Dec 10, 2021
13:45 IST / 8:15 GMT
Melbourne Cricket Ground - Melbourne, Australia
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Sydney Thunder are favorites to win
Melbourne Stars take on Sydney Thunder at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday evening in Match 7 of this season’s BBL. Melbourne Stars were thrashed by 152 runs in the opening game of the tournament by reigning champions Sydney Sixers. Sydney Thunder beat Brisbane Heat by 7 wickets in their only game. Read on as we preview this match. The game gets underway at 19:15.
Melbourne Stars suffered one of the largest defeats in BBL history against Sydney Sixers on the weekend. They should have a stronger line-up for this game and will be far more competitive.
Sydney Thunder registered a convincing win over Brisbane Heat, reaching their target with 17 balls remaining. They will be high on confidence ahead of this 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.
We have seen captains elect to bat first after winning the toss in the last two BBL games. We predict both skippers to choose to bat first if they win the toss in this match.
This is the first BBL game this season at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The pitch looks to have good carry and should be a good surface for batting on.
Partly cloudy with a high of 18 degrees in Melbourne during the game.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder , Big Bash League 2021
World Cup winner Marcus Stoinis missed out on the heavy defeat against Sydney Sixers with a side strain but we expect he will return in this match. All-rounder Andre Russell will also come into the side to make his debut at his third BBL side.
The Stars have now lost four successive BBL 2021-22 games and the margin of defeat against Sydney Sixers will be a huge area of concern.
Joe Clarke, Peter Nevill (wk), Nick Larkin, Glenn Maxwell (c), Andre Russell, Marcus Stoinis, Hilton Cartwright, Beau Webster, Sam Elliott, Sam Rainbird, Adam Zampa
Batsmen:A Hales, M Stoinis , A Ross , N Larkin
All Rounder:G Maxwell , D Sams
Wicket Keeper:M Gilkes, S Billings
Bowler:G Sandhu, A Zampa, N McAndrew
Middle order batters Sam Billings (44 not-out) and Alex Ross (61 not-out) rescued the Thunder from a troubling position of 32-3 early on against Brisbane Heat. They will need more runs from the top order in this game but apart from that they have a fit and firing squad.
The Thunder have won three of their last five games and look well set to continue a strong start in this year’s BBL.
Alex Hales, Sam Whiteman, Matthew Gilkes, Sam Billings (wk), Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, Ben Cutting, Nathan McAndrew, Chris Green (c), Gurinder Sandhu, Tanveer Sangha
Melbourne Stars have a narrow lead after fifteen games against Sydney Thunder
| Matches Played | MLS Won | SYT Won | Tie | NR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Melbourne Stars are favourites with the bookies but we fancy Sydney Thunder to get the victory
After a 2-ball duck in the opening match, the pressure will be on Alex Hales to deliver a big score in this match.
Marcus Stoinis, Joe Clarke and Glenn Maxwell are our batting tips for Melbourne Stars. Maxwell was in fantastic form earlier this year in the IPL.
For Sydney Thunder, Alex Hales, Sam Billings and Sam Whiteman are our recommendations with the bat. Billings impressed against Brisbane Heat and is continuing his strong performances from the last two years.
For Melbourne Stars, our bowling tips are Adam Zampa, Andre Russell and Glenn Maxwell. Although Russell has only just arrived in the country, he is match-ready after the Abu Dhabi T10.
Daniel Sams, Tanveer Sangha and Chris Green are our bowling picks for Sydney Thunder. Sams was very strong against Brisbane Heat and looks likely to be a regular wicket taker in the tournament.
We have no doubt that Melbourne Stars will put in a better performance than what we saw against Sydney Sixers in the season curtain-raiser on the weekend. However, competing with Sydney Thunder is a tough assignment. We are predicting a win for the Thunder in this match.
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