Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Thunder, Big Bash League 2020-21, Today Match Prediction 25 Jan 2021

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Big Bash has come to the final league phase of the tournament with just 1-2 matches remaining for all the teams. Sydney Sixers have sealed their qualification practically and Melbourne Renegades are out of contention from the play-off race. The teams in the middle are having a tough completion with just 5 points separating 6 teams (with 4 teams having just 2 point difference) and we are all set for a grand finish to the league phase. Adelaide Strikers and Sydney Thunder are facing off against each other twice in a row in complete their league stage. Both teams will look to beat the other team to not only qualify for the play-offs but also knock-out the opposition.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Adelaide Strikers Preview

Alex Carey lead the Striker`s batting effort with a superb century off just 60 balls. He was ably supported by Jake Weatherland (36 runs), Travis Head (25 runs), and Philip Salt (26 runs) with each of them sharing a 50+ partnership for the first 3 wickets. Their batting unit looks solid with the top-4 batsmen playing vital knocks as they posted 197 runs in 20 overs.

Wes Agar and Peter Siddle ran through the opposition batting line-up to claim 7 wickets between themselves to finish the match as a one-sided contest.  Michel Neser, Daniel Briggs, and Liam Connor claimed a wicket each to bowl out the opposition for just 115 runs and win the match by 82 runs.

Top players to bet on:

Alex Carey – Carey is slowing building himself as a attacking wicket-keeper batsmen (like Adam Gilchrist) in the Aussie circuit. He has 381 runs at a strike rate of nearly 130 with 2 fifties and one century this season so far.  

Wes Agar – Agar leads the wickets charts for his team with 21 wickets at an economy rate of 7.8 RPO. He had superb bowling figures of 4-0-27-4 in the last game.

Adelaide Strikers Predicted Playing XI:

Alex Carey (wk), Jake Weatherald , Philip Salt, Travis Head (c), Matt Renshaw, Ryan Gibson, Michael Neser, Danny Briggs, Wes Agar, Liam O Connor, Peter Siddle

Adelaide Strikers Actual Playing XI:

Michael Neser, Phil Salt, Wes Agar, Alex Carey, Jake Weatherald, Liam O'Connor, Peter Siddle, Ryan Gibson, Daniel Worrall, TM Head, JW Wells

Sydney Thunder Preview

Alex Hales was in beast mode last game as he smashed 110 runs off just 56 balls with 9 boundaries and 8 sixes to his name. Middle order trio of Ferguson (42 runs), Billings (33 runs), and Cutting (33 runs) kept scoring runs a good rate at the other end to take their team total to a massive 232 runs.

Tanveer Sangha, Brendan Doggett, and Ben Cutting shared 4 wickets between themselves and controlled the run flow to below 8.5 RPO in a high scoring contest.  Adam Milne and McAndrew were taken for 94 runs in their 8 overs and took no wicket in the match.

Top players to bet on:

Alex Hales – Alex Hales is on fire this season scoring 462 runs at a strike rate of 165. His aggressive batting at the top order is setting up the tone of the innings for his team. He will look to continue his purple patch in this match too.

Tanveer Sangha – Young leggie has impressed everyone with his bowling skills this season claiming 20 wickets at an economy rate of below 8 RPO so far.  We expect him to continue his good run with the ball in hand.

Sydney Thunder Predicted Playing XI:

Usman Khawaja, Alex Hales, Callum Ferguson (c), Sam Billings (wk), Oliver Davies, Ben Cutting, Nathan McAndrew, Chris Green, Adam Milne, Brendan Doggett, Tanveer Sangha

Sydney Thunder Actual Playing XI:

Alex Hales, Ben Cutting, Sam Billings, Brendan Doggett, Nathan John McAndrew, Christopher Green, Callum Ferguson, Adam Milne, Usman Khawaja, Tanveer Sangha, Alex Ross

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Adelaide is expected to have a bright and sunny weather on the match day with very less to no chances of weather interruptions as per weather forecasters.

Venue Details

Adelaide is a good placid batting track where we expect batsmen to score freely. Last match had a match tally of 400+ runs across 2 innings. We can expect average scores to be around 180-200 runs in this match.

Toss: To Bat

Teams batting first has 4-3 win-loss ratio at this venue and they have posted massive scores on this pitch and chasing teams often run out of steam in the tense chase. We expect both captains to bat first if they win the toss.