It’s not too often that teams play back to back matches in a major tournament but that’s what’s happening here today with Melbourne Stars in the 2020/21 Big Bash League. They played Match 2 earlier today against Brisbane Heat and after an easy victory, they’re preparing to be a part of Match 3 as well, where they will now be poised with the challenge of taking on Sydney Thunder, another well performing BBL franchise.
While Stars have the confidence of winning the first game of their BBL 10 campaign, it’s going to be the first game of the season for Thunder and they will also be looking to make an immediate mark on the tournament however, Stars have held a strong advantage in recent encounters head to head. Keep reading for our complete PlayerzPot (Use Code “READ1234“) fantasy preview of the STA vs THU game…
Match info
- Tournament: Big Bash League 2020.
- Date: 12th December 2020, 10:35am IST.
- Venue: Manuka Oval, Canberra, Australia.
- Capacity: 16,000+
- Series status: Round robin stage.
Recent form
- STA: W
- THU: –
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Numbers
- Head to head in last 5 games, Stars leads 4-1.
- Daniel Sams – 30 wickets in 17 games in BBL 2019/20.
- Alex Hales – 10+ innings for Notts since his last fifty.
- Ben Cutting with the ball – 10 wickets in last 6 outings.
Melbourne Stars
One thing we know for sure is that captain Glenn Maxwell is in the form of his life with 3 fifties in 6 limited over games against India, followed by 46(26) here along with a wicket. He’s clearly a safe option to have as your fantasy captain or vice-captain. Apart from him, Nathan Coulter-Nile is one of the most experienced campaigners in the side and after his stunning 4/10 in the opening game, who would leave him out?!
They also have the tall and lanky Billy Stanlake but it was weird to see him not bowling out his quota of overs, so we’re leaving him out for Pakistan’s Dilbar Hussain who has grown up playing tennis ball cricket and will love these pitches, picking 2/25 in the first game. One player who made his West Indies comeback recently after a good CPL 2020 season is Andre Fletcher and while he will open, it was surprising to see him bowl an over too!
Sydney Thunder
The side is being led by the 36-year old Callum Ferguson and while he doesn’t have major scores behind him, he got 97 in his last FC game and has always been a consistent performer in past BBL seasons. Along with him, we have English wicket-keeper batsman Sam Billings who seems to have matured as a batsman in recent months and his last 3 games for England saw him scoring one fifty and also his maiden international century!
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One of the most travelled Australian T20 players is Chris Green who played a game for KKR in IPL 2020 and had a successful CPL 2020 before that, so he surely makes our PlayerzPot (Use Code “READ1234“) STA vs THU fantasy team. While he has only 1 wicket in his last 5 games, Daniel Sams was the top bowler in the BBL 2019/20 season and we think he’s going to be super vital to Thunder’s success this season too!
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Melbourne Stars Squad
Glenn Maxwell (C), Hilton Cartwright, Jackson Coleman, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Dilbar Hussain, Ben Dunk, Andre Fletcher, Clint Hinchliffe, Seb Gotch, Liam Hatcher, Nick Larkin, Nic Maddinson, Jonathan Merlo, Lance Morris, Tom O’Connell, Nicholas Pooran, Will Pucovski, Billy Stanlake.
Sydney Thunder Squad
Callum Ferguson (C), Sam Billings, Ben Cutting, Oliver Davies, Brendan Doggett, Matthew Gilkes, Chris Green, Alex Hales, Baxter J Holt, Usman Khawaja, Nathan McAndrew, Jonathan Cook, Adam Milne, Arjun Nair, Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, Tanveer Sangha, Jason Sangha, Chris Tremain.
STA vs THU fantasy team
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