Who will win Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Renegades, BBL 2020?
Adelaide Strikers will look to get back to winning ways when they take on struggling Melbourne Renegades at the Adelaide Oval. The Big Bash League 2019-20 fixture takes place on January 12 and starts at 15:40 local time.
The Strikers have lost their last three matches, including back-to-back defeats to Sydney Sixers. Rashid Khan took a hat-trick in the most recent of those – a low-scoring game at the Adelaide Oval – but the Sixers won by two wickets.
Melbourne Renegades, meanwhile, suffered their eighth defeat in eight games this season – despite having come into the tournament as defending champions. They could not defend 168/7 against Melbourne Stars last time out, while their poor form also includes their 18-run defeat when these teams last met.
ADS vs MLR, BBL 2020: Where to watch/Live streaming
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ADS vs MLR Toss Prediction
Adelaide Strikers lost the bat flip at the Adelaide Oval last time out, so they will be keen to win this one and may look to field first this time.
ADS vs MLR Weather Report
Adelaide will be hot, sunny, clear and dry once again for Sunday’s match.
ADS vs MLR Pitch Condition
Adelaide Oval’s hard wicket tends to favour batsmen and their strokeplay, but the bowlers got something out of it last time too.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds and match prediction for Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Renegades, BBL 2020...
Adelaide Strikers Team News & Playing 11
ADS Team News
Travis Head could slot straight in form Alex Carey, while Harry Nielsen is set to take over wicket-keeping duties. Peter Siddle and Michael Neser have already returned from international duty, with the former quitting test cricket.
ADS Key Players
Jake Weatherald: Scored 47 in the match against Sydney Sixers to move top of the Strikers’ all-time BBL run-scoring charts.
Rashid Khan: A brilliant hat-trick and figures of 4-22 last time out means he now has 12 wickets in the tournament. He also claimed 2-15 and hit 25 runs against the Renegades.
Peter Siddle: May feel he has something to prove after being unable to put the brakes on the Sixers’ innings late on last time out. He has seven wickets this season in six appearances.
ADS Team Form
Adelaide Strikers have lost their last three matches, having been unbeaten before that. The last two defeats have come against Sydney Sixers – failing to defend 176/6 in a seven-wicket defeat at Coffs Harbour and then losing a low-scoring match last time out. The Strikers, thanks to Rashid Khan’s hat-trick, looked like they could defend 135 all out but the Sixers got home with two wickets and eight balls to spare.
Adelaide Strikers Predicted Playing 11
Jake Weatherald, Phil Salt, Travis Head, Jonathan Wells, Cameron White (c) Michael Neser, Harry Nielsen (wk), Rashid Khan, Peter Siddle, Harry Conway, Billy Stanlake
Melbourne Renegades Team News & Playing 11
MLR Team News
With no Aaron Finch or Kane Richardson, Melbourne Renegades had Marcus Harris at the top of the order last time out and Tom Cooper and Joe Mennie came into the team. Samit Patel has replaced Harry Gurney as an overseas player, meanwhile.
MLR Key Players
Shaun Marsh: Another excellent innings last time out, hitting 63 from 43 balls, means he is just 27 short of 6,000 T20 runs. He has scored 298 of those in this year’s tournament.
Marcus Harris: Pushed up the order to open last time out, the left-hander scored 42 and shared a useful partnership with Shaun Marsh.
Richard Gleeson: With Gurney and Richardson out, he needs to offer something with the ball. He took four wickets across the two games with the Sixers but he has been expensive too.
MLR Team Form
Melbourne Renegades have now lost eight matches in a row, failing to defend 175/5 against Perth Scorchers and 168/7 against Melbourne Stars last time out. Sam Harper hit 73 from 46 balls in the former, while Shaun Marsh scored 63 from 43 in the latter, but their bowling just simply has not stacked up.
Melbourne Renegades Predicted Playing 11
Marcus Harris, Shaun Marsh, Tom Cooper, Dan Christian (c), Sam Harper (wk), Jack Wildermuth, Beau Webster, Samit Patel, Will Sutherland, Cameron Boyce, Joe MennieL L
Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Renegades Head to Head
Melbourne Renegades have now won their last three matches against Adelaide Strikers, after Josh Philippe’s unbeaten 83 led them to a dominant seven-wicket victory at Coffs Harbour. Adelaide posted 176/6 from their 20 overs, but Philippe led the reply and the Sixers got home with three balls to spare. They now have six wins in this fixture overall to Adelaide’s five.
ADS vs MLR Head to Head Stats
| Matches Played |
ADS Won |
MLR Won |
Tie |
No Result |
| 11 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Renegades Betting Odds
Adelaide Strikers are big 1.70 favourites to beat out-of-form Melbourne Renegades, who can be backed at 2.25 – both with Bet365.
Travis Head, on his return, is 3.75 with Bet365 to be Adelaide Strikers’ top team batsman, as is Jake Weatherald at the top of the order. Shaun Marsh is 3.00 with Bet365 to be Melbourne Renegades’ top team batsman once again.
After his hat-trick last time out, Rashid Khan is 2.75 to be the Strikers’ top team bowler with Bet365 and Peter Siddle and Michael Neser are both 4.50. Cameron Boyce leads the way for Melbourne Renegades, meanwhile. He can be backed at 3.50 with Bet365.
🏆 Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Renegades Prediction
Melbourne Renegades are in dreadful form and it is hard to see them getting out of it, particularly with their star players away now too.
Jan 12, 2020
10:10 IST / 4:40 GMT
Adelaide Oval - Adelaide, Australia
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