Who will win Melbourne Stars vs Adelaide Strikers BBL 22nd match?
Melbourne Stars will take on the Adelaide Strikers in the 22nd fixture of the ongoing Big Bash League 2016-17. The match will be played on January 10 at the former's home ground - Melbourne Cricket Ground. Live telecast is scheduled to begin at 7:40 PM local time.
Toss
More than 170 have been scored in the first innings three times in the last four matches at the MCG. This is enough to suggest that the wicket has been very good for batting and the team that wins the toss may want to bat first and look to put 180 or more on the board. Melbourne Stars have won three of their past seven games at this ground and they batted second in all three of them. So we recommend betting on the hosts if they are going to be chasing here.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, odds and match prediction for Melbourne Stars vs Adelaide Strikers, Big Bash League 2016-17....
Melbourne Stars Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Melbourne Stars will be without their big guns Glenn Maxwell, leg-spinner Adam Zampa and allrounder James Faulkner. The trio have been called up to join the Australian national team for the five-match ODI series to be played against Pakistan.
Key Players
Opening batsman Rob Quiney and Kevin Pietersen will be the key players with the bat for Melbourne Stars. Both have hit two fifties so far including one each in the last game against the Renegades and we predict one of these two to play a big knock on Tuesday. Ben Hilfenhaus is the team's leading wicket-taker with six wickets and Adelaide Strikers will look to be watchful against him.
Recent Form
Melbourne Stars have won two and lost as many from their four league matches so far and are placed fourth in the standings with four points. After losing back-to-back against Melbourne Renegades and Sydney Thunder, they secured a win in their last match against the Renegades by 46 runs.
Melbourne Stars Predicted XI
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RJ Quiney, LJ Wright, KP Pietersen, SB Harper (wk), DJ Hussey (c), BW Hilfenhaus, SM Boland, MA Beer. (No replacement has been announced as of yet for Glenn Maxwell, James Faulkner and Adam Zampa).
Adelaide Strikers Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Adelaide Strikers will miss the services of batsman Travis Head and pace bowlers Billy Stanlake and Chris Jordan who have been drafted into the Australian squad for the ODI series against Pakistan. Tim Ludeman, Wes Agar and Ish Sodhi could be the respective replacements.
Key Players
Ben Dunk and skipper Brad Hodge are scoring runs consistently for the Adelaide Strikers and are averaging above 50. Dunk made an unbeaten 79 in the last match against Hobart Hurricanes and we predict him to keep up his good form against the Stars. Ish Sodhi and Ben Laughlin will be relied upon with the ball in the absence of Chris Jordan and Billy Stanlake.
Recent Form
Adelaide Strikers have won two and lost three out of their five league matches so far and are lying at the bottom of the points table. They won their most recently played match against the Hobart Hurricanes by five wickets which makes it their second win in three games.
Adelaide Strikers Predicted XI
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J Weatherald, BR Dunk (wk), Tim Ludeman, BJ Hodge (c), KA Pollard, JR Dean, Ish Sodhi, TD Andrews, B Laughlin, Wes Agar and LN O'Connor.
Melbourne Stars vs Adelaide Strikers Head-to-Head
Out of the five matches that the two sides have played against each other, Melbourne Stars have won three while Adelaide Strikers have won two. The former have won both the matches to be played at the MCG while the latter have won three of the previous four encounters including the last two.
Melbourne Stars vs Adelaide Strikers Betting Odds
Adelaide Strikers got the better of Melbourne Stars the last two times they played against them. However, they simply have not been doing well enough this year which is why 1xbet and bet365 still have them up at 2.32 and 2.30 respectively. Melbourne Stars have beaten the Strikers three out of five times in the past and on both occasions at the MCG. They are favorites to beat them again at this ground at 1.71 with betfair and 1.66 with bet365.
Melbourne Stars vs Adelaide Strikers Prediction
Both the teams will be coming off the back of wins in their respective last games and will look to build on the momentum. Both will have some of their big players missing which is going to hurt them alike. Adelaide Strikers were already struggling this season and the departure of Travis Head and Chris Jordan is only going to deplete their chances further.
Melbourne Stars will have the home advantage and they will be playing under less pressure as they are better positioned on the points table. Though they may have faced three defeats in their last four games at the MCG, we feel they are favorites to win this match even without the likes of Maxwell, Zampa and Faulkner.
Final Verdict: Back Melbourne Stars to beat Adelaide Strikers at 1.71 with betfair and 1.66 with bet365.
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