Dec 26, 2021
12:35 IST / 7:5 GMT
Sydney Showground Stadium - Sydney, Australia
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Sydney Sixers are favorites to win
The first game on Boxing Day in the 2021-22 BBL is the Sydney derby with Thunder hosting the Sixers at the Sydney Showground Stadium. Sydney Thunder sit in 3rd place in the table after winning two and losing two games. The Sixers have won four of their opening five fixtures and are 2nd. Read on as we preview this game. The match begins at 18:05 local time.
Sydney Thunder will come into this game full of confidence after their impressive win over Adelaide Strikers. A victory in this match will move them clear of the rest of the chasing pack beneath them in the table.
Sydney Sixers have won their last two games by reaching their target in the final over. Their bowling stocks are low but they should still have enough in the team to win 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.
Both captains chose to field first when they last won the toss. Whoever wins the toss we predict they will insert the opposition in this game.
The batters have dominated the ball in the two games at the Sydney Showground Stadium. We expect to see the spinners have the most joy and a par score to be around 160-170.
Thunderstorms are forecast with the temperature at 21 degrees at the start of the match.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Sydney Thunder vs Sydney Sixers, Big Bash League 2021
Chris Green’s side gave a debut to Saqib Mahmood on Sunday who did his chances of a late-call up to England’s Ashes squad no harm with his performance. Sam Billings and Tanveer Sangha also put in excellent displays. With no new injuries in the camp we expect to see an unchanged side for this game.
Sydney Thunder’s big win over Adelaide Strikers was much needed and ended a run of two successive defeats.
Alex Hales, Matthew Gilkes, Jason Sangha, Sam Billings (wk), Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, Ben Cutting, Nathan McAndrew, Chris Green (c), Saqib Mahmood, Tanveer Sangha
Chris Jordan’s spell with the Sydney Sixers ended after their 4 wicket win over Adelaide Strikers on Tuesday. He is their second England bowler to depart after Tom Curran left the country with an injury last week. Spinner Steve O’Keefe is expected to be out for 2 weeks with a calf injury.
Sydney Sixers have won the last two BBLs and are in fine form again this season.
Josh Philippe (wk), James Vince, Moises Henriques (c), Daniel Hughes, Jordan Silk, Dan Christian, Sean Abbott, Hayden Kerr, Ben Dwarshuis, Lloyd Pope, Ben Manenti
Sydney Sixers won the first seven Sydney derbies in the BBL but since then Sydney Thunder have enjoyed more success.
| Matches Played | SYT Won | SYS Won | Tie | NR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 19 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Last 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
The bookies expect Sydney Sixers to win this derby game.
Four of the top six batters in this season’s BBL will be in action in this game.
Alex Hales, Matthew Gilkes and Sam Billings are our batting tips for Sydney Thunder. Billings has hit 160 runs from 111 balls in the competition.
Josh Philippe, James Vince and Moises Henriques are our tips for Sydney Sixers with the bat. Philippe is the leading run scorer in the BBL so far.
For Sydney Thunder, Saqib Mahmood, Tanveer Sangha and Daniel Sams are our bowling tips. Mahmood was very impressive on his BBL debut on Sunday.
For Sydney Sixers, we are recommending Sean Abbott, Ben Dwarshuis and Dan Christian with the ball. Abbott took 3 wickets and hit 19 not-out in an excellent all-round performance on Tuesday.
A Boxing Day Sydney derby is often worth looking forward to and this game should be no different. Although they are next to each other in the table, the Sixers have had a much stronger start to the season and we are backing them to get the victory.
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