Jan 21, 2022
13:45 IST / 8:15 GMT
Melbourne Cricket Ground - Melbourne, Australia
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Adelaide Strikers are favourites to win
Adelaide Strikers and Hobart Hurricanes meet in the Eliminator at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday evening in the 2021-22 BBL Play-Offs. Adelaide Strikers finished the group stage in 4th place with six wins from fourteen games. Hobart Hurricanes won seven, lost seven and ended one point behind the Strikers. Read on as we preview this game. This BBL play-off match begins at 19:15 local time.
Adelaide Strikers ended the group stage of the tournament in excellent form and beat Hobart Hurricanes by 7 wickets earlier this month.
Hobart Hurricanes were thrashed in their final group stage fixture and will need to show plenty of character to bounce back and win this knockout match.
Seven Network and Fox Sports will show this game in Australia. In India, you can watch it on Sony Six. Sky Cricket have the rights in the UK with Willow TV showing the match in the USA. In South Africa you can watch it on SuperSport with Sky Sports showing the game in New Zealand.
BBL Live Streaming: Fans can stream the match on Disney+ Hotstar.
Both teams chose to field first in their last BBL games. We predict that both skippers will insert the opposition if they win the toss in this match.
We saw the BBL team total record broken on Wednesday at the MCG and expect the surface to deliver plenty of runs again. Bowlers who take the pace off the ball should get some assistance from the wicket.
The temperature will be in the high 20s for the start of the game with clear skies as the evening sets in.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Adelaide Strikers vs Hobart Hurricanes, Big Bash League 2022
Peter Siddle’s team were the surprise performers of the final weeks of the BBL group stage and they signed off with an impressive 8 wicket win over Sydney Sixers. Ian Cockbain has been an excellent batting addition and we predict the Strikers will be further boosted with the return of Ashes winners Travis Head and Alex Carey.
The Strikers looked down and out only a couple of weeks ago but have won four of their last five games and come into the Eliminator in excellent form.
Matthew Renshaw, Ian Cockbain, Jonathan Wells, Travis Head, Jake Weatherald, Thomas Kelly, Alex Carey (wk), Henry Thornton, Peter Siddle (c), Harry Conway, Fawad Ahmed
Although they won the toss, not much else went well for the Hurricanes against Melbourne Stars as they conceded the highest total in a BBL match. After being used as an X-Factor sub, we expect to see Jordan Thompson come back into the XI in this fixture and be joined by Ashes hero Scott Boland.
Hobart Hurricanes have won two of their last four BBL 2022 games but were thrashed by Melbourne Stars at this ground on Wednesday.
Caleb Jewell, Ben McDermott (wk), Matthew Wade (c), D’Arcy Short, Peter Handscomb, Tim David, Jordan Thompson, Tom Rogers, Riley Meredith, Scott Boland, Sandeep Lamichhane
Adelaide Strikers have a three-game lead in the overall BBL head to head. Both teams beat each other during the 2021-22 BBL group stage.
| Matches Played | ADS Won | HBH Won | Tie | NR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 18 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Last 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
The bookies are split on the winners of the Eliminator but we are backing Adelaide Strikers.
There are some big hitter in excellent form on show in this game but none in better form than Ian Cockbain and Ben McDermott.
Alex Carey, Travis Head and Ian Cockbain are our batting tips for Adelaide Strikers. Head finished the 2021-22 Ashes as the leading run scorer in spite of missing the Fourth Test.
Ben McDermott, Matthew Wade and D’Arcy Short are our batting recommendations for Hobart Hurricanes. McDermott has hit 74 boundaries in the competition.
For Adelaide Strikers, Peter Siddle, Henry Thornton and Fawad Ahmed are our bowling tips. No player has taken more wickets than Peter Siddle in the tournament.
For Hobart Hurricanes, Scott Boland, Riley Meredith and Tom Rogers are our bowling tips. Rogers has 18 wickets from twelve games in this season’s BBL.
Although Hobart Hurricanes suffered a big defeat at the MCG on Wednesday, both teams come into this Eliminator fixture in good form. There are plenty of Ashes winners on show and it should be a very entertaining match. We are backing Adelaide Strikers to emerge with the victory.
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