be expected to pitch in and take wickets but the team need to work hard collectively.

Recent Form

Sydney Thunder have played 4 games in this season and have lost all of them. They’re playing very poorly, as compared to their last season when they won, and are on the bottom of the points table.

Sydney Thunder Predicted XI

Kurtis Patterson, Ryan Gibson, Shane Watson (c), Eoin Morgan, Pat Cummins, Ben Rohrer, Andre Russell, Chris Green, Clint McKay, Jay Lenton (wk), Fawad Ahmed

Melbourne Stars

Team News

Melbourne Stars are not expected to make any changes in their team against Sydney Thunder. No injuries have been reported to any of the players.

Key Players

Luke Wright, David Hussey, and Glenn maxwell have been batting decently and are expected to score runs against Sydney Thunder. The batting side has the potential to lead the team to a win and will be counted upon to perform in this match. The bowling side has Ben Hilfenhaus and James Faulkner who can take wickets for the team. They’re in good form and and will be an important aspect in the team’s performance.

Recent Form

Melbourne Stars have played 2 games in this season and have won one. They lost the other one by D/L method. Overall, the team has been performing pretty decently and will rise up to be in the top 4 if they win this match.

Melbourne Stars Predicted XI

Glenn Maxwell, Kevin Pietersen, Luke Wright, David Hussey (c), James Faulkner, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa, Sam Harper (wk), Scott Boland, Ben Hilfenhaus, Michael Beer

Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Stars Head to Head

This is the first time in this season when Sydney Thunder will be playing against Melbourne Stars. The teams played against each other twice in the last season, where Sydney Thunder won both matches, including the final match.

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Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Stars Prediction

Sydney Thunder have been struggling since the beginning of this season and are most likely to crash in this match as well. Melbourne Stars may have played just 2 games in this season but they have shown that the team has potential to win matches.

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Match – Melbourne Stars

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Match – Melbourne Stars