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.
Read ahead for our prediction of the Sydney Thunder vs Adelaide Strikers match of the Big bash League 2016-17.
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 Team News & Playing 11
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
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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 & Playing 11
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
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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 Betting Odds
Sydney Thunder had a bad start to the season, but have been playing well in their recent matches, their odds to win this match are 1.8 with 1xbet and 1.72 bet365. Adelaide Strikers have been struggling since the beginning of the season, their odds to win this match are 2.22 with betfair and 2.20 bet365.
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.
Sydney Thunder have been playing better than Adelaide Strikers in their recent matches, and we predict them to win this match against Adelaide Strikers.
Jan 18, 2017
14:10 IST / 8:40 GMT
Sydney Showground Stadium - Sydney, Australia
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