KFC Big Bash League 2016-17 is now starting from 20th December Tuesday 2016 in which the defending champion Sydney Thunder will play with Sydney Sixers. Who will win big bash league today match of Sydney Thunder vs Sydney Sixers? Get the Syd Thunder vs Syd Sixers today match prediction ball by ball live score coverage and live commentary. 

This is the 1st match of KFC Big Bash League 2016-17 season in which Sydney Thunder will face Sydney Sixers. Both the teams have many good and experienced players. Sydney Thunder vs Sydney Sixers 1st BBL 2016-17 match schedule at Sydney Showground Stadium and this day and night match begin at 19:40 local time (08:40 GMT | 13:40 PKT | 14:10 IST | 14:40 BST).

In the preview of this match of Big Bash 2016-17 between Sydney Thunder vs Sydney Sixers Prediction shows that Thunders have good pace bowlers and experienced batsmen like Usman Khawaja and Shane Watson and on the bowling side they have Cummins, Sandu, Fawad Ahmad and many more good players. On the other hand. Sixers also have good pace bowlers but the batsman are not as good as in Thunder. So the Sydney Thunder looking strong as compared to Sydney Sixers because this side is balanced.

Sydney Thunders in BBL 2016-16 is leading by the great Australian all-rounder Shane Watson who is an opening right-hand batsman and a right-arm medium fast bowler. Whereas the Sydney Sixers team is leading the another good all-rounder the young Australian Moises Henriques who is a great medium fast bowler and also a right-hand batsman. So who will win today match Sydney Thunder vs Sydney Sixers Dec 20th, 2016?

Sydney Sixers Squad:

Moises Henriques (Captain), Sean Abbott, Sam Billings, Jackson Bird, Doug Bollinger, Johan Botha, Ryan Carters, Ben Dwarshuis, Brad Haddin, Josh Hazlewood, Daniel Hughes, Nic Maddinson, Joe Mennie, Nathan Lyon, Steve O’Keefe, Jason Roy, Jordan Silk, Mitch Starc.

Sydney Thunder Squad:

Shane Watson (Captain), Fawad Ahmed, Aiden Blizzard, Pat Cummins, Jake Doran, Ryan Gibson, Chris Green, Usman Khawaja, Nathan McAndrew, Alister McDermott, Clint McKay, Arjun Nair, Kurtis Patterson, Ben Rohrer, Andre Russell, Gurinder Sandhu, Jason Sangha.

Sydney Thunder

Team News

Regular skipper Shane Watson has picked up a calf injury and is unlikely to play this game while there are still doubts hanging over Andre Russell’s availability. England’s limited-overs skipper Eoin Morgan has been signed by the team.

Key Players

With most of the heavyweights likely to miss this match, batting is going to depend mainly on the likes of Aiden Blizzard at the top and Ben Rohrer in the middle order. Sydney Thunder will look to their bowlers to win them games this season and so there will be more expectations from Pat Cummins and Clint McKay.

Recent Form

Sydney Thunder have been performing very well of late. Last season, they finished fourth on the points table after the end of the league stage and then went on to win their next three games in a row to lift the trophy.

Sydney Sixers

Team News

Sydney Sixers could be without their front-line bowlers Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Jackson Bird who are all away on national duties. Their bowling attack could be weakened further if one of Nathan Lyon or Steve O’Keefe leaves to play for Australia.

Key Players

Nic Maddinson is a doubtful starter for this fixture which will put pressure on one of their most dependable batsman Brad Haddin and the recently recruited Jason Roy. Roy is averaging close to 30 in T20 format and we predict him to top-score for his side. Fast bowler Sean Abbott was their leading wicket-taker last year and he will be the biggest threat for Sydney Thunder.

Recent Form

Previous season was the worst they have had in the history of the Big Bash League where they could only muster two wins from their eight league matches and finished as the weakest team at the end of the league stage. They will be coming into this match with defeats in their last five games.

Thunder vs Sixers Head-to-Head

The two teams have so far played 9 BBL matches with each other of which 7 have been won by the Sydney Sixers and 2 by the Sydney Thunder. While the former won the first seven of these matches, the latter emerged winners in the last two which includes a win at this ground as well.

Thunder vs Sixers Betting Odds

Sydney Sixers have beaten Sydney Thunder seven out of the nine times they have played against them in the past. But in spite of this, they are starting as outsiders at 2.12 with betfair and 2.00 with bet365. Sydney Thunder have defeated the Sixers in their previous two meetings. They will enjoy playing their opening game at their home ground where they outplayed the Sixers last season. Sydney Thunder therefore are short favorites to win this match at 1.84 and 1.80 with betfair and bet365 respectively.

Thunder vs Sixers Prediction

Both teams are likely to miss many of their key players in this match and this is going to affect their performance. However, the Sixers will be the more depleted of the two as they will probably be without their entire front-line bowling attack. So they will find themselves in trouble if they fail to restrict the Thunder (who still won’t be short on batting firepower despite losing Watson and Khawaja) to a low score. Sydney Sixers were very sloppy last season losing their last five league matches in a row while Sydney Thunder will come into this match all charged up after having won the title last time.

Sydney Sixers

Will Win the Match

Sydney Thunder

Will Win the Toss