Pitch Condition:
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Pitch is expected to be batting friendly. Batters generally enjoy on this venue. You can see scores in the vicinity of 180.
STA: 177/6, SIX: 180/5(Pace: 9, Spin: 1)
REN: 150/5, HUR: 139/9 (Pace: 10, Spin: 3)
HUR: 188/8, SIX: 181/8(Pace: 13, Spin: 2)
SCO: 182/4, STA: 171/6 (Pace: 6, Spin: 3)
Head 2 Head:
STA: 8, THU: 7
Sydney Thunder Team Preview:
They had finished the group season at the 3rd rank in the last season. They will miss the services of U Khawaja and S Mahmood in this game also. They have started their campaign on a winning note.
Performance in the Warmup Matches:
Match 1: SIX: 168/4, THU:171/4(S Billings: 90, A Ross: 22, B Cutting: 14, T Sangha: 24/1, N McAndrew: 25/1)
Match 2: THU: 202/5, SIX: 148/6 (J Sangha: 40, D Sams: 66 and 29/2, M Gilkes: 35)
Probable 11:
Alex Hales: RHB
Sam Whiteman: LHB
M Gilkes: LHB
Sam Billings (wk): RHB
A Ross: RHB
D Sams: RHB+LAM
Ben Cutting: RHB+RAM
Chris Green: RHB+RAO
Nathan McAndrew: RHB+RAM
Tanveer Sangha: RAL
G Sandhu: RAM
Team Breakup:
Main Batters: A Hales, A Ross and S Billings ( S Whiteman is very talented batter but he plays very slow)
Main Pacers: N McAndrew, D Sams and G Sandhu (B Cutting will assist them)
Main Spinners: T Sangha and C Green
Expected Death Overs: N McAndrew and D Sams
Stats and Analysis of the Players:
S Billings(RHB):
H2H: 1 I, 6 R, 6.0 A 100.0 SR
VENUE:
LAST SEASON SCORE: 11 M, 10 I, 260 R, 28.88 A, 142.85 SR,
T20I: 33 M, 29 I, 417 R, 16.68 A, 128.30 SR,
T20D: 203 M, 189 I, 3851 R, 23.91 A, 130.01 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 72, 36, 14, 2, 27,
RM: 44,
M Gilkes(LHB):
H2H: 2 I 69 R, 34.5 A, 111.3 SR
VENUE: 1 I, 41 R, 41.0 A, 117.1 SR
LAST MATCH SCORE:
T20D: 12 M, 9 I, 164 R, 18.22 A, 110.81 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 25&20, 16&0, 13&18, 51,
RM: 20,
B Holt(RHB):
H2H: 1 I, 1 R, 1.0 A, 33.3 SR
VENUE:
LAST SEASON SCORE: 4 M, 3 I, 24 R, 8.00 A, 85.71 SR,
T20d: 6 M, 5 I, 65 R, 16.25 A, 16.55 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 0, 29&0, 6&29, 41,
A Hales(RHB):
H2H: 7 I, 156 R, 22.3 A, 136.8 SR
VENUE: 3 I, 34 R, 11.3 A, 89.5 SR
LAST SEASON SCORE: 15 M, 15 I, 543 R, 38.78 A, 161.60 SR,
T20I: 60 M, 60 I, 1644 R, 31.01 A, 136.65 SR,
T20D: 315 R, 312 I, 8733 R, 30.42 A, 145.89 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 25, 13, 19, 3, 19,
RM: 0,
U Khawaja(LHB):
H2H: 10 I, 350 R, 43.8 A, 144.0 SR
VENUE: 5 I, 238 R, 79.3 A, 149.7 SR
LAST SEASON SCORE: 15 M, 15 I, 338 R, 24.14 A, 127.54 SR,
T20I: 9 M, 9 I, 241 R, 26.77 A, 132.41 SR,
T20D: 105 M, 104 I, 2878 R, 29.97 A, 129.00 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 70&8, 7, 4&52, 16,
A ROSS(RHB):
H2H: 8 I, 278 R, 46.3 A, 142.6 SR
VENUE: 4 I, 104 R, 52.0 A, 128.4 SR
LAST SEASON SCORE: 8 M, 7 I, 126 R, 21.00 A, 118.86 SR,
