Dec 30, 2021
13:45 IST / 8:15 GMT
Docklands Stadium - Melbourne, Australia
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Perth Scorchers are favorites to win
Top of the table Perth Scorchers take on 5th placed Melbourne Stars at the Marvel Stadium, Melbourne on Thursday afternoon. Perth Scorchers lost their last game to Sydney Thunder, the result ended their 100% record which had lasted for six games. Melbourne Stars beat Brisbane Heat in their last game. Read on as we preview this 2021-22 BBL game. The match begins at 16:15 local time.
Perth Scorchers will be looking to bounce back from their first defeat of this BBL season. They have a very strong batting and bowling line-up and will fancy their chances of getting back to winning ways.
Melbourne Stars have won three and lost three so far this season, but with Joe Clarke in strong form at the top of the order, they should be competitive in all games.
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.
After choosing to bat first in all their other games, Perth Scorchers chose to field first in their last match. However, they were defeated so we expect the Scorchers to bat first irrespective of who wins the toss in this game.
The Marvel Stadium is not the easiest to score big runs on. We expect a par score to be no higher than 165 on a two-paced surface.
Hot and sunny with the temperature peaking at 31 degrees during the first half of the match.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Stars, Big Bash League 2021
Tymal Mills was rested before the defeat to Sydney Thunder and we expect him to come straight back into the side at the expense of Peter Hatzoglou in Melbourne. Elsewhere in the team, there are no injuries and the batting line-up is full of form batters.
The winning streak is over but there were still strong performances in the Scorchers’ side in defeat. They are still playing a very high standard of cricket.
Josh Inglis (wk), Kurtis Patterson, Mitchell Marsh, Colin Munro, Ashton Turner (c), Laurie Evans, Ashton Agar, Andrew Tye, Matthew Kelly, Jason Behrendorff, Tymal Mills
All-rounder Andre Russell has completed his five match stint with Melbourne Stars and we expect to see Haris Rauf replace him in the team. Rauf arrived in Melbourne last week and is in line for his first appearance. The Stars have some form batters in the side.
The Stars have been inconsistent this season but have still won three of their last five games and are playing good cricket.
Marcus Stoinis, Joe Clarke (wk), Glenn Maxwell (c), Joe Burns, Hilton Cartwright, Beau Webster, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Haris Rauf, Adam Zampa, Qais Ahmad, Brody Couch
The sides have been very well matched over the years with Perth Scorchers carrying a one game lead into this match.
| Matches Played | PRS Won | MLS Won | Tie | NR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 18 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Last 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
The Scorchers are favourites to beat the Stars in this fixture.
The Perth Scorchers’ batters very rarely miss out and with Joe Clarke also in excellent form, it would be a surprise to not see a half-century in this game.
We are backing Mitchell Marsh, Colin Munro and Kurtis Patterson as are our batting tips for Perth Scorchers. Munro has hit 268 runs in the tournament so far.
Marcus Stoinis, Joe Clarke and Hilton Cartwright are our tips for Melbourne Stars with the bat. Clarke has top scored for the Stars in the last two games.
For Perth Scorchers, Andrew Tye, Tymal Mills and Ashton Agar are our bowling tips. Mills missed out in the last game but will be raring to go for this fixture.
For Melbourne Stars, we are recommending Adam Zampa, Nathan Coulter-Nile and Qais Ahmad with the ball. Zampa and Ahmad are a very strong spin combination.
It will be very interesting to see how Perth Scorchers react to their first defeat of the season. Many teams struggle after ending a winning run but we expect to see the Scorchers return to their best immediately. Our prediction is a victory for Perth Scorchers.
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