Published on: Dec 30, 2021 7:26 pm IST|Updated on: Dec 30, 2021 7:30 pm IST
STR vs THU Dream11 Prediction: In the Match 28 of the Big Bash League T20 2021-22 season, the Adelaide Strikers will be crossing swords with the Sydney Thunder on 31 December at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide. Both these sides are coming into this game after facing quite contrasting results in their previous T20 outings. The Adelaide Strikers have not had the best of performances in this T20 season as they have managed to win only a single game and witnessed 5 disappointing losses and have slipped to the seventh spot in the team standings. On the other hand, the Sydney Thunder will be very much high on confidence after a wonderful victory over Perth Scorchers in their last game and this was their third win in the ongoing Big Bash League 2021-22 season and are placed at the fourth position. However, both these teams will also be hoping to play their best brand of cricket in this game as well.
Fixture Name: Match 28, Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Thunder
Competition: Big Bash League T20
Date: 31 December
Time: 1:45 PM IST
Ground: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
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The surface at the Adelaide Oval is expected to work in favour of the batters to a great extent. However, the bounce will also help the pace bowlers and spinners throughout the T20 match. But the batters of both the teams will enjoy batting on this wicket and thus, picking more of batters and all-rounders will be a great option from the fantasy cricket point of view.
Team Form Guide: STR (recent last): L L L L W THU (recent last): W L W L L
Jake Weatherald Matthew Short Jonathan Wells Matt Renshaw Harry Nielsen Thomas Kelly Rashid Khan George Garton Peter Siddle Fawad Ahmed Wes Agar
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Matthew Short Stats in T20
For the Adelaide Strikers, all-rounder Matthew Short will be a key player to watch out for in the remainder of the tournament as he has contributed with a lot of crucial performances so far. Matthew Short played a crucial innings of 63 runs off 47 balls against Perth Scorchers.
Rashid Khan Stats in T20
Adelaide Strikers leg-spinner Rashid Khan has emerged as a consistent wicket-taker in the T20 format and has delivered amazingly well in the pressure situations. Rashid is coming into this game after a brilliant performance against Sydney Sixers where he picked up three crucial scalps.
Alex Hales Matthew Gikes Jason Sangha Sam Billings Alex Ross Daniel Sams Ben Cutting Chris Green Nathan McAndrew Tanveer Sangha Saqib Mahmood
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Alex Hales Stats in T20
For the Sydney Thunder, explosive opening batter Alex Hales will be an important player to watch out for in this game due to his remarkable record in the T20 format of the game. Hales was the highest run-getter in the previous edition of the Big Bash League with an outstanding tally of 543 runs from 15 games at a phenomenal strike-rate of 161.61.
Daniel Sams Stats in T20
Sydney Thunder left-arm pacer Daniel Sams has been a crucial wicket-taker in the Big Bash League T20 as seen in the opening game against Brisbane Heat and can also deliver amazingly well with the bat lower down the order. Sams picked up three crucial wickets in the opening win and ended up conceding just 22 runs in his quota of four overs.
The Adelaide Strikers will depend a lot upon the likes of Jake Weatherald, Harry Nielsen, Jonathan Wells and Matthew Short to come good with the bat. The likes of Wes Agar, Rashid Khan, Fawad Ahmed and Peter Siddle will form part of a formidable bowling attack. On the other hand, the Sydney Thunder will want to continue building on this winning momentum and the likes of Alex Hales, Alex Ross, Sam Billings and Jason Sangha will be expected to do the major run-scoring part in the batting department while the trio of Saqib Mahmood, Tanveer Sangha and Nathan McAndrew will be their important wicket-taking bowlers. The toss factor will be a lot crucial in this T20 fixture. According to the STR vs THU today match prediction & Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Thunder cricket betting tips, Sydney Thunder are expected to win this match.
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WICKET-KEEPERS: Sam Billings BATTERS: Jonathan Wells, Jake Weatherald, Matt Renshaw, Alex Hales ALL-ROUNDERS: Daniel Sams, Matthew Short BOWLERS: Rashid Khan, Peter Siddle, Nathan McAndrew, Saqib Mahmood
For Small League, Head-to-Head contests: Matthew Short, Alex Hales.
For Grand League: Rashid Khan, Daniel Sams.
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