T20D: 74 M, 62 I, 1370 R, 29.14 A, 126.73
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 44, 0, 3, 18, 9
RM: 61,
S Whiteman(LHB):
H2H: 3 I, 66 R, 22.0 A, 115.8 SR
VENUE:
T20D: 42 M, 37 I, 628 R, 18.47 A, 122.41 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 7, 0&6, 176&13, 79,
RM: 11
J Sangha(RHB+LEG):
H2H: 2 I, 73 R, 73.0 A, 143.1 SR
VENUE:
LAST MATCH SCORE:
T20D: 13 M, 11 I, 178 R, 19.77 A, 106.58 SR, + 1 I, 1 O, 1 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 4&0, 10&5+35/0&20/0, 12&78,
D Sams(RHB+LAM):
H2H: 7 I, 101 R, 14.4 A, 134.7 SR+ 7 I, 24 O, 11 W,
VENUE: 2 I, 3 R, 1.5 A, 42.9 SR+ 2 I, 8 O, 1 W,
LAST SEASON SCORE: 10 M, 8 I, 200 R, 40.00 A, 188.67 SR, +9 I, 30. O, 11 W,
T20I: 4 M, 4 I, 54 R, 27.00 A, 234.78 SR, +4 I, 14 O, 4 W,
T20D: 56 M, 46 I, 491 R, 13.63 A, 147.44 SR, +55 I, 183 O, 71 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 41+46/1, 47/1, 3+15/0, 3+24/1, 21+32/1,
RM: 22/3(4),
B Cutting(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 10 I, 234 R, 29.2 A, 159.2 SR+ 13 I, 27 O, 5 W,
VENUE: 3 I, 50 R, 16.7 A, 116.3 SR+ 4 I, 8 O, 3 W,
LAST SEASON SCORE: 15 M, 13 I, 280 R, 40.00 A, 156.42 SR, + 14 I, 29 0, 4 W,
T20I: 7 M, 5 I, 40 R, 10.00 A, 148.14 SR, +7 I, 21 O, 3 W,
T20D: 171 M, 143 I, 2368 R, 22.76 A, 149.02 SR, +157 I, 453 O, 128 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 11+20/0, 5+31/0, 0+23/1, 23, 10,
RM: 10/1(1),
Arjun Nair(RHB+RAO):
H2H: 2 I, 47 R, 47.0 A, 167.9 SR+ 3 I, 7 O, 1 W,
VENUE: 1 I, 30 R, 30.0 A, 176.5 SR+ 2 I, 5 O, 1 W,
LAST SEASON SCORE: 1 M, 1 I, 15 R, 15.0 A, 115.38 SR+ 1 I, 3 O, 1 W,
T20D: 34 M, 23 I, 251 R, 20.91 A, 117.84 SR+ 30 I, 80 O, 23 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 18+14/0, 30+29/0, 3+36/1, 12+10/0, 15+19/1,
T Sangha(LES):
H2H: 2 I, 8 O, 4 W,
VENUE:
LAST SEASON SCORE: 15 M, 15 I, 47.5 O, 21 W,
T20D: 16 M, 16 I, 51 O, 22 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 20/1, 34/0, 15/0, 44/3&20/0,
RM: 22/1(3),
N Mcandrew(RAF):
H2H: 5 I, 14.4 O, 4 W,
VENUE: 2 I, 5 O, 0 W,
LAST SEASON SCORE: 13 M, 13 I, 44 O, 15 W,
T20D: 28 M, 28 I, 78 O, 23 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 84/5&29/1, 50/2, 42/1&27/2, 54/2,
RM: 33/2(4),
J Cook(RAL):
H2H: 4 I, 11 O, 2 W,
VENUE: 2 I, 5 O, 1 W
LASTSEASON SCORE: 3 M, 3 I, 9 O, 3 W,
T20I:
T20D: 24 M, 24 I, 79 O, 24 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 16/2, 36/0, 2+33/1, 31/2, 23/0,
C Tremain(RHB+RAF):
H2H: 9 I, 31.5 O, 6 W,
VENUE: 4 I, 14 O, 2 W
LAST SEASONSCORE: 3 M, 3 I, 7.5 O, 3 W,
T20I:
T20D: 52 M, 52 I, 180 O, 46 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 27/2, 30/1, 24/0, 52/4&15/0.,
Stars Team Preview:
They had started their campaign by a big loss. They have signed A Russell, Qais Ahmed while N Coulter Nile and M Stoinis are set to play this match and now they are looking pretty strong on the paper.
