Big Bash League: Sydney Thunder vs Adelaide Strikers, Preview and Prediction
BBL2022-23 teams aim for the ideal combination of depth and balance in their roster. Adelaide Strikers and Sydney Thunder both won their first matches of the season and will be looking to continue their winning ways in this fixture
Rashid Khan : Pride of Adelaide StrikersBoth teams advanced to the playoffs the previous season and will be hungry to go one step ahead and capture the trophy this season.
In Sydney Thunder's 20 overs, their bowlers only allowed the opposition 122/8 runs. With a combined total of 12-0-84-6 in the game, their speed trio of Gurinder Sandhu, Fazalhaq Farooqi, and Daniel Sams took two wickets each. Chris Green and Brendan Doggett both contributed to the victory with one wicket apiece with inefficient spells.
In their last game, Adelaide Strikers scored a staggering 184/6 off 20 overs. Mathew Short batted and amassed 84 runs off 53 balls throughout the entire innings, including 11 boundaries and two sixes.
Chris Lynn (41 runs) and Adam Hose (40 runs) had effective cameos to help Mathew Short and other players in the game create 50+ partnerships.
Their bowlers held the opponents to 133/7, allowing them to win the game by 51 runs easily. As the match's top tormentors, Henry Thorton (4-0-20-4) and Rashid Khan (4-0-21-3) combined for seven wickets.
Wes Agar and Colin De Grand Homme were significantly underwhelmed in the match, but Peter Siddle and Mathew Short bowled frugal overs under six RPO.
The Adelaide Strikers were outstanding in both the batting and bowling areas and easily won the game.
Sydney Thunder prevailed in the game despite being in a precarious situation and will feel good about themselves now that they have won.
They have a potent bowling attack with a balanced combination of pace and spin. We anticipate Adelaide's forwards to win the game and keep up their winning ways.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just a couple of legends having a hit at <a href="https://twitter.com/TheAdelaideOval?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheAdelaideOval</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StrikeShow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StrikeShow</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BBL12?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BBL12</a> <a href="https://t.co/L5HBwo4ed3">pic.twitter.com/L5HBwo4ed3</a></p>— Adelaide Strikers (@StrikersBBL) <a href="https://twitter.com/StrikersBBL/status/1601518365054763008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
The Adelaide Strikers are expected to win.
Team Line-up
Sydney Thunder Playing XI:
Alex Hales, Matthew Gilkes (wk), Rilee Rossouw, Jason Sangha (c), Daniel Sams, Alex Ross, Oliver Davies, Chris Green, Gurinder Sandhu, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Brendan Doggett.
Adelaide Strikers Predicted Playing XI:
Jake Weatherald, Matthew Short, Chris Lynn, Adam Hose, Colin de Grandhomme, Thomas Kelly, Harry Nielsen (wk), Rashid Khan, Wes Agar, Henry Thornton, Peter Siddle (c).