Adelaide Strikers are favourites to win
The 5th match of the Big Bash League 2016-17 will be played between Perth Scorchers and Adelaide Strikers on December 23, 2016. The match will be played at the Western Australia Cricket Association Ground in Perth and the live action will begin at 18:10 local time.
Read ahead for our prediction for the Perth Scorchers vs Adelaide Strikers match of the Big Bash League 2016.
Majority of the matches played at the Western Australia Cricket Ground have been won by the team that batted second. The ground will favour fast bowlers which will be an advantage as well. The team that wins the toss is recommended to bowl first.
The team of Perth Scorchers is showered with injuries. Mitchell Johnson, Joel Paris, Andrew Tye, and Jhye Richardson are facing tests and their inclusion in the team is not finalised. Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jason Behrendorff are already out. Ian Bell was cleared for the first match of the season.
Captain Adam Voges is set to lead the team to their first victory. Cameron Bancroft, Michael Klinger, Mitchell Marsh, Ian Bell and Shaun Marsh will be the key batsmen for Perth Scorchers and will hopefully put up a big score on the board for the team in their first match of the season. Ashton Agar, Andrew Tye and David Willey will be expected to take the most wickets for the team and limit their opponent’s score.
Perth Scorchers had a very good season in last year BBL and they went on to reach the final. Although they lost, their performance throughout the season was exemplary.
Adam Voges (c), Cameron Bancroft (wk), Michael Klinger, Mitchell Marsh, Ian Bell, Shaun Marsh, Ashton Agar, Andrew Tye, David Willey, James Muirhead, Joel Paris.
None of the current players in the team are reported to be injured after their first match of BBL this season and the team is prepared to take on Perth Scorchers.
The batting side gave a decent performance in their first match and there were some good scorers who are likely to put up runs again in this match. Jake Weatherald, Ben Dunk, Brad Hodge and Travis Head scored well against Brisbane Heat and will be expected to take their form ahead in the season. Kieron Pollard and Chris Jordan took 2 wickets each, but the bowling side has a lot more potential to take on the Perth Scorchers batsmen.
Adelaide Strikers did not have a good start to the season, and the loss to Brisbane Heat despite a good performance is most likely to make the team work even harder against Perth Scorchers.
Jake Weatherald, Ben Dunk (wk), Travis Head, Brad Hodge (c), Kieron Pollard, Jake Lehmann, Chris Jordan, Ben Laughlin, Kane Richardson, Liam O'Connor, Michael Neser.
This is the first time when Adelaide Strikers will be playing against Perth Scorchers in 2016-17 season of BBL. Adelaide Strikers and Perth Scorchers have played 9 matches in the course of 5 seasons, and won 5 of them.
Perth Scorchers will be playing their first match of BBL 2016-17, after playing the final in the last one, and will hopefully give a good performance, their odds being 1.72 with betfair and 1.80 with bet365. Adelaide Strikers may have lost their first match of the season but their morale is certainly not lost, their odds to win are 2.10 with betfair and bet365.
Adelaide Strikers have won more matches against Perth Scorchers and certainly have an edge over them. Perth Scorchers have lost some good players due to injuries which will be a sign of worry for them.
Adelaide Strikers have a strong team in comparison to Perth Scorchers and we predict them to win the match.
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