Warm Up match Star Performers:
1st Warmup: HUR: 181/7(B Couch: 4 wickets, Maxwell: 50+) Sta: 164/6
2nd Warmup: They have lost the 2nd warm up match by big margin: G Maxwell: 34, H Cartwright above: 35
Probable 11 of the team:
Marcus Stoinis: RHB+RAM
Joe Clarke (wk): RHB
Nick Larkin: RHB
Glenn Maxwell: RHB+RAO
Hilton Cartwright: RHB+RAM
A Russell: RHB+RAF
Beau Webster: RHB+RAO
N Coulter Nile: RHB+RAF
Qais Ahmed: RHB+RAL
Adam Zampa: RAL
B Couch: RAM//S Rainbird: LAM
Team Breakup:
Main Batters: M Stoinis, J Clarke, A Russell and G Maxwell
Main Spinners: A Zampa and Qais Ahmed (G Maxwell will assist them)
Main Pacers: A Russell, B Couch and N Coulter Nile ( M Stoinis will assist them)
Death Overs: N Coulter Nile and A Russell/B Couch
Stats and Analysis of the players:
J Clarke(RHB):
H2H: 1 I, 0 R,
VENUE:
LAST SEASON SCORE:
T20I:
T20D: 94 M, 91 I, 2354 R, 27.69 A, 155.48 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 10, 0, 11, 27, 42,
RM: 1,
M Stoinis(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 10 I, 359 R, 39.9 A, 135.5
VENUE: 23 I, 733 R, 38.6 A, 131.8 SR
LAST SEASON SCORE: 13 M, 13 I, 396 R, 33.0 A, 142.44 SR+ 3 I, 6 O, 2 W,
T20I: 35 M 27 I, 456 R, 28.50 A, 134.51 SR+ 19 I, 45 O, 10 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 24, 16+35/0, 0, 40,
B Webster(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 6 I, 53 R, 13.2 A, 143.2 SR
VENUE: 4 I, 104 R, 34.7 A, 128.4 SR
LAST SEASON SCORE:
T20I:
T20D: 42 M, 36 I 761 R, 29.26 A, 125.99 SR+ 12 I, 31 O, 1 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 39, 53&19+34/1&46/1, 28&36+86/1&20/0, 2+32/0
RM: 2,
N Larkin(RHB):
H2H: 6 I, 238 R, 79.3 A, 143.4 SR
VENUE: 11 I, 289 R, 32.1 A, 134.4 SR
LAST SEASON SCORE: 11 M, 10 I, 276 R, 39.42 A, 126.60 SR+
T20I:
T20D: 35 M, 31 I, 747 R, 35.95 A, 126.82 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 2&9, 19, 20&22, 3, 4&11,
RM: 0,
G Maxwell(RHB+RAO):
H2H: 12 I, 230 R, 25.9 A, 121.7 SR+ 11 I, 23 O, 5 W,
VENUE: 25 I, 717 R, 35.8 A, 142.8 SR+ 21 I, 47 O, 12 W,
LAST SEASON SCORE: 14 M, 13 I, 379 R, 31.58 A, 143.56 SR+ 12 I, 29 O, 7 W,
T20I: 79 M, 72 I, 1844 R, 30.73 A, 155.74 SR+ 53 I, 122 O, 33 W,
T20D: 329 M, 308 I, 7255 R, 27.48 A, 150.86 SR+ 218 I, 480 O, 16 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 6, 6/1, 6/0, 7+20/0, 28+28/0,
