Dec 31, 2021
13:45 IST / 8:15 GMT
Adelaide Oval - Adelaide, Australia
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Sydney Thunder are favorites to win
7th placed Adelaide Strikers host 4th placed Sydney Thunder at the Adelaide Oval on Friday evening. The Strikers have won only one game and lost five of their six fixtures. Sydney Thunder have also played six matches but have won three and lost three. Read on as we preview this 2021-22 BBL game. This New Year’s Eve match begins at 18:45 local time.
Adelaide Strikers are on a particularly bad run of form at the moment after losing their last four games. However, a New Year’s Eve fixture in front of a packed crowd under lights could be the time to reignite their campaign.
Sydney Thunder will come into this game full of confidence after becoming the first side to beat Perth Scorchers in the 2021-22 BBL on Tuesday.
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.
Adelaide Strikers won the toss and chose to bat first in their last game with Sydney Thunder opting to field first the last time they had the choice. We predict that the Strikers will bat first in this game.
There will be plenty of runs on offer for the batters in this game and we expect a total near 200 to be a par score. The surface should also provide plenty of assistance for Afghan spinner Rashid Khan.
After a very hot day in Adelaide, the game will take place under clear skies and temperatures in the high 20s.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Thunder, Big Bash League 2021
Although the Strikers are in a very poor run of form, looking at their squad, they are picking the best available players for every game. Indeed, if it hadn’t been for Ben McDermott’s 110 not out from 60 balls, they may well have won the game against Hobart Hurricanes. We expect to see an unchanged side for the third successive game.
The Strikers have tasted defeat in each of their last four games. You have to go back to December 9 to find their only victory of the BBL 2021-22.
Jake Weatherald, Matt Short, Matt Renshaw, Jonathan Wells, Thomas Kelly, Harry Nielsen (wk), George Garton, Rashid Khan, Wes Agar, Peter Siddle (c), Fawad Ahmed
Captain Chris Green will have been delighted with his team’s performance when they saw off top of the table Perth Scorchers by 34 runs in Canberra on Tuesday. Although they have options in their strong squad, we are not predicting any changes in their XI for this match.
Sydney Thunder have won two of their last three games and produced an exceptional team performance to beat the previously undefeated Perth Scorchers in their last match.
Matthew Gilkes, Alex Hales, Jason Sangha, Sam Billings (wk), Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, Ben Cutting, Nathan McAndrew, Chris Green (c), Saqib Mahmood, Tanveer Sangha
The teams are locked together on seven victories each after sixteen BBL fixtures.
| Matches Played | ADS Won | SYT Won | Tie | NR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Last 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Sydney Thunder are favourites to return from Adelaide with a victory.
There are some fine batters in both line-ups but they will face some top quality bowlers and any high score will have to be well earned.
We are backing Matt Short, Jake Weatherald and Matt Renshaw as are our batting tips for Adelaide Strikers. Renshaw has the highest average in the team at 36.33.
Alex Hales, Sam Billings and Jason Sangha are our tips for Sydney Thunder with the bat. Sangha averages 71 from three matches.
For Adelaide Strikers, Rashid Khan, Wes Agar and Peter Siddle are our bowling tips. Batters can often take runs from Khan but know that there is every chance he will also dismiss them.
For Sydney Thunder, we are recommending Saqib Mahmood, Daniel Sams and Tanveer Sangha with the ball. Mahmood has had an explosive start to his BBL career.
The final BBL match of 2021 should be an entertaining one under the lights at the iconic Adelaide Oval. The Strikers are on such a poor run of form that they have nothing to lose and should throw everything at Sydney Thunder. However, overall we are backing Sydney Thunder to back up their win over Perth Scorchers with another victory.
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