Who will win Sydney Thunder vs Adelaide Strikers?
Adelaide Strikers lost for the first time in this year’s Big Bash League last time out, but return to action against a team they beat comfortably in their opening fixture last month. Scheduled to start on January 7, the live action begins at 19:10 local time.
Sydney Thunder vs Adelaide Strikers, Big Bash League: Where to watch/Live streaming
TV channels: BT Sport, Sony Six, Network Ten, Fox Sports, Super Sport
Live streaming: Sony Liv, Cricket Australia website
Toss Prediction
Sydney Thunder have elected to field first in both of their two previous games at the Sydney Showground so far in this year’s Big Bash League, winning one and losing one of those two matches.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds and match prediction for Sydney Thunder vs Adelaide Strikers, Big Bash League.
Sydney Thunder Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Jos Buttler will look to continue his form with the bat as he prepares to join the England squad for their limited overs series against Australia after the Ashes. He and Thunder captain Shane Watson are in good form with the bat, while Callum Ferguson will look to return to form after his first failure of this year's competition in the game against Hobart. Middle-order batsman Ben Rohrer is perhaps the biggest concern, but Sydney need him to recapture his best form before Buttler's departure after this game. The Thunder may stick with the same bowling line-up, too, having one won and lost one in their back-to-back games against the Hurricanes - meaning no place for Andrew Fekete, who took just one wicket in the first three games.
Key Players
Jos Buttler was Sydney Thunder's star man in both fixtures against the Hobart Hurricanes, while Shane Watson has also been in good run-scoring form with the bat. With the ball, Mitchell McClenaghan picked up eight wickets in the first four matches - albeit expensively - but the New Zealand international went wicketless in their most recent fixture.
Recent Form
After beating Sydney Sixers on the opening day, Sydney Thunder have won just once more in their next four games. That run includes their crushing defeat in the reverse fixture against Adelaide, while last time out they fell nine run shorts of chasing down Hobart Hurricane's 189/3 - Jos Buttler's 43-ball 81 proving to be in vain.
Sydney Thunder Predicted Playing 11
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Patterson, Buttler, Watson, Ferguson, Rorher, Nair, Gibson, Green, Sandhu, McClenaghan, Fawad Ahmed
Adelaide Strikers Team News & Playing 11
Team News
In-form leg-spinner Rashid Khan is expected to be fit for the game in Sydney despite taking a blow on the lower leg during the defeat to Hobart Hurricanes last time out. That game saw Adelaide lose for the first time in this year's competition, but they are unlikely to make any knee-jerk reactions having otherwise made a decent start to this year's competition.
Key Players
Colin Ingram smashed a 44-ball 66 in Adelaide's defeat to Hobart, partnering with captain Travis Head (44 from 32 balls) to help the Strikers' recover from their poor start. Opening batsman and wicket-keeper Alex Carey will hope to recapture the form he showed in the first two games, meanwhile, having hit 44 against Sydney Thunder and 83* against Sydney Sixers. With the ball, Ben Laughlin and Rashid Khan have 17 wickets between them so far. Laughlin took 4-26 in the reverse fixture against the Thunder, but it is Khan who has impressed most. His economy rate of 5.06 is one of the best in the competition.
Recent Form
Having started this year's competition with their thumping win against Sydney Thunder, Adelaide Strikers have since gone on to beat the Sydney Sixers by six runs and bowl Brisbane Heat out for 91 in a 56-run victory on New Year's Eve. Their winning start ended with their seven-run defeat against the Hobart Hurricanes last time out, however.
Adelaide Strikers Predicted Playing 11
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Carey, Weatherald, Head, Ingram, Wells, Lehmann, Neser, Rashid Khan, Siddle, Laughlin, Stanlake
Sydney Thunder vs Adelaide Strikers Head to Head
Sydney Thunder and Adelaide Strikers have each won two of their last five meetings, though Adelaide have inflicted crushing defeats on the Thunder in the two most recent fixtures. Last year's clash at Sydney saw Adelaide post 178/5 before Ish Sodhi took 6-11 to rip through the Sydney batting line-up. And in their first meeting in this year's competition, Adelaide posted 163/6 from their 20 overs and bowled Sydney out for 110. Ben Laughlin did the damage on that occasion, with 4-26.
Sydney Thunder vs Adelaide Strikers Betting Odds
Having won the first fixture between the two teams, and also returned from Sydney victorious when they last met at the Showgrounds, Adelaide are favourites to beat the Thunder at 1.72 with Bet365 and 1.73 with Betfair. The Thunder are 2.10 to win with both. Jos Buttler will leave the Thunder to join the England squad after this game, and the big-hitting batsman is 3.60 to be the Thunder's top run scorer in his final match. Colin Ingram was Adelaide's star man last time out, and the South African is 5.00 to repeat the feat, meanwhile.
Sydney Thunder vs Adelaide Strikers Prediction
Adelaide Strikers may have lost for the first time in this year's competition in their most recent game but they have been far more consistent than Sydney Thunder. After two crushing wins in their two most recent head-to-heads, the Strikers will be confident of another win.
Final Verdict: Back Adelaide Strikers to beat Sydney Thunder at 1.73 with 1xbet.
Jan 07, 2018
13:40 IST / 8:10 GMT
Sydney Showground Stadium - Sydney, Australia
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