RM: 4+17/1(2),
H Cartwright(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 5 I, 106 R, 26.5 A, 141.3 SR+ 1 I, 3 O, 2 W,
VENUE: 7 I, 220 R 110.0A, 144.7 SR
LAST SEASON SCORE: 14 M, 13 I, 239 R, 29.87 A, 143.97 SR+ 4 I, 6 O, 2 W,
T20I:
T20D: 65 M, 58 I, 1140 R, 27.14 A, 118.99 SR+ 11 I, 16 O, 4 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 73&15+16/2, 0&7+10/0, 0&33+20/1&10/0, 50,
RM: 10,
C Hinchliffe:(Chinaman)
H2H: 2 I, 1 R, 0.5 A, 33.3 SR+ 3 I, 4 O, 2 W,
VENUE: 4 I, 51 R, 51.0A, 100.0 SR+ 6 I, 12 O, 4 W,
LAST SEASON SCORE: 4 M, 2 I 14 R, 14.0 A, 140.0 SR+ 4 I, 6 O, 2 W,
T20I:
T20D: 18 M, 10 I, 70 R, 11.66 A, 83.33 SR+ 17 I, 34 O, 11 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 10/0, 19/1, 18/1, 17/0, 13+8/0,
A Zampa(LES):
H2H: 11 I, 41 O, 16 W,
VENUE: 20 I, 76 O, 31 W,
LAST SEASON SCORE: 12 M, 12 I, 45 O, 19 W,
T20I: 57 M, 56 I, 201 O 65 W,
T20D: 190 M, 186 I, 662 O, 222 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 19/5, 20/1, 22/1, 26/1, 44/2,
RM: 34/0(4),
N C Nile(RAF):
H2H: 7 I, 26 O, 7 W,
VENUE: 10 I, 35 O, 8 W,
LAST SEASON SCORE: 6 M, 6 I 22 O, 11 W,
T20I: 28 M, 27 I, 97 O, 34 W,
T20D:
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 35/0, 19/0, 19/1, 14/4, 40/2,
Q Ahmed(LES):
H2H: 4 I, 13 O, 3 W,
VENUE:
LAST SEASON SCORE:
T20I: 1 M 1 I, 4 O, 3 W,
T20D:
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 13/2, 32/1, 19/2, 31/0, 18/1,
S Rainbird(LAM):
H2H:
VENUE: 2 I, 8 O, 2 W,
LAST SEASON SCORE:
T20I:
T20D: 19 M, 19 I, 57 O, 14 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 29/0&67/4, 58/3, 80/2, 43/1, 64/1,
S Elliot(RAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20D: 1 M, 1 I, 3 O, 0 W,
LISTA: 2 M, 2 I, 16 O, 2 W,
LAST SEASON SCORE:
T20I:
T20D:
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 5/0, 33/1&56/2, 21/0, 60/2, 55/0,
RM: 29/0(3),
T O Connell(LES):
H2H:
VENUE:
LAST SEASON SCORE:
T20I:
T20D: 5 M, 4 I, 6 O, 1 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 33/0, 195/0, 78/1, 48/0, 15/0,
B Couch(RAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
LISTA: 3 M, 3 I, 20 O, 3 W,
LAST SEASON SCORE:
T20I:
T20D: 1 M, 1 I, 3 O, 2 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 36/2, 19/1, 48/0, 38/1&35/0, 65/2,
RM: 36/2(